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U.S. WARNS ON South African
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Uaad extensively by Auch great Institutions at-Thẻ: ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUBIC The ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUBIC
warned United:"States "exporters that trado measures made by an official agency of the Chinese Communist Government in recent weeks are aimed at driving American trade' representatives in China out of business.
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the
là said it has been reportedį. He said, "TO deal with in recent weeks that the North; Communist Government import China Import Company-a sub- agency micans that the American sidiary of the Chinese Com-company's, representative abroad munist North China Foreign Will be driven out of business and the valuable services rendered by Trade Control Burenu-hasi him will no longer be available written to several American to his principal since the
031 attempt pace of the agency is to purchase to order directly from them. not only for Governmental use byggasing thei North China.
manufactures in
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Mr. McKiernan gaid that while trading with the offlelal agency would bring temporary advan tages to Ameriena manufacturers and exporters they would lose out in the long run without ald of this technically prepared ngent In a variety of tasks such 立咒 servicing and educating em qu'pment ployees in the best methods of perating and utilising American products.
IN CHINA molean netivities,
San Francisco, February 1.
State-owned trading com- panies are playing an im- portant part in promoting the interflow of goods be- tween town and countryside in Communist China, Peking Radio reported tonight.
These compnales, deal in yarn and fabrics, Joy loent products a in sundry goods,
Giving an example ur เกษ scope of the operation of these
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Johannesburg, February 1.
Hundreds of women, pack. dd- tight in · · Johannesburg Hill, today cheered the Isunghing of a "housewives' strike.
They will campaign through- out Bouth Africa againat "the high and increasing cost of living, especially the high retail cost of foodstuffs and other normaltfor.
The mesting resolved to ar. ganise an information service, to boycott all inferior or over- priced articles, and to or.. panisc protest meetings re- fusing-to-support-sny-Gov- ernment "that will not protect the foodstuffe of the nation." --Associated Press.
THAILAND WATCH ON BORDER
ACHESON ACCUSES MR.
CREECH JONES
Washington, February 1, .
The United States. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, today accused the British Colonial Secretary of having Inaccurately represented the American Government's opposition, to... ́recent, British curbs on dollar oil imports. Taking an unusual course, Mr. Acheson read to.
his weekly Press conference a prepared de- claration denying a statement said to have been sent by the British Colonial Secretary, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, to the East African Government, and published without authority in the British and American Press.
Mr. Acheson suld that the the same time protect the legiti-| statement did not accurately moto interests of the countries reflect the serious concern with and companies concerned," Mr. which the United States Gov- Acheson said. ernment viewed the British netton in reducing dollar oll imports into the Sterling area
action was put into effect.
com-
Bangkok, February 1, To forestall possible Chinese China, Thailand has banned bor. Communist infiltration from Indo-
He said that the British action der crossings by Chinese
was taken without adequate con- exceptį sultation with American
panies to determine whether or by visa. -
Thailand formerly had recipro- not these companies would effect and approximately equivalent dollar enl agreements with Burma Indo-China to permit border eros- savings by adjustments in their sings for trading purposes.
operations. The British were in- formed of this view.
"It is out view that 'measures can be adopted which will meet the necessity of the United King- dom and Sterling area to save dollars on the oil account and at
As quoted in the American Press, the letter from the British Colonial Secretary to the East
called for substitution of fuel oil of British companies for normal oll importa for internal consump- tion and said that all Common- wealth members were being ank ed to comply with the substitu- tion programme to save dollars. Embarrassment to officials
"
The letter also said that the Americans had not, gone be- yond expressing regret at the
that they told the roll companies they were taking o fèm line with the British while merely expres- sing regret at the British proposal to reduce the import for dollar oil.
In usually reliablo:quarters in London It is believed that the American 'accusations were based on à misinterpretation of the facts and that the only possible communication Mr. Creech Jones. could have made was the normal confidential directive telegraph to a Colonial Government.
Official sources in Dar-es-Salaam. denied knowledge of the alleged letter from Mr. Creech Jones to the East African Government.
A local oil company also sald that it knew nothing of the let- ter-Reuter.
TIBET REPEATS PLEA
Was on
Now, Delhi, February 1. The feeble radio volco which.. yosterday broadcast from Tibet English for help An appeal In against the Chinese Communisla
the air again today. The new broadcast repeated the communiquo which maid the Dalai Lama's Tibetan domain had never recognised Chinose sovereignty and could not recognise claims by the Chinese Communists Tibet bolonged "to - China. radio station also broadcast pro-
that: The
State Department officials' are grammes in Chinese; — United obviously embarrassed by charges Praga.
Violators of the new order, which has gone out to police au- thorities in the 28 border provin-
proposal. Mr. McKiernan said it should) ces, will be brought to Bangkok be obvious from the foregoint for banishment to Indo-Chinn. that it is to the best interesis of
Associated Press, American manufacturers and ex- porters who have agency repre- sonlations in Communist China to their do their utmost lu keep present representation infact rather than succumb to the tem- porary advantage of doing busi- auss with the Communist Import Company.
Doubtful reliability
He sold the ability to
make
the State-owned Local Products Company 11] Tientsin bought sundry products Iran the North China Country quick deliveries, and the quality
over sile equivalent to
15.009 of
kives American products. tons of millet. These purchases American exporters an advantage were made between October and over foreign competitors why: December last year and proceeds might sell directly to Communist from the sale of village products import compaales, were sufficient to maintain 620,- 000 pensants for one month.
that
Mr. McKiernan recalled the Peking regime recently for In promoting two-way traffic bade acceptance of orders which between town ond countryside, call for Inspection certificater North China State-owned trading issued by other than the Com- comprales are also supplying in-munist official inspecting agency. dustrial goods to the countryside through their branches and local co-operatives, These goods in- elude cloth, yarns, kermene, salt. coal, matches, sugar and rubber products,
He sald, "While the degree to which the Communists have been able to carry out this regulation is not yet known, the Depart- ment of Commerce has rece
bt mended that this regulation
American importers resisted by since In the event of inaccurate or falsified inspection certi0cates there could naturally be no re- course against the Communist at agency.
Grain and cotton growing is to be expanded in Hopei Province this year. Peking Radio reported,
This development is envisaged in plan drawn up at a recent economic conference held Paoting, the provincial capital,
Under the now approved sche- me the Province's cotton screage is to be raised to 2,000,000 acres, or a quarter of the total cotton acreage in China,
"Moreover, the pussibility of such a situation arising is
in- creased by the fact that the re putation of reliability of the Com. munist Inspeeling agency is open to question." Provision is made for the addi- -tional-horvesting of-715,000-tons-Several
of grain.
The Province will also direct efforts towards restoration of the
the agricultural yield to
Dre Sino-Japanese war level.
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