THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1950.
HEAVY AIR ATTACKS IN KOREA Last Troops In Hamhung Beachhead Prepare For Action Chinese Reds In No Hurry Soviet
To Pit Their Weight
Tokyo, Dec. 14.
With their backs to the sea, dug in and covered by the guns and planes of an Allied fleet of warships and transports offshore, the last of the United Nations troops in North-East Korea were tonight ready for any attack from the converging Chinese Communist forces.
BRITISH ARMAMENT
PLANNING
The men belong to the American 10th Corps, contained in the Hungnam beachhead and the Communists are estimated to number nearly 200,000.
The Chinese Communists have shown them- selves to be in no hurry to pit their weight against the 10th Corps, which mauled them badly on the way back from the Chosin Reservoir.
Building
An Excuse
The
PEKING
CLAIM TO
HEGEMONY
Washington/ Dec, 14.
New York, Dec. 14. State Department said A New York Times editorial, at
today that the Communist captioned "Soviets balk propaganda machine is ap- truce” said today: "Hopes of parently trying to build up an many UN delegations for truce excuse for possible Russian in Korea as a preliminary to military aid to Communist further negotiations have been China.
shaken as a result of the Soviet The State Department opposition to the step by step spokesman, Michael McDermott, plan advanced by Asiatic and said this indication could be Middle Eastern countries led shown from a charge in by India. Pravda, official Communist "Thus far the Chinese Com- Party newspaper in Moscow,munists rigidly followed the that the United States is pre- Soviet lead in aggression. In- paring to build up a Japanese deed, as revealed by Sir Army. Previous Communist Benegal Rau, they now propose propaganda has charged that "Chinese Monroe Doctrine" the United States was using which, unlike the American Japanese troops against North Monroe Doctrine does not offer Marine Air Force planes, The Marine Air Force ye Korea. maintaining a non-stop watch terday flew 183 sorties, during
protection to other countries London, Dec. 14.
McDermott, in and search for targets, reported which they bombed troop con-
a denuncia-against foreign interference but Britain
expand may
ber that the nearest concentration centrations
tion of the Communist pro-rather proclaims Chinese hege- around Sinhung,
called rearmament
paganda, Communists
the pro-mony over Asia.” programme well of Chinese
was inflicting heavy casualties,
liar's four times. pagandists beyond original plans
about 1,000 some even
18 miles to On the main front
"The response of the Peking in the But he also pointed out the north of Hamhung, though United States Marshall
the North-West, the
that government to the truce pro- main United
the Russian-Chinese other town inside the Allied Nations forces were still hold- assistance pact Plan aid is being suspended, lines.
mutuai posal will reveal whether it is ing their defence line just be- Russia
provides that capable of acting independently Government sources said today.
Large bodies of troops or low the 38th Parallel, between other
will give military or of Moscow and whether its ag- refugees
help were also seen mov-the two Koreas,
Communist gression in Korea really is due The Prime Minister, Mr Cle- ing into Wonsan, a Communist- answer to
awaiting an China
if it is
attacked by to. the riddle Attlee,
of the Japan
apprehension of UN and and President
or any power to the next Chinese Communist move. with Japan.
allied United States purposes as some Truman agreed to give priority south.
port, 50 miles -to Western defences. As a re-
Intelligence sources along the
contend, or whether it is merely The three-day lull since the curved Allied sult, Britain
Asked if he meant that Com- | a puppet of Moscow bent on may have to go
line covering 15,000 American and British Seoul, the
munist propagandists were de- aggression as part of the Soviet Southern Korean beyond the $10,000,000,000, troops fought three year
their way into capital, variously estimated the liberately building up an excuse plan for world domination, arms programme the perimeter from the Chosin forward positions of the Com for possible Russian help to the the first assumption is announced earlier this year. Reservoir Was breken today munist armies ag anywhere be Chinese Communists, McDer- valid there is hope for peace This in the Far East. If the second More comprehensive measures only by a brisk 15-minute ex- tween just north of the Parallel mott replied, "Possibly." are planned than was the case
change of fire with probing and just south of Pyongyang, 70 danger has been watched close assumption is the correct one miles further to the north. ly by the State Department for then it is evident that any con- a few months ago. Hopes for enemy patrols. American aid to the extent of
About 300 troops in Chinese Skirmishes with guerillas left some time. McDermott there- cession instead of deflecting the more than $1,400,000,000 have
Army uniforms were beaten behind in the swift United Na-fore used an extraordinary lan- Chinese Communists from their off in the American 3rd Divi- tions advance. of two months guage been virtually abandoned.
in putting the United purpose will only encourage sion sector about six miles ago were reported within a few States on record as denying the them to go further. With such Sources said the Government north of Hamhung after a miles of the Parallel, but no use of Japanese troops or any course there can be no com.. was planning to resume alloca three-hour battle last night. organised bodies of Chinese or present intention of forming the promise without great peril.”— tion of essential war materials They were believed to be North Korean Communists Japanese Army through uni- United Press, and there have been hints about part of the newly identified were yet reported south of the versal conscription as Pravda the partial return of wartime Chinese Communist 81st Divi-border:
has suggested.--United Press. rationing,-United Press.
General MacArthur's Intelli- gence staff estimated today that the North Koreans may have rehabilitated eight to 12 divi- sions of the army which was scattered by the United Nations offensive of two months ago.
ment
held
sion.
All-Out Mobilisation
By United States Urged By Dewey
New York, Dec. 14.
Despite overcast and wet weather, Allied warplanes were out in swarms as usual today, attacking where they could.
DEAD END
A flight of 14 Communist jet fighters, the largest so far en- countered in the campaign, clashd with four American jets near the mouth of the Yalu
ported.
Fighter and bomber operations yesterday accounted for more
than 2,500 Communist casualties.
The Governor of New York, Mr Thomas River but no damage was re- Dewey, tonight urged the United States to call out the full National Guard "tomorrow morning" and register every American over 17 for national ser- vice in “all-out" economic and military mobilisa- tion, because “our country is in deadly immediate danger."
Mr Dewey warned, "In all the continental United States, there is just one division ready for combat not enough to defend a single American
city.
action ble to stem the Soviet tide.”
Superfortresses concentrated on Communist traffic centres,
especially Tokchon, 60 miles northeast of Pyongyang, where
railroad and highway" routes converge.
Returning · crews said that the Communist transport sys- dead
tem "will meet a
now end" at Tokchon.
Aircraft from the British
aircraft carrier Theseus have carried out a series of success-
"Only far more decisive "There are 25 divisions of the ful raids in the Pyongyang, will make it possi-National Guard and two | Sariwon and Chinnampo areas, armoured divisions which could according to delayed reports. Speaking to the New York months ago," said Mir Dewey,
have been called to the colours reaching here.
Railway and road bridges County Lawyers Association, at who is the titular head of the were destroyed, railway tunnel the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Mr Republican Party. "I know smashed and trains and junks Dewey, urged › ‹an eight-point perfectly well, and this is no damaged.-Reuter: programme of "all-out effort and secret from the Russians, that all-out sacrifice".
His pro- our National Guard has barely
gramme included the "im- enough arms for training pur- FRENCH TAKE
mediate goal" of putting one- poses, to say nothing of any arms fourth of the nation's mills toto fight with." work producing arms under a "single authority", an economic stabiliser with full supervision of production, economic con- trols and civilian manpower,
He also urged a "pay as you go" rearmament programme and wage and price controls, higher corporation and indi vidual income taxes, plus an
proffs tax and excise n- luxuries and passage Vergal military train-
He said the guard "should be called to national service to- morrow morning."
Mr Dewey said mobilisation was just beginning and called for an universal military train- ing programme for at least two years to be enacted "this month
not next month." He urged speeding up expansion of the United States army "not less than 100 divisions, and our divisions are nearly twice as large as the Russian divisions
United Press.
OFFENSIVE
Hanoi, Dec. 14. French forces struck deep in Vietminh territory today to throw off balance the enemy forces believed to be massing for an attack
Two task forces, comprising several battalions, were reported the to have swept them back northern perimeter of the Tren Tonking Delta Reuter,
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