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FATEFUL
DAYS
THE untimely death of the United Nationa Secretary- General. Mr Dag Ham- marskjold, has come as shock to all.
Exactly 13 years ago to the
Gromyko may see Rusk
tomorrow
United Nations, Sept. 19.
day another member of the Senior United States and Soviet officials to-
United Nations met a vio lent death. Count Folke Bernadotte, the UN media-s tor in Palestine was mur- dered in Jerusalem while carrying out his duties,
It is unlikely that there is anything in the coineld- ence, but the truth will not be known until a full in- vestigation has been car ried
by out
compulent authorities.
Therefore, it is useless to:
speculate on what may have happened at this juncture. Why Me Nehru has suggested (from New Delhi) that subotage cannot be ruled out la inconceivable,
M
Survivor
TR Nehru knows us much about Mr Hammarskjold's death as wo do in Hong- kong. The only man who is i in possession of some facts at the moment is the survivor.
sole
Mr Hammarskjold's death not only throwa the Congo situation into more cata- Atrophic chaos, it plunges into doubt the future of the United Nations,
These immense questions are being discussed at UNO headquarters in New York and in every Foreign Office throughout the world,
Firstly, who is immediately to
take on Mr Hammarskjold's
day established contact on the issue of a Berlin crisis conference between Mr Andrei Gromyko and Mr Dean Rusk, Soviet and American Foreign Ministers, and informed sources said the meeting might be held on Thursday.
54
Informants said, however,
WIS that Thursday
possi- blilty."
Mr Rus was seeing the Earl of Home, Foreign Secretary, to-. night, and they were expected to
Mr Charles Bohlen, special assistant to the United States Secretary of State, represented Mr Rusk at today's discussion, with Mr Valerian Zorin, acting for Mr Gromyko,
Mr Zorin Is a deputy Foreign | discuss the question as well us Minister and resident repre- sentative of the Soviet Union at the UN.
Possibility
A United States spokesman confirmed that Mr Böhlen and Mr Zorin had discussed a future conference between their chiefs on the possibilty of having East-West negotiations over Berlin, but he said that a de- finite date had not been set.
the constitutional crisis con- fronting the UN through the violent death of its Secretary- General Mr Dag Hammarskjold.
Mr Adlai Stevenson, United States resident representative here. tonight reafflimed his Government's objections to any "troika" proposal for the See- retariat after Mr Gromyko told roporters that "radical changes" must be made in the UN struc- ture.---Reuter,
A MIRACULOUS
ESCAPE FOR
69 PILGRIMS
Dublin, Sept. 19.
role as peace intermediary Sixty-nine pilgrims returning from the Roman
in the Congo no one man has automatic autho-
rity to replace him or to decide what UN policy is to be.
Veto
SECONDLY, when and how in П new Secretary. General to be appointed- because Russin can any candidate nominated.
Catholic shrine at Lourdes, France, escaped
with scratches tonight when their airliner crash-landed in driving rain at Dublin air- port.
said
no one was killed," on airport employee, John O'Leary, as the pilgrims climbed out the planc.
The plane, carrying 89 pll- veto grims and a crew of four, over- shot the runway while landing, seemed to ft liīto the air; went
+
"It was indeed a miracle that called that only last week
chartered American airliner after takeoff crashed shortly
Airport, killing from Shannon
tourista all 03 European
and crew members aboard.
First reports said the passen- Kers were
invalids, and hod been to Lourdes, the famous nadette, to pray for cures, "healing" shrine
St Ber
after it was learned that there were no invalids on the plane and the pilgrims had made & pilgrimage of prayer to the French shrine.
Chartered
of
HOW CHEN MADE HIS SWIM TO FREEDOM TAKUNG PAO
Chen Wal-fang, 20, former engineering student, shows Nationalist Chinese soldiers (unseen) how he escaped from Communist China to the offshore Quemoy la- lands held by Nations!lst China.
Chon used basketball blad- ders as floats for the gruel- llar swim, which took him Ave hours.
Chin th export is immer
inid' conditions on the main- land wers so bad that sitles were crowded with hungry people and the Communista
were trying
to get the people to return to the farms which have
been devastated by floods.
He said one rice cake is sup- posed to last exch person for three days,--Associated Press Photo,
New plans for Cubạn invasion of Panama
Panama, Sept. 19. Preparations are being com- ploted for a new invasion of Panama from Cuba, Cuban exitos reported to- day.
The local committee of the Democratic Revolutionary Front of Cuban Exiles sold it has But
U.S. announces call-up of 73,000 men
Washington, Sept. 19.
Mr Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defence, today announced the call-
up of two National Guard (territorial) divisions and support troops totalling in all about 73,000 men.
In what he described as a prised 18 to 14 thousand men "major step forward in in- each. The remainder of the creasing
total would represent our combat readi. 73,000 x59," Mr McNamara un support units, nounced at the same time that the forces of the Strategic Army Corps and the Tactical Air Command would be com- bined to form a new unified command
The Commander in Chief will be Lieutenant General Paul Dewitt Adams,
now Commanding General of the U.S. Third Army.
In reply to questions Mr McNamara told a press con- ference that no decision had been made
to send any addi tional divisions to Europe.
ADDITIONAL
been informed by private He said the call-up of the sources that the invasion is to National Guard divisions was be led by Andres Cantillo, a "simply an additional measure Panamanian.
of readiness" in view of the world situation.
Cantilla went to Cuba after the triumph of Fidel Castro and was subsequently trained in Czechoslovakia for the in vesion of his native country. priority units
two The
divisions WCFC Guard among four National
私屉 top alvisions designsted
EX-EDITOR'S
SECRET
DEPARTURE
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The secret departure for London of Mr Eric Chou, a farmer editor of the Chinese Communist now- paper To Kung Pao, who has allegedly defected, was arranged and facilitated by, one of the United Kingdom Govern- mont's organisations in Hongkong, according to a report published today in the independent vornocu- lar, the Now Lifa' Evening Post.
The newspaper, which did not disclose the name of the or ganisation, added that the Gov. ernment agency made it possl- ble for Mr Cheu to slip out of the Colony by arranging with the authorities here for the Chinese author and journalist to board a BOAC airliner on September 10 without Foing through the formalities at Kol Tak Airport.
Mr Chou is known to have been writing a book based on his four-year experiences ok Communist indoctrination.
com-
He is now in London pleting the last chapter of the book, the report added.
United Nations, Sept. 19. American delegation circles said tonight they know nothing of rumours that Premier Nikita Kruschev had #ald he would come to New York to partici pate in the work of the UN The Strategic Army Corps, General Assembly. he said, totalled approximately The rumours had been ́elr- 115,000 men and the Tactical ¡culating in UN lobbies for some Air Force about 50,000-Reuter, } time.--AFF.
General Assembly_pays
tribute to
Dag
United Nations, Sept. 19.
President Frederick H. Boland of Ireland opened a three-minute meet- ing of the General Assembly today and adjourned it until to- morrow evening.
The adjournment was decided, UN posts, but its proponents will be opportunity upon to permit private consulta hoped to smooth everything out later. tions on a Western-backed plan by the Ume the Assembly, recon={
to name Mongi Slim of Tunisia vencs tomorrow. Mr Boland interim Secretary-General, in opened the Assembly today and succession to Mr Dag Hammarsk | añld: fold, in addition to making lum;
10th regular annual session.
Opposition
Mr Kruachev has repeatedly in a field, skidded and came to demanded that UND should rest across the main Dublin- be headed by a three-man Belfast road. "troika" system including a Communist representative.
The plane Thirdly, is therefore UNO as
was a chartered
Starways Airlines, owner of by we know it duomed? That four-engine DC-4 owned
the plane, is a small Arm based Starways Airlines. ncems on the cards, if
The Assembly mot under in Liverpool Ocials there
pall cast by the death of deadlock persisted in the There were no Berious" in- i refused to comment.
by the Army on Mr. Hammarskjold, Secretary Security Council, UNO juries. Officials said some Eyewitnesses said the plane A frat Invasion of Panama Kennedy's new military buildup ave months, in a plane crasti in
of
as part of President
General for eight years and lacking a chief with power the pilgrims suffered minor barely missed a car on the road in April, 1859, falled when
and to direct polleycould be scratches bruises. They when it rolled to a stop. Other Cuban force surrendered to the programme,
were treated at the airport cars were able to stop and tho | Panamanian National Guard at paralysed Indefinitely.
Mr McNamara estimated that medical centre.
plane caused a malur traffic Nombre de Dios on the Atlantic the division now called up com- Jam on the busy road-UPI. const.-AP.
If the West accepted the
The crosb sent a shock of
Russion troiks principle fear through the Irish, who re- no UN action could "be taken without Rusalan ap- proval.
Deadlock
WHAT would reduce UNO to
Ay of tolni insigni-
ficance.
In short, UNO's future now Hos at the mercy of Moscow -and how far the Buasiona insist on blocking a ono- man succession to Mr Ham- marskjold in Now York this week,
How the anticipated deadlock can be resolved remalan to bo Acel, but опе Can Imagino that the now "battle of words" will go on And on.
The principles on which the United Nations was found- ed could woll go by sthe board, so the coming days, may be fateful for all.
CUT IN IK
EXPORTS
TO U.S.?
Washington, Sept. 19. Mr Luther Hodges, Becre- tary of Commerce, fold a press conference today thai ihe pegotiations between United States and Hong- kong over Colony exports of textiles to this country would start within a few weeks.
...
Asked about a publlabod repori ... that there: would be only a 3. por sent out in the quantily of goods Hongkong exporta annually to Amerion, Me... Hodges stant hope 13 la
· rumour."---Better.
the exiles said.
N-TESTS: WHAT SOVIETS
SAID LAST MONTH
Sept. 6
Д
Now York, Sept. 19. Russian and Communist Chinese delogatos, of a peaco conference in Tokyo, voted unanimously for a re- solution stating that the first government to resumo nuclear tosting "should be denounced as the enemy of peace and mankind," it was stated on a radio programme here tonight,
broadcast:
"I am sure that the Soviet and Chinese delegates, as well un those from other nocialist countries, had no idea that the Soviet Union. would be the first nation
to restano nuclear tests.
Dr Corilsa Lamont, American | Dr. Lamont commented in the
author and philosopher, sald { the resolution was passed 10 days before Russin resumed nuclear tealfeig at the ravanthi world conference egainat nuclear bombs held in Tokyo from August to 14, Most of the. Iturslón: delegates word scientists, "historiine dr religious leaders, but among thom was Mr V. A. Bazerko, member of the · Prosidium of the Boviot Courtell of Trade Unions and President" "of the Steel Workere Union.
"Thik leads me to think that this inexcurable Soviet ac- tion opposed by large mec=" tions of the population with- In the Communist uice and in Boyle! Hussla itself."--Neu~
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Proposal
for that
stand
"For the moment, I simply "The 18th session of the Gen-propose that, ash tribute to the President of the Assembly's cral Assembly meets today in memory of the late Secretary- General and the devoted officers the shadow of an immanna
of the United Nations who died the midst of fragedy and in
núð es a mark ́ of with him, deep and heartfelt mourning which extends far beyond this confidence, we should hall to millions of men, women and oberve a moment's silence, and children throughout the after which we would adjourn world.
until 10.30 tomorrow morning.” This is not the moment to
The Boviet delegation stood, in speak of the loss we have sus- without hesitation, to join
allent tained or to recount the virtues the
tribute to Mr at those who have died. There Hammarskjold,—UPI.
Rhodesia lato-on Sunday,
There was opposition to the plans to give Mr Slim both top
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