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CHINA MAIL
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, .... 1954.
MR HAMMARSKJOLD'S VISIT TO CHINA
American Officials Working To Meet Any Situation
Washington, Dec. 23.
United States officials are busy on plans of action to meet either
State Owned 'Uncles"
· Rangoon, Dev, 23. The Burmese Government is to take over all paWN- shops in Rangoon when the present loonces expire in 1980, All 27 pawnshops in the city owned.
sre Chiness-
There are already stato- run pawnshops in many parts of Barma, operating on the Jines of those in Indonesia-Reuter.
Sheaffer's "SNORKEL"
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KILUSIFTY LIMITED
EXECUTORS
-and TRUSTEES for the COLONY and the FAR EAST
OVER THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
success or failure of Mr Dag Hammarskjold's attempt to effect the release BORDER TO of 11 United States airmen held by Communist China.
A State Department official said today: "We are watching Mr Hammarskjold's efforts with hope but not over optimism. In the mean- time we are going to be close-lipped, so that we say nothing to compromise his negotiations with Mr Mao Tse-tung."
Mr Hammarskjold, Socretary-General of the United Nations, will fly to Asia in the first week of January in a dramatic bid to end the captivity of the 11 airmen for which the United Nations has condemned China.
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enter
KNOWLEDGE GAINED
the
Although American intentions | part from or enter or attempt concerning an agreement for the to depart from or
release of the 11 airmen were] United States." officially secret, It was common talk among diplomats here that the United States would be willing to consider "proposals from China with the major re- servation that such propositions must not wander too far from the basic issues involved,
THE REASON
It WAR noted that the reason given by the State Department for the daten- tion of the 36 Chinese students was tied directly to the stato of emergency, which has continued though the Korean war came to an end more than a year ago,
The students, according to an official spokesman, were being held under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1932.
In short the United States position is that under the Korean emergency, Tho specialised knowledge gained here by tho students would be detrimental to the security of the United Statem if they returned to Chins,
If the state of emergency were ended, these conditions would not apply, it was argued,
A
that
White House spokesman, Mr Murry Snyder, said - today a presidential préclama- tion, ending the Korean war In the emergency was works,"
"now
not barter, the United States would be unwilling to enter
Into complicated bargedning
which might include Formosa, trade sanctions And other political questions-Reuter.
Yugoslavia
Given Time
To Pay
Belgrade, Dec. 23. Yugoslavia has been given up to the year of 1982 to repay her debt to Great Britain.
The debt amounting to £17,- The beak United States con000,000 bad originally been set to Lention concerning the 11 armen
be paid between the years 1954 hold by China. has been that
to 1958, they were prisoners of war, the captured while in uniform and during the that
China was breaking in
This Act says: "When state is at war or
Great Britain has also con- sented to reduce the interest on
existency of a national emer-ternational Inw by detaining the loans, In common with most gency proclaimed by the Presi- them.
dent
and
President the shall and that the Interests of
United restrictions and
of Yugoslavia's other creditor China's stated reason for hold-countries, Britain took into ac States require that the airmen was that they were count that it would be extremely convicted of spying, were cap dimcult for Yugoslavia to make and prohibitions.tured by Chinese civil author heavy payments at a time when be imposed on the departure of thes in Chinese territory
and sho from and their entry therefore wore not prisoners of economic problems, particularly persong into
United States
It WET. shall be unless otherwise order-
the fallure of crops, Franco- Presse.
the
ed by the President or Congress The very fact that China has unlawful for any allen to de-agreed to Mr Hammarskjold's
visit to Peking to discuss "per- tinent questions" wes, seen here as an indication that the Peking
Police Ban On Government felt it could use the
L-Drivers
As from today learner drivers, will not be allowed to drive on that
Bay part of Clearwater Rund to the west of the Kni Tak runway and for a short distance to the cost of the runway. This area will be clearly marked by Polica signis,
The reason for these measures is to avoid any possible aceldent occurring on the runway, en- dangering both road and air trafic.
Additional
breng are under immediate consideration for the use of learner drivers,
Incident as further cold war" ammunition against the United States.
But it was hoped by officials
it side issues were dragged.. into the bargaining for the re- lease
and 15 known
was faced
with
grave
Ex-Champion
Boxer Dies
Montreal, Dec. 23. Al Foreman, 49, former
western Montreal
FREEDOM
and
Vienna, Dec. 23, A Yugoslav Boldler, a Hun- garian electrician
a Bul- garlon plumber yesterday cross- ed the Yugoslavian frontier into Austria and asked for asylum in that country.
The
Yugoslavia soldier CTOSTED the frontier but without drmis and told the Austring authorities that he left his country because of the economi: conditions prevalling there and because of the bad treatment In the army,
the
The Hungarian electrician am
Bulgarian plumber first crossed over, Into Yugoslavia onți bid there for a few days. They then decided to leave for Aus- tria-France-Presse.
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of the 11 airmen--that British Empire lightweight
additional airmen tack today in tho to be imprisoned by division
of the China might also be freed.....
General Hospital.
· CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS CROSS Foreman, who fought 326 A: 9 Angry; 11, Zant; 13, 21m; WORD ACToss: 1, Stable; 7 Pen;. bouls during his 18-year ring 14 Ext: 10. IMC. (Master of Cere «career, wòn fame in the rings monlea): 17, Fat. Down: 1, Span: 2. of Chicago, Vancouver, Washing Tan; 3. Angel 4, Lave: 5, E.G. 6. ton, Paris and Australia.
Egypt; 10. Ràm;· 1, Tes; '13,/ EC.; He 15. At.. lost
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expressed the privato beller "that"Lf-the negotiations were restricted to repatriation of 'detained nationals, the United States would give close attention to whatever China, kad to BAY.
But on the precept that the Incident Involved Justice and
Santa Arrested
In New York
New York, Dec, 23.
A street corner Santa Claus burst into ribald
song in Times Square today and lost his Santa
Claus suit in a Police Station.
But the volunteer organa-Santa and his imitation chimney tion for which he was ringing into a patrol car
a. collectfim bell said, that, they The crowd cheered conalder re-hiring next year the The Polles car made a U-tukrk,{ 00-year-old man, who own then the back door fiery opari! white hade flows over his collar sad the chimney fell into the
up! trafo sod
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