WARTIME PLAN TO DIVIDE YUGOSLAVIA BARED IN BELGRADE
Russo-British agreement ELECTIONS ON SUNDAY
Belgrade, March - 19.
M. Moshe Pijade, Deputy Speaker of Parliament and a leading Yugoslav official, declared here today that Mr. Winston Churchill agreed with Soviet Russia in October, 1944, to divide Yugoslavia into two spheres of interest.
M. Pijade continued: "The British soon realised that they could get nothing out of their 50 per cent and they were rather furious about us. But three years later the Russians, who had imagined that all the 100 per cent would go to them, realised that they could not even get their
50 per cent.
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"It was then that the Cominform resolution was taken.” M. Pijade was addrossing a meeting of 280,000 people packed in the vast Square of the Republic in Belgrade for the biggest meating of the campaign for next Sunday's elections.
U.S. admiral on China's attitude
Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
March 18.
He quoted Soviet declarations that socialist and capitalist coun- tries could live together редсе fully and asked: "Why can they not live and co-operate peace- fully with us? Let them assumo that we are a capitalist country and let them try to live peace- fully with us at least that way."
Mr. Pijade nided that what bothered Russia was that Yugo- sinvio was a genuino Socialist country.
Mr. Pijade spoke from a high
of rosirum in the centre
tho Square backed by a portrait of Marshal Tito.
Given this attitude, observers here believe that the
Govern-
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1980.
in Peking
Czech mission SENATOR WANTS
ARMS AID FOR GERMANY, SPAIN
San Francisco, March 19. Peking radio today, report. od the arrival of a Czech trade mission in order to develop, trade between the two coun- teries. The mission' is headed by Frantisk.Adamek.
Recent reports · Indloated that similar misslona would'. -soon be arriving from Eastern Zona Germany and other Bo- vist satellites which are able to offer manufactured goods and Industrial raw materials In exchangs for China's pro- duce-bristles, vegetable olie, tin, wolfram oran, gold, and1 tex.inited Press.
Riot squads stand by in Italy
Washington, March 19.
Senator Walter George said today that he regarded tho administration's European military aid programme a waste „of money as long as it did not provide for rearming Western Germany and aiding Spain.
He avoided, however, any positive proposal for
sending American orms to Germany now. Senator George, who is chairman of the Sonate Finance Committoo and leading Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, told ro porters he would oppose Mr. Truman's request for foreign military ald spending authority beyond the amount approved last year. He also opposed the MAP bill last year, but said he would go along this year to the extent of supporting appropriations" to pay off US$500,000,000 worth of con- tract authorisations approved in
1949.
The MAP appropriations last Rome, March 19.
year earmarked $1,300,000,000 in Riot squads stood ready for which $1,000,000,000 was for the cash and contract authority, of trouble in Rome and other key North Atlantic Fact nations. Italian cities today-as-the-Com-President Truman has asked for munists 'planned mass meet- a second instalment of $1,100,000,-
to protest against the new 000 this year. emergency police measures. Meanwhile, the Defence Secre- tion procedure was taken only in
tary, Louis Johnson, Bald today order to create the Impression Jeeps of riot squads were park-that he was determined to press abroad that the elections were ed in side alleys around Parlla- his drive to climinate the "fat" freer than in the Iron Curtainment and government buildings, from the military budget despite although the streets of Rome were quict.
ment's step to liberalise the elect
countries.
In these circumstances, the re- turn. of Marshal Tito's Govern- ment with an overwhelming ma- jority at a time when the coun- iry is under strong economic and political pressure from the Com- Inform would, It is hoped, indi- cate to the world that Marshal Tilo is, if anything, more armly than ever in the saddle.
Rear Admiral Ellis Zacherias, retired deputy Chief of Naval Intelligence who predicted the Pearl Harbour attack, today to the polls on March 26, the cicc- Kremin and would tend to con-
When the Yugoslav people gǝ
This would be a rebuff to the
vince the West that Yugoslavia was a good risk for the foreign trade which the country needs
In Milan, Genon, Turin, Bolag- na and Florence, the police were on the alert, and weekend leaves cancelled.
The Communists reacted vaci- ferously to the government's new security measures, which will ban public meetings for three months and restore the nation's police force to its 1948, pre-cler tion strength.
toral procedure will be slightly more ilberal than at the Inst election in 1945-on paper, writes United States Ronald Preston, Reuter's Corres-, so badly for its five-year plan. midnight, the Communist Party
said he believes that the Chi- nese Communists would rather work with the than Russia,
He urged the United States to take advantage of the situation to drive a wedge between China and Russia.
pondent.
ot
Reuter.
voting
This year, instead for a "Axed list," drawn up by the Communist-dominated Peo- ple's Front for the whole coun- Admiral Zacherias said, "Chi-try, they will vote for individuni
candidates In balloting for Federal Council.
military leaders know we 1030 can give them much more than the Iussions can and the leaders know too that they need us more than we do them."
the
Election to the other House of the Yugoslav People's Assembly, which takes place at the same.
In an interview, the Admiratime, will, however, still be by
also said he believed that Repub- lean Senator Joseph McCarthy had found some erroneous infor- mation in his investigation of security risks in the Stato De- partment.
He said he would vouch for the patriotism of two men attacked, John Service who has been slat- ed for a Consular post In India, and Dr. Philip Jessup, roving American Ambassador.
Admiral Zocherlas said, "Some- times the best people get misin- formation. I hope he gets back on the right track.""
the China question the Ad- On miral said the main goal of the Chinese regime was to restrain foreign influence from China and “this provided an opportunity for the United States to step in and freeze Russia,
He suggested that economic aid to new governments experiencing growing nationalism was the best way to combat Communism in Southern Asia.
Exed st
Now electoral law
Under the new electoral law of January 21, anyone who has the right to vote and is nomin- ated by 100 voters can stand so
a candidate-and be elected provided he polls a clear mai jority over all the other can. didates in his constituency.
The problem
of making rain in NY
New York, March 19... A legal authority said today that New York's attempts to make rain may lead to the formation of an Interstate cloud authority which would. pass on applications for mak- ing rain to ease water shortages such as the one New York has
now.
as
The commission would also help mediate disputes such would occur between rubber manufacturers who want rain to
In theory, this leaves the way open for anti-Government candi-help business, and farmers hop- dates to present themselves. In
Ing for sunshine. practice, it is doubtful, however, whether many will avail them- selves of the opportunity,
At a series of emergency meet- Ings, which lasted until after
declared that the police order were a step toward Fascism and the workers would not let them be enforced,
The police measures apply also to activities of the neo-Fascist Italian Social Movement, but the Communists charged that they were intended primarily to block demonstrations by strikers and land-grabbing
peasants.-United Press,
U.S. to sell
democracy
all criticism and at the same time increase the combat power of the armed forces.
The defence chief made the atatement in an interview rem viewing his first stormy year in the office that contributed to the death of the former Secretary, James Forrestal.
of the
Mr. Johnson said the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force agreed with him that US$13,000,- 000,000 was the most that should be spent on defence during the new fiscal year.
He added that he would oppose any efforts to cut this
this amount.
Army, Navy and Air Force spending was running at a rate of about US$15,000,000,000 when Mr. Johnson became Defence Secretary on March 20 last year. Resignation rumours
He
Devaluation
of currency in Indonésia
Jakarta, March 19. The United States of Indo- nesia devalued the currency by 50 percent today and seized half of all cash and bank ac counts over 1,000. guilders as a government loan
(The guilder was quoted in the United States recently at about 28 cents.)
An ordinance of the Financè Ministry said all paper Indang- slan guilders in circulation will lose half their value,
All banks and pay offices in the country are to be closed until March 22. After that they will reopen and exchange old money for new banknotes at one-lint the face value until, April 18.
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The Finance Ministry's order literally required paper money over five guliders in value to be cut in half. The left hand hal of Hong Kong & Shanghal Bank Bldg. the bill will be valued as curren- cy at half face value until April 9. after which it must be changed for new currency.
"In due time," Finance Minis- ter Sjafroeddin said in a radio decree, explanation of the new the right hand half may be turn ed in for government bonds, again at half the face value.
Mr. Johnson denied rumours that he would resign, soan. aald: "like the challange of the job. I intend to stay until it is finished or until President Truman tells me I am no longer nooded,"
Truman has indicated that Mr. he is pleased with Mr. Johanon. Mr. Johnson said that his double- barrelled
programme of economy and unification of armed services was progressing satisfactorily.
"The
The nation's defences are far beiter than a year ago and getting better all the
the time." he
said. "The Army,
NAVY
and Air Force are more alert and in a better state of Washington, March 19. combat readiness than they have The State Department plans been since demobilisation. to bring about 3,000 Germans
Press. "There is intense rivalry among to the United States in the year the Army, Navy and Air Force ending July 1, 1951, as part of to get their uniformed men from its campaign to "sell demo-behind the desks and into combat
to Germans
Lawyers and engineers argued the legality of tampering with the sky as selentists prepared to try to squeeze rain out of thecracy" in Germany. clouds hovering over New York's dry watershed.
Fear of indirect reprisals by the UDB (Marshal Tito's so- cret police) either against them- apives or against those who nominate them, makes anti- Government candidates reluctant debates over to stund for election.
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In addition, it would be Admiral Zacherias said it was ceedingly difficult for suck can- useless to count on Chlang Kal- didales to fight an election carri- shek because Chiang has nothingpaign against the People's Front the people of China. with its huge propaganda ma- to offer United Press.
chine backed by a membership of some 8,000,000,
Value of Eastmark tumbling
Berlin, March 19. The value of the East" Ger- man mark tumbled two more points
thriving on Berlin's blackmarket today and Western sources accused the Russians of manufacturing an East mark "panic" to disrupt West Berlin economy.
There is a great deal of specu lation and little certainty in the how to seed the clouds with dry ice and silver oxide in an effort to make them
Iver
experts.
jobs."
Bitter criticism
i
Con-
held as cash or in bank accounts He also sald half of all money will be regarded by the govern ment as a public loan" bearing three per cent interest. Banks will be required to transfer 50 per cent of every bank account to a special account for the loan, reckoning the amount at huit tar face
value. Accounts of under 400 guilders will be excepted and ac- counts of less than 1,000 will have 200 gullders exempted from the loan provisions, -- Associated
HK a spy centre, Red. agency says
London, March 19. The Moscow Radio tonight accused Britain and the United States of spying on Communist headquarters established with China through a combined
Congress is to be asked to car-
The most controversial member mark about $7,000,000 for this out of President Truman's post-elec- of a $30,000,000 budget for Ama- tion Cabinet, Mr. Johnson found Western Germany. rican occupation expenses in much of the past 12 months tumultuous.' His dismissal of Most of the visitors will be affl-163,000 civilian employees, closing cials of the West German Repub- down of military installations and give up their rain. No one really. llc, editors, teachers, legislators, reductions in the sizes of the knows what will happen, because union leaders, students, and agri-armed services has evoked cri- there are no laws governing what culture, food, legal and health ticam, often bitter, from man may or may not do.
Chinese Nationalists in Hong Some lawyers believe the na-
About 2,300 West Germans will gress, high-ranking officers of the tion's largest clty might be
Kong. After brought to court on charges of during the year ending this July
have
visited the United States Navy and from the Press.
being
broadcast, heard here, SWOTT) in, Mr. Johnson cloud stealing, sky trespassing or
a Salzon. Indo-China, So, although the electoral pro- disturbing the peace with thun-
1 to observe American democracy
warned top officers at the Penta-quoted cedure appears
cost at first hand. The to be slightly der. There might be damage suits
was gon either to get wholeheartedly correspondent of Telepress, Left Wing news agency. It said the more liberal than hitherto, it is resulting from
behind unification or get out. $5,000,000. artificially-pro-
existence of a British-American State Department officials re- likely that all that the Yugoslav duced rainfall.
former Navy Secretary, headquarters in Hong Kong had Sullivan, Admiral people will be able to
port that there has been a big in... | John
Louis, been
"revealed in
in confidence by March 26 is to confrm Marshal
crease in the number of private Denfeld, Rear-Admirel Joel Boone officers of General Douglas Mac- Tito's Communist Government in
American organizations desiring and Captain Joh
Arthur's staff when ins John Crommelin of power for another four years.
to assist in the programme. the Navy are proof that he meant French
Co-operation. generally takes it. Mr. Sullivan quit in a huff, Reds not worried
The Communists
do on
themsalvos
Other legalists say the sky is free for anybody to do what he likes. One lawyer said, "Anybody is allowed to shoot a duck in sea- son if he has a hunting license, and the man on whose property the shooting takes place cannot claim the duck. Maybe it will be the same way with clouds. should think anybody who takes the trouble to go up and play around with the cloud could have Some engineers look for coin- plications resulting from the ten- Blackmarket money changers,
dency, of clouds to move about. who yesterday offered nine East-
They pointed out that although a marks for one Westmark, raised
They believe that to have cloud directly overhead might be their price to 11 for one today, It was the lowest price for the East completely free elections in the seeded with dry ice or silver
are not worried by the fact that these elections will not be free by Western standards. They use their task se to des troy the old order by revolu. tlam and "suild Bocinism" In its place. Everything else must be subordinated to this and.
The
The
The D
In
charged that tho
the form of paying the expenses Admiral Denfeld was fired, Ad- alleged Hong Kong espionage of visiting Germans while in the miral Boone recently was dusted United States and guiding their tours.
United States Army Depart ment officials are also planning to expand the number of visits by Austrians to the United States to counternet Russian propaganda` in that country-Router.
Bombay, March 18. Four knings, one of them mark since the currency "crisis" tween Capitalism and
**** | present_"transition period" ba-oxide, by the time the rain falls | fatal, were officially reported to- began three days ago. Omletally, would
Socialism the cloud might be miles away night, the seventh day of distur- the East and West marks are enemy" a chance to put a spoke.
only give
"class | over somebody else's property. bances. A communique gave the "You can't tie it to a stake and week's figures as 14 killed, 33 equal in value, but for year the in the Socialist wheel,
milk it like a cow", one declared. wounded and 10 arrested-As- rate has fluctuated between Ave
-United Press.
Bociated Press.
the
and seven Eastmarks for ONC Really, free. elections will only Westmarka
be possible, their creed tells Western Alled Binance ofcials them, when "reaction" is finally believed the price would be liquidated and the Socialist order around 8.5 Eastmarks for one is accepted by all Yugoslavs në Westmark when the semi-official | permanent. currency exchange oficos opened tomorrow.
WIK
The Yugoslav Government's Allled and Germanz
attitude sources
to the elections charged that the Russian's-more. made clear by MAN: Edward dumping Enstroarka:Into the
Kardell, who la a senior member Western sectora In an effort to
of the Yugoslav Politbureau as disrupt West Berlin economy.
well on Foreign Minister, when Officials expressed the belief that he Introduced the 'rew electoral the falling invalue of the East-
law in Parliament, mark to an all-time low was de- signed to get West, Berlinors; to buy their goods and services in -the Soviet sector. joke
If the controlled East Berlin prices are. forced to hold, the effect might be a shifting of pur- chases of consumera" goods from the Wratern to the Eastern sector. This could be well-nigh ruinous. to West:Berlin"pconomy.--Unlted. Press
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