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Mr Herbert Hoover,
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former President of the United States, has for many years been accepted, together with Mr Bernard Baruch, as one of his
UN Troops Take Heavy Toll
Tokyo, Dec. 21.
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With over a hundred thousand Communist troops closing in from three sides, the hard-pressed United Nations garrison defending Hungnam, in country's Elder States- North-East Korea, have now withdrawn into men and as an oracle to tighter and more easily defensible perimeter, it be consulted in times of
was learned here tonight. Now Mr-Hoover, surprising broad-
by
They had blown up the last bridge leading cast on the international south from the encircled port and were reported situation. bids fair to to be battling to hold their lines with the aid of destroy the reputation bombing and machine-gunning naval planes and for sagacity he has built the big guns of the Allied warships standing off- up over the years.
shore.
General MacArthur announced today that the United Nations troops in North Korea, excluding South Koreans, suffered 12,975 battle casualties during the "reported 'disaster' period" great Chinese Communist counter-offensive-the 16 days from November 27 to December 12.
of the
chon River after a day of bitter fighting against Communist troops crowding
the- STLOW. streaked hills
surrounding Hungnam.
Mr Hoover says Western Europe must create and equip huge numbers of fighting divisions of its own before the United States "lands another man or another dollar on their
These figures included killed, shores." In Mr Hoover's
wounded and missing, own words, it is the Seven American divisions suf- United States' first dutyfered 11,984 casualties and "other United Nations forces" to save itself. Apparently 1,011 casualties. Mr Hoover expects this aim (with which none can quarrel) to be achieved by abandoning the con- tinental defence of both
The effect of these Communist Europe and Asia and losses was "already noticeable concentrating on defend-in the perceptible slowdown of
their current rate of advance." ing the Atlantic and
The American Eighth Army's Pacific Oceans. It is the withdrawal in the North-West
Further scattered fighting, be- method which is at fault. had not been dictated by these
battle losses nor by the accep- tween North and South Korean Mr. Hoover, by his argu-tance of defeat, General Mac-patrols took place again today
Arthur said. ment, not only provides
Cabinet Studies Adenauer
Economic Policy
London, Dec. 21.
The Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attlee, and mem- bers of his Cabinet held a discussion today on Bri- tish economic policy... which is likely to be con- siderably affected by the rearmament speed-up.
Before going to his country residence,
Chequers, later today to spend Christmas there, Mr Attlee planned to have 3 talk with the Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin, who returned this morning from his Atlantic Council and. Western Union Consultative Council talks at Brussels,
The Cabinet may discuss the full industrial implica- tions of its. rearmament. policy when it meets im- mediately after Christ- mas.
Women as well as men
quickly will be
brought under labour direction
deterioration in the any international situation dictates a further accelera- tion of the rearmament programme.--Reuter.
Envoy At Palace
The bridge, the last main road Field commanders reported link with the South, is only that the corresponding Commu-three miles from the city's cen-
in the ratio of tre. mist losses were 10 to one, his communique General MacArthur's spokes- added.
man denied here today reports
London, Dec. 21. that the Chinese Communists Mr Walter Sherman Gifford, new United States Am- had used gas grenades against the the American. 3rd Division bassador in London, today
his credentials holding one sector of the Hung-presented nam perimeter.
the King. Mr Gifford arrived |
board in Britain last night on the liner America.-Reuter.
an extraordinary concept THE DISCREPANCY
in the North-West, where the Eighth Army just below the 38th Parallel holds the defence
of military strategy but The withdrawal was. dictated are round Seoul, the Southern ignores the lessons of by the "obvious discrepancy" capital-Reuter,
nine corps. of 27 history. The landing in between
Chinese Communist divisions.
Normandy in World War and four corps of 12 United I was facilitated con- Nations divisions, he added. siderably by the fact that The forward echelon of nine corps represented only 20 per Germany was fighting a cent of Communist China's war on two fronts. With organised military manpower, Russian armies in un- with 15 to 25 additional divisions disputed possession of "known to
be massed in
is an
the land mass of Europe River and within Manchuria."
second echelon, along the Yalu (which Mr Hoover's "Under such conditions, the strategy would ensure) assumption of the defensive mounting an invasion position of readiness and the
tightening of frontages from the British Isles to almost commonplace liberate Europe were manoeuvre." there a Europe left to liberate-would provide a nightmare task.
STOP PRESS
to
Takes The
First Step
Germans To Serve On Committees
Bonn, Dec. 21. The. German Chancellor,' Dr Konrad Adenauer, agreed today to appoint Germans to serve on joint Allied-German committees to negotiate details of plac- ing German units in Gen- eral Dwight Eisenhower's Western European defence forces.
The door is wide open for German units to march
with the Atlantic Army, the Allied High Commissioners told Dr Adenauer today..
No details were given, but it was believed Dr Adenauer in- formed the Western Commis- sioners that the price was equality for Germany among the Western Atlantic nations and at least much greater control over her own affairs.
The US, British and French High Commissioners came here from the Brussels conference, where measures drawn up for the defence of the West stress- ed the need for German troops.
United Press.
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Guerlain
TEST MATCH Australia Wins Toss For Second Time
Melbourne, Dec. 21. Australia won the toss
this
military morning and are batting to
open the second Test match Allied casualties were "not against England here. unusual? in comparison with Early morning rain gave away those suffered in "similar to sunshine and when the covers situations in other wars." Thé. were lifted the wicket was total losses since June, over Mr Hoover's thesis is, in
a found to be in good condition. period. of five and a half general, untenable. If the months, had not even approxi-for England owing to a knee Denis Compton is not playing policy he advocates were mated the battle losses in injury, and Brian Close and
comparable operations Parkhouse come into the side, followed, European deter- certain
in World War II. mination to rearm, at
Archer, the Queensland bats The United Nations Com- present affected by mander
man has been included in the complained of the Australian eleven, with Burke internal dissensions on "persistent and speculative". the Continent, would be unofficial casualty reports from as 12th. man..... irreparably destroyed. The Korea which gave "an arti-
ficial nuance of 'disaster'": to Australia 28 For 1 the Allied military operations.
way would be open for Russian occupation of the Giving details of the 12,975 Australia had scored, 28 for 1. At 1 pm, Melbourne time, entire Continent. Isola casualties, General MacArthur's Morris was brilliantly caught by tionism is a dead issue in American 2nd Division was for two with the total at six.
communique sald
that the Hutton off Bedser in the slips the United States, and Mr the hardest hit with over 4,000 Against superb bowling by Bed- Hoover, in trying to losses-mostly the with ser, whose in-swingers constant- revive it, seems unaware drawal
the Chongchon ly had the batsmen worried, Archer and Harvey advanced
of this fact and unaware front.
of the impossibility
ing the clock back.
from
on o
- Engineers of the 10th Corps the score to 28 Archer was blew up the 400-yard concrete then 12 and Harvey 13 with one bridge over the frozen Chung | extra.
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