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IS YUGOSLAVIA NEXT
ON KREMLIN'S LIST?
Belgrado, August 21, Is Yugoslavia noxt on the Kremlin's list after Korea for a cold war shoot:
ing match? This is the question many people here are asking. Russia's satellites along Yugoslavia's North, and Eastern borders have in- tensified their nerve war against this country since the Invasion of South Korea.
ALBANIAN PEASANT UNREST
J
The tone of their propa- | States though, in the opinion of ganda, which now alleges that some observers, they would not credits Marshal Tito. with Western be averse to American support, has aggressive designs with which to purchase arms, may
in Switzerland or Sweden, on his Cominform neighbours,
and various military and This is not to say that develop- security measures are report-ments in Korea have not caused nervousness here; ed being taken on their side considerable
of the border, could be inter- more nervousness in fact, West- preted as preparations for aern diplomats think, than the So- "self-defence" attack on Yu viet troop movements along the Yugoslav-Hungarian and Ru- goslavia of the North Kercan mantan borders caused in August type.
and September of last year...
Bolgrade, August 20. The Communist Government of Albania has organised "civil guard' detachments through- out the country to support the
Reports reaching here from
The invasion of Southern regular Army and police, con-
some Korea by a Soviet satellite come trolling peasants discontented Bulgaria indicate that for
time now the
have as something of a shock to D over the one-way flow of been systematically strengthen-country which has four bitterly redit to Russia, the Yugoslav ing their military posts along the hostile such gatellites on its Press said today.
frontier, building "barracks" and borders. ostentatiously moving troops, in-
Bulgarians
A long article on conditions including their crack 2nd Albania, which appeared
towards moured Brigade, Yugoslav frontler.
AT"
the
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Tito statement
All the more ao pe Yugoslav officials have consistently dis- counted the possibility of Russia their the neigh-
so on their own account,
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"Omladin", organ of the Com munial youth, sald the USSR was taking Albanian crude oil, cop-
incidents Three frontier chrome, timber, leather, per.
the involving meat, cheese and cooking oil. Incurred recently
exchange of shota between attempting an attack return, it said, Moscow had falled Yugoslav and Bulgarian frontier country or inciting
bouring Cominform States to do to deliver, promised Industrial supplies, including sugar refinery, guards and the killing of
Bulgarian. texile factory and oil reßnery! equipment.
Anti-Yugoslav propoganda has "Albania has become fully de- been intensified in border towns pendent on the USSR while is and villages and warnings have,
sent round to Bulgarian economy serves Soviet industrial been and economic needs...the Gov-pensania to be on guard against ernment has been forced to or- all attempts to burn their crops tanise so-called Civil Guards, by "Serbien Fascist Titoists." consisting of groups of peasants considered to be devoted suppor
Lèrs, of Premier Enver Hoxha's Partially regime."
In theory these guards were "to defend and protect villages...but In reality they serve as armed help to the authorities in the struggle against those opposing high and unfair buying up for export." United Press.
INDIAN FOOD PRODUCTION
Only this spring. Marchal Tito expressed the opinion before
sie would not go to war "be- foreign correspondents that Rus- cause under no clrcumstances will Russia risic being the aggress Out
SOT."
Developments in the Far Enst More recently the Bulgarians might, Western observers think,
closed their frontier obline Marshal Tito with Yugoslavia,
forbidding this view. movement across it of peasants svho own of both nationalities land on either side of the border.
In Rumania
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U.S. PACIFIC COAST
HIVE
OF ACTIVITY
Now York, August 21.
on the Pacific Coast, 3,000 miles nearer the Korean war scene than hore, outward effects of the United States' struggle with Communist aggrossion wore more quickly and more vigorously apparent than on the Atlantic Coast.
Latest word from the San
to modify The great ports and airfields of Washington, Oregon and California burst into ant-like activity almost overnight and with increasing intensity At present the Yugesiavs pre-
as the size of the necessary United States war effort became clearer. fer to interpret events on their borders as a stepping up of the
Busy as they were during locked, free from currents, and cold war against them with the
the last five years of peace-accessible to all types of vessels Diego Marine base is that more two-fold object of: In Rumanin what the Yugo-
Cominform time orderliness and progress, the year round. slavs describe as susplelous mill-peoples' attention from their own cities such as Seattle, Port- Rumanian internal dimeulties arising, the land, San Francisco, Los An- tary mancouvres by
from Soviet geles and San Diego now sec troops coincide with alleged "ter-Yugoslavs allege,
of rorisation"
the Yugoslav domination
ex-the hustle and bustle, the com- minority living just inside the ploitation; border,
the Diverting
and
econointe
arrivals
be
Its broad expanse-22 equare milele frequent host to the Pacific Fleet and the mooring place for a sizable reserva of "mothballed" fighting ships, 2.--Keeping the Yugoslav ing and going of uniformed
earmarked to some now berder regions in a continuous men, departures and
planes,
readied for active service, which New Delhi, August 20. More troops and police bave state of unrest and uncertainty of ships and
the
Headquarters for the these
11th Food production In India and been drafted into
areas and to force the diversion to de- were so familiar during and deporta fence of more
Naval District, the Naval Operat- the procurement of food grains and mass arrests
manpower than Second World War.
ing Base of San Diego, is an im- by the Government for supplying tions to "unknown destinations" the country can afford.
They
were then the great
establishment. It in- deficit and rationed areas are to of Yugoslavs have been reported.
Much the same thing i
supply and staging buses for the cludes a 500-acre training centre Not indifferent be organised on a war tooling
gigantic United Statea effort that has 17 service schools and the Ministry of Food announced ported to be happening in Hun-
against the Japanese Jn the Paci- Yugo.
an average daily population here today at the end of two-day Bary. According to "Borba," the
Though publicly the Yugoslav
on the fic. The need for speed to rein-
peacetime of about 24,000. talks between 40
slave continue to eit Central and official journal of the
It has
repair and extensive fance as regards Korea, pre-force the sorely-pressed men un- State Food Ministers called by Communist Party, three to four
There is the the Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru. South Western border province thousand Yugoslavs living in the
ferring to regard the struggle der General Douglas MacArthur drydock facilities.
of is the driving force in the revival 2,563-acre North Island Alr -Reuter.
of Hungary were moved further
Station, with convenient adjoin- Inland
at 48 hours' notics and an
ing berths for aircraft carriers. operation to clear all Yugoslavs from frontier areas appears now
Marines' baso to be under way.
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as the inevitable the politics of "spheres of in-of those activities of 1940-45, Duence," which they claim to
San Diego, in California, a great have constantly opposed, West- arn diplomatla
De-naval base, is perhaps the busiest observers lieve they are nos indifferent of the lot. It is the Navy which While their official propaganda but no more, and if anything shouts "a plague on both your houses to Russia and the United of the opinion military States, both of whom, it claims, absorvers, # littlo lass than are wrongly interfering with the curring dream", a recent visitor Coast,
There are also many rumours of verlous other milltary moves, Russian and satollito,
in
bo
there were this time They are anyway to pected just before the regular annual autumn manoeuvres.
to its cutcome.
a
must provide the supply lines At Silver Strand, an amphibious | of fighting equipment across 7,000 base established in 1944 is ready. long, long miles of the Pacior. There is the Marine Corps base. "San Diego is today like a city which is the nerve centre for all
in unexpectedly caught re- Marine activities on, the Pucine:
The_grim, methodical dépar
has an emergency capacity of more than 5,000 bed patients.
last year. internal affairs of a small coun-to the city said on his return hore. That does not complete the in- extry for the sake of power poll-"It is seeing again the activity of stallation list. The Naval Hospital
tics, Communist victory in days that match those soon after Korea would not, it is thought. Pearl Harbour." necessarily suit-them
There are an important Naval One view here is this I Une ture of the First Marine Division Supply Depot and a Naval Elect- North Koreans gain substantial within three weeks of the open-frenles laboratory. and permanent successes against ing shots in Korea and the
a harbour de- The Army has the Americans the Kremlin night quickening tempo within nume- fence post at Fort Rosecrans, on be tempted try further adven- rous defence establishmenta on Point Loma, and the Coast Guard tures, including that of eliminat-
the shoreside are forceful remin- maintains 11 special security ing once and for all the "heretic”
ders of the San Diego area's patrol of cutters and planes from prime importance for backing its own basen in the general area. up United States moves in the To the North, less than an hour's drive away over a fast Pacifc.
shore road, is Camp Pendleton, et Oceanside. Pendleton is Marine with 132,000 acres of "country" training grounds available to keep
that
Russian arms Most credible of the rumours, these observers consider, are those of the continued arrival by train and ship of Soviet arms and equipment. This would be in line with Russia's openly declared Tito. intentions of modernising and Miugating against this is, how- strengthening the armies of her over, the Yugoslav bellet Eastern European satellites. their 500,000 streng and well-
On the whole, Marshal Tito trained army is more than and his Government do not ap-match for their neighbours, andi pear to be taking all theso de- whether single or together,
The Navy alene hos more than velopments too seriously, At that an arped intervention any rate they have not thought against this country, to be suc- $300,000,000 (£107,000,000 ster- it worth while to return to Bel- seful, would require the parting) invested in Installations grade from their lakeside holiday | cipation of the Red Army.
along San Diego Bay; first Faci at Bled in Slovenia.
This, it is felt, might be just afle port-of-call North of Nor, it is reliably learned, bit further than Moscow is pro- Panama Canal, have they made any attempts to pared to go in risking a third The Bay, one of the world's 10 constitutes San Diego's No.1 In- great natural barbours, is land-dustry. Yet the city's port, mild ATITIS from the United world war-Reuter.
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alf-year climate, beach facilities and railroad connections also make it an industrial and tourist centre,
The Second World War sky- rocketed the population 91 per cent between 1940 and 1948.
Diverse influx
In the taut pro-Pearl Harbour days the alty was bewildered by the diverso Influx that pour-| ed in to work in the huge Lock.. head, and Douglas Aircraft fao-
tories to enlarge the defence Installations, and to serve in
the armed forced to the 1
Schools. were
bursting point, streets were mill- tary highways, sometimes under guard. The city water supply. drawn from nearby lakes, becam appallingly low. Housing, from
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in the five years sind the war. however, the city has managed to make life much less heelle for its estimated 300,000 people. A water supply has been toppod by 7 tunnel
from the Colorado flyer. Additional sub- divisions of housing have sprung up, and other civilish, construe- tion has been hastened,
San Diego experience in cop- ing with spectacular growth during a national emergency may stand it. In good stead today,AR
QUEEN ALIYAH
London, August: 20,
Quech Queen Aliyah, the Mother of Iraq, who entered a London nursing home nesriya fortnight vaktóz was stated· today: to be maintaining progress.
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