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The United Nation Good Offices Committee of three, which has been trying to negotiate with The Chinawo -Communist Government
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Atlantic Crossed
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An
Casablanca, Mar. 15.
Australian engineer, Ben Carlin, and his wife, after crossing the Atlantic Ocean in their amphibious jeep, said here today that they would continue their round-the-world adventure.
"Vessel" caused The strange
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Anglo-Italian KING'S LIBERTY
Identity
Vigorous Action Over Of Views
Oil Nationalisation
London, Mar. 15.
Britain will take vigorous measures to protect her oil interests in Persia following the Persian Majlis (Parliament) |dacision today to confirm the nationalisation recommondation made by its Oil Committee, according to diplomatic quarters hero,
TRIESTE ISSUE
London, Mar. 15. Britain reaffirmed today, at the close of the Anglo- Italian talks here, that she still favoured the return of Trieste to Italy.
the
An
official communique on two-day talks here with the Italian Prime Minister, Signor Alelde de Gasperi, and the Foreign Minister, Count Sforza, said the two governments reached. "complete identity of views on matters of common interest,
Carlo nationalisation enough to go
The present concession of the Anglo-Iranian [his only recourse, if he opposed Oil Company
ns remaining against the Majlis, would be to regarded here
disolve the present Parliament entirely valid in law-runs until 1998.
before final action on the bill, Reports recolved in London
Britain's intention to stand by the Anglo- Iranian Oil Company, in which the British-ad-the-Shah had expressed specifically, The key paragraph
The return of Trieste to Italy was the only topic mentioned "The British Ministers
Government has a substantial interest, is under the hope that Iran would get ald:
preater Juyalties from the confirmed that they malalam
the nationalisation Issue.--
stood to have been conveyed to the Persian Anglo-Iranian Oil Company but the authorities in a note delivered yesterday by the had not expressed himself on British Ambassador in Teheran, Sir Francis Shep-United Press. herd.
A Foreign Office spokesman, Company, recently made with Government of Saudi questioned about the Majlis' de-the cision, said that he could only re- Arabia.
bo- Similar equal sharing peat yesterday's statement by.
of State,
Mr tween the Government and the the Minister Kenneth Younger, that the terms oil companies prevails In Vene- of the Anglo-Iranian On Com- zuela.Rrertor pany's concession made clear that
Do Persian Government could "unilaterally abrogate the bext" until it ran out in 1999,
outlined
Observers here believed that the next move by the Persian Government, if it sticks to the by the Mailla, wili plan be to table a law nationalising the oll company,
This it would get passed when ber,
MAJLIS VOTE
Hongkong
Black Carbon Hold-Up
tripartite declaration on Tricate of March 20, 1948, with e
a view to settlement by conciliation and the Italian Ministers declared it was their desire to reach u friendly agreement with the Yugoslav Government on this question."
Other points made by Signor de Gasperi and Count Sforza at n press conference Included:
to
1. Special attention was given
the progress of the "Big
Four" depuller conference,
2. Italy's complaint that the had not been admitted to the United Nations
Teheran, Mar. 15, The Persian Majlis (Parlia-
Manila, Mar. 18. ment) today unanimously con-
The Philippine Government 3. Italy would be "happy" to armed the decision of the Special has turned down a request to discus Trieste with Yugoslavia Oil Comelites to nationalise the ure Manila es port for trans-but no plans have been made country's oil Industry.
shipment of 223 cases of Hong-for such talla, Most of Persia's oll resources kong-bound black
carbon from 4. The precarious situation in are operated by the Anglo-Japon. The request was made by Iran is a danger to the Mediter- Iranian Oil Company.
a local shipping company renean and therefore to Italy.--- The Oil Committee took
United Press. 95,000- at Yokkaichi,
come from the United States,
the Oil Committee has reported decision on the instianalisation following unloading of o storm
waves
Prime
British officials here believed who had opposed nati ATS OF
Carlin told Reuter that the crossing has taken nine months, including three months in the Azores. The non-stop voyage, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to the Axores, took 81 days, and they had little petrol and no drinking
when they arrived.
Leaving the Azores for Ma- deira at the end of November, they ran into a severo
with a detailed nationalisation Last Thunday the day after the Japan, from a ship which had "We had monstrous
of the Carlin scheme in about three months breaking
board,'
assassination Ume. said. "The jeap was tossed
Minister, General Ali
Rejecting the request, the New RAF Base In directions like a about in all
Parliament also extended for government stated it did not toy.
our last hour that the Majlis' decision was in I thought had come. The only way out order from the purely const two months the life of the Oll wish to make Manila a "spring-
Cyrenaica tutional standpoint, though it
board for trans-shipment of re- which recently restricted materials to Far East Commilice the plexi- was an opening
the taken before
10W was roof. We had bad to Government of the Prime Minment signed between the Persion danger areas
jected the supplementary agree- alose it to avoid being flooded."
He said it was
and the Anglo- Government their third er, Hussain Ala, office.
Iranian Oll Company in 1949.
an important in- said today that the airfield at attempt at an Atlantic crossing. But they considered it a
in Cyrenalen would Last time they were picked up breach of binding undertakings. The company's present agree-gredimt for the manufacture of El Adem
8 strictly military adrift with a broken propeller to the Anglo-Iranian Oil Comment with the Fersian. Govern- gunpowder and the government become
It wald ment until 1993. The Oil Com-decision was believed to have field effective April 1. by a tanker. They intend to pay.
would use Benin mittee, which was due to Anish been made in an effort to pre civil planes
Air Force 116
the Royal business on March 11, asked vent the shipment from falling when the Majlis last week to extend into Chinese Communist hands. takes control of the field at El
Adem-United Press. its life for two more months to -United Press. work out a detailed nationalisa- tion plan,
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return to the United States by Way
the of London, East and the Paclic.-Heuber.
hnd taken
NEXT MOVE:
Middle The British Government's next move, it is understood, will be carefully studled in consulto tion with the oil company.
Anglo-Iranian shares on the Stock Exchange here,
which
Eisenhower's have fallen by a total of £22
Mission
million-about £1 & share in the last eight days were only sightly affected by today's news from Teheran
At the opening of the market Washington, Mar, 15.
they were called slightly lower. General Dwight Eisenhower, After some uncertainty they often mentioned as a presiden-settled down at 105 shillings tal possibility in 1952, has in formed Congress he is willing to "devole the rest of his life to making the Atlantic defence pact work.
about the
same lovel they reached after the assassination of the Persian Prime Minister last week,
The British Government ap He made the statement before
points two of the 13 Directors closed session of the Joint but does not interfere with the Foreign Relations and Armed
commercial manage- Services Committees. An edited normal
version of his testimony pub-ment, Kenneth Younger, the
lished today disclosed that ha
"I have come said:
car-achieve still
-in- the that will make us free world secure if we will all work
сат
I have this much confidence that I am willing to devote the rest of my life to try to make it (this Atlantic Pact) work."United Pross,
of
The British Ambassador in Teheran, Sir Francis Shepherd, the new last night presented Prime Minister, Hussain Ala, with the Government's note on British oll Interests in Persia
both HousER mentioned in Parliament in London yesterday. The Anglo-Iranian Oil Com- pane and the Persian Govern- ment signed a supplementary oil
1 agreement in 1940 increasing Persia's
on royalties A
each metric ton, giving her а small increase in taxes and-a- guaranteed minimum annual payment
£4,000,000 respect of her share dividends and reserves.-Reuter.
of
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NO VETO POWER
London, Mar. 15. Iranian Embassy sources said last today that the oil nationalisation was proposal would also have to be
Mr Minister of State, disclosed in
of Commona the House
the company night that
to discuss willing
an agres approved by the Senate but even ment on the basis of equal if the Senate rejected the bill sharing of profits in Perala and it
so informed the Government before the recent developments,
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Aviation Ministry
Of Manoeuvre
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New York, March 15.
General Douglas MacArthur sald today that United Nations troops must continue their war of manoeuvre in Korea because there are no natural defences near the 38th Parallel to hold against the Chinese Communists.
The number of United Nations troops_it. would take to hold the Parallel would be sufficient to drive the Chinese Communists back across the Yalu river boundary with Manchuria and to hold the line there.
would become inw if the Persian Majlis approved, it again.
After Anal Parliamentary action, the London sources said, This would resemble the ar-the bill would go to the Shah The Supreme Commander | President Truman was asked rangement which the American for routine Royal assent, The said this in response to a single about the problem a few weeks concessionaries in Arabia, Shah, it was said, had no veto question asked him by cables ago. He replied that Gen. Mac- the Arabian-American Oil powers as such. In the oll case "How many troops would be Arthur had ample authority to required to hold the 38th handle the whole military situa- The United tion in Korea. Parallel Inviolate?"
Conard MacArthur replied: Nations solution placed no "As I have on several occasions formal barriers to crossing the pointed
out, the conditions line. under which we are conducting The issus depends in part on Communist tactics whether military operations in Korea do not
A British Crossword
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favour engaging in positional the Reds give battle at the parallel or show signs of seck- warfare on any line across the ing a truce based on that line. peninsula.
Assurances given to Britain "Spoolfically with reference to and other Allies Include a the 38th Parallel.. there are no
that United promise
Nations natural defence features any-
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not where pear its Immediate pollel in force for my con proximity. The terrain is such terable distance without the that if we had it, and could lo- ! Se
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gistically maintain it, we would agreement of all countries. But be able to drive the Chinese this would not apply to rela Communiels back across the tively small pentrations. Yalu, hold that river as our Senator Herman Walker (Re- future main line of defence, and publican) sald today there has proceed to the accomplishment been "too much politics ham of our mission in the unidostion | pering General MacArthur's of Korea
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