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London, Oct. 6..
Marshal of the Air Force, Lord Tedder, war time Deputy to General Eisenhower, said today it would be a fatal mistake if America concentrated on passive air defence.
He championed a strong striking force of atom bombers as the only successful counter- threat to aggression which the Western nations could offer to prevent an atomic battle
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Speaking at a luncheon givenf by the Air League of the British The weather will have: Empire, Lord Tedder, who is the last word in touching also a former Chief of Britain's off Britain's new atomic Air Staff, said: "I have seen that the Americhn weapon in the South Aus-eports
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Decision To
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General Ridgway Warns Against 'Critical Danger'
Philadelphia, Oct. 6.
General Matthew Ridgway today called on Western European leaders to intensify their efforts as the "harassed and busy leaders of NATO meet to decide how resolutely and rapidly we shall press on toward the goal of security for Europe”.
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General Ridgway sees no lessening of mili- tary danger from the East but, in fact, a strength- ening of forces in Russia and her satellites.
Writing in the issue of the European experience, I had to popular weekly magazine, Satur- cope with the growth of day Evening Post, out today, the feeling that the threat, has Army Chiet
former diminished, that the Kreinlin Supreme Commander of SHAPE. objectives have changed...
gald:
Slaff.
really the
.a
"From my present vantage punt In that worldwide
milita as the Pentagon building, hav- military nerve certre known ing an intimate knowledge of What we have to face in the Communist threat in Europe..
"NATO soldiers on the frontiers sceing this barbed wire Prison (Russia and her satellies) Inspired oldiers of NATO. It is so close to the gual that the freedom wo enjoy becomes a reality-a free- J. dom that is really worth fighting
fox,
General Ridgway began his discussion of the problems facing the Western Allies at a "crucial" meeting which leaders of NATO will hold late this year in Paris with a recollection of a pilgrim age he made to the elty of Erzurum, Turkey, 130 miles from
would lead mo
know of no facis which
to conclude that the military danger from the East has lessened,
"On the contrary, the USSR has continued to strengthen its forces and those of its Euro- pean satellites."-United Press.
the Saviot border in September El Alamein
1052.
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with scythes, sickles, knives,and The clubs, to destroy an invading celebrations Russian regiment, Through an Hail, Earls Court, on Oct. 23, interpreter, Nene Hatun said: are to be televised as well as "Please thank General Ridg-broadcast with the Home Service, way for honouring me, a the BBC stated today. humble woman, with this visit, The Duke of Edinburgh will And tell bish I could do the spouk at the reunion, when same think again today if I had offers and men of the Eighth | -- to."
Army celebrate the 11th anni- HONGKONG ESCAPE
the battle.
versary of
Field Marshal Viscount Mont- gomery of Alamein will intro- duce the speakers.
by
CRITICAL PROBLEM General Ridgway wrote: "I can only hope that something of the Inspiration to be found In addition to the Duke, they here in the lonely desert out will be Mr Anthony Eden, the Secretary, General posts of Turkey will be found Foreign also in Paris
а is the harassed Alfred M. Gruenther, Supreme been received end busy leaders of NATO Allled Commander in Europe,
R.B. GOODWIN. Numerous enquiries having
further
meet to decide how resolutely and Colonel Sir John Hunt, Supply has been ordered.
rapidly we shall press on leader of the victorious Everest and toward the goal of security for expedition.-China Mail Special. Europe
which so vitally affects the security of all the world."
General
"the that
that
the from war prisoners returning tendency
SO
Soviet Delegation London, Oct. 8.
Soviet
scientists have made passive last-minute preparation atornic attack.
Ridgway helloves All they are waiting for Is o
Moscow Radio reported to- critical problem now is strong south-easterly wind.
perts who have given that
of maintaining
night that Mr N. M. Shvernik, the Munich, Oct. 8. Such a wind will ensure that advice. I myself belleve such a
Chairman laboriously and
of the All-Union the radioactive particles from policy would be a fatal mistake." Bishop Theodor Heckel, head momentum
bullt This policy the explosion will be dispersed
up by so Council of Trade Unions of the would greatly of the West German Protestant painstakingly
has been appointed the risk of war and War Prisoners Relief Organisa- many mon from the day NATO USSR,
leader of the Soviet delegation ross the vast uninhabited de- Inercnse
which
since the tion, said today sert
extends for more of atomic attack
reports began.
The critical danger new is a to the third World Congress of by afforded than 1,000 miles northwestwards deterrent
lo waver. to that the
feel Trade Unions meeting In Vienna from the testing ground to the Amerienn atomic bombor force from Rusia showed
Soviet decision to release them
that the time has come when an October 10, M, Shvernik Indian Ocean.
would have been sacrificed.
was with The we can afford to relax, to re-
formerly the and nothing to do A wind from the southwest
fact that the Russians
• "The
"intervention" of the East
leve ourselves of some of the President.--Reuter. of the explosion have the time,
developed their own German Government. would mean # risk that the atomie weapons does not lessen dangerous cloud might
About 4,570 prisoners be the deterrent effect of this fear-treed by Russia recently
after carried northeastwards and ful threat.
agreement on prisoners eastwards, towards the inhabited
East simed by the Soviet and areas of Australia's "astern sea-
NO AVOIDING
"In Geemar Governments. "the "board, along
enast of
Eleven the Moscow last August. use avoiding Queensland, New South Wales
issue that, unless and unit the ex-Generals were among them.
Bishop Heckel sald At Woomera village today, new regime in Moscow (or its the prospects were middling~ | successor) clearly
from renounces
the returning ex-prisoners decision to free the strong south to Foutheast į the Stalin creed
world showed that of
them had been taken by the wind. The foreens! for Wed- domination, the potential Soviet Government on May 20.
1
and Victoria,
"It is no
reports.
nesday is much the same: agressor is in fact Soviet The Fast German revolt on
heavy cconomic burdens and personal sacrifices whieir accom- pany any built-up of military strength.
"NATO'S
military present
advanced position is further than one might, in 1951, have reasonably hoped it would be by this time. But It I still o long way from being adequate to NATO's mission...
TENDENCY TO DRIFT "To let NATO drift now would be to risk such terri- The prisoners themselves, the ble losses if we were assailed Bishop said, believed their re- within
the next few years the cost of recouping ease was due to Soviet Govern- that ment changes after Stalin's death would be infinitely greater in of Lavrenti time, effort, money and lives. "Yet it would be foolish to Berla, the arrested Minister of the Interior.
deny the existefico of a tendency to let NATO drift. In my own
and the deposing
"Becoming Aner with Fouth to Russia," Lord Teddier sald. June 17 had caused the delay. southeast winds on the surface, "Only from the air 13 Russia but strong westerties
at ligh open to attack and all the in- ultitudes.
dications are that in the Im- In other words, there is no mediate future, it will be more certain prospect of a wind sel true than ever that the bomber Armly from
southeast will get through. the Lomorrow.
"I is the bomber and the The distance fron which bomber alone that can provide the United Kingdom and Aus- the essential offensive element of trallan press parties will ob- our defences and act as a real serve the test is believed to be deterrent." a matter of 15 miles.
It is not known just where, the main party of seientifle observers will take up their stand.
It is believed a small party of Unlled Kingdom scientist- perhaps including Sir Wiliam Penney, who is in charge of the whole. operation will be stationed in a sheltered obstre vation post only four miles from "Around zero" the point on the ground directly under the ceaire of the blast-China Mail Speciti.
MUTUAL SUICIDE
The German Red Cross tracing system, he said, eslanted that about 1,200,000 former soldiers were still missing, more than 92 per cent of them on the Enst Front.
A contest using the atomic Untit recently, 10,000 war weapon would be no duel, but prisoners
been writing rather mutual avicide-hardly home, he said.Reuter.
prospect to encourage aggres-
these
on, he maintained.
Face to
with face ultimate realities of war, with two continents able to wipe out each other, Lord Tedder be lleved that "sanity will prevail."
Lord Tedder said that though the United States already had 4 well-trained atomic bamber force, Britain should not leave this element of millary power Paris, Oct. 6. to them alone The French Foreign Minister,
There must be no bluff abou
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