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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1951,
RED OPPOSITION STIFFENING Holding Determinedly In Figurative Shadows Of Parallel British Commonwealth Units Astride Chunchon Highway
Tokyo, Mar. 29.
British Commonwealth troops tonight spearheaded the new Allied offensive in Korea but along much of the front the Communist opposition has stiffened perceptibly within the figurative shadows of the 38th, Paralle! dividing North and South Korea.
BIG-SCALE ROUND-UP
OF REDS
Calcutta, Mar. 29.
More than 1,000 alleged Communists and active sym- pathisers were rounded up by the police and military in the
course of a two-month anti-Red campaign in the Kamrup district in Assam, according to official reports reaching here today.
The fighting in the central and western sectors followed the pattern of the slowly inten- sifying Communist resistance which had been evident in the past 48 hours.
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With it came new reports of Communist armour moving forward towards t the Parallel from the Pyongyang area. Allied fighter pilots caught a group of Russian-made T-34 tanks being driven southward along the main Pyongyang- Seoul highway and claimed the destruction of at least seven of them.
British, Australian and Cana- Elsewhere on the western dian soldiers advanced along the front little was seen of the Com- central front to gain positions munists as the United Nations
moved In combing the wild jungle along the Seoul-Chunchon high- troops
cautiously clad hills over a score of Com-way, the only main east-west within five miles of the Parallel munist hideouts were discover. supply route south of the
at some points. Parallel on which the Com- A number of guns and a
ed.
large quantity of ammunition munists still maintained · a
foehold.
to
They said that the main on Chinese
Communist defences here, as in the central sector, had not been reached,
United Nations frontline was seized. What was described
officers were apprehensive of as a "miniature gun factory" The British Brigade's push Communist body of troops in the any belief that the main Chinese and. a literature dump" was forward northwest of Kapyong west had pulled out to a great also uncovered.
encountered almost no Com-distance to the north. The authorities claim the munist resistance despite the 1,066 arrested
in-Allied-Communist persons
clashes - cluded most of the Communist either side of its positions and leaders operating in that area. the continued reports of Chinese Fifteen high-ranking leaders Communist troops moving south were known still at large, but from the Parallel into a new the continued
The officers also pointed to. the police believe they are in central front defence line.
reports of ap- the net" and it was only
proximately 1,000 Communist matter of
time before
Communist de- trucks spotted nightly in recent tightening
up leads to their fence, line is. well situated, days on the North Korean road
estling in the hills overlook-network.
arrest.
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This new
LITTLE CONTACT
M. Vincent Auriol, President of France, and Mme. Auriol are now in Washington on a State visit to Pre- sident Truman. This picture was taken last week in their cabin on board the liner Be de France after leav ing Le Havre bound for New York. Central Press
Photo.
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She'd Studied
The Idea
A Long Time
Peasants in a certain area ling the Chunchon basin, from Allied officers expressed con- which was a notorious hotbed which the Allied were renew-fidence, for this and other of Red activity, have undering their attack..
reasons, that the Chinese Com- Communist influence not been]
munists Greek and Thailand patrols
were still working paying land tax to the govern- northeast and
desperately, to northwest of
mass troops for another counter-offensive.
Jessie, W. Virginia, Mar. 29. ment or the customary tribute Chunchon were repelled by
An- attractive 40-year-old of one fifth of the crops to strong fire from heavily-en-
TANKS CAMOUFLAGED
widow who went on the air in the landlords for the past cou-trenched Communists.
quest of a husband vowed to-- ple of years. The peasants. On the left flank of the Bri-
The Fifth Air Force claimed day that she would
"have a are now reported to have re-tish troops, activity slackened to have destroyed at least seven home before I leave this world sumed payments.
off north and northeast of tanks six of them in a Mus- or die trying." It was
admitted however Uijongbu, the scene of stub- lang attack on a concentration Mrs Mattie Thomas said, that there still exist a "few born encounters with Chinese of armour north of Pyongyang, "I'm in dead earnest, I want to pockets, where people are in Communist rear-guard units on the North Korean capital. leave something behind so they an apathetic or defiant mood." Wednesday.
The pilots said that they will know I've been here,” -United Press.
found the tanks camouflaged Mrs Thomas said she is wait- under hay in gullies along the ing anxiously to hear from six main west coast highway. The or seven prospective bride- American tank and infantry seventh bank, identified as a grooms who called up the radio New York, Mar. 29. patrols called up artillery and T-34, was knocked out on the station? WWWYO, in nearby There were no sales in either mortars to soften up the Com- main North Korean supply Pineville, West Virginia,
or cocoanut oil. Copra munists before storming and road about 60 miles north of Wednesday after she went on was quoted at $270 per ton, capturing a hill northeast of Seoul."
air to ask for a mate." CIF, the Pacific Coast, Cocoa Uijongbu. In this single action aircraft made 600 sorties during 20, 40 or 60 just as long as he In all American Air Force "I don't care whether he is nut oil was offered at 20% in the area. 70 Chinese Com- F.O.B. mills-United munist dead were, counted on
daylight and claimed 250 has a home to take me to" casualties inflicted on the hilltop.
enemy said. Mis Thomas, who is a ground troops..
doctor's receptionist. She said About 30 Russian-type Com- she was in her "prime" and munist jet fighters clashed with would not mind having chil- United Nations planes in four dren: They described herself as separate encounters over North- "good-looking, and willing to West Korea today. No damage provide a good home for the was reported on either side. prospective husband" in her Reuter.
radio interview.
copra
- cents,
Press,
Copra Quiet
Terrific Explosion In Air Disaster
London, March 29.
An official spokesman said today that the United States Air Force Globemaster which was missing in the Atlantic since Good Friday, was blown to bits by a terrific explosion either in the air or when it hit the water.
Air
In
Activity
Tonkin
Saigon, Mar. 29. French fighter pilots pound- ed Vietminh strongholds in the
on
Her husband died a number of years ago. The couple had one child who died. Mrs Thomas' radio interview was impromptu, but she said she had been "studying the idea for a long time" before she walked unannounced into the radio sta- tion and declared that she "is looking for મૈં husband."--| United Press.
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