Re: Yellow Sea Battle

[Ed Evanhoe <evanhoe@arbuckleonline.com>]

>YS,
>
> >>I don't understand why the Communist side did not ask for a line in the 
> West Sea at the truce talks.  NLL (northern line of limits) was drawn by 
> the US after the truce agreement. <<

At the time the cease fire was signed, we held all the islands off North 
Korea so NK was happy to have these islands back as part of the package 
since these included the islands between Haeju man and Paengnyong-do that 
were directly adjacent to the coastline.  This did not include 
Paengnyong-do, Taechong-do, Sochong-do just south of the 38th Parallel at 
the far west end of the Onjin Peninsula and Yongp'yong-do island group at 
the mouth of Haeju Man.  Nor any of the islands between Yongp'yong-do and 
the mouth of the Han River. Since the only deep water port in this stretch 
at that time was Haeju I doubt anyone, inlcuding NK and China, gave much 
thought to "line of limits."

Ed

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