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To European Army -On Own Conditions

Rome, Nov. 22.

Britain's new Conservative government is reported to be willing to provide troops and perhaps air power for a European Army if they could be withdrawn as needed to defend British interests outside the con- tinent.

The bare details became known as top Ainerican and other delegates arrived for the opening of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Council on Saturday.

Averell Harriman, Chairman of

The plan of Prime Minister Winston NATO forces in Europe, and Mr Churchill's Government contains the key provision the temporary committee of the that the troops, likely to be drawn from the four NATO Council. to live British divisions now under Gen. Dwight] D. Eisenhower's NATO Command, could be used describe to the Council hlx elsewhere as decided by the British.

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plans for a continuing shift in ampbests the rearmament programme by which NATO divisions already raised

should next be fully operational by summer rather than in 1854 as enginally planned

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THE MAIN TASK

London. Nov 22 The mam task of the Council of the North Allanbe Treaty

The fundamental purpose in Rome to mesitate misation meeting in 5. agree on the military and developed in Bcial waje of its European the basically agreed cutlook remganisation programme

the Finance Mintflers of ni Slates present and the basically agreed outlook al Defence) Ministers present.

1952

Because two important sels of

no1 by The European Army, when, deursion, wil

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with German I have reached final conclusions, unite fuctuded, would be placed Use Rome meeting of the Coun under Gen. Eisenhower's Com- will not be able to take final

decisions. mand but would have its own international political, fiscal and military control structure to be topped by a civilian European Defence Commissioner Bthi Board.

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The Haitian Voodoo dancer Cicero (second from left) recently made his first appearance at the Champs Elysees Theatre in Paris.

He is performing with Katherine Dunham, the famous West Indian dancer, and her star troupe.

London Express.

U.S. PLANNING

TRANSPORT OF

ARMIES BY AIR

Washington, Nov. 22.

A new policy of building up a jet-powered transport fleet to speed troops by air from bases in the United States to any threatened part of the world is in the making, an aviation publisher said tonight.

Mr Wayne W. Parrish, editor and publisher of American Aviation, writing in the current issue of the magazine, said this would mean that:

"Instead of building up huge, thinking visualises "many hun- costly, permanent military estab-dreds and eventually thousands" Ushment in all parts of the of big turbo-jet or turbo-prop- world surrounding the Commmu- powered troop and cargo carriers, mist areas, there will be a greater he wrote. trend toward keeping our major strength at home but having it in readiness to use anywhere in the world on short notice.

Arcording to one

usually Mr Harriman's committee is well-informed source. this charged with reviewing the case made by the Defence Ministers meeting may even be held in Washington during the visit of

and the Finance Ministers of He contended there has been Mr Winston Churchill, Britain's NATO and effecting a compro- "gop in the United States Air new Prime Minister, and mise To some extent, as Ad- Force (USAF) concept of air Foreign Secretary. Mr. Anthor, ministrator of the United States power;" that the USAF has been Eden

Security Ald programme. he is preparing for strategic bombing the Rome in a position to propose closing of a major power, the need for ¦ session of the Council is to prosthe gap by granting Uniled which may or may not come."

Vice Ure US Secretary of State. Slates assistance, U S. Arm; Secretary Frank Mr Dean Acheson, with sufficient The Rome

session of the Pace, Jr. arrived a few ibutes farts about the scope of the 1952 NATO Council is being held at inter after

Thanksgiving rearmament programme in per- the end of November as original with American nat turkey dinner

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committee will "My home tadion mans Congress on the foreign aid pre-not present its completed report I have great continence graniane for the coming year. before December to prevent any peace. we will achieve world peac In preparing his report for the delay in the delivery of the That is the purpose of this con- Present. Mr Acheson will be Presidential speech to Congress ference."

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This, it is generally considered,

budgets of many the European States, several of which are presented early in the New Year.

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A second vital question on which the Rome session of NATO will try to clear the ground even before final decisions are possibir Is the

the integration of Germany in Western defence.

GERMAN ISSUE

"HIGH TIME"

Gas Eruption Havoc

In

Vienna, Nov. 22. Dantage of over four million schillings was done cruption of gas during the last two days ofi the Zlstersdorf oilfield near Matzen.

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Two of derricks were completely destroyed. Оде of them disappeared in a crater,

filled at present

with

a seething mass of mud, off and water.

A sea of bubbling black sitme, crude oil and water three feet deep has spread over an area of nearly two hectares-Beuler.

New Command

Disclosed

Rome, Nov. 22.

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He accused the Air Force of being "negative" in doing any- thing about replacing the old An Atlantic C-47, twin-engined transports Command, covering the English of World War II fame which Channel and a part of the North tre still the backbone of the Sea, has been in existence for air lift in Korea. "It

is high several months under a British Ume, in fact late in the day, Admiral, it was disclosed here to plan large-scale

today. replacements oday. of the C-47s," he said.

Disposing of aircraft, mine- Studies made after

World sweepers and other small ships

covers parts of Meanwhile, Mr Parrish wrote,

War II of the requirements for the Command the USAF has not prepared for moving one army diviston con- the British, French, Belgian.

Danish or follow-through of

templated mobility

G "fantastic" number Dutch and

coasts bul NATO such bombing and has "under- of transport planes, Mr Parrish not Norway's coast,

said.

But these estimated its own responsibilities

studies had spokesman said.

Fuller debils would be re- as the No. 1 medium for keeping two things wrong about them:

leased during the NATO Coun- the world peace by an ability to (1) They were based

cil's meeting in Rome, he said. prevent or put out sparks in all existing types of transports; (2)

The spokesman said that the They involved parts of the world."

standard arm

constructed Command division of 15,000 men.

on a basis, concerned geographical Mr Parrish said the new

mainly matters such as the pro- divisions of 4,000 tection of harbours, minesweep- or 5,000 men, with their equip 10g and co-ordination of trafic mant, thus bringing the plane

and eld

not say how long requirements down to something

had been reasonable.

that it would

Up to now most of the studies for greater use of "air lift" have Mr Parrish said. But the new been based on existing planes,

Call By Red

Unions

Pentagon thinking involved

streamlining

COST FACTOR Mr Parrish said that among the factors which had brought about the shift in high-level thinking on air policy was the appointment of Robert A. Lovelt as Defence Secretary-"a sirong believer in the full use of air

power."

He

the Command existence.

He indicated

in

control no large ships or con- ground siderable troops-Reuter.

bodies

Dispute Over New Guinea

Further progress on this issue already sanctioned in principle

Berlin, Nov. 22. by the

NATO

Governments in Delegates from 64 different Brussels last December will countries ent the General depend on the outcome of the Council of the Communist-ed coming concerned about the cost Top policy-makers are bc- | European Army conference in World Federation of Trade

Paris, whose report is also not Unions

The Hague, Nov. 22. due until December.

here yesterday called of arming both the U.S. and the Western world Allies and

Indonesian Foreign Minister on workers all over the world

of keeping large numbers

of Achmad Soebardjo to start "an international fight.S. soldiers abroad.

conferred But the official chairman of of the working classes against

today with his Dulch colleague, "Moreover, there is no assur-Dirk U. Stikker, and L. Peters, this

conference,

M. Robert war preparations." na the French Foreign

ance that the men and equip Minister for the Dutch-Indonesia will make

This was one of a series of ment will be located where they Union.

at the right statemerit in Rome both on the resolutions passed by nearly 300 will be needed

The subject was understood to be the recent note the Nether- agreement and remaining is delegates, claiming to represent time."

Therefore, the new thought Islands sent to Indonesia rejecting 80 million workers, at the end agreement on the form of in- tearation of German units.

of a seven-day meeting in East to build up highly mobile, U.S. the latter's claims to Dutch New

based forces based in the US. Guinea-Associated Press. One of the remaining unsolved

few other suit- issures, it is understood from

The delegates also adopted and perhaps a

resolution calling on the able places. There will be air Nations General As-bases abroad but far fewer than planned for earlier, Mr Parrish

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Berlin.

usually well-informed source, a

is the future relationship of the United West German Federal Republicsembly in Paris to "take im-

to the North Atlantic Organisa- mediate measures against the wrote-Associated Press,

ber

'ion of which it is not a mem- international arms race in order to prevent another world war,” --Reuter.

In usually well-informed quarters here it is thought that Dr Adenauer may possibly be later invited to go to Rome lo address the Council.

The Council will have before it a report from its military committee of Chiefs of Staff of member Governments on the command structure of NATO and the Middle East area,

SOVIET NOTES TO ARABS

Damascus, Nov, 22. Russia has told Syria, that she view of the fact that would regard the formation of Greece and Turkey will not by a Middle East Command as

In

then formally be members of hostile set directed against her,

ary.

NATO; however, they may dafora Syrian Toreign Office spokes consideration of it until Janu-man said today,

This view won contained in It will in any case receive a a note delivered to the Syrian report from the ave-power com- Mbilster in Moscow last night. mittee presided over by the Representatives of Irng, the Cánndian External Affairs Lebanon and Egypt were

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