PE> They stopped at the halfway mark when the US threatened to go
PE> nuclear. 

KR> not quite, the chinese + the n koreans nearly drove the un out, the un 
KR> fought back up to the 49th parallel. there then were several months 
KR> (years?) of talks leading to an armistice which is still in force today.

 PE> If the UN had managed to fight back up, they wouldn't have needed
 PE> to threaten nuclear, and they probably could have continued to 
 PE> the top, no?  BFN.  Paul.

 they fought up against the north koreans, going back up against the north
koreans + the chinese was a whole different ball game. the whole thing sort
of dragged on and was becoming expensive. from memory, the negotiations
leading to the armistice lasted quite a long time, so the communists didn't
seem particularly pressured.

                        keith

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