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INDO-CHINA SITUATION A pair of old campaigners
CAUSING CONCERN
Focal point in the cold war in Asia
FRENCH REQUEST AID
Bangkok, February 14.
The United States For East diplomatic conference focussed its at- tention on the explosive Indo-China situation where the East West cold war is threatening to boil over, the United Press learned today.
Twelve killed in Saigon grenade blast
Saigon, February 14. Twelve people wero killed when Vietminh guerillas threw a grenade into a crowd celebrating the Franco-Vietnamese agreement ratification.
Six gtterillas were ar rested.—Associated Press.
Indo-China has become the focal point in the cold
war in Asia. Information on the area which has become a tinderbox was presented to the conference by Mr. Edmund A. Gullion, First Secretary of the United States Legation at Saigon.
The Indo-China situation was made tense by the recent recognition of the Bao Dai government by the United States and the recognition of rival Ho Chi-minh by Red China.
The official communique on The Prefect of Alpes Maritimes
Mr. Winston Churchill. alves a. friendly pat on the shoulder to bover Freddis Mills at Paddington station, Freddie was among the poeple en'hem trace Mr. Churchill off to Cardin to address a mass meeting of 50,000 people as part of his election campaigri-(AP Photo)
Red attempt to land on Namoa foiled
Taipeh, February 14,
the first day's session omitted Department sent an appeal to The Defence Ministry today claimed the National- specific reference to the Indo-workers to refrain from further
China problem which is close- ly tied in with the big confer ence question of Communiers it Asla. The brief communi- que on the super-secret session sald only that portions of the scesion were "devoted to re- ports from various members of the conference on the political
holdsspects of the situation in each
Scandinavian Premiers secret meeting
Stockholm, February 14. The Premiers of Norway, Denmark and Sweden met secretly for 11 hours at Halm. stadt in Western Sweden yes. terday and reliable sources said they probably discussed the reports that Russia is plan- ning to revoke its treaty of friendship with Finland.
of the countries to which they were accredited.".
People in this part of the world
have not forgotten that the pre- sence of Japanese troops in Fronch mands Indo-China and American de- their withdrawal for touched off the war in the Pacifle. The editorial in the afternoon Bangkok newspaper "Liberty" warned the diplomats that situs- cannot be miniinised ion,
and for all practical purposes has reminded them that Indo-China fallon into the category of Korea" -being divided between the gay- ornments
disorder.
Fighting broke out at 0800 GMT when Communist workers tried to prevent the loading of the Italian ship Talna with war material.
When a truck carrying the racket launcher arrived on the docks accompanied by two trucks guards, the carrying security Communists seized the lunchor
ists had foiled an attempt by about 100 Com- munists to infiltrate into 'Namoa Island off. Swatow.
....
The attempt was made on Friday. Namoa is a Nationalist naval and air base.
It also serves as a centre forpeachment and for the return of supplies smuggled to the main the Generalissimo to the Pres! guerillos.
Swede sentenced for spying
Stockholm, February 14. A Swedish businessman. Goesta Mittag Leffler, was found guilty of espionage to. day and sentenced to 18 months Imprisonment :
Leffler, a former Swedish army: captain and member of a well known Swedish family, was found guilty by a magistrate's cout of attempting to self to g foraigh work of power plants in Sweden.
and, spew it into the sen before hand for use by Nationalist Top merkbers of the Kuomin- diplomat a map showing the not-
the police could stop them.
Key point
in struggle
The Ministry said the attempt to land in Namoa was made from the Communist-heid island of Hsi Shan (Sea Mountain) Swalow,
near
It also claimed that Nationalist guerillas were extremely activé on San Kuo Chao (Triangle T-
near Canton.
Indo-China le acon se “a keyland) in the Pearl River delta point in the struggle for con. trol of the Far East" in the first of
articles by a series of special correspondent on Indo. China in "The Times" today, adde⭑ Reuter message from
London. on opporite aldies in Premier Hans Hedtoft of Den- the world's cold war, mark, Premier-Einar Gerhardson ~"Liberly”~zaldTM-that--"judging of Norway and Prior Tuge Erlan- from the facts on the surface der of Sweden orrived at Holm- the American policy toward the stadt at ham, and almost im- entire East has failed and Com- melistely went into conference. muntem in slowly but stondily The conference onded at 8 pm. getting hold of the Far East.
The informants sold that the
Premiers also probably discussed American aid
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now Scandinavian Ministers
moeting during the talk
Helsink! that an explosion blow
in the main doors of the Finnish
Houses of Purllament early today and smashed soverud of the build-
Nauter.
AIRMEN HELD
officiale
IfIndo-China-falls under and Communist control, Slam Burma, and later Malaya
and Indonesia, will be subjected to the full pressure of military ox- pansionist Communism based on China," the writer says.
ceed.
The Reds dispatched two regi- ments of their 44th. Army to the island as reinforcements.
tang, however, are still hesitant to force a showdown. They re portedly fear, that any indication of a split would prove disastrow
United at this critical periodi Press.
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•Warship trails ss. Flying Independent
Aboard the so. Flying
Independent, February 14.
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SPITFIRE CRASHES ON LANTAO ISLAND
A Royal Air Force Spitfire fighter plane crashed on the peak of Lantao Island yesterday, kill- ing the pilot.
At noon yesterday, three Spitfires took off from Kai Tak on a routine flight: Two of them returned a hälf-an-hour later and reported: third as missing.
This touched, off an intensive | air-sea search by units of the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and the United States Navy,
A helicopter off, the American aircraft carrier, USS Boxer, sight- ed the crashed plane late yester. doy afternoon and directedlo Royal Navy launch to the site.
The broken body of the pilot was returned to Hong Kong lat last night.
is being His name
withal rending nciliication of the next of kin,
Navy aids search
The Royal Navy Immediately despatched four destroyers, twe tricates, four motor launche: and two motor' fishing trunchor to scour the Lantao-Hong Kong Brek.
The Royal Air Force seat it: more than 20 Spitfires and Sunderland Flying boat to all in the search.
Police launches 'also joined in the search.
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Bishop hits U.S. policy
in China
Atlanta, February 14. Private correspondence. of Methodist Bishop Arthur J. Moore of Atlanta, released today, criticised U.S. polity In
China.
Far
The Bish P, now on 1 Eastern tour of Christianity's out posts, wrote:
"Why America should fall to Generalissimo Chiang support Kalahek as he struggles against atheistic Communiæn and thus allow the Soviets to overrun all China, in a question I cannot
answer.
Το flight Communiam m Europe," he continued, and give The destroyers were Comus. It no opposition in Asia looks to Constanca, Charity and Cossack.me like stupidity. Democracy and Two, frigates which joined the Christianity will have to fight for search were Morecambe Bay and their very existents if Russia is Whitesand Bay,
allowed to
The pilot of the American heli- in China, Fonsolidatë her, gains
WIB
Lieutenant-Com-
Edwin Conant of Sar
copter mander Diego, Califamin
Informed of crash'
.The commander of a Navy
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kar. · written aftor'a The letter,
two-hour dinner and interview with Chiang, conolydadi "I came back to the ship, wishing de- sperately that even yet Eng- and America might be rnalistic about Vaffaire' in
far has visited. More so
Tand
i'mbre
motor, launch, Lieutenant. J.. E. China, Cooper, received.Information... Bishop.
where the crash took place from: Poori Harbour, -
Japan and
Talwan
a group of Chinese who wore His Hinerary calls for visite, to ona sampan near Lantas ls-Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore, land late. yesterday afternoon. Penang, Sumatra, Bortles and The
who had been Kuala Lumpur.—Associated Press. commander. ordered to assist in the search for the missing plans, réported that by the use of sign language he a plane had
He pleaded Innocent and said Information, on the map could be obtained from encyclopedias,
The Judga ruled that the understood that systematic mapping and com- crashed near the peak of the is- piling of facts about the plants | land, clearly proved it was done for "spying purposes.” ...
The foreign diplomat involved was not named in the trial.
Leffler was arrested last sum- mor when the diplomat refected his offer of the map and reported him to the defence staff,
known
Leffer is a nephew of the wall mathematician, Goosta A small, unidentified warship | Mittag Leffler United Press, began trailing the Flying Inde pendent today as this isbrandtson Line traighter entered the Taiwan Straits...
"The warship, which was "pre="} tumed to be Chinese Nationalist attoupted to establisi blinker
Independent about 10 km.
O Molel military despatches today predicted the next twe weake will be critical for the big South China island of Hal:
nan.
-Race riot-in- Johannesburg
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The
Ministry quoted intelli- gence reports for a claim that in- habitants of Shanghal scrambled ngerly for leaflets which Nation- alist planes dropped a few dayr ago.
denounced thi The leaflets Communist leader, Mao Tse-tung, as a bandit who was selling his country to Russia, and called on After referring to the "extreme the people of Red China to rise bitterness of the hostilities in in-revolt ngaiast tumeme z
and to the hopes that The Ministry sald the lonflats Indo China a
Government-may were "extremely well received Meanwhile, In Paris, Inform-the-Hae: Dul Router aids in a report trimed wources and guday that succeed in detaching the moder
final commutatenilor se vltentha »Flying P French
ate Nationalists-from-the Com begun. have
Johannesburg, February 14, drafting a formal request for munist elements in the Vietminh movement, the article says only
The signal was not answered Using lamp posts as tom teens, American ald to Vietnam..
it the people. feel that he is
bost them with iron Max prevented Africans The
and the heavy sources said the French re-
to the
actual interception, If such was bars and gave the signal for th windows-United Press and quest will include details of how bringing and Dad
American dollars would be used country can Bao Dal hope to muc-
Intended. The war vessel con- stoning of cars driven by white tinued to follow' this ship_from] men during a 'race riot here to- to bolster the French sponsored
"This truth is realised by the
| about five miles astern.
night. Pletham Government of Emperor
The
the Fog shrouded the Nationalist
trouble began in Bao Dal against the Russian sup- pre enlightened French in Indo-
(Flying Independent, sister ship African township of Nawelare, on ported Communists led by Dr. China, who regard all accords not
as a final settlement but as a held island. Official sources point. AS HOSTAGES
ed out that the Japanese used this of the Flying Arrow which was the outskirts of Johannesburg, ito
when they fired upon recently off Shanghal, when police in two flying squad work on the dollar starting point."
"Some of the abler Vietnamese period of the year
and sulled from Manila for Hong Kong cars were checking Africans' ald plan was begun some time who have
their lot captured the island at the begin on January 30. En route to Hong passes and tried thrown In
to arrest ona. New Delhi, February 14. ego, these sources mid, but final
Kong part of her cargo caught | man. Two Englishmen and one Indian drafting was held
up until the with Bao Dal accepted the ac- nine of the Sino-Japanese war.
The military reports estimated are. The Flying Independent to Suddenly hundreds of residents airmen are being hold as "hosta- arrival of the French High Com cards not because they liked them?
had 100,906 regarded them as final but the Communists gen" by the Pakistan Government, missioner
carrying cargo for Communist
rosein In the neighbourhood in Indo-China, Mr. because they hoped they would troops ready to invado Hainan China but her destination was not revolt. Police reinforcements were the Indian Prine Minister, Pandit Leon Pignon, who flew from Sal serve as a means towards ending They are expected to strike from revealed when she left Hong rushed there and in a battle that Nehru, told Parliament livre to-gon to jain the talks in Faris to a conflict which has brought un- a number of widely scattered Kong)United Press.
followed shots were fired and day.
told discord and suffering to the points on the adjacent mainland.
baton charges were made. The plan is expected to take
Nationalists said if the Rod He said they were members of tape quickly. It will be forward-
Time, however, is running failed to invade the crow of a plane belonging to Washington to
Hainan In the to the Indian Civil Airlines which basis for discussions with State adds-United Press and Reuter, bogged down for months to come:
serve as a dangerously short: the writer next two weeks they may be CEYLON DETAINS mado a forced fanding in East Department officials. Pakistan at the end of Decenbar.
sources saldaronli, Milllory They were being detained against
groups of Reds had managed to Infiltrate into the island in the
Ceylon," February 14. payment of compensation to the probably
past month. They joined embat- The Ceylon authorities have do
Chinese tled Reds in Hainan's mountain tained the 3,818-ton Dus centre. These military sources Nationalist cargo ship, Union admitted further Red Ionitrations Plonger at - the request of the Union Pioneer, now lying in within.
Colombo Harbour, is one of the 12. American merchant abips sold Page 2... to the Chinese Natiohället Govern ment on which America claims Page 5 mortgages: are still outstanding, †
The Weather
dhy.
Informed sources said Françoi
would request both
ог
NATIONALIST SHIP
Soviet recognition-of- the- Ho Prime Minister, Mr. Robert might endanger · Hainan from United States Embassy here. The
The
families of 11 Pakistan nationale economic and military aid for
ROYAL VISIT killed on the ground when the Vietnam. It was believed the plane ‹ landed—Router.
emphasis in the beginning at
POSTPONED least-would be placed on mill- tary ald.
Canberra, February 14. }. Chi-minh regime, French officials feared, might carry with it So- Gordon Menzies, announced today viet military ald to
the rebel that King George and Quech Elizabeth had been forced to post- Ruerilia forces by way of Com-
Aus munist China, French officials, pone their proposed visit to
train at least until 1952. reported to bo therefore, were
The King decided it was his cagar to get American military
in Britain this aid flowing quickly to the Viet duty to remain nām, Governinent.
year because of the elections and next year because of the Fortival
Britala-United Prom
At C800 MT (2-5m, HENT) the depression over the Eastern. Ben has deepened, and moved to a 8 of, Krubo, It. le continuouir, moving ENE and deepente, Pressure - zerultis high over China and Japan" with "HEonon persisting over the adincent, noun.
Today's 'Forecasti-Moderate, frah", re strong locally. H`or NE, winds, sloudy.
Dockers refuse
Continuing told to load ship
BadTesterday's Wouthwžimmie Lee M
Minimums 41.8" deg. „Exh."?
Berious fighting-broke out in Now today when the
B-36 IN TROUBLE
4:LI's return urged -Members of the powerful Supreme Council, have urged Acting President: L1 Teung len.
White civilians armed with rifios dod revolvers also fired an
station and stoned a train-Reu- the Africans, a small group of whom advanced to the railway
!ter.
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Songkram returning to Bangkok.
Farm" Arbitration. Dalry
The Union Pioneer is the Afth
DAME Paga° 4
at prosent recuperating in the Nationalist ship to be detained Barclay's Bridge.}"
United States from an opera at the request of the American Page
Nationalists" and bombing. -tion, to paed his return to Tal- Government in weeks. The wan the official "Central Dally 7607-ton: Chungking Victory where News reported
United Pressoth the”: Artierican ́ State. Dè-j
The Supreme
talka,
heldt Aden yesterday Last Bevin gate report on Moscow partment instructed its Consuls Page. 7. B
up Inst July to direct the Nation- in the Far East to detain these ullata' battle against the Chineeships to prevent them tailing into Soelle, February 14 Communists. The Chairman of Carimunist hands again A Boatula radioamateur this the Council Genaliatmo Kai-shek, and President
Com thoning hoarded then. Royal] Chiang sari-out?22" we
cable to Pros
munlet Backers' Union refused Canadian Air Force repars that it pa is bi SatoToad/Wars materia) on en had sighted an unidentified light The newspaper
Italian, ahip for,Indo-China. In Queur, Charlotte Sound and was made in a
Joint pidato sin. 33 um cap. The dockers, with the help of was reiking planes to investigato. 'kident | Lda. He had beeni, under Dirac MJ9%), g) (1918-19169 ms 1": "lochl" workers, tzseed a – rocket| A U‚¤, giani B-35/bomber with heavy" atfacks becaus
Follow and fremen used less perled that it was about to m Wanasakibombe to disperse the Com- down in
U.B. ready to disquen atom con-
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U.8. attention on Paoitto. Meanwhile, in Brisbane, Au- Pape-10.
Ing the “Nationalists: today nfully?" challenged in: the
wijis Court SW, power, of tile ited (staten ® to love a writ uralness the Chian Xhip: Unida
United Free ach
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In the meantime, the helicopter had confirmed the report of the crash, and Lieutenant Cooper, led
landing party on to Lantas la land.
Scaled peak
The party split into two groups, and scaled the peak of Lantas tron two directions.
Russians reject appeals of convicted Japs
Moscow, Fahrungy 14. The Soviet Supreme Court her. rejected clemency appeals from sovan of the 12 Japanese convict- "ed of preparing and waging germ | warfare. 20
The military collegium of the Court considered the -appeals' and A seaman, Pater Dawkins, firai confirmed the sentences originally sighted pieces of twisted and decreed by the military tribunal burnt metal which was spread of the maritimo military area inf over an area 100 yards long and Khabarovsk, Siberia. 20 feet wide..
At the end of this area was the | charred: ruins of the plane's en-
gine, and the broken body of the
ad
No mention was made of the
_fva_convicted,....:.
Otoza
oven whose appeals were rejected. Were Gaaral Yarunda, Lieutenant Clanerai Riski - Küd tauknum leitenant-General... The landing party quickly Tikatsu Takahashi Eleutenant placed the pilot's remains Colonal Tomie Karasawa, Lieti- stretcher, and returned to the tenant Colonel Toshihide--Nishi, motor launch for the trip back to Lleutenant Colonel Kazuo Mitome Hong Kong.
and-Major Nortimitsu, Kikuchi, They arrived lato last night. Associated Pressi
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