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MISSING RAF PLANE FOUND
Cairo, June 3D.
A Royal Air Force plane, toss- Ing since Wednesday morning, was found late Inst night by the civil police in the desert 100 miles South of Habbaniyah, Iraq. The crew of four were found sale,
The plane had apparently crash- anded. A two-day search for the missing plane was carried out by
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1949.
CHINESE ENVOY TO SEE TRUMAN ON DEFENCE STRATEGY AND U.S. HELP
Washington, June 19.
RAF Dakotas and Lincolna, The A high Chinose envoy will call on President Truman
plane, a two-engined Devon, was flying from Mauston, the RAF station in England, to Malaya,-- Reuter.
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this weak in what may be Nationalist China's final desperato offort to get more American aid for the fight against the Communists. Dr. Kon Chieh-hou, personal representative of the
Nationalist Acting President, Li Tsung-jen, has a tentative White House date for Wednes- day. He will hand to President Truman a personal letter from Li Tsung-jen. Dr. Kon is also expected to place before Mr. Truman a secret Nationalist plan for the last-ditch de- fence of Western China,
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Moscow, June 19.
A live explosive anti-air. craft shell has been suCCOES- fully removed from the hourt region of Viktor Savenko, a Russian aviator, nix усига after it lodged there, the So. viet officiat now agency, Tasa, reported today..
The armour-piercing shoti, nino centimetres (3.453 in- centi. ches long and two metrom (0.787 Inch) In dia- meter, wAB extracted In A Kley hospital by Professor 1. Gerkin.
"Its proximity to the heart and the danger that the shell might explode during the ex- traction showed the extreme seriousness of the operation." Tass reported, adding that the, patient's condition after the operation WRI satisfactory.— Reuter.
discussing the Chuna situn- Although the Defence Depari- tion with other American off-ment is as silent
as the State. einis, Dr. Kan has sold that under Departament on the question of the plon he believes China con nut to China, there is known to hold out against the Communists be a strong current of military without Amerienn help, but re-opinion in Washington opposed to sistance will be more effective if complete surrender of Nationalist Americon and is forthcoming. China to the Coinmunists,
Some military quarters argud. While there has been no off- cial comment, there are Indi- that it is important to keep some
of
anti-Communist catlone that the United States sort
Kan's bid and bridgehead in will reject Dr.
Asla
against the stick to its policy of no further possibilty of a final "Eust-West casesSSSSSS ald to the Nationalists. Despite contllet --United Press.
climax
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two weeks to ment with
get an appoint. President Truman, Contacts Made
White wanting to ser Pre- sident Truman, Dr. Kon has been contacting influential men in and out of the goverment in an effort to win support fer further aid to China,
He saw the former Secretary
an
Mexico Criticised By Guatemalan Paper
Guatemala, June 19.
of State, Mr. George Marshall, The independent newspaper La Hora today criticis-
Acting State Secretary James
Webb and Far Eastern experts
of the State Department. He also contineted pro-China members of the Congress from whêm most of the pressure for further China La aul sterns.
Orchestra's Losing Tour In UK
ed Mexico for using its power as a club over Guatemala. Both Guatemala and Mexico have laid claim to a part of British Honduras. Hora said in on editorial: "When the British .go--and it looks like they are going-Belize (the name by which Guatemala refers to British Honduras) will have new dominators the Mexicans."
Toe
newspaper's vutspoken, mala's claim. Mexico Alled her editorials, demouding a fem stand claim to part of British Honduras by Cunternals in the dispute on June 1 through Senor Benito over Honduras, are widely be- Coquet, the Mexican delegate to Manchester, England, lieved to be the reason why Bri- the Inter-American Commision
June 20. tain sent a cruiser last year to an Dependent Territories.—
the promoter, Mr Belize.
cuptial of British | Reuter, Honduras, to protect the territory from irresponsible elements in Guntemata.
The concert | Harold Fielding lost £23,500 on the Philadelphia orchestra's four weeks' British four, but he said on Saturday he is wiling to try again next year,
"I lost that money because peo- ple stayed at home," said the 29- year-old impresario, Eugene Or- mandy, Hungarian-born conductor of the famed orchestra, sald that he liked the way British audiences received him.
salt
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Today's editorial ignored Bil- OF PI WOMEN
Manila, June 18. the paper now regarded Mexico
President Quirino today signed Guatemala's biggest obstacle the Republic's new
Civil Code to the recovery of the long-dis in his study room at Malacanan puted territory.
that
Paince in the presence of a dele-
ing incidents over Cling
several gation of prominent women centuries, the editorial charged leaders.
Mexico had sacrificed Gunte- Afterwards the President said "They are far from cold," he is just as Mexico herself had that the measure completes the been sacrificed by the United emancipation of the Filipino But Mr. Fielding remarked, States,
women. He also congratulated "They will pay 35 shillings for
The paper expressed the hope members of the Code Committee celebrity concerts by individual that the Mexicans would change who were artists. but they refuse to support their attitude and support Guafe-1 signing ceremony-Reuter,
present during
the a great orchestra at probably any price."
During the last 10 days of the tour, Mr. Fielding slashed admis- sion prices to fill what he called soul destroying empty chairs.
Friday night's farewell concert at Manchester, home of Sir John Barbiroll's famed Halle orches- tra, was played to a full house but ticket prices had been cut tu between three and nine shillings. Previous prices had been double that.--Associated Press.
Damascus. June 18. The Syrian Foreign Minister, Emir Abdul Arslan, declared here tonight that if the United Nations falls to find a reasonable way to compensate Arab
refugees un-
willing to be repatriated, he will suggest that Arab Governments confiscate all Jewish properties in Arab countries for the refugees' benefit-Reuter.
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Greek Army Gains Upper Hand Over Guerillas--Athens
Washington, June 19. Athens reports to the United States State Depart- ment indicated today that the American advis- ̈ed Greek Army, profiting from Marshal Tito's split with the Cominform, is gaining a dafinito upper hand for the first time, over the Com- munist guerillas.
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The guerilla combat forces have been reduced from their peak of. 25,000 to around 18,000, with women comprising an estimated 40 per cent of the fighters, the reports said.
A substantial number of the remainder # #n4l to be young Greek hoys recently returned from Communist camps in the Balkans:
re-
Yugoslavia has materiblly luced its pressure against Greece, according to the reports reaching Washington, although officially if still supports the guerillas.
of the rebel General Markos Valades, and the Com- mualst proposal to incor- porate part of Greece into a Macedonian state. Responsible oflchuls picture of the current situation.
gave this military
Active nghting has been confiued Inrgely Grammos Mountain area
Marshal Tito's feud with Mor- cow has cracked the former Com-the Albanian border,
munist soll front
front and diplomatic officials sold that this, coupled with Greek Army military suc- cesses, has helped to produce the following developments.
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sub-
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The Greeks have kept stantial forces along the
lav border as a precaution al- though tlds front has become
largely static.
1. More than 100,000 refugees
The Yugoslavs are keeping a from foriner guerilla-har-
tight check on guerillas opera- ting along their frontler, allowing ramps the
them to cross the border only at and returned to their specified points. The guerilia former homes to ill the radio which formerly operated crops. Some have been within Yugoslavln
moved supplied with arms and or-Jast March to Bucharest,
Greece currently has 225,000
ganised into "local home
was
guard unifa for defence. I mea inter alms.--Associated
Refugees have been a heavy Press.
burden and have reached a total of about 700,000 this
year.
Indoctrination
2. The Greek government has
BELIEVE JAPAN
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Tokyo, June 18.
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of
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of political Japonese exiles
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indoctrinating visiting his mother country, sald them in a model camp on today that
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nearly
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the island of Makronisos.300.000 first, second And third The exiles, suspected Com-generation Japanese living In munists and sympathisers, Drazil believe Japan Won the numbered about 15,000 at Pacifle war,
the peak.
He blamed the ultra-nationalist
3. The guerillas' morale has Japanese group, Shindo Reamei,
been hard hit by defeat in for
the Tito quarrel, the ousting Press.
the
misconception.-United
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