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KREMLIN CALL TO
Yugoslav POWS Released
Belgrade, Dec. 20.
Twenty Yugoslav clilzens have been returned homo after being held for more than eight years as prl- soners of war in the Sovjet Union and Hungary. Bel- trade adla reported 10-
slay,
Some of them said they believed they awed their *reirase le demonstrations staged on Oetuber 8 to, de- Bun- nand repatriation.
garlau cuards opened fire and killed dva prisoners during the demonstrations, they said.
Most of the returned prisoners belonged to the Hungarian minorily in Yugoslavia Atl were ighting with the Hun- garian army when cap- tured by the Russians Ileuter.
ARMS
Malaya Braces
Itself Against
New Red Threat
By PETER GRUANING.
Singapore, Dec. 20. Terrorist-packed Malaya braced itself today for a new peninsula-wide campaign of Communist violence in the wake of a jungle Kremlin call to
arms.
The announcement of the calm-shattering turnabout in Communist policy fell like a bomb- shell in the midst of this tropical rubber and tin- rich country's 6,000,000 residents.
Until this week the war-weary Malayanı had pre- pared hopefully for their sixth solemn "emergency" Christmas. During the year nows of anti-Communist successes in Malaya's fetid jungles had been in-
U.S. Must creasingly encouraging. Terrorist surrenders were up
Import More Wool
to a record high, incidents of violence had dropped during the spring and summer and attacks on this country's lifeline of rubber estates and tin mines had become sporadic and far between.
the
A teady Dow of government Commununist Parly some months propaganda releases cheered the ago called for Intensified military country with cautious optim-training and more aggressive ren." Almost as an afterthought nelien by their armed forces." Malaya's peppery High Commis- The communique added
General Sir sioner,
Gerald official view that the Communist Timpler, issued mid warnings directive had been issued "In that "the shooting; war was no order to maintain their morale
and keep their power in over ye:,"
public attention."
SEOK
the
in-
New York. Dec. 20, The United States, will have to import more wool in 1954 if it hopes to avoid "The complete liquidation"
But this week, while Co- of normal trade stocks, the munis. Tenders to the north in The government noted Wool Bureau said today. Tiro-China
Christmas creasing terrorist violence dur- carol of peace to French and ing the past month with the ex- Forecasting
was quite in Vietnamese officials in hopes of planation that this
normal because
"Communist nestic consumption next year fou un netice. Maya's norm the Bureau said eurrexit woul
swamp hidden banshee terrorist units are expected to Russian October stocks in the hands of calls andy of 0.000 guests received celebrate. The
order to drop the olive branch Revolution by at least one vic- dealers are abnormally low."
and fire up a unooldering and
The govern terious attack. [spulering war.
anent added that the meeting of Communist leaders in the jungles of Pahang which pro-
all
increase
Consumption of apparel wani in U.S. wood textile mills during the first 10 months of 1953 was seven per cent higher than la the corresponding period in 1952. However, the Buretu pointed
ecusumpilon
out,
has derlining irregularly since June.
OFFICIAL RELEASE
On December 18 the British duced the new war directive government in Malaya relue-seemed to "lack the note of con- tanily announced in a carefully (fidence which appeared in top- directives of previous been worded offeinl release that the lovel
Committee of the Cestril
years." had Malayan Communist Party- called upon its guerila forces REPEATED ATTACKS for intensified
military training
Barricaded and barbed wire the land nore oggressive
Simultaneously, word of stopped surrounded rubber planters in area of Johore nevertheless heartening factor up terrorist attacks, ambushes the Rengam
was received from thought otherwise. Just 35 miles
"A 28 per cent rice in
the
consumption of wool on the
system during
worsted
January-August period
in the trend," it added.
·
NEXT YEAR
bff from "the Fustained high
Jazut pillaginout this split of north of Singapore Island a
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1953.
Yvonne De Carlo In Germany
American screen star Yvonne de Carlo has a "friendship” drink with film producer Arthur Brauner during a cocklall parly held in her honour on her arrival in Berlin on her first visit to Germany, Yvonne, who came from London, is to star in "Star of Bio" to ba made in the spring in Berlin and Brasilla, and will be produced by Brauner--Express Photo.
BASRAH STRIKE HYDROELECTRIC
ENDED
Baghdad, Dec. 20. The stritto at the Basrah Petroleum Company was How completely ended, a company spokesman said today.
He added that ali opera- tlaus,
Including drilling, had been resumed and that the situation in Basrah was now calm.
The president of the Irag advocates Boclety, Hussein Jamil, today submitted a memorandum to Prender Puhdii Jamali calling for the abolition of martial law. which has been operating in the Basrah province for the last week. — France- Pressť,
AIR SAFETY
IN
PROJECT
THAILAND
Bangkok, Dec. 20..
The expert committee from the United States Bureau of Reclamation, which had been appointed on the request of the World Bank, has approved as "the best scheme for Thailand" the hydroelec- tric project which Thailand has been working on at Yarn Hee for over three years,
The World Bank had given iti agreement to the principle of the plan, but had asked the project to be studied by experts before making a final decision whether loan would be granted or not to Thailand, as ihe latter had requested,
PERSONNEL acceptance of the loars
the
STRIKE
Ceylon Wants A
Loan
from
Now the World Bank's Dal
IS 2x- pected momentarily.
The Yarn Hee project is in
London, Dec. 20. charge of the National Energy Sir Oliver Goonetilleke. Cey- Connell of Thailand, with Won- ton's Finance Minister, left Lon- Lunng
Chuchart Khampu,don by air tonight for New York directer-general of the Irriga-and Washington for finance talks. Paris, Dec, 20.
tion Department, as chief execu-He expects to gat a loan of karls
The Air Safety personnel tive,
100,000,000, Rupees for
Ceylon's jungle-covered land the size of single band of Johore terrorists,
estimated somewhere between strike
carly
PRACTICABLE
the which, since
hydro-electric scheme ou which juts New York State Total wool supplies aext year southward from Siam between 120 and 150, repeatedly attacked
yesterday afternoon has kept The project was found prac-most favourable terms from the will be lower than in 1953, re- Beeting "excellent clearance of the South China Sea and the workers and planters of the French air trafle down to a ticable by the expert committee, World Bank.
Remis rubber estate during the pust 90 days.
trickie threatened tonight to re- It is for the supply of electric The Minister flew here from this year's world wool clip and Bay of Bengal,
to the northern and Colombo on December 13 and abnormal CARTY-DVers from
of Thailand, has had talks with British of- previous seasons,”
The new warlike Communist
In daring daylight raids on the duce the influx of tourists for current directive,
Christmas central provinces Issued 16,000-acre estate, the terrorists
approaching apparently
including Bangkok and its twin-clala. city
Yarn Hoe is Thonburi,
He is accompanied by Mr N. planters bungalows, season. Consumption in mntor wool-several months ago by the Red attacked consuming countries other than hierarchy, wne
apparent machine-gunned an
estate trucks
The strike for higher wages of situated in northern Thailand, Jayawardene, Governor of Cey
lon's Central Bank. In Tak Province. the United States should
and destroyed communication, case shoutface on its two-year-21:1
Sir Oliver will go on of concentrating
The proposed dam across the Guerin gangs wantonly roarned control tower, redar and radio levels of the past year, and polley
inatration of Malayan neighbouring
On cstates peaceful
the technicians' which began at Mne
will be 116 Washington to Sydney, Austro- Ping River nuy already be reflected in the political and labour organish fringe of the jungle and fought } p.m. yesterday had been metres high. The power capa-lio, to attend the Commonwealth Finance Ministers' conference Keent softening of prices. in tlons.
The new Red order at 18 separate pitched battles Dominion markets, the Bureau the day did not call for a halt security forces since September. calice for an unlimited period city will be 300,000 kilowatts, beginning there on January 8.
Begardless of government-at-of time.- Much-of-the air-trafic enough to or 13′′years,~~ac-` Ill requirements over
Reuter. to Commun
- civillaing felles
the next ten Tront but tenipis to reduce jitters among to and from
|cording to the experts. "However the United States declared that political infiltra- Mulayan planters, tin miners coneclied.
The cost of the project will be must raise its level of imports tion should be necompanied by and city dwellers, the statistics
800 million baht, för local ex- penditure, and $55,000,000 for foreign exchange expenditure Two American companies, (one dollar eqquals about 20 TWA and Pan American, | buht)-France-Presse, Security forces in five and a
have yesterday shifted their terminus half years of warfare In its announcement of revised inflicted lossca cn Communist from Paris to Brussels and ar- were equivalent to 49 per cent of milt woul
consumption Communist strategy in Malaya, guerillas totalling nearly 7,000 ranged for rail transportation their passengers between against 72 per cent in 1952. The government did its best to killed, wounded or captured but for
Buried the numerical.
of the two cities. strength Wool tops imports during the sollen the grim news. period fell 05 per
cent while deep in a regular communique Malaya's Red army continued to
Meanwhile, Air France was a constant imports
government admitted that stand at woollen of
apparel the fabrics rose 13 per cent over at is now known that the Cen- Communist replacements kept seeking to maintain flights when conditions of visibility. permit- year ago.-United Press.
tral Committee of the Malayan even with losses.
led. Planes" left this afternoon for New York, London, Mexico An average of 81 fires a day Rio de Janeiro, Monte- occurred in Japon during the 1948, more than 100,000 regular video, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo first six months of this year, it British and Malayan soldiers and several other points. was announced.
snjd.
the
If it is to avoid complete liquida-a bold new blazing of Sten gurs, were not encouraglug tion of normal trade stocks." rifles and pistoja froun the
Dutiable wool imports in the jungles, first eight months of this year were 21 per cent below the pre-
vivus
year. These Importe
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Since the first shot of the "emergency" was fired in June, City,
Fires In Japan
Tokyo, Dec. 20.
the
have boen pinned down in this Several flights were tentatively The National Fire Brigade country at a stratospheric cost planned for tonight, including headquarters registered In by a roving force of terrorists 20 flights to Salgon and Tokyo. period a postwar high of 14,723 times fewer in numbers.
France-Presse.
An
fires 2,000 more than the cor- responding period last year.
Damage amounted to 14,800 million Yen (£14,800,000) during the period, or 81,780,000 Yen (281,780) a day.
After two years of comparative calm over Malaya, a new cloud- burst of violence appeared im-
Damascus, Dec. 20. minent if one were ready to
official bellove the latest words of the
communique hero tonight an- Main causes of outbreaks were Communist leaders themselves, published
the resumption little nounced
leaping flames from chimneys Malayan observers, sawW
between and children playing with fre reason to doubt thol; incaning diplomatic relations United Press..
Syria and Japan.-France-Presse. Reuter.
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