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THE former US service- man, Andrew Fortuna, who upied, for a life in China rather thun re- patriation after the Korean armistice, has now returned home.
But it is sickening
COR-
to read the torrid, temptuous reception given him by a group of hostile pressmen at San Francisco. What they set out to prove was that he was incapable of rational thought or con- duct assuming that no American, in his right mind would desert to the enemy. And although une news agency said he contradicted himself frequently during the Press inquisition, his answers made fair reading
to anyone prepared to accept his statements at
Men
have
of
face value.
TR Fortun may
the victim "brainwashing" or he muy have deluded himself about the motives involved in the Korean war. But is there any weed for this public persecution of "turnconts" to continue? Mr Fortuna's greatest punishment will be the unconcealed untagon. ism of his fellow country-
men,
Generous in many respects,
Americans appear to have|
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THE
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Established 1845
SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1957.
PURGE
Full Story Of Latest Kremlin Sackings
CLEAN SWEEP WANTED
London, July 5.
R Nikita Khrushchev carried his purge of the Kremlin MR
leadership a step further tonight by dismissing two more first deputy premiers..
After disgracing Malenkov, Kaganovitch, Molotov and Shepilov for Stalinist deviation, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet tonight announced Mr Maxim Saburov and Mr Mikhail Pervukhin, former top planning and industrial specialists, had been relieved of their posts as first deputy premiers.
who
Though dismissed his top gov- This means that of six first; Deputy Premier, existing twoernment post. Pervukhin, days ago, only two now remain, was dismissed bla tuli member-
ship of the Presidium, remains candidate (non-voting) member,
They are Anestas Mikoyan, one, of the top figures of the remlin who may have been at Mr Khrushchev's right hand during the shake-up; and Josif Kuzmin, new planning chief.
Communique
A brief Tars announcement
a peculiar reluctrice to usted no new appointments to
the post of Arst Deputy Premier,
forgive even to under- but anmed
one ofBell, Alexel
stand those who indulge Korygin, as, a (Junior) Deputy Sunny form of contact Premier. with the alien way of life
of the Communists.
it has been given-but ironically the methods em- ployed in denouncing and
Ho-called
10
then
Un- Belere the shake-up American is the appellation was only one pay (as med
deputy) Prunier M:|Eikov.
news in Mos- There was -NO cow today,
of the whereabouts other un- of the
four dismissed on them but allucks the leaders
grew, the people being told by press and radio that they had plotted to selze power in the Communist Party.
(vilifying
Americane constituto greatest breach of America's finest ideals.
Adjournment Τ
THE fact that the Prime Ministers of the Nigerian regions Look Mr Lennox- Boyd's refusal to name s date for Nigerian independ- elice
very quietly suggests that they did not expect full agreement yet. There are far
too many delicate issues to settle and the time limit demanded by { the Prime Ministers is out of the question. The whole country, and Britain, will be in a far better position to judge the best line of action to take in a few yours time,
Mr Lennox-Boyd has managed
to sidestep a tricky prot
The three paragraph Tass announcement tonight on the latest changes said:
Mikoyan said of Pervukhin at a reception last night; "He was too young and inexperiencext."
Pervukhin is generally be- lieved to be in charge of the Soviet atomic programme in his capacity of Minister of Merlion Machine Building-a post he apparently retains,
Backroom Boy
Kuzmin, the planning chief, is a Khrushchev nunince. The appointment of this hitherto re- latively unknown figure who held a backroum post at party headquarters was announced directly after Khrushchev had outlined his industrial plan to a Supreme Soviet mecting two months ago.
MAC
Oliservers believe Khrushchev wants a clean swoop of administration in order to carry out his current plans, for indus- trial reorganisation.
form
th
The next major move is ex- pected to be an announcement of "The Presidium of thea group of new First Deputy Pre- USSR Supreme Soviet has miers who would
Atexti appointed
Kosyyn "Inner cabinet" within the Gov. These would aimust Deputy Chairman of the USSI emment
from the certainly be selected Council of Ministers,
The USSR Minister of Presidium-Reuter.
Machine Building. Medium Mikhail Permaktan, has been relieved of his duties us First
IiLe of Chairman Deput Council of Ministers,
"Marin Saburov has been
COOLER ON
relieved from his duties as THE EQUATOR
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministars"
It gave no reasons,
Mystery Cleared
lem for the moment and he The Announcement cleared
the
* Banstul, July 5. It was cooler today near equator than in many parts of Westin, Central Eastern Europt,
At Bangul, in the interior of Afrin, just French Equatorial
Doctors Decide Not To Operate
Boston, July 5.
A nine-year-old Chinese. boy, who few 12,000 miles here to undergo ute saving heart surgery, plau- ned to return home today after doctors decidrà noi to operate.
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West To Test Russia's Call For Peace
WIDE OPEN SKIES PLAN
London, July 5.
The Western powers have agreed to test the Soviet Union's newly-proclaimed call for peace by asking the Kremlin to open all Soviet European territories from Poland to the Ural Mountains for aerial inspection, informed sources said today.
II return, Nalo members | would open all Europe for Russian photography, the sources said.
The proposed inspection zone would stretch from 10 degrees west longitude to 60 degrees cast, This
include would Moscow, Stalingrad, Leningrad and other key Soviet areas up to the Siberian border,
The U.S. delegate Mr Harold Stassen was reported to be hop- in to present the plan today.
The centre point of the new) open rotnelde with the Polish-Sevict frontier, the sources said.
Noted Soviet Authority Says
BREACH WITH MAO BUT FOR K's COUP
London, July 5.
Isaac Deutscher, a leading authority on skles zone would nearly Russia, said here tonight there would probably have been a breach between Russia and Commu- nist China if Mr Nikita Khrushchev had not crushed the Stalinist group within the Kremlin.
Mr Deutscher, biographer of Stalin, said in
FRENCH DEMAND
was
to
The plan
devised take into account demands of the French and West German Governments, The Bonn Gov-.
erment has said it could open ils own territory only if the
de-
a British Broadcasting Corporation programme
HOLIDAY DEATH TOLL: 269
Chicago, July 5. Rising traffic deaths in the Fourth of July weekend today and they appealed to drivers to get their travel
alarmed U.S. safety officials
under control.
Carelessness also took a heavy tall at beaches end in other holiday areas. But the spurting trafe fatality lista took most of the attention of the National Safety Council,
A United Press tally showed 158 dead in highway accidents since the holiday began at 6 p.m. cn Wednesday,
There were 81, drownings, aix dted in aircraft accidenta anch 14 In miscellaneous mishapa for a total of 269,
APPEAL
Mr Ned Dearborn, President or the National Safety Council, carly morning hours that the Issued warning during the
toll would come near the pre-
holiday estimates of 635 persona
idiled unless the rate slowed.
Instead, the rate;mounted as reports came in.
that the Stalinist group within the Kremlin could appeal to the drivers to not swallow the Mao Tse-tung view that strikes can be permitted in a "socialist state."
The view, advanced in p re-
zone avoids any reference to the East-West German marcation line.
Franco has demanded that Russla Line of Taipei,
proportionately cently published speech by the open
was "dynamite" was
more territory to International Chinese leader discharged from the
in Russia, Mr Deutscher sald Children's
planes since Russia is Medical Centre
survey
for 35 years at least bigger. The French said equal "Since yesterday after a week of tests showed that surgery zones would expose all Western workers strikes in Russia have been regarded ILS counter- communication lines but only revolutionary." was not advisable, a hos- pital spokesman said. Ele would not elaborate.
Dr Robert E. Gross, the heart surgeon who offered to perform
the operation, was not vallahić for cam- ment,
William made 'the long trip accompanied by bla hiker
undergo al operation for a fatal heart allment.
The
01
trip was stranged by military and diplomatin East oftleials In The Far and Washington when they learned of the boy's plight. -United Press.
'Rock' Banned
Paris, July 5. The Egyptian authorities have condemned "Itock-n-Roll" un "sucerssion of obscene gestures" and have announced that, any- one found doing It will be prosecuted fur outrage to not climb higher than a mid 84 public morals, according to Fahrenheit. It has not risen copy of the Cairo daily "A beyond 60 degrees Fahrenheit | Ahram", reaching Paris today-
France-Presse. since July 1-France-Presse,
has certainly saved the up the mystery of Saburo below the line, the mercury did Colonial Secretary of 1960, whose name was omitted whoever he may be, from the list of
finding himself committed
to a decision which might
(CW
from
15 members of the Presidium Issued
on
Wednesday.
Saburov Was Stalin's state
Vozne- post, Nollai
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The United States offered to outmatch Russia In converting atomic bomb ruel to peaceful i uses in an attempt to end the
nuclear weapons race.
Informed sources zaid the U.S. delegate Mr Harold Stassen said the United States was willing to transter 53 units of sslcouble material to loleruational stock- piles for every 47 ccntributed by the Soviet Union. The Russians said they would study the pro- posal.United Press.
Priest Released
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Me Deutscher expressed the view that the Stalinist group. led by Mr Vyacheslav Molotov and Lazar Koganovich, revolted against this.
"He said they also opposed M Khrushchev's Industrial organisation programme, which had allenated the Soviet In- also op- dustrial tycoons and posed concessions at the cur- rent disarmament talks in Lon- dion.
Molotov Majority Mr Deutscher maintained that The Molotov faction obtained a majority within the old 11- member Presidium and were on thu point of ousting Mr Khrushchev.
TAIPEI
DENIES POWER -BID-
·Tafpet "July · 5.
The Kutenintang, ruling party
help traffic enforcement agencies
In bringing the toll back under control," said Mr Dearborn., “It La Increasing at an alarming rate,"
The rate was running ahead of that in the
same period of ejapsed time In the previous four-day holiday of the year, the Now
Year holiday, United
Press,
Getting Stronger
London, July 5.
of Nationalist China, today of cally dented Malnya's Chief "I believe the Common- Minister Tengku Abdul Rah. wealth is becoming man's charges that its party stronger," said Ceylon's members were trying to gain Minister of Justice, Mr de Silva who held a press con- secretaryference tonight after the
power in Malaya,
Chang Li-sheng, Keneral of the
Kuomintang
Vatican City, July 5.
Party, said his party has no conclusion of the Common- The Roman Catholle "Fider?""
Mr Khrushchev won the political
ambition, nor has a wealth Premiers' meeting. agency today reported power struggle by appealing to ever engaged in any political from Hongkong that Father the Central Commiitco, of the sclivities, outside of Chinn
Mr de Sliva who deputiseri for the Ceylon Prime Minister Paul Lum, Vicar-General of the Communist Party, which num- Kaying Diocese, arrested by bers more than 200 full and
Molacca, prominent added: "One of the main reasons Chinese Communists, had been candidate members, he, declared.
leader said why I bellevo it is becoming Maluyan Chinese released from prison.
stronger is that it is based on today The Coutral
he Committee In-
knew of ու Father Lam was arrested cludes a larger number of anti-piet by Kuomintang Chinese justice and fairness.
"We have Ghana already and the same
time as his Bishop, Stalasista. Here Mr Khrushchev "chards" 10 wreck the probably. Malaya, next year, Monseigneur Ford, who died in secured a comfortable majority scheduled mooting of tho
There may be other countries Chinese Association's in due course. prison in 1002. the agency for the oustang of the Molotov Malayan
Every year I added.France-Presse.
Central Commitee on Sunday. think we are adding to group.-Reuter.
The Sir Cheng Locks Tan, 73-
members of the family," year-old president added, "even He la flying back to Colomba if they are trying to do it, I am tomorrow morning. - France- not afraid."United Press,
Presse
at
HONGKONG DOLLAR DRAIN PLUGGED
From RONALD BOXALL
London, July 5.
The British Government has moved to stop a drain on the gold reserves caused by purchases of Canadian and other foreign securi- Hos by British investors through Hongkong.
In the four months to tho end of April more than £12 million worth of addi-
In
tional Canadian stacks wore bought by British in- vestors partly through Hongkong.
April alone the total valuo of "new" Canadian stocks available to British inves- tors roached £5.25 million. This is a serious drain on the sterling area gold and dollar reserves at a time when every offort is being mode to strengthen 'them.
The Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Mr Patar Thorneycroft, has thero- 'fore announced measuras to plug this leak to tako effect from midnight to-; night.
Hongkong is one of the main
centres in the sterling area where a free market in foreign securities exists. British investors have- quito legally-been taking
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advantages of this to cash in on the present boom in Canadian stocks. Without additional supplies from the sterling area froe markots, tho London markot is restricted to dooling in Canadian stocks already held by UK residents. And there just aron't enough of thom to satisfy demand.--London Express Service.
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