1949-10-19

Indo-China Combined Operation

Paris, Oct. 18.-French forces lost 20 killed,, 87 wounded and 44 missing in

Vietminh attack on af convoy tt Knohung, Tong- king, on October 2, nc- cording to a French Army Headquarters announcement quoted in a French nowa agency message from Sal- gon.

The communique said that Cho Vietminh forces lost 127 killed,

French Army Headquarters In Saigon also reported today that Vietnam parachutists end Infantry, supported by French troops,

the

portant combined operallon $11 Phatdiem to "parry" threats by Vietminh" forces against Catholi population of tha province.

The operation began on bun- day with two landings at the estuary known MA Deux Rivieres, and was reported to- day to be progressing without opposition

This was the Franco-Vietnam

fist tode 11 troops Janel

entered the pruvince

hostilities began to 1045.

The Vietnam,

Cathula

province

o The

Fronter

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THE HONGKONG " TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1949.

FIRST FLIGHT

OF F-90

The U.S. Air Force's needle-nosed F-90, one of the largest fighter planes ever flown, streaks over the Southern California desert near Muroc Air Force Base. This is the first In-flight pleture made of the streamlined new twin-jef, which designed to fly far behind enemy Iñez^ ́ ́ (AP Picture).

TITO

GIVES

Yugoslavs

Blame

INTERVIEW:

Place Full

Stalin

Belgrade, Oct. 18.-A military attack on Yugoslavia by anyone will

lead to World War III, Marshal Tito told the American radio commentator, Anna and Tongking, has do! William Gailmor. Tito placed the full blame for the dispute with Russia

on Josef Stalin and said: "We can resist any attack."

200,000 Caballes.

Thenugh in the urea contruiied by the Viet miul authorities At dalk tered by a pen-Vietmish bishop Bishop de le van Tu, HI sellor of the Ho Chi Minh, i'hardier Hard Been a neutral zone between Uar wat

drag ice

Vietminh leader,

French politoni eircles stated today that fur sister to the Vietminh bot been "enCLSIDERN presentre out this Swaz ter

TO MEET SLIM

ien

Saigon, Oct

Ge Marcel Carpenter the Franch Conunaader in Chief in the F East, Sony dented a report say ing that the French military a thorities hind a General Han, the Chinese Governor Yuu Province. f 414-1655 Joint Franco-Chitose defeurs of Tongking-Yuman frontier

ritory

General

ןיג!

Carpentier Adele

that he would meet Held Mar shal Sir William Slim, Ciler of the British Imperial General Staff, In Saigon shortly

Geurra! Buyer

de la Trum for two

ycorn the French Commander-acchie in

Vietnam, is returning to France at his own request He will be succeeded by General Chanson, it was ruined, in nilleiad grou ters hote -Reuter

PRINCESS TALKS

ΤΟ

MOTHERS

Tilo grunted an interview, To Cailnor on Monday night, and it was te public by the radio commentator to

lay

It's

The Yogosu lezler zakal the

free dufaty

settlement wa for the Russians to reverze htt He made it plafo that ar +12 09 attuck on

Yeslavia, he would appeal to the United Nations and not 1: Western powers.

1+)

He warned that if war were Yes break out on Yugodav soil, it, ould not be an isolated tun Fun Bart world wr

Tito's Aust publie reference to the paedrility of n Soviet

PERSIAN ELECTION

PROTEST

U VI

what

trusion game in Answer question by Gasimor. Although vasion of Yugoslavin, he re- Tito said he did not took for any partist as a trump card he considered the certainty that Kremit: altnek could not be Confined

Yugoslavia ulenc but would involer many other Irations

MAJOR PROVOCATION

"Do

you

The question was: think the situation may lead to "pen altack or an invasion?"

Eto told Gallmor: "If major provocalion were to lead to an attack on Yugoslavia, we would Turn immediately to the United But Yugoslavlu bas plans to resist such provocations ngainst her

Nations.

SOLUTION FOUND TO BELGIAN 'ROYAL PROBLEM’

Brussels, Oct, 18-Gaston Eyskens, the Belgian. Prime Minister, returned to Brussels today from his Geneva talks with King Leopold carrying, according to circles close to him, a "solution to the Royal prob. lem".

The solution proposed by want him to abdicate in favour M. Eyakens and agreed by of his son, Erince Baudouin, and the King has not so far been violence if the King returns

have given warmings of possible revented.

Reuter:

It is generally understood that

VOTE PERCENTAGE the provisionally, exiled King

Brussels, Oct 18. - King bn acceptedł plan for a Leopold of Belgium has agreed national referendum to decide to a referendum on his return to whether he reiturna to threve

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KING REFUSES

The King has all along re- fused to agree to this, describing It us "anti-constitutional".

But he is now understood to have agreed with M. Eyskens that the result be decided on a percentage basis,

A new danger, which up-

likely peared

to upset agree- ment between the two Govern- ment parties, made itself evident today with the publien- tion of King Leopold's story of the surrender to the Germans

In 1940,

In understood that the Liberals have begun to ap- proach M. Eyskens for the part he is alleged to have played In the publication of this state- ment.

The Liberals declare that King Leopold's version of the events leading up to the Bel- gian Army's capitulation was approved by M. Eyskens, but was not discussed by him with his Liberal Cabinet colleagues,

REACT VIOLENTLY

Liberal Ministers are expect- ed to question M. Eyskens on Asked whether he expected this point at the next Cabinet | any enre, w are not faklig of } <plomatic relations to'

be meeting, litary assistance from

broken, he said: "I allow for particule soures,“

that possibility. We may ex-

tense frontier incidents, some of

Socialist circles today reacted pect a whole series of fresh pro-violently against the publication vocations, more sharp, more in of the King's statement.

"However, when I talk of major provocation,

not I am thinking of war. 1 year were to break out on Yugoslav soil, that! wouk!

Isolated to of diplomatie situation but a world war.

MARSHAL TITO

rcia-

any

any tuck."*

Teheran, Oct. 18. The Shah of Persia, Mohammets looking for military help Tato spiked ports that he mer Reza. today told Dr Moham-

from the United States Mossadegh. veteran politician mad former Prime Minister, that there was no

vidence that the Partia- Tito reportedly d mentary elections in Teheren sierr !! porssilde were not free.

The Mossadegh, who with followers took refuge in the im it mad i dare list Fr day under in a tent Persian custom, in

rotest against alleged

vila

of the fet torn: fredom in the vap tal, left the palace today London. let 18 Prances with all his supporters.

the added.

EUCH. He

Теб the

fore-

which have already token # The Socialists openly oppose serious form such as the killing the return of the King. They of some of our soldiers.

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"It would be imprudent to get hr rm excited by these things. We

will not permit these provoca. Cominform countries to break, tions to achieve their purpose. diplomatic relations withl 20 Yugoslavia

All we want to do and are doing, saw A much

to expose fess compaign of infiltration and cunterstand their real esserce when

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Singapore, Oct. 18.—A 16- TO - DAY) Hungary-not

elever political nation Committee of

the f operatives, but small groups of Economic Commission for bandits, types that have served Asia and the Far East to.

ubious masters In the past."

day called for a survey of the geological and industrial rescarch Inboratories of the husband and wife is a permanent was officially announced on the Soviet leader's doorstep. ely that the "Russian lenders

blame for the entire dispute at break with Moscow was basical-New Zealand and Japan.

the region and of Australia, Addressing a rally organised Teleron at the elections nacked' that although Yugoslavia were unable to change when a

Elizabeth, mother of If-montlı -

old Prince Charles, tuki 3,300 young mothers from Britai

The Shah told him that his rose was bring referral to the Government.

all over hefe today That they

Thi, Dr Mossadegh Issued could do a finer service than statement hos sting that the

COMINFORM DISPUTE

For the rst ne

since the Consinform dispute

rent the Communist world 15 months isto. Tito mentioned Josef

help maintain the Christian Persian Government had inter- doctrine that the relationship of forest with the elections and that Stalin of Russia

one.

therefore "legal.” were

and fald the

Saturday the Church

had been postponed, the gap

believed in the principle that of England though elections in the provin- organtation known

could be bridged by The Mothers' Union, she said:

ceg would continue. "We

The poller negotiations. there was almost no Bikelihood of this happening can hardly help admitting that troublesome elements" la pro- and the Pensier's Office invited

antess the Russians we live in an age of growing cure evidence of their charges.

reversed self-indulgence,

their attitude completely. hardening inaterials and of falling moral

LED OPPOSITION

Tilo was asked: "Is it within standards,

Dr hissadegh led the oppoxi-, and Stalin may yet sit down the realm of possibility that you ment's all agreement with tion to the Persian Govern- togather Anglo-isenian Of Company.

iron

out your the

dialectical differences? Or is it

lizely,

that some belleve, statement tonight said

Stalin, for reasons of health or Persian patriots wero

even Inactivity. may not aware of the seriousness of thi split in Communist ranks?"

"When we see pround us the havoc which has been wrought, above all among the children, by the break-up of homes, we can have no doubt that divorce worried by the present altua- and separation are responsible for some of the darkest ovlis tion, which would result at the "looding of Persia's most pres

in our society today."

The Princess concluded by reminding

That

cious of resources."

to do our-scen

GREAT SYMPATHY

Tilo said the reason for

new

situation

warranted t."

as we

The Committee on Industry Emphasising that "all we desire and Trade suggested in its re- is that they leave us alone to solution in the first instance that bulld Socialism

under-the survey should deal with coal stand it for ourselves," Tito Fair and mineral research and iron he looked for other Cominform and steel manufacture, countries to follow Yugoslavia's! breakaway,

know

The resolution will go before the fifth session of ECAFE, | opening here on October 20, He said: "They must from our experience that this is After prolenged discussion on

International not an easy path to follow, but the

Bank for we know there is greatcym- Reconstruction

Develop- bepathy for our position in other ment, the Comunitice noted that Socialist countries." United no country of the region had Press.

mate

of the uny complaint manner in which the Bank dealt with loan applications.

For Students' Instruction

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The Committee added that there was no evidence that industrial plans of countries in the

of the region fell short Bank's conception of soundly Karachi, Oct. 18.-The cruiser, concived development projects. AHMS Mauritius, and a Royal The

of the six-day session Air Force heavy bomber squa- Committee dron will take part in combined

ended tonight.- Reuter. operations to be held by the Pakistan Army, Navy and Aur Force units today,

He replied: "In principle, we Government spokesman her audienco how ald tonight that

never have been opposed Dr Mossa solution by important It was that parents degh's demands were contrary The world knows that. When mutual agreement. should be an example to their to the Constitution, since the children

by practising Chris Shah had no

the very first Cominform Jetter power to annul Hanity in their own lives.

answer public, our was made elections or interfere with them was an invitation to our critics "We surely cannot expect our in any way. The elections aro. children to do what we are too not only fair but are manifestly what we were doing here.

to come and see for themselves tazy or indifferent

to be tale," the spokes-nest we thought there was an selves," she said.Reuter. {man said.-Reutér,

ideological discrepancy between us which could be bridged. TSUL **** CHEE **** MAN NOT SOCIALISM

"Actually, however, the essence of the conflict is not t gap in opinion but an entirely erroneous concept of what the relationship between Socialist countries should be. Our con- cepi la that when a bigger coun- try dominates a smaller country, that is not Socialism..

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Tito said he thought the six members of the former ed.

Russians

were incapable of

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tenves tomorrow,

Embassy

Telang,

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Charge teel. Asked what he expected Mos-d'Affaires, Mr. Chen cow to do next, Tite replied: į y "Considering the nature of the Russia recognised the Chinese The stup, designed for luxu- methods used against Yugo- Communist Government on rlous Wrel Indian cruises, ar slavin so far, we can hope for October 2 Immediately. after rived from Le Havre, France, anything but the best. Wo can its proclamation in Peking after crossing from New York, envision many things before the Reuter.

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