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BIG THREE MEET IN BRUSSELS Authorise Negotiations With West German Govt.
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The first two tasks of the meeting of the 12 Atlan- tic Pact nations' Foreign and Defence Ministers at Brussels approval of German participation in the defence of the West and the integrated Euro- pean army, and the ap pointment of General Eisenhower as Supreme Commander-have been fulfilled with ૉ speed which underlines Euro- pean and American re- alisation of the gravity of the international situa- tion.
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It must be admitted, how- ever, that Western security in the critical months ahead depends essentially not on agreements reached Brussels (and they will undoubtedly be many) but on the actual power that the Atlantic Pact countries themselves can put into Western Europe | and into Germany itself. It is also plainer than ever, following statements by the German Chancellor, Dr Adenauer, and the Op- position leader, Dr Schu- macher, that reinforce ment of continental Europe will have to be made before the Germans themselves will willingly and fully join in the Western defence or ganisation. All hope of progress towards general security for the whole of Europe and towards an eventual German share in the task requires the
Parcel Post Restrictions
Washington, Dec. 19.
The Post Office Depart- ment today placed res- and trictions of mail parcel post to Hongkong, Red China, including Manchuria and Tibet, and} Macao. Formosa, was not affected.
The action was the re- sult of the new export control regulations order- ed by the Commerce De- partment.
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Ordinary letters and post cards will still be ac- cepted without export licences. Printed matterTM will be accepted without
Macao licences for
and Hongkong. Parcel post. must be licensed for Hongkong, Macao and Tibet. Parcel post service to China proper has al-
cancelled. ready been United Press.
Better
Export Ban
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Common European AMERICANS
Defence Effort
Brussels, Dec. 19.
The "Big Three" Foreign Ministers have au- thorised the Allied High Commissioners to start negotiations with the West German Government on associating Germany with the common Western European defence effort.
FORCED TO
FALL BACK
Tokyo, Dec. 20. American rearguards fell back in face of relentless Communist
pressure on Tuesday into the besieged city of Hungnam and its five-mile waterfront.
The three Ministers-Mr Ernest Bevin (Bri- tain), Mr Dean Acheson (United States) and M. Robert Schuman (France) met this afternoon at the Belgian Foreign Office immediately after the outside Hungnam North Atlantic Council meeting.
In addition to their Westl Germany defence agreement,
they also approved the text of the reply which would. be sent to the Soviet note proposing a four-Power conference оп Germany, according to usually well-informed quarters!
The meeting followed the conference of the full 12- nation Atlantic Council which had earlier approved the ap- pointment of General Dwight Eisenhower as Atlantic Army Supreme Commander.
At the early part of the meeting the Foreign Ministers went into
super-secret session,
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Mr McIntosh's
Departure Delayed
The departure for Singapore this morning of Mr D. W. Mc- Intosh, Police Commissioner,
has been delayed owing to the non-arrival of the aircraft from Singapore,
The United States Third Divi- sjon abandoned Yonpo airport Sunday,
on
By Tuesday, the hammer blows of massed Chinese and North Korean forces had pounded the Americans back into the Hung- nam pocket only two miles deep and five miles long,
cor-
"This is no Dunkirk beachhead- because we hold air and fire advantages," United Press respondent Jack Burby reported. "There is no panic. The men of the Third Division are confident."
Mines, booby traps and barb- ed wire tangles littered the ground yielded to the Commu- rists in a series of withdrawals Into Hungnam.
The Yanks believed that they. were outnumbered at least two to one on front lines, Burby throw in 11 divisions in the reported, and the Reds could
beachhead area.
First reports from Kai Tak airport said that it was possible that Mr McIntosh would not be turning all their able to leave until later today, visers out of the room.
A spokesman said that the The Police Commissioner has three Powers' reply, to thebeen invited to Singapore by United States forces methodi Russian note would be sub-the
Sir Governor,
Franklin cally pounded mitted tomorrow to the Western Gimson, to advise on the best Communist Union Consultative Council be- methods of bringing the Singa- the clock with howitzers, self- fore being sent to Moscow. pore police force to the highest propelled guns, heavy mortars, pitch of efficiency for dealing anti-aircraft and also Naval with any sort of crisis.
guns. United Press.
yesterday afternoon announced that the Hongkong Government has requested the Secre- TUNED TOGETHER tary of State for the Colonies that the strongest high-level representations be made to the United States to relax the total embargo on exports from the United States to Hong kong.
The French High Commis- Francois Poncet, said that the sioner in Germany, M. Andre reply would be sent "without delay within the next few days."
It was also officially disclosed that the Department of Com- merce and Industry had been
would reply separately, he said, but the terms of the replies would be similar.
Each of the three Powers
"At least they will be tuned together like violins," he added. M. Poncet said that the three High Commissioners would get in touch with the Western Ger- man Government as soon as they
hearing the German had sought view on Germany's participation in Atlantic defence.
view to
Ministers now meeting at in touch with the economic ex-returned from Brussels with a Brussels to concentrate pert attached to the US Con- first on building up the sulate here, who strength of their own clarification of the terms of the American embargo as applied to Hongkong.
countries. The demands of necessity in Korea have already held up the wider Western preparations for defence in Europe, and have therefore made negotia- tions between the Atlan- tic Pact powers and Ger- many more difficult.
It
He added that at the North Atlantic defence talks due to be held in Paris in January, repre- General feeling among thesentatives of the German local business community is Federal Government would at-
is every that there
reason to tend as fully fledged partici- take a confident view of the pants.
Within four hours of the situation,
announcement that General Eisenhower had been appointed Supreme Commander of Western European defence, the North Atlantic Council announced in
him
would
be
an effective
ACTION PREDICTED
This confidence today has re- can only be hoped that ceived a flip by a Reuter re- formal approval of the port from Washington quoting Brussels that all national units plan at Brussels will be a Commerce Department spokes- assigned to
America integrated into man as saying that followed by speedy agree- intends to lift the ban on ex-force. ment with the German ports to Communist countries
The Council also announced Federal Government at sufficiently to allow the ship- that American and French forces ment of goods to Hogkong and in Germany would come under Macao for "minimum essential the Supreme Command. Fur- civilian requirements."
thermore, Germany would as Sume a part in the common defence.
Bonn.
As to Russian reaction to the firm decision to in- troduce German contin- that the recent ban was in the The spokesman told Reuter gents into the European interests of American security A spokesman said that a plan army, the sense of dan- but he added that America had the Continent no desire to strangle the colony to desire that of Hongkong.
on
had been approved authorising the creation of German tactical air units to support German combat teams in the Atlantic
sia's intentions should She was not going to allow army.
were would be
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suppiles which might be | with wide lks that Moscow
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