THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1950.
Reds' Strategy Aims At Dispersing
Western Strength
Diversion In The Far East The Primary Object
London, Nov. 15.
The British authorities believe the pressure against Korea and Indo-China plus the ferment breeding along
border stems from one India's northern
source alone- Russia.
Harbin and Mukden to Peking.
They attribute all three to Soviet strategy and between Chita in Siberia, aimed at dispersing the West's rearmament efforts by diversionary tactics.
The British point to:
the
fact
Chinese Reds today are spon- soring the Panchen Lama as 1. The
Chinese the means of securing suzerainty Communists are in possession over Tibet. of large tracts of North Korean territory and
are apparently determined to hold them-if
be by bringing up need
the whole Manchurian army.
NEW SUPPLY ROUTES
British intelligence files show the progressive development of important supply lines between China and Russia. The Soviet- Chinese Aviation Company has opened routes from Alma Ata in Lanchow in Kazakistan
to
2. French Military authori- | ties in Indo-China are pre- paring for a siege of Moncay, last big French outpost left on the Chinese frontier. The Kansu province, south of Pek- French may have to abandoning across the Sinkiang desert Moncay at the north cast tip of Indo-China on Red China's border because of pressure from Vietminh forces trained, supplied and backed by the
Chinese Communists in Yun- nan province.
3. India's northern frontier stretching 2,000 miles through the Himalaya region from Kashmir in the west to Burma in the east in ferment created by the Chinese Communist in- vasion of Tibet..
RUSSIAN INSTIGATION
The British authorities said Soviet treaty signed in February there was every reason to be- lieve that anything China did in Manchuria would be with
that under terms of the Sino-
the
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A trade route has been developed between Tahcheng, in north west Sinklang, and Lan- chow. This was an overland route which the Soviets use to to send materials from China
Lanchow, Chengtu thence to Hami and on to Serigapol in Russia.
.
The Red invaders from Sin- kiang were said als to be mak- ing their way in the direction of Kashmir across the Koram Passes in Ladakh province. In- dian reports said these 'marau-
ders had appeared in strength |
about 200 miles north of Simla early last month.-United Press.
Consider Charges
Lake Success, Nov. 15.
Wore Nightie In
Night Club
Sydney, Nov. 15. When a model wore nightgown to a Bydney night club to win
a bet, many people complimented her on her beautiful evening gown,
"No one recognised it as a nightle,” said the model, Miss Joan Allerton, 25, of Caulfield, Victoria,
"Probably the colour of the nightgown - a very sheer, flamingo - coloured gown made of nylon tricot -tricked most people," she added.-Reuter.
Trams Running In Seoul
AIMS OF
EASTERN
GERMANY
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Berlin, Nov. 15. hooram Introducing his new r Cabinet to the East GerTi
Prime Minister, Dr Otto Grotewohl, fore? shadowed fresh efforts. "to help the West
man
German ng
population to throw off the
imperialist yoke."
:
"We will never accept the fr Schuman Plan or recognise the.... Atlantic Pact от any other. aggressive pact, including the Marshall Plan," he declared.
"The entire German people must have the opportunity tb. Seoul, Nov. 15. decide on the Prague proposals,"":" Koreans cheered and waved Dr Grotowohl added. "We shall flags today as the first tramcars never leave the people of West-" go into commission here ern Germany to find their own. since
the city's liberation on
salvation. We shall aid them to September 27 clattered through shake off the imperialist yoke. the streets.
to
Long queues formed for the first few tramcars now running again.
Almost all overhead wires in the city were knocked down during the street fighting and the power plant was badly damaged by shelling.-Reuter.
"All classes of our people are increasingly demanding negotia- tions and a referendum on re- militarisation and the Prague proposals," he said.
Earlier he had introduced his now Cabinet to Parliament.
It included Alve instead of the three Deputy Prime Ministers in the previous Government.. He said of the Cabinet's aims: "We will never
accept the
Anti-Biotics On Schuman Plan."
Restricted List
He warned the Evangelical Church in East Germany-which hay 15 million adherents to The Political Committee voted today to grant
Washington, Nov. 15.
stop its "attitude of non-co- The Commerce Department operation." "The East German Nationalist China's request to take up charges-by-
announced today' that exports
Government will no longer Chiang Kai-shek that Soviet Russia is guilty of of all sulfa drugs and anti- tolerate anti-State attitudes by: penicillin and the Soviet, Zone Church but aggression against China, and postponed the dis-biotics, such as
streptomycin, after Nov. 19 will welcome the Church to;
under licence | stand on its side," he said, cussion on Formosa. The vote was 14-8 with 36 must be made
for reasons of national security. According to Leipzig. Radio, abstentions.
Shipment in transmit before Dr Grotewohl today said that
his new Government would take" Nov. 19 will be permitted to continue to their destinations steps to initiate talks between without validated licences ex- the East and West Zanes on the Lept to Russia, her satellites setting up of ย Constituent and to Hongkong and Macao. Council for tho United Press.
This move put Nationalist China's charge consent, if not instigation, of ahead of the regularly listed agenda item-RUS
sia's charge that the United States has com- mitted aggression against China.
Russia.
The vote to postpone the Formosa discussion was 53-0, with five abstentions.
On the Indo-China situation the records here show that a liaison headquarters for the Red Chinese and Soviet mission was established in August at Nan- ning. southernmost terminal of The Russian delegate, Jacob the Hankow railway. Evidence Mallk, said there was no point of Sino-Soviet co-operation was ir postponing the Formosa j further substantiated by the discussion until the arrival of official Chinese disclosure that the Chinese Communist dele- "direct passenger and freight gation. "I have serious doubts railway service is now open be-
as to the participation of tween Manchuli on the Sino- delegation of the People's Re- Siberian border, and Nanning." public of China in this matter," Soviet engineers were also he said, and then moved that reported to be supervising the the
Committee take up the construction of a major airfield Peking complaint backed by between Nanning and the Soviet Russia that the United States Las . committed aggression
border.
the
According to the British against China. authorities, the Red Chinese march into Tibet was proceed- ing on the same political con- text followed by the ancient ticipate in this debate.
Mr Malik said that the Peking envoys should be invited to par-
Czarist regimes which used China as the "bear's claw" reaching out toward India.
gol invaders centuries ago,
Stop that Cough
A MISINTERPRETATION
Like the Russian-backed Mon- The U.S. delegate, Mr John the Foster Dulles, replied, "I never said that the debate should await the arrival of the Chinese Communist delegation. I believe my words have been deliberate- ly misinterpreted by the Soviet delegate. I did say that because of Chinese intervention in North Korea, their aggression in Tibet, their activities in Indo-China and threats to Formosa, the whole area might be engulfed in BRAND war. Then our discussion here
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Nationalist China suggested that the Committee reconsider 1ts complaint that Russia endangered the peace of the Far East by its aid to Com- munist China, and a "vote was
taken. Brazil proposed that
the Committee adjourn until nöxt Monday, halling its 'meet- ings while the General Assem- bly is in session-United Press.
Germany-Reuter,
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