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U.S. DEFENCE CHIEFS'

CHIEFS' Army Pays ARRIVAL IN LONDON Amethyst

Military Unification To Be Pressed

TALKS WITH BRITAIN

London, August 2.`

American defence chiefs arrived in London tonight seeking sure,

swift proof of the Atlantic Pact Allies' military unity. Flying in President Trumon's plone, Independence, Admiral Louis Denfeld, Chief of Naval Operations, 'General Omar N, Bradley, Army Chief of Staff, and General A. M. Gruenther, Chief of the Joint Staffs, arrived at Northolt airport for two day talks with British, Norwegian and Danish military leaders.

Responsible officials reported that the four-man American team

Failure

wants

pledges from the European members of the Atlantic Pact that they will accept quick, ^ig-scale unification of strategic planning, command and

function of their armed forces.

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and the Portuguese” Atlantic is- Jazvela when The Portuguese ehier of the Au Forre, General Cinten, arenes in Pars for Atlantic pact defence.

talks.

SACHSTA mevitable that the stratege situation of Spain will be fourbed on furtog these talks in view of the fact that Portugal rosirlers that the strategic situn-

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the Iberian penlight

considered withant cannot

Lothy amor and field equip ment for Planer and the Benelux enunti les, whose role in an emer- Jenes woll be

provide th uth of West Europe's Bond forer, and ratar equipment for Nur-Spain. way, Denmark and Italy.

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Furthermore, the Portuguese Premier. Dr. Salazar, during rrent debate in the "Portuguese Parlament ors the Atlantic paz ratification, said: "The geographle and strategic unity of the penin- sola

must necessarily be const- dered as

as a whole for the defence the West and

as a bare on the European mainland."

U.S. Base In Britain

General Hoyt Vandenberg fold newspapermen at Grafen. wahr, Bavaria, earlier today that the American Air Force Force will continue

to occupy and use the air base at Burton- of wood In England, despite the coming end of the alelift. Thstaben

was handed – over. to the Amerwan Air Force 101 connection with the big pegamisas * reluctance inops the nations of tion requited for the Berin Repeat),

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General Omar Bradley salt that he hopes the North Atlantic Pael will be a going military con cen W

within une year of the Treaty's ratification by all mem-

Bit Worried American administration ber Powers,

leaders think that highly use |

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Pointing our that all of the Western Union signatories are members of the North Atlante alliance, the American General West and that the possibility Of

of the alliance they are 12-nation

superseding Western Union Is "something we are talking about,"

seis powers as forming the hard core of any programme for the Joint lefence Europe. Nonetheless said to be a bit worried about the Brussels Allies' continua- tion of separate self contained military organisations.

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The DS. VIEW At us more tightly kut and is being quietly convevest to thứce roun» fries and to other Atlantic Part signatories. The asures jäid.

A number of amendments de

the Brussels perveno strategic

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plans asud to their programmes and co-operation are at the time being sugested, the formints said

What the amendownls, are could 10

Away.

established night

A representative of the Brus- sels Union organisations expressedd the view to a reporter

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five countries should not be bebi guilty of dragging, their feet in | the march towards complete uni- flration of their armed forces.

Distribution Equipment

Portugal's Part

The font Chiefs are expectedt -to alascuss with the Scandinavians the defence of Norway and Den- mark in ease of any threatenert pd alfork. It

It is expected that the Norwegian staff clefs will insist that suffrent divisions be hekt in England to be able to proceed mendiately to Norway In the event of on attack.

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It is expected that they will receive considerable support for this viewpoint from the British. This view may clash with that of the French who are expected

during the to urge

Paris talke that the Rhine

must be the innin centre of

Western European defence and conse.- quently Britain should be pre- pared to give the bulk of its fotel for that purpose.--Associat- od Press, Iteuter and United Press.

the

New York, August 2. Hoited States Secret Service Anamally reliable

agents Exlay arrested the alleg source in

e head of Washington said that the United

counterfel gang which hart flood the States Joint Chiefs of Staff are

United States East Coast with exported to discuss the strategie

forged $10 and $20 notes to a intal of Austin in Be Berikan peninsula lever a $1.000,006--Reuter.

Iraq Premier On Visit To London

London, August 2.

The Prime Minister of Iraq, Sayad Nuri al Said, ar-

rived in London by air today from Basra. Neither the Iraqi Legation nor the Foreign Office will give details of his plans here.

It is underslood, however, that luri Pasha has announced his intention of spentling a fortnight quietly in London because his rioctors had advised it. He will

ni Claridge's Hotel,

said Nurl also hopes to see the For- eign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin,

"The process is a king me," he said, "It has had to await rall fication of the Atlantic, Puct an that it can easily he dovelaited into the bigger organisation. Now be that the US. Congress his rati- the part, things will begin to move much faster."

the question of fleet

eited He standardisation.

The principle, he said, has been accepted.

what American

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| when Mr. Bevin returns from the Council of Europe later this month.

The Regent of trag. Abdul lah, is said to be extending his visit to London for other three weeks to coincide with that of Nuri Pasha.

an-

Trwilk Poshan, Prime Minister of Transjordan,

left.

London, August 2. The British Army has sent the Royal Navy warm- est congratulations on the sloop Amethyst's "magni- ficent fent, which has yet again proved to the world that the courage, endurance and seamanship of the Royal Navy are, as ever, equal to any challenge.'

The tribute to Amethyst's 140-mile dash for freedom down

".

the Yangtse River was sent in a letter from Field-Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, to Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fraser, First Sen Lord, the Ad- miralty announced tonight.

Field-Marshal Silm xaid ́ ́ that the Army had been thrilled by the news oľ H.M.S. Amethyst's daring escape.

In his reply, Lord Fraser said: "We are all very proud of Amethyst's achievement and 1110st deeply appreciate such a

tribute from Army."-Reuter.

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URANIUM REPORT DENIAL

Washington. August 2

A British Embassy spokesman Inday dismissed as not true a Brussels report that Britain has asked for one-fourth of Belgian Conger's annual production of atomic raw materials,

The Brunnels report said that the five-year

#greement under which the entire Conku uranium exclusively 10 production the United States expired yester είπε,

The Embassy spokesman safel on two counts: that was false The agreement did not expire on Tuesday and it does not call for exclusive United States nequisi- tion of Belgian orex. He said the agreement le a three-way arrange- ment Involving the United States, Belgians

British Bit the

Jiril Canadians, He said that the con Tract expires around the Best of next year.

He said: "Under the contract. Belgian, uranium is divided half, and half between the United States and Britain. We haven't.

however, token our (üll 50 per cent share except in one year 1940, I believe. That provided us with all we could use."

BRITISH SHARE OWNERSHIP OF URANIUM MINES

London, August 2.

The Foreign Office disclosed for the first time to- night that there is British shara ownership of a Belgian Congo uranium mine.

A spokesman, commenting on a published report here that British interests In the Shinkolbwe mine amount to 49 per cent of the shares, said: "The British interest is considerably less than that figure."

He refused. however, to koy what the exnet figure .

The spokesman to il n bewa conference recently that the Bri- tish do not share in the owner- chip of Belgian Congo urtim mines.

The African Territory -prochides uranium ore used in the manus facture of atom Lembs. Most of its output goes to the US.

Under with

MOSCOW RANTS OF PRESSURE

Moscow. August 2.

Was

of

today

the

The European visit Chiefs of Staff

a wartime agreement Belgium, which expires this year, Britain and the US, agreed to buy the whole of the reported here under the head- Congo's uranium output.

Jine "American pressure ол Britain, however, has permult-West European countries.” led the US. to take up all or Tas despatches from Paris. most of its share to develop the Berifn, and New York quoted atomic bomb.

foreign sources to the effect that the object of the trip consists of working out of strategle plans subordinating

European armed

lold the US.

Beliain recently It will take up its share of tranfum in order to try to pro- duce the bomb-unless the U.S. agrees to share its alomig energy secrets.

Supplies For Britain?

President Truman announced

Fant work that exploratory

talke on the whole question are on to start between the U.S., Britain and Canada. The published report said the British had asked Belgium at

icost one-quarter of Congo's uranium output.

forces to the United States.

The despatches said the Ameri- cars are also phming at erecting new military blocs--Scandinavian, Mediterranean. Wert Allantic. under complete Arverlcap CON- truf.

They added that the plans cali for the inclusion of West Ger- pany under the Atlantle Pact with the use of Wilhelmshaven, Emden and ofher ports on for

North Sea for the

American bases.

But the spokesman denied this, too, saying no request for in- creased supplies has been made. He refused to say whether Bri- tain gets any supplies of uranium at all from the Congo.-Associat- od Press.

JUNGLE JENNIE'S FEAT

New York, August 2. Miss Genevieve Cuprys, Singapore agent for } New York importing firm, who known to her colleagues as "Jungle Jennie." wrestled with n 32-foot python in the hold of the Dutch freighter Schiedijk (9,392 tons), it WIK revealed today when the vessel docked here.

Miss Cuprys was in charge of a £6,250 cargo, including leo- pards, cobras, cats, monkeys and mynah bunda on the 30-day voy- age from the Far East to Now York.

The British spokesman also disputed the report from Brussels that British interests own 40 per cent of the big mining union of Upper Katanga which exploits the rich Shinkolobwe uranlur mine In the Congo. He said: "I know that the Belgian Government uwus 55 per cent of the unlom.“

One day a 175-pound python He said he did not know just how broke out of its enrge and threat- owned.--United Press. much of the company is British-ened to escape from the ship's

ROCKEFELLER WINDING UP

Talpeh, August 2. According to usually reliable

hold.

Miss Cuprys tried to CONX the snake back to its cage, but the python began to coll itself around her body.

Two husky crewmen grabbed its tail and freed her.

Commenting Lexiny, Miss

said: "I Cuprys

was scured tu sources the Rockefeller Foundin-death, but I realised that the

winding * 24 China chapter including that in Nation-I would never do it aguia."— safety of others.depended on me. al-helf areas at the beginning Reuter. af 1950.

tion in

It is said that even

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The five- your contract regarding, malario research, signed with the Talwan fiovernment in 1946, will be scrapped. This has caused critic- Inm In Chinese circles, the sources add-Reuter.

DUTCH ADVISED TO EVACUATE

BURMA FIGHTING

Rangoon, August 3. Burmese Government troops have recaptured Henzadu, im- portant rail Junction on the Irrawaddy River 80 miles North West of Rangoon, tonight's off- cial communique said,

In the Pyapon district, South of The Hague, August 2.

Henzada. navol gunboats The Dutch Government

shelled Insurgent positions, In- hns advised Dutchmen London citizens

and Dutch Dicting heavy

casualties, the yesterday for a visit to the Lake to evacuate as long as there areported

living in South China communique added. It also re- District

minor +lashes In the and Scotiandi while still transport awaiting the arrival of King Ab- announced here tonight-Reuter. North of Mandalay, Reuter,

facilities, it was Upper Burma district of Shwebo, dullah of TransJordan, expecteri about August 18.

Among the questions which But unitil the West European Nuri Pusha is expected to dis- maritime powers know exactly cuss with Mr. Bevin is the re- The Emir Sayid Idris el plans for fleet opening of the pipeline from Iraq | Sendss left London today tor development are, delays are into Halfa which was closed during Paris, where he will spend two evitable.

the Palestine

days before going to French

ghazi.

Meanwhile, anticipating the The Iran! Government so for spa. He will then return to Ben-

passage of the arma mid pro- | has refuser to re-open the Haifa gramme through Congress, pipeline pending a general Pales- American diplomatic and miii. tine settlement, and use closure tary omclata here have gone is said to be aggravating Iraq's shead preparing machinery for

economic dificulties. distributing the equipment if

and when it comes.

A four or five mo

mon committee.

has been unobtrusively working on this for the past thre

the past three months.

It comprises the U.S. Ambasan dor, Mr. Lewis Douglas, the ECA chief in Europe, Mr. Averell Har- riman, the chief military obser- ver in Europe, General Clarence Huebner, and one or two other experts. They meet and operate casually, an official Nourco .ex- plained.

Urgent Requests

Through them the Brussols powers have sent Washington a ist of their arros requirements classifed into categories or prior- ity.

Their clearing house func- tion ...alena_at_ensuring that the rearmament activities of the West European states will not clash" with ERP ́"and with eich fother mate

The Committee has already

The Emir is reported to have hatt Aual talks with the British Foreign Office over the end.-United Press,

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