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IRAQ DEVELOPMENT
Atomic Weapons Flood Protection
Nearly Standard
In US Services
Washington, Dec. 14..
The Chairman of the American Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Arthur Radford, said here today that atomic arms had virtually reached the stage of being standard weapons in America's land, sea and air forces.
Barriers And New Factories
Bagdad, Dec. 14. Construction.of new roads and railways, a new port, flood protection barriers and new factories has been authorised by the Iraq Develop. ment Board as part of an ambitious five year programme.
The State Railways expansion programme, which was prepared by the Department's British and Iraqi engineers early this year, is to be put into operation immediately.
Addressing the National Press Club, America's top military man said that the U.S. would main- tain its power at a level above that of any other The programme, for which the Development country in the world and that President Board originally allocated 15,000,000 Iraq dinar (one Iraq dinar equals £1 sterling) to be spent over a period Eisenhower, Secretary of Defence Charles Wilson of five years, had to be postponed earlier when the and the Chiefs of Staff concurred in this principle. Board decided to cancel its main programme approved
Admirol Radford said that sponsibilities
by the former Cabinet, and drew up new plans. .. atomic power the task of the top American could be a great beneficial
As the State Railways was labourers In the southern military command was
Admiral Radford. unable to delay its scheme the suburb of Bagdad and 20 ohera to be force, said prepared. In case of another Otherwise, we would become
vlow world
world war, to launch powerful a world of giants from a nuclear Development Board has decided in the northern ruburb.
to grant a loon of 2,800,000 The sum of 03.000 Iraq dinar
also
180 for point of view andra volt of
counter-attacks and military action of Ecope short of total war.
However, humanity show- ed itself to be equal to its re-
Suspended Suez Canal Talks
Britain Asks For Resumption
Cairo, Dec. 14. The British Charge d'Affaires in Cairo, Mr Robert Hankey, told Pre- sident Mohamed Naguib- tonight that Britain want- ed to resume as soon AS possible the Anglo- Egyptian talka on the Suez Canal zone, suspend- ed last Oct, 21.
View
He indicated that American defence thinking was based on a long-term plan extending to 1057 which sought to reconcile her national and international with the necessity of maid/mena stable domestic
economy
Iraq dinar to be deducted from the main grant of 15,000,000 Iraq dinar to enable the rall- ways to carry out their pinns without delay.
the
The texillesu, in the
Soviets Discuss
Lend-Lease
Washington, Dec. 14.. The Soviet | Ambassador- to Washington, Air Georgi Zarubin, todný palled, on the U.B. Under Secretary of State, Mir Walter Bedell Smalth
at .the State Department.
After the visit, which *13sted' 20'' imites, Mr Zarubin was asked by a reporter whether he had discussed the legid-lonso with Mr Bodell Smith. He replied that he had. That was all he said, --France-Frease.
Question Of
German Rearmament
London, Dec. 14, Mr Selwyn Lloyd. Minister of State, was niked in the
House of Commons today. If the British Government would consent to any German rearma- ment outside the proposed six- notion European Defence Com- munity.
Labour: "All I can say is that He told Mr Eric Fletcher,
before any amendment to the (West German) bale low con become effective providing for any form of German rearma- ment, the British Government's consent through the High Com-
is provided to build a complete laboratory for the Ministry of Agriculture; 14,000 Iraq dinar for building hospital in Basrah in the South of The State Railway schemos 12,700 Iraq dintr for clearing missioner is requirci)." include building new railway out the Gabasy River, neas Earlier Mr Lloyd said in reply lines, buying new Ulesel engines Basrah town; and 4,000 Iraq to another Labour member, Me and rolling stock and the pro- dinar for surveying two ronde Julian Snow, that preliminary vision of air conditioned cars. The small villa on
one between
Hillah and consultations were taking place village of Um- Dywaniah and the tha be between the Allied High Com- He said that President Eisen-
Qassir, south of
tween Bagdad and hower's speech before the United Persian Gulf, may, in years to
mission and the German Federal The Development Board will Government on an amendment Nations last week proposing an come,
become Iraq's second
shortly
nsk for tenders for to the Bay to allow a possible "atom bank" was magnificent,
port.
It is nocted to relieve building a new textile factory base German contribution to the "The destructive power pre- the heavy traffle which of pre- and two cement factories.
EDC. sently and prospectively avail- sent keeps Barrah port busy 24
which |able to each branch of our hours a day.
will be built at
Mr Snow had referred to re- armed forces dwarfs that ever
A achemo for the develop north of Iraq, will turn out 20,- ponted proposals by the West experienced in the history of ment of Um-Qossie which had 000,000 yards of woollen piece. German Government to submit martare. I am not being an been prepared by the alarmist in this--I am simply engineers during World War II, 5oods a year. It will be equipamendments to the Bundestag
ped
and (lower house) authorising the These facts was shelved owing to
20,000 spindica staling cold facts.
with am-
raising of armed forces outside 530 or 600 loams, simply make it all the more imculties, mainly financial.
The two cement factories, at the EDC-Router. The Ministry of Communien- Kirkuk and Mosul, will have a tions and Works last
year capacity of 30 tons a day each. sought from the Development For a third project, a sugar Board funds to start work on refinery, the Board hos already the project. Nothing was de decided to seek a Belgion ex- elded at that time owing to pert's advice, working with changes being made in the Belgian consulting engineers, Board and the creation of the Reuter. Ministry for Development. Work was also deferred- while a_now five-ytar prognano was
discussed.
portant that we deler C."!
and war before they Amiral Radford said.--Frence- Presee.
US Military
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MR NIXON
RETURNS
HOME
MINISTER'S VISIT The visit recently made by Mr Hankey bad asked for an
Dr Abdul Majid -Abass, Minis- ter audience with General Naguib
of Communications and Paris, Dec. 14. to present to him the new chief
Works, brought the project into military adviser to the British
Mr John Foster Dulles, United limelight again. the negotiations, delegation to
States Secretary of State, told The Minister was able to
the Development Major-General Exhward Benson, a Press conference hero today persundo Gen, Benson replaces Gen. Sir in accordance with a Con- Board to grant a loan
that
which America's gross decision half of
enable the Port authorities Brian Robertson, now chiccion military aid to Europe would be at Bawah to start work im- of the. Transport Commission in Britalo, who took a mejor
"Hed
from
om the beginning of mediately. up
It was agreed to supply part in all-Anglo-Egyptian the next fiscal year (June 30)" talks since they first began last because it could only be paid to sum of 150,000 Iraq dinar April
the European Defence Com- enable, work to stant, Mr Hankey was also taking
munity.
Road building and school pro his leave of Gen. Naguib. 'He Ald which was already in the jets, danced from a grant of 19 returning to London on pipe line and moving whall not 1,500,000 Iraq dinar allocated by Wednesday.
_be_affected.. Nefther would the Government, will be launched During the meeting Mr. Hankey existing commitments to the shortly in various parts of the
The Spraking after he left told President Naguib that re- French In Indo-China.
country,
plane which brought him back; He said that if the European
"The municipalities" stated a from a 10-week tour of Asia sumption of the Anglo-Egyptian talks would
wag not
use their share and the Middle East, the U.S. brought into spokesman, "will
and force the United to provide roads will "It
uther Vice-President sold ho had facilities in
in rural districts. The found in all the countries he
be desirable in Army order to create a favourable
campaigns which
public opinion against any even- tual agreement.
PRESS CAMPAIGN An authoritative Egyptian
that Source said
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Washington, Dec. 14. Mr Richard Nixon told newi- papermen upon his arrival here to today
that if the Communists rejected President Eisenhower's atomic proposal they would suffer an enormous loss prestige with the peoples Asia.
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| balance, carmarked for the local visited a desperate need for ONE DAY ONLY
in
America's helg
atmosphere and to stop Fress States to
were putting appraisal of its basic pre
policies." He anticipated that American tricts in the country, will assist tries which
administration in various dis peace, particularly those coun- forces would remain In Europe
recently acquired Hindergarten and independence and which suffer- as long as NATO lasted.
Mr Dulles sald
school projects.
ed during the last war. President European policy
The Vice-President said that was based on Naguib in reply told Mr Hankey strengthening the Atlantic that the Press
campaigns he
Aillance through the European had been complaining about had Defence Community. been started by British news-
papers after the results of the recent Sudanese elections, won by a party favouring union with Egypt.
Europe must be saved from the suicial strife of the past.
HEART OF MATTER
**The
new
programme will bring employment and progress
he would proceed directly to
Eisenhower on
to Iraq's rural areng" he added, the White House to report to
He explained that the grant President drop in revenue which has re- has been mado to meet the Nixon told the
Minister in Budapest, had been to make it impossible for that OTHER PROJECTS
come
formidable because! divisions and unrest had so
under
way in the disk arete Communist efforts
carried
under
stated
hie
press he sulted directly from the aboll- had been impressed by the "France and Germany are the ton of the Istihlak (local pro- feelings of friendship shown heart of the matter," he de- duce) tax, particularly in the towards the United States by Mr Honkey, formerly British clared. "It must
case of be our task
municipalities.
the peoples he had visited
12 in Cairo in place of aling is strife to break out again."
Meantime other
that friendship. He said Ralph Stevenson, the British
cover there was more a similarity of Europe today faced a serious Ambassador. Sir Ralph is
due
challenge from
ing filtered water "materialistle
mayply and ideals in the countries he had best in Caire of the end of this form of society" which had be- electricity projects. The former vielled than there were differ- week and will immediately re-
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Board Development
The past
officials he This intensely moving, brilliantly directed film, with its Mr Hankey and Gen. Benson weakened the Continent physt- 6,000,000 Iraq dinar, six-year that the
had met exquisite photography and superb characterization of could not be interpreted as a cally that it was no longer the programme for municipal areas in those countries were inspired
In the 15 districts at the coun- by the same ideals as formal proposal for resumption
those Poppino by a great little actor, Vittorio Mamunta, must
of the taks, a British Embassy force it used to be surely take its place among the classics of motion pictures, spokesman old here might en desued to correct 500,000 Iraq dinar,
post-war planning This year's allocation is which had inspired the Ameri-
cans-France-Presse. (lan Ross H.K, Standard)France-Presse.
| these mistakes of the past.
Similar projects in villages and
Tokyo, Dec. 14. to the Far East Mr rural districts are the respon Turning
The per capita productivity Duties said France was bearing a sibility of the local administra
of coal miners in Japan had very heavy burden in Indo- tion. China
The Development Board has doubled in eight years, à recent factor which would 13 have to be taken into account also made the following grants survey by International Trado Industry revealed, ac- when other arriices are asked to asafat the government depart and So:.
Press ments in carrying out their pro-cording to Japaneso
reports today.
The survey showed that an great syropathy for the gallant The Irrigation Department
arts France was making in "e will receive 550,000 Iraq dinar, Average Japanese coal miner, far off area, which if lost, would to be spent on departmental who mined 5.8 tone of cool a
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He said that he hopes the war in Indo-Chino would be over in
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