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FRENCH BASTION [Abused His At Geneva
Assault On Red River
Delta
Imminent
PLANES ATTACK TROOP
CONCENTRATIONS
Hanoi, May 18.
A French High Command statement here tonight gave the first official news that a Vietminh army of 30,000 men is marching on the Red River delta, last French bastion in northern Indo-China.
The High Command announced that invader bombers attacked lorries carrying the troops as they passed along Highway 41 from Dien Bien Phu, which fell to the Vietminh on May 7.
Planes resumed their attacks on the highway after the High Com- mund suspended an agreement for the evacuation of wounded at the fortress. This agreement had prevented air attacks against the road.
Bombers attacked the first of 30 lorries near Mee Chou, midway between Dien Bien Phu and Hanoi, capital of the delta. Another convoy drastic rations if they are passing along the water-logged highway was strafed later a few miles
over
a
straight the
sprend four-hour period in early evening. We, and the Colony generally, buw tea the wisdom of the experts in this matter of deciding which is the most effective method of doling out water rations, although it is hard for the nyatan to concede that the whole dally supply
ever one
further west.
RETRIAL IS
ORDERED
As planes attacked during the released 18 duy, the Vietminh French wounded at Dien Bien Phu They were flown to Luang Prabang, Royal capi.al of Laos, by helicopter.
French and Vietminh delegates met at Dien Bien Phu in the hope of reaching a modified in the New York, May 13.
agreement.
today
should be made available i "The Appeal Court
perlod and not reversed the conviction of Minol to o split into early morning and Jelke, 24-year-old heir
margarine fortune on charges of early evening allotments,
compulsory prostitution and
evacuation
ed
tive
A
About 80 French battalions in
that if the Communists are suc- censtul it will mean that Hanoi's 400 000 residents will be forced to rely on as airlift for supplies, the sources anid,
Since
1 January
Vietminh troops have extended control over more than 1,000 villages The Red River delto, sources said that the last ÷ rom ported French military survey of the area's 0,492 villages was made at the first of the your fam
survey showed! The
As of January 1 Communist forces held 3,266 Vietminh
This showed а Бир- villages. stantiul increase for the Com- munists
OVET the preceding three months.
At the end of September, 1953,
Vietminh
were reported to hold 2,902 villages, French forces
with 1,403
MAN GOES
BERSERK
Shoots Three Men, Commits Suicide
French High Command said the French mission had reached no resula in the talks.
The High Command suspend. It seems, however, that thenrdered his retrial. He had been
agreement becauso experts are satisfied there stricneed to three to six years Vietminh troops
were passing will be
along the highway from Dien equitable Umprisonment. il more
The majority of supply of water
the Appeal Bien Phu toward the Red River And less
Court ruled that it could
Tác Vietraduki had said no! deltu. wastage If the daily rationerate any court in a criminal they needed it to evacuate their is made available over TA
trial closing the doors of a court aw!! wounded. single period, and if they room during the presentation of be right, there can be no the case of one party and open- the Red River della are facing complaints,
the Customarily, Ing it when the other parly
considered oncoming Dien Bien Phu
London, May 19. rightly. und
the
undertrok to present his case. Water
army. They are already out-
From January Authority
to May 15 of The Appeal Court-the ap-numbered by requests
70,000 Vietminh the
crazed gunman shot year French officials report himself dead in the heart division of the public to avoid any sort of
State guerillas and 30,000 regulars in
Vietminh Court made this │The delta.
forces water wastage. By the same decision on a three to two voic
their control over another 1,018 of London last night to end It is not known whether the token it must be emphasised
The Court held that Jelke, a
of the villages, Vietminh
making
city's most will Inunch
an estimated one that the PWD also sees to cafe society
total of 4,284 at present in the dramatic manhunts. playbody, was immediate attack. They may be It thot
hands of all unnecessary deprived of a fair and impartial returning to their bases around sources said.-United Press,
the Communists, the leakages in water mains are trial because
portions the northern certain
rn of the delta eliminated. The Authorities of the hearings were closed to for rest und reorganisation after might also, with some profit the public.
Deals Supreme
an
the bitter Dien Bien Phu battle. Unlike the defenders of Dien Bien Phu, French troops in the nol surrounded by
to our storage, apply some rationing to water being used in construction work. There is a tendency for builders to be profligate His release coincided with with water. The seriousness the expiry of an eight-month of the situation requires sentence passed on him for pos- that everything be done to Bession of two guns without prevent any wastage.
licence.-Reuter,
Jelke was relcased on $50,000 (£17,830)
last October bail
His della pending the appeal against conviction for forcing giris in prostitution.
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reinforcements
reported
this
od
increased
A
seck
Al London's 19,000 policr bod been nobilised to hulking, trigger-happy Nathan Goldberg, 27, who had wounded three men--two
them of
in shootings seriously In
parts
of London during the day.
3 KILLED IN PLANE CRASH scattered
Manila, May 10.
A Philippine
to
with
Status
Major Andrei Gudkov, one of the two majors of the Russian Embassy in London, who, have been asked to leave the coun- try within ten days. The other is Mujor Pupyshev, and they are both assistant Military Attaches. It is claimed
STORMY SECRET
SESSION
Genova, May 18. The nine nations trying to end the Indo-China war at the
hero peace talks made no progress after & stormy secret session to day, authoritative confer- ence sources said.
An acrimonious exchange between M. Bidault, the French Foreign Minister, and Mr Pham Van Dong, the Vietminh Deputy Premier, dominated an East- West row over Laos and Cam-
bodia. The Communiata re-
peated their demand that an Indo-China settlement must in- clude these two smuller As- sociated states which the West says should not even be the subject of dispute.
the
Tel. 21433.
Alleged Smuggler Detained
Manila, May 19. Another Chinese basi- prossman was apprebended yesterday by customs au- thorities while attempting to smuggle from Hongkong 24 lady's wrist-watches valued at US$1,000,
The Arrested Chinese
Uy Sen-guan.
Ho
о
be formally charred with smoggling in
• Manila court today. who is By,
Local businessman, arrived yes- Lerday an A Philippine Airline plane from Hong- kong.
Tho
watches were dis- covered during a search of his luggage.
They were bidden In two cars of tea-France- Presse.
Anglo-US Quarrel Ended
Mr Mr
From Derek Marks
Geneva, May 18.
Mr Eden lunched with
Bedell Smith today
Mr Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Minister, again today backed the Vietminh demand that the anti-French movements In Laos and Cambodia, the Pathet Lao End Khmer. should Lake part in the political reorganisation of two states, the sources said.
At the end of the three and o quarter hour meeting, Molotov proposed that tomorrow and so ended the row be should be allotted to discussing tween Britain and Ameri- Korea. But Mr Anthony Exen and General Bedell leaders of The British and American delegations, argued that to turn to Korea at this stage could be interpreted as meaning the fallure of the Indo- China talks, the sources said.
MOLOTOV GIVES IN After some confused arguing, Mr Molotov
accepted the Western case for continuing the Indo-China talks in a secret session tomorrow afternUON.
The Communist position on
It: appears the --Americans Lace and Cambodia is that they were surprised by the depth of should with. Vietnam form Mr Eden's anger at not. being
to
Smith, ca about Indo-China.
Britain agreed
top-level military sta talks relating to South-east Asia defence,
And Mr Bedell Smith assured Mr Eden he would be kept fully Informed about the Franco-American talke ph direct American military inter vention.
part of an overall political
told about these talks. Mr settlement in which all three
Exlen fult made his pallian governments should join with
as chlof Western negotiator the rebel movements in each
at Geneva much more, dificult. state' to arrange now elections. Ivan
The West 'dismissed the Com-
The top-level talks will be claim that the Pathei munist
the used to draw up defence planA Leo and Khmer governments for whatever the situation is are political forces in Laos and when'
conference the Geneva tha enda Cambodia, and maintains all that is needed is for the Vietminh forces to withdraw.
Authoritative sources said a meeting of the Joint Staf that at today's Becrot session MA Agency-normally held nz-
Foster Molotov quoted Mr John
Singapore with representativca United States Secretary from Britain, Australia, New Dulles, of State, as having admitted in ealand, France and the United
Laos and Cam States.
that they abused their diplomaile status in the United Kingdom, and that they were no longer persona grata and re- quested that they should be recalled. London Express.
A
bouch that La
not
Smith,
Officially they will merely be
But I understand Britain has agreed they will be at Chier-of- Staff level-and probably in Washington. * before an- sald, die
wero free countries.
Bedell Mr Walter lendar of the American delega- tion, said he wanted to refer to Mr Dulles'
specch
indicated he
Wednesday-Reuter.
WHAT THE weg, the sources
CUSTOMS
FOUND
Ex-Guardsman Goldberg, ezm- Airplane Ser- ad with a 22 automatic pistol, INFILTRATIONS
vice Company (PASC) plane had a "revenge" list with the Singapore, May 18.
in crashed in Ozamiz City yester- names of other potential victims Usually reliable sources close touch with Indo-China day afternoon, killing the pilot on it. A business or family row
and two passengers.
Is wald to be behind the shoot- today developments
Buenos Aires, May 18. that Communist Vietminh
The two youthful passengersings,
Lai Man-gen, 51-year-old two-bad just boarded the plane on forces now hold nearly
After the third shooting, Chinese dry-cleaner return- of the villages thirds
inside their
return home in nearby police were Issued Cebu the French defence perimates
City in
British ing to Argentina after a in Visayan Islanda revolvers contrary of the Hanoi Red River delta, when the crash occurred.
tradition--for their protection visit to Hongkong, told Indo-China's richest area.
Reports said that the two egalost the feuding Goldberg, customs officials that his The sources said that more young men were invited by six feet three inches tall, who two trunks, eight suitcases, than 100,000 Communist troops their girl friends in Ozamiz walked with a
limp. have infiltrated the outer for the weekend.
Goldberg shot himself in the 19 baskets and three sailors French defence line
contained "per- PASC is a local airline scr-¡back of a taxi cab. Four spent bags only and now control more than 4,000 of the vicing several Visatan pro- cartridges, one live round and a sonal effects." strategic delta's 6,402 villages. vinces.-France-Presso.
amall nickel pistol were found Oficial French figures show
ол the blood spattered back this is a 27 per cent increase in
seat of the taxi, the number of delta villages to come
under Red domination since the first of the year.
The 100,000 Red troops in the arca do not include the victori- ous force of 40,000 crack Com-
munist troops which recently
RATIFY EDC
APPEAL
conquered Dien Bien Phu and The State Department today are now speeding east toward renewed
Washington, May 18.
Its appeal for early Defence Com-
BBOT THROUGH HEAD' Goldberg was found semi- 'conscious leaning against the side of the taxi "plastered the with blood, shot through head," one policeman said.
He was spotted just before the embattled delta, the sources French action on ratification of midnight leaving a cinema said.
the European
Leicester Square on the fringe Tronty..
of the Soho district of the West Defending
munity French Union
End. forces within the delta
Commenting on Paris reports "Three plain-clothas detse number 100,000 of which 60,000 that French governmental loaders
decided to
and a po, co dog called are regular French Unlon
and bad
postpone Uves Vietnamese forces and 40,000 are Parliamentary debate on EDC Bruce spotted him,
for at least Vietnamese irregulars.
was sent Bruce
bounding month, spokesman The 100,000 Communist troops Lincoln White said:
after
the gunman, but Goldberg
now
Customs agents, nevertheless, insisted on taking a look - and found a variety of silk hand- kerchiefs, 75 Ivory statuettes, 131 porcelain flower vases, 13 hand-embrio cred table-cloths, a number of ́ ́ bolts of silk and other porcelain ware.
Lai, who had Hved In Argentina for 18 years, said he did not know it was against the law to bring in so much merchandise as baggage.
But he was at a loss to explain why the porcelain objects were found in eans filled with sweets, biscuits, seed and spaghetti- United Press.
in the delta are composed of The position of our Govern. managed to escape in a foodi. (30,000 Red regulars and 70,000 | ment-là quite clear. We earnest. The detectives --- and. Bruce
Vietminh' guerillas; the sources | ly ‘hope, and expoct the French fallowed just behind in an. Priest's Body... sold, quoting official French Parliament to have the oppor-ether taxi.
| figures.
tunity to debate this subject al Suddenly Goldberg's taxi Found In River POSSIBLE PLAN
the earliest possible moment."--stopped outside a big department Indications are that the Com- United Pros, munists now plan an all-out
effort to isolate Hanol and cur
off all rail, land and water sup-
store in the Strand, just over
| 100 yards from Lefoester Squaru. There Goldberg turnod hia
Paris, May 16. The body of a Catholic priest, gun on himself. The detootives | Abbe Armand Lapougo," was
ply routes to the north Indo-Egyptians Hold Up and the dog jumped from their pulled out of the river Seine
China capital.
The sources said that French
taxi and Two Britons
quickly gos in beside today at Boulogne, Paris the now dying man.
suburb, Cairo, May 19.
The taxi driver was ordered The body. of the priest was Five Egyptians armed with to drive to Charing Cross talento the next few days in the southies, stem rung und - platole held up | Hospitalına a tow yards away-- autopay,
commanders 'in, the area predict
fiorce Red Onslaughts within the
for an
and north of Hanol against su two Butilah civilians near Buss wheep Goldberg mow rapidly a wallet found on Abbe innes elog of protectivo: Trench on Monday and fired at and losing conscioumos was taken Lapouge, who was 30 yen old, Harrisons, which, control, vitaï alightly injured one of them, & streial to the casually, wird contained. 40,000 francs. The Isad and
water approaches to British military@wookwman, ald
He died a few minutes after- police"! are? Investigating, wi the city, French romciale fait, hate,
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Casablanca Outrages
Casablanca, May 19. One Moroccan was shot dead and another wounded in two
in terrorist attacks the Arab quarter of Casablanca last night. The terrorists escaped-Reuter,
This has been
urged by Admiral Redford, Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs- of-Staff.
The Impression hero is that Britain would still prefer to keep the falka in Singapore, but is willing to concodo
it point
necessary-London Express Service.
the
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