FRANCE'S GENERAL RENE COGNY
THE MAN MOST FEARED BY THE VIETMINH PREPARES FOR
FOR BATTLE
Hanoi, July 1.
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1954.
General Rana Cogny, the man the Vietminh Communists foar most, is preparing for the most crucial battle of the Indo-China War-the struggle for the rich and strategic Red River Dpita.
Thirty thousand Communist troops, flushed with victory at Dien Bien Phu, ore massing round the Delta's rim, Among the 6.487 Delta villages dotted about the flooded rice paddies, 100.000 Vietminh partisans are waiting for the moment to rise against the French and Vietnamese Covernment troops
Gen Cogny. to whom folls General De Lafire was then the back of defending this key) commanding Wei European terationy, is a gioul of a man, at Lomi Forces. 0 feet 4 inches blue-eyed Nor-| In December 1939 (
deseentied from warrlar1th was given the Id Chung Vikanes who conquered Nor- | Commanet He cher Cugny to mindy uver it thousand
years head his personal staff. Working
contact with in close
non,
ago.
"Probably the most brilliantly | ninckaldo mund aggressive of all Froner's young the
Cony
method i
tudded
1 Berat
school of generals, be believes | De Lathe to pain, nae his to its
in a healin
A hit, hit and hit again, so that his enemy has no me tu Dink.
His motto is "fant oser"- "Be Bold" The planner of the famous Ink Son Based Inst your, he flexes that it is tr planned attack bold, carefully
which wins Tueensa at the eut of fewest men's EveN
As the Viclimb have learnti
To the cost, there he bunker - hed Muginot-ingḥāality about General Ite
D
The Sukumatlar
Hny. in
Insekti-China u grave.
Fot thern
Bit troup
erviitans alike agree: "It anyone can kept The Vietminh here, it is Cogny.
Youngest General
France's youngest three-star General. at 50. Con has modelled himself on his former
De Lattre chief, General
Tassigny. Aghing
tie
By his redoubtable, sperit, General De
Latter before his sudden death
In 1951, come nearer tu vielpry
In Indo-Ching than anyone has eves core.
ut Mol
mud.
Cogny has examinatided north- ern indo-se from his head- in Hann for the past quarters
He knows year
every square bundred-mille kitometre of this wide expanse dykes, ditches and rivers. Much of it. he has stridden over in his khunki shorts, boots and knee- length white stockings. have
Gen. Roue Cogny
Following General De Lather suniden drath The In W.DR
Curly
his year.
Kiven was General's stars and his Bist big Command-the northern Zone of the Delta.
Immediately.
ן
1
forced hituself through, inch by inch The party ernwiest n
They rachel the far en bat til the bibed wire fence had to be pussel. Suddenly. The mert sounded: They mished into the shinda wa As the search parties went by
Was One of them caught. He was the one carry- wire- k the indispensable fuiters
De Bold"
Cogny never; hesitated. As soon us the search- parties moved on, he began to Hab over the fence in brilliant moonlight, A police-dog came bounding up and squfed at him, stock QB, and County Touch
the dog treated cft again with- but even banking:
TRADE 'and
COMMERCE SECTION
CARGOES IN
IN U.S.
Requirements Under Proposed Legislation
Legislation seeking to increase the total of U.S. cargoes to foreign countries carried in U.S.-flag vessels to well beyond the present 60 per cent requirement for foreign aid cargoes, has been introduced into both Houses of Congress, says the Journal of Commerce.
US TEXTILE MARKET
ba. of
of
Under the legislation foreign- owned vessels would BLA allowed to carry any part U.S. Government-financed car- goes until the Department Commerce had ascertained that sufficient nationai vessels were not available for its movement.
In line with the recent commendations of the Rondall Commission report. however. where the department would, il considered necessary, be able to divert Government cargoes to foreign-owned ships if this in- was thought to be in the Confidence is modified by a lingering degree
terests of the foreign trade of the United States,
New York, July 1. A number of signs of an Im-
demand
ration proving textiles, coupled with sustained price stability, has strengthened the feeling of
optimism which has been growing in the trade for the last month.
IC-
He made the rest of the journey
of caution ent alone as bus comrades had des
quarters, but a greater make for Switzerianul. fed to
Executives may be Trains, he
In such un event, the legisin- : used his newly number of
fami who believe that after
tion stipulates that the foreign | paired German, but aroused
the mill vacation periud is over Finally, he г6- suspiclos.
vessel must be registered under In mid-July, the whole picture the flag of the country to which bed his family in the Un-
southern will emerge in a much brighter ombpted Zara "If
unless light. Pratic
insumfelent These are the reasons for this ships, vr has no vessels of suffl- conclusion:
Ascent of the clent tonnage capachy to (1) slock market to a new 25-year the cargo. peak; (2). Greater curtailment producers and
Commanded Unit
At first, he intended to join
1 General de Gaulle in England,
Bie gedrug that he could do
گوارہ
better job in France, he took command stend of a regiment (US Battalion)
mountain arilliery
Grenoble, with the uk of Major.
1er
Then the Nazi od Fuscists necupied the whole of France, Cory fotated himself in the Jahan refur.
|
by
textile yarn
wenvers; (3). closer balance
SHIPS
U.S. Steel Corporation Increases Price
Pittsburgh, July 1. The United States Bleet Corporation, which pro- duces more than one-third of the
America, Mteel in today announced an in- arcand in prices averaging $3 per ton.
The present price of basic carbon steel is $120 a ton.
The price increase came two days after the United States Steel Corporation had signed a contract with the United Steel Workers giving 190,000 employees a Avc per cent an hour ware Increase,
unproved
pension rights.
and
and Іприколес
Other basto steel pro- ducers were expected to follow
the United States Steel Corporation's example In pereasing prices, since they also reached
the union ment with similar contraela--Reuter.
on
the cargo is consigned, HONGKONG
that country
has
CARGO MOVEMENTS
carry
A resultant The legislation would also between supply cover the movement of By | and demand; 4. Lowering In cargoes purchased by ponies ventories in the consumer pipe allotted by the US. Govern- line; 5. International political ment to foreign nations. uncertainties.
for 05
STOCK EXCHANGE
(From Our Correspondent)
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for an-
in U.S.
BANKS
JK Bank East Asia
INSURANCES
Unfor Underwriters Lombard
1000 1700
176
13 1600
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pro-
flag ships Cotton sales yaro spinners A warning against the "sacri- reported a rise of
10.000.000 Being"
of a large segment of pounds in unülled orders during the U.S. Merchant Marine in Muy. Spinners also
reported order to full the US. substantial bookings for the gramme of building up the SHIPPING next two months, but quite dollar-credits of foreign nations few were refusing engagements has been given by Mr Walter 30 days present Maloney, the president of the
American Merchant Marine In
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GERMAN SHIPYARD
BUILDING
TROUBLING BRITAIN
In
says
the Financial
recent years, Times, the German shipbuilding industry has been reconstructed, So successful has the reconstruction been that despite the im- mense physical destruction of the war Germany is now Britain's chief rival for export orders.
Although in total volume Britain is still substantially in the lead, the figures show that German competition is extremely effective.
At the end of Inst March, Germany was building ships for 19 other countries; The Unlled Kingdom was building for only 13.
The total tonnage then under construction for export in Ger- man yards was about 381,000 Lens gross, or 59 per cent of ali work then in hand.
NEW YORK
STOCK
MARKET
New York, July 1.
The British export construc- tlon was high at about 600,000 ton, but that represented only The 21.6 per cent of the total, figures for tankers inken alone
Stocks moyed Irregularly Fare
more striking. even
At that time Germany had 314,000 and narrowly in most in- lons Kross of export orders stances in a quiet session under construction, not very today.
much less than the British figuro
and utility stocks
of 348,000 tons. Whereas Bri- Industrial tish total tanker buildlog was averaged a few cents higher, less than a third for export, rails a low cents lower. Of Germany's export percentage 1,140 issues traded, 425 were
higher, 407 lower.
was over 90.
RE-ESTABLISHED
A few issues featured with
losses of a point or
more.
Admittedly the German ships or buliding industry has been nes
ол the basis of astahlkhed
favourable tax
new
shipbuliders
last the
Trading lightened to 1,860,000 shares, compared with 1,950,000. yesterday, as traders began their evening-up operations in ad Vanco of the long July Fourth weekend, and in the absence of any definite idea of what can bo expected in the way of reller on double taxation of dividenda,
Extraordinarily Business Un the Hongkong treatment. The legislation also secks to Stack Exchange this
Although German morning Cloth brokers sald a number have cargoes obtained by the amounted to $812,431. Neon joy considerable advant of important boyers this week US. Government in foreign quotation's and the morning's agen, and are anxious to obtain placed substantial orders, parti- countries, either destined teld als guns,
Budget, ones, for dealings:— to the Tocal cularly for print cloth yarn the United States the mules
which reduced the general level also of taxation vory sharply, fabrics, running into the fourth ather foreign country, carried, SHARES BUYERS SELLERS BALES country (oik. then, alone. march-
reduced their benefits. ed down to Grenoble to mock quarter and into the early part as
possible, of 1955.
For Britain the German ship- azul bluff the Italian garrison.
After the elpap, the. Senate yards seem likely, therefore, to voted to eliminate all of the Hay Htrovie boldly into the
be even increasingly important he hel about courtyard of the headquarters making his forces mobile, ready bullding where the Futian drag to get mal of their bunkers and had replaceci the old French 1: not in hospital that stläck. He began new experi- | telzolour. Then, posing us
os the It is ments in de-conmanising tersi Commander be with my men.
of # regiment on the battlefeld," he tells his lory Won back from the prepared to al'ack at the raising Vietminh. He put whole sectors of his finger, Cogny ordered a leg-weary escort, as they try to
under the now Vietnamese so keep up with him. Frequently,
non-commissioned officer to Cogny plunges into ditches and National Army.
chop the flagpole down before ronals and swims across to get
The
Fascict eyes of the scared officers. rearer to operations.
He returned to the mountains Failed his old gunners operation was
the whole form the Brst military mu t
zuerksdni u
un Lang of the region. war-the famous ruld Son, a large Victininh aims de- The Chinese frontier. But Beur He dared Jd h lossus were small.
tu
His men a teknamed him "General High- Sice" bycause he seemed to be
Anywhere at once when week in Beljan.
Disciplinarian
They
Their perfonal Uking for him for freni familiar, however.
reputation
ū
among
troop: here of being the sternen sizefoliasta tan who ever emme to the Della
EL would be difficult to find a Frenchman tore fitted to work
with United States and British generals and diplomoje,
After 27 months in the coun- try, he won his third feral's star and command of northern Indo-China.
His first
After that came mopping-up operation
The aud
1+2
Maquis
Left For Paris
In
Paris us
militan
being France,
plak
1943, when the ing underground il
Wilk
AB
the organised in northern Defta and in October his success-dogny, left for ful Operation Segall Learn Monsieur
Cakny, Secretary.
conifjelda,
ing that the Vietminh were pre- General of French paring to invade the Delts, he The underground knew him as smashed his way out of the Chambarran Delta's stethern tip on the eve
of the expected Communist at-
From his desk went оце
Cogny has magni@cent re-tack and broke up the Vietminhonders for building up secre! corn of lighting the Nazis, first division which wus
wide
to
4
10
have battalions of patriots throughout pearheaded the invasion. Gimp, the north. Cogny also crnatud Conunander furets, scrapped his plan.
Did
the Vietnam
Not Approve
On
contacts with
beyond
prices.
at
stitute.
BANDALL COMMISSION
In the heavy industrial cotton fabrics, one of the biggest pro- ducks with. ducers of collon drew from the market com- In a letter to The Randall LAND, ETC. pletely because of dissatisfac- Commission on foreign economic tion with present profit margins. policy. Mr Maloney said that any reductions from presunt at home levels would
"the accentuate while
shortcomings of our
utd
severe
as a competitor: the Bnal deter- Administration's plan for such 1000 67% mining fuctor for the shipyards relief, but the proposal will of both countries is, however, must go through a House-Senate conference The House approved the total level of demend.
More important even than the such a messure. competition between them is the Activity centred in low-priced fnet that in neither country are RICO Pictures, up 1⁄2 point to new orders equal to completions. $816 and Celanese, up % to
$21.
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Raw wool markels ruled quiet and steady foreign prices
firm present were Woollen
worsted fabrics
emergency conditions.** business developed slowly as clothing manufacturers looked He urged the commission over lines for spring of 1055,- recognise
importance United Press,
the present policy, continuing which ensure that at least per cent of ali cargoes paid for by various US, aid programmes must be carried in U.S. ships.
feet to meet nationalį UTILITIES
LONDON WOOL
TOPS
London, July 1.
market Woo! tops futures closed steady after another fair- ly substantial decline; turnover was 42 1015, Prices:
Sept.
Oct.
Des.
The
Jan.
Mar.
May
July
Interrogated in the prison of Fresnes, he was kicked, beaten,
Sept.
Oci.
Jan.
a soldier, then as organiser of milltary forces in the unkter.
network of ground. He speaks excellent
Algiers and London. Engilsit, is easily approachable,
As the activities of the and gives himself no airs.
Resistance Movement increased, His frunk Krin and 13
ils members beenme willingners to talk with shrewd
underlie br Dien Bien Phu came
On October dangerous. about his CommonsEISE
juh Cogny's command, though he more never fail to draw British and never approved the decision to 23, 1943, Cogny fell into American officers like magnets. leave a large isolated force there hands of the Gestapo.
But Cogny
ธ not Just to fight a lonely battle. soldier's man, He has used his Throughout lust winter Cogny background of education was itching to strike out of the
Dec. end systematically tortured, Bul develop
keen
political Delta and relieve pressure
But he was
uns the Germans falied to get a hc
realises sense. And
of him So many single word out much of his energy
be powerless to move. must devoted to
the political
war of his troops were taken away the military organisaton which against Communism here the from him for operations cise-he had been building up.
underground where that he could do nothing
Locked in a cell at Fresnes a who rule the
villages by except hold on.
during the bitter winter and
When war broke out in 1930, 1943-44 with nothing bul
was appointed book on whale-fishing to read, Cogny offeer to 1920's, liaison Polytechnique in
Third He snon won his Cogny set to work to persuade Cogny tosit degrees in law and French Army, political science and wrote
aCroix Guerre by going alone to his German warder to help him escape. Just whon ho thesis on political economics reconnoltre a little wood thought to
succeeding, be to be occupied by the enemy. It seemed to be before he specialised
had held up the advance in that was taken off in a cattle-truck soldier.
to Germany. acolor for several days.
battle of
the
terror.
Dien Bien Phu,
aglant student at the Ecole Captain
the
Sportsman
As
the
Taken prisoner, Cogny was sent to a camp near Nuremberg. whore he immediately set about
lia boxes, swims, fences, making plans for escape. He rides and even claims to be an got his guards to teach him Gor- | wald
Buchenwald
about
1176-148 145-1454
1921
14014-14019
13122-13012
137
13795-437
13322-1001
1346-13423
1324%-1533S
the
en-
Cur-TIONS
. 1.40
1035 1000 ur 15.68
.
New York Cottonus Steel closed up to
Market
New York, July 1. Cotton tradors today marked
for time while they walted Congress to act on the farm bill. to whether Uncertainty as
$491.
Most steel stocks moved narrowly in the face of price in- creams of $9 a ton announced by to offect the wago US Steel
granted. stoelworkers pppets.
stocks oil
continued Carlier this week,
to
The New York Stock Exchange
1000 or 15,40 Bexible or rigid supports will soften. Chemicals steadier. 134 1000 * 12.40 { operate next year kept the
bond
31 13 Di
147
24.89
volume was $3.703,000. The American Stock Exchange volume was 420,000 shares,
Dow Jones closing averages
and prices Trade fidgety
all orders. responsive
At the close the list ruled 5 points lower to 8 points higher. Opening prices also were pit & were! to up 5 points. New Orleans closed off 15 to points.
65
Comm. future price index
More than half of the 74 de- unive liveries issued against July to bonde gay were promptly stopped.
and open Trading volumes 3.00 Interests in the Exchange today
INDUSTRIALS In a reference to convertibilį- Cement 19.40 19.00 500 g 19.4 ty, he recommended that overy STORES, ETC.
24.70 24.00 1000 Dairy effort should be made to
1. Crawford 22.40 courage "ready and legitimate"
Textiles convertibility of foreign
dollars.
At present, MISCELLANEOUS rencies to
Yanstste... พร U.S. shipping was he Gold, virtually barred from traffic bc- with several foreign ports
7.55
ay
Afied
31000
were:
cause of the soft currencies pre- vailing throughout most of the world.
New York Rubber th
Volume
Open interest
July
Oct.
11,000 32,100
77.200 2D,300
Market
Dec.
32,600
442.500
Mar
22.700
3224.00
May
202,000
New York, July 1. Rubber futures today closed
July
12,300
127,500
Oct.
1.000
Dec.
200
Total
and
New York Sugar 12 to 94 points higher with sales
Market
United Press.
NEW YORK wool TOPS New York, July 1.
New York, July'1. World No. 4 sugar futures to- Wool tops today closed un- changed to 6 points higher. day closed 1 point higher p Prices closed in cents per ib. as 1 point lower with sales of four follows:-
of
A
July
Ort,
Dee.
Jan.
May
Mar.
July
Oct.
Dec.
Spot
After a spell in the Buchen- Concentration Comy,
expert on whalcishing. When man and every morning would Cogny was sent to Dora Camp, the Gestapo imprisoned him trot round the camp in heavy jan
In 1943, he spent a whole winter boots to keep himself at
with nothing to do except read a textbook on this unusual
subject.
Planned Escape
108.5h 199.4a 201.6b 202.0 201.db 202.20
noni. 201.1 200.00 200.20 198.5 tradbu 108.81 1072m 104.8 104.5 201805 104.59 198.2 nom. -United Press.
LONDON METAL PRICES
Buyers Sellers
783
136 749 2301 240
underground sweatshop whero V.2' were being manu- He was given back- factured.
London, July 1. breaking work digging all day
The tin market was steady long, with only just enough fodd while the rest of the markets This broad outlook led Meanwhile, he was making to keep him alive.
But
thisi to win what no other suit of plus-fours. He dyed skeleton-thin convict, with histeriing per long ton closed as were nicndy but quiet. Prices in Совну French General has achieved out and tailored the sult himself. in Indo-Ching the confidence The result was hardly Savile haven hend and striped uniform follows:
he had lost 72 lba-kept auch and respect of the foreign press Row, but it was good enough to dignity that even the German
Alopo wear under a raincoat when he correspondents
here.
guards called him "The Major,** among French Commanders, he made his planned escape. realised that
He also needed 'faked docu- the press had be
When the Allies crossed tho come a weapon
and menta A frlond could write went to the trouble of learn-German In Gothic characters, and Rhine, the prisoners of pora wore marched to the rear. of a corice carved potato made an ex During their. 8-day trek, they got the outlines pondent's job. His handling of cellent rubber stamp.
Ho had already relations
planned an nothing to eat except what they press masterly.
escape route diffough a narrow could pick up at the aldo” of the Rene Cogny set off on
drainpipe. The question which road, For three days, they had haunted him whs would the nothing to drisk. to his present job when
drainpipe tako bla glani frame? he first met General De Lalire Came the day, when all was
ing
of war
been
the
at the end of the war. General ready. Lending three other pri- Kaputenant-Colonel Copy was
De Latire was wo impressed by soners and pushing his bundle of
thle,
Just
Liberated in April 1945, repatriated because, he was ex- before him, pected to die. Cagny crawled down the ner
Then:MANSALDIonal elvillan clothes
prison camp, that he made him row płos. His skin tore of
But his wonderful
his periodul alon omo with no wrighted mong As one bond pulled him, through. Flota Material | Montanmvery. Ir pa body studies. Ha cousins, sa misting of spo London,
Tin spot
3-month Copper Dol d-month Lead July
contracts.
Domestic No. 0 sugar futures, closed 1 point lower to 1 point higher with sales of 32 contracts. Trading in both contracts was glow and without particular feature. Future closings were:
Contract No. 4 (W9;34)
July
September
October
Jeesusry March
4370 contracts-citement
Speculative
was
stirred up by the overnight boost of one cent a pound in the Government's selling price for Butyl
100.00
United PreRK,
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
Chicago, July 1.
Most grap futures, excepi Lapybeans, sodepwed fractionally Cup and down the Board of Trade 144,100 1,568,960 balts today and finished with a weaker
Amsterdam trend.
The Singapore rubber prices were not received-
Oct/Nav Dec Jan Mar/Apr. May/June
LIVERPOOL MARKET
Liverpool, July 1. Closing prices, American grid tyl synthetic and retread. but
per lb., were as follows:- peale selling by Indonesia. unconfirmed rummura of large-dling cotton, 15/16 inch, in pinco
Dealers reported a good-sized
done business
in the spot other to factories markot consumers. Reported sales In cluded sheets for August at 233 and 24 conts; one sheet for October at 24% to 24 cents; four ambers for October at 2236 pents a pound, all landed basis. Spot No. 1 Tee were quoted
31.00
Official prices for spot cotton, as anncussed today, were a unchanged United Press.
SAO PAULO PRICES
Bao Paulo, July 1 Colton futures closing prices
at 23% cents a pound. Prices were unavailable because of the
July
Beptembar
December
May July
Spot-cents per ib. fob
Cuba)
March
May
September
Nowamber March
Nay
July
September
November
Contract No. #
Spot-fonts per ib. clf NY
@x-duty}
6.76
United PraME.
London Foreign
Exchange
New York Basterdam Beked Mark
United prees. NEW YORK FUTURES
Now York, July 1, Prices of metal futures today: Boekholm gload in cents per lb, as followsi
Lend: July
London. July
4.10 holiday.
-24.99 24.25
In the United States, the 2 average prices of 15/16 middling 2610 cotton at 10 designated apoi
markets were also unavailable. -United PreM.
Sales at these centres Rotolled LONDON RUBBER MARKET
4,140 bales-United Press.
25.20
London, July. 1.
The rubber market was fully steady with No, Ras spot quoted at 20% pence per ib. Prices:
No.1 Haw spot ... 20-303%
Bettlement hovae termi,
August
September
Out/Dee. Jan/Mar. Apri/fune
Generel Aは母 Beptember
28/53/16-2011) Balate cyppp. July
>NEW YORK. EXCHANGE
Shout covering' and 'a' better- than-expected soybean crushing repont for May influenced buying in the ben pit and kept the prices strong throughout
session.
tho
Early gains in wheat reflected and renowed short covering additional flour mill buying, but the advances attracted profit- king which, depressed the prices.
Wheat closed off 1 to 2 cents; soybeans up 1% to 8% cents,
The Winnipeg grain roarkets. were closed today in observance, of the Dominion Day holiday United Press,
:: CHICAGO. 'PRICES:
Chicago, July 1: Prices per bushel in centr
Closing Prices
Wheat, No. 2 red Spot
July 1956(H). 194
Sept.
TANEW YORK FRICKA ::
New York, July 1. Prices of cotton futurey today Dea
25.000
closed,99, fglows: Spot July
Qctober
December
May.
October
ESTAD Corn, No. 2, yellow
1191 @pot
24.07 July
Deo, 2
1191 Mar.
LIL Rya
.13.20 July
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led Press NEW ORLEANS FAICES
Exchange Rates Prices of soltant
JULY
Now Orleans, July 177 Hept,
'elated na folle
Epot "was" done "in the Jodsi | July
December