THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1950.
VIOLENT PRESSURE ON HANOI Vietminh Rebel Troops Massing Only 32 Miles Away
cere-
'Charles Howard, the Sergeant-at-Arms, monially unlocking the doors of the new chamber of the House of Commons ten days ago when members sfaked a claim to seats by placing player cards on the seats (Central Press).
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Bigger Call-Up
United States May Be Compelled
Washington, Nov. 5.
Chinese troops swelling the Communist ranks in North Korea may cause the American Army to call up more men during the first three months of next year than the 140,000 originally planned, according to some quarters here.
French High Command To
Further Shorten Line
Hanoi, Nov. 5.
Vietminh rebel troops were today massing nearer than ever before to Hanoi, the French-held capital of Tonkin Pro- vince, in North Indo-China.
Unofficial reports said that they were gather- ing in strength west of the former French outpost of Hoabinh, the evacuation of which was announced earlier today. This outpost lies 32 miles south-west of Hanoi.
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Air
Dead
In
Crash
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Geneva, Nov. 5.
The Air India Constella-
Military observers here said that the evacua→ tion of the garrison was part of the French plan to shorten her 300-mile line of defences in the Red tion plane which crashed River delta by abandoning exposed outposts.
two days ago with 48 per- sons aboard was sighted to-
The French garrison of M. Letourneau said that his Hoabinh was today marching chlef impression was of the per-day near the top of snow- east from the fallen lown, fect morale of the French covered Mont Blanc, which lies on the Black River, troops now fighting and the Europe's highest peak, and
the principal tributary of the Red River.
clearly expressed will of the people of the three associated it was believed states to participate in "the were dead.
implacable struggle against the external peril.”
A French Army spokesman said that the rebels threatened other regions in the delta area, one near Hadong, only six and At the press conference M. a half miles from the State Letourneau said that he had capital, and the other round found no lassitude or depres- Phuly a road and rail junction] sion among the French Union 35 miles south of Hanoi.
forces, and not a single man, The Vietminh forces, ap-whatever his rank or origin, parently attracted by the rich who wanted to give up, even fice harvest approaching, had after the ordeals of the recent made many infiltrations into evacuations. these areas, the spokesman added.
TROOPS
REGROUPING
He said that on his return- to France he would do overy- thing in his power to help the troops fighting in Indo-China and more support
At the same . time as the by urging Hoabinh withdrawal, two other equipment.—Reuter. evacuations were proceeding in
excellent conditions, he said.
French troops who abandoned | the important frontier outpost:
of Laokay last week were re- HOLD ON
grouping at Chapa; in the
mountains 12 miles south-east;
55 miles north-east of Hanoi, GRIMLY TO
of Laokay.
Vietminh troops had attacked
their rear guards twice but no
casualties were reported, NEW LINE
The third regrouping was
taking place around Chu, about
and in the region of Dinhlap, (Continued from Page 1) about 50 miles west of Moncay.
a city near the eastern end of render the long Indo-China frontier. Chinese.
spokesman said French troops would abandon
The
that
leaflets printed
in
It is believed but not con- which firmed that the aircraft suddenly appeared over North-
about three posts to man strong West Korea were Chinese. positions at Chu and Dinhlap.
SCALES TURNED
The spokesman said that the French lost nine killed in a severe attack yesterday near The Chinese Communists are
Thaibinh, 50 miles south-west of Hanoi. Unofficial reports today said that the French had won an
As the news of intervention by substantial Chinese Communist forces poured in from corres- pondents in Korea, the Defence Department re-engagement in this area. frained from appraising the situation publicly.
An Army spokesman told re-fending peace they have never porters yesterday that he could hesitated and will never hesitate make no statement "until we to resist an aggressive war. received confirmation of Chinese units from General MacArthur's Headquarters."
But an official, who declined to be quoted by name, predicted that the Army would have to increase the number of con- scripts for the first quarter
Chinese reinforce 1951 if the ments prolonged the campaign.
-Reuter.
of
COMINFORM · COMMENTS
Prague, Nov. 5,
This week's issue of the Cominform journal gave front- page prominence to a statement that the Chinese were prepared to end "any provocation by the American imperialists."
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The statement was made re- cently by General Chu Teh, the Commander-in-Chief of the
Chinese Communist Army und a Vice-Chairman of the Chinese Communist Government.
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"American inperiam'. how "planning a new aggression against the People's Republic of Clling,” he said. The flares of aggressive war, which it has uilchshed, are now. rnging/con the borders of Chinah sgmond aan <^ "The: Chilnicke; people are, by nature, nmost peace-loving people, but for the sake of doi
SLIGHT LOSSES During the week Vietnamese troops under French command killed 142 rebels, captured 146 and wounded 20, suffering "very slight" losses themselves,
said
in
it
the
stated to have two divisions in North Korea reliably estimated to be composed of at least 50,000-
men, and according to the latest rumours up to 130,000,
The last minute' Chinese in- tervention has dramatically turned the scales.
Even if the cautious official figure of two divisions is cor- rect, they were enough to stiffen the North Korean line until the
and to
deal an
un-
"We are confident that under was officially stated here. the wise leadership of the Com- M. Jean Letourneau, munist Party of China, headed French Minister for the Asso- remnants could be pulled to- by Comrade Mao Tse-tung, and clated States, the Government, the 475 million today: "The Pau conference (on pleasant surprise
Saigon gether
blow to the Chinese people, inspired by the Indo-China) cannot, and must United Nations troops advancing October Revolution, will with- not, fail because failure would possibly too fast after six out a shadow of doubt, put an mean the withdrawal of the weeks of easy victory end to any provocation by the French expeditionary force and frontier. American imperialists." the end of Vietnam's independ-
ence." The
Reutor.
Egypt Rejects Sudan Solution
Cairo, Nov. 5, The Egyptian Govern- ment is against a referen- dum in the Sudan to do- olde the country's future, 8 ́slatement. Issued after a Cabinet meeting by Hamed Zaki, Minister of State, said today.
"A referendum, is tanta- ⚫mount to accepting the principle of partition; be-
and twesh <Egypt
the .. Sudan," it added. Reuter.
on the
all aboard
The Constellation was spotted by a Swiss search plane. It lay .in the snow. with the fuselage almost intact, but there was no sign of life. The 40 passengers aboard were all Indian and Pakistani, and the eight crew were Indian with the exception of the English pilot.
Captain Horst Meyner, pilot of the Swiss search plane, Coubted that anyone aboard the "Indian" craft survived. In view of the bitter cold-down to 25 degrees below zero--any- one who might have survived the crash must have died of exposure.-United Press.
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By Terrorists
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Asmara, Nov. 5. IMPLACABLE STRUGGLE
Terrorists today threw three M. Letourneau. gave a press hand grenades at the home of conference in the French High the Political Secretary for Na- Commissioner's Omce in Saigon tive Affairs, Dedjatch Abraha an hour after returning from Tegemma.
Dalat, where he conferred with One of the grenades did not Bao Dai, chief of the Vietnam explode. Another went off State, and attended the opening | harmlessly in the road and the of the officers' training college third exploded in his back for the new Vietnamese State garden without causing any Army:
casualties.-Reuter.
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