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PRIVATE ASSETS OF CHINESE PROTECTED U.S. Government Securing Funds Against Seizure HUGE SUM INVOLVED

Washington, August 13.

The American State Department and three other Government agencies are working to protect an estimated $500,000,000 of assets in the United States owned by Chinese citizens,

Communist Films Said Banned

Aeroeling

10 geports eiz- entaling In Chinese cireles yesterday, the release in Hong Kong of two Soviet produced cinematograph is net ne cinematograpla

Officials said today that the Government had been

planning for weeks to

secure the assets

against possible seizure by either the Chin- ese Communists or the Nationalist Govern-

ment.

The wealth, it was odded, had been skilfully con-

cooled in banks and investments.

#

Informants said today th Money Well

funds were usunlly

hidden by getting them:

into the United States under Concealed false names through a series of transactions, sometimes In- volving banks and black

Chinese markets im several duced cities,

When the Chinese Nationalet Government instituted Severni swing fumetal reforms Ir August cast year, it was reported to huset up secret conure in the New York and San Fran

iso Chinese settlements to spol holders of huge sums which might seize to help in the evil

People familiar with the work of these Committees said tha Ty ind bren unable to And Povr Mun about $500,000, In fnet, it is believed, the money so well concealed Ut drastic action by the United States-such as freezing Chinese Government

by the Chinese Communists, Bas been prohibited by Guy-

ernown.

It is understood from an off etal source, however, that Govern- ret Best any ment has not as mrder prufsbiting the release of the ls in question, which are due to be submitted to the Govern- var. ment Film Censors within thr entirse of the next few days,

The two Soviet films afferter! are said to bear the titles "The Soviet Question" and "Blood fur Blond," while the Chinese Com- munist -Ble, which deals with euptured Nationalist- Generals In the hands of the Commurusts, is calles! "Democracy in the North' East."

Nationalist Commanders

Confer

assets appears unlikely.

The Chiuse wealth has been

skillfully concealed in buntes part investments.

Belels Associated Press. Neither the Chinese Na-

oralists

nor Communists may ever lay hands on it.

The security of these and other (Chinese assels has been the sub- of an intensive study for many weeks, which have

ometals disclosed. The four agencies

Jout

been deeply concerned to prevest a rich windfall from going to the Communists & the State De-

HONG KONG, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1949.

Monty, Bradley Meet Again

the

Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery (left) greete General

fatter Army

arrives At Omor Bradley, U.8. Fontainebleau, France. They fought together in France dur ing the last war. Montgomery, as Commander-in-Chief of the Western. Union forces, mat General Bradley, Admiral Lovin Denfeld. General Hoyt Vandenberg and Major General A. M. Gruenther, the American Chief of Staff, at the H.Q. of the Western Union powers-(AP Photo).

KMT MEMBERS URGED TO RISE

AGAINST CHIANG

partment, the Treasury Depart- A proclamation inviting "members of the Kuomin-

(From Our Own Correspondent)

Canton, August 14. Top level field commanders were' in conference all this morning on military plans to Chinese Failed

ment, the Festerol Reserve System and the New York State Banking Superintendent,

with

Soviet Sims previously shown in the Colony heve always us tructed capacity houses. The last Soviet Bl to be shown here) "The Third Stroke," drew full cope houses for almost a month, with offensive. sents beite bished several days in advare.

TYPHOON BY- PASSES OKINAWA

Tokyo. August 14.

The typhoon which was moving on Okinawa yesterday by-passtel the island early today and moving towards the South East crust of Kyushu and Shikoku in South West Japan.

Gusts of 80 miles per hour

the wind volocity was decreasing according to United States arme weather authoritica,

the Communist

The ranking military lenders To Take Action

In "onference were General. Pai | Chung-hsi (Commander-in-Chief

for the

the

North North

Human and Klungs). General Hu Tsung-nan (commanding the nationalist forces best equipped in Sheral), Ceneral

eral Mo Pu-fame. (Administrator Weat), and General Mn Hung kuci, (Governor of Knosu). They will be joined this afternoon by General Ku Chu-tung, Chief-of- Staff, who is flying back from by General Taipei and possibly Cheng Chun. Director of Chung- king Pucification Headquarters.

The main question is how far the Nationalists will continue lo

overwhel ming Communist pressure

tang in regions not yet liberated to rise and join the revolution of Mao Tse-tung, in order to assure China's independence," was pub- lished yesterday in the course of a Press con-

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Coup D'Etat In Syria; President, Premier Slain

Damascus, August 14.

The Syrian President, Husni Zaim, and his Pre-

mior, Dr. Mohson Darazi, were 'shot dead· carly today.

The Higher War. Council, headed by Colonel Sami

Hinnawi, had ended its power provisionally.. pending the hand-over of the administration to a civilian leader, it was learned. The President and Premier were executed this morning by the leaders of a counter-revotas tion, according to a 'communique broadcast by the Damascus radio.

Colonel Sami Hinnawi, who e

Colonel

Husni Zaim

Reized

is understand to have assum- i power from the Syrian Govern-

in 0 bloodless coup

ed Power in Damascus, is dea- ment of President Shukry Bel Ei cribed as one of Husni Zaim's Kountly. former officers,

The men, who arrived in thres omoured vars, surrounded the President's private residence at 3 an buday, A nich ranking oneer Jarred his way into the building fler am ́eschaupe of shots with he President's bodyguard, und compelled Husal Zaim to follow Rim,

Simikr action was inkes at the arne Thure upalost Premier Mohren Darazi

A new Higher War Council WAS immediately formed by Colonel Samt Hinnawi, mandant of the first column of

com.

d'etat on March 30 this year.

Самв

He acted as provisional Pro- -mier-until--national-raferen. dum on June 20, when he be

મો. President and · appointed ᎠᎹ . Mobsce Barazl

farmer Minister to Egypt and Baudi Arabla, as Promler. Colonel Zalm, born at Alepp Northern Syria, was 52. fie at- tended the military, college a' Damascus, then under Turkish rule, and as top of his class, was' selected for the military aendem" In Constantinople (Istanbul) where he uroduated as a second lieutenant.

the Syrian Army. The council becarne including Colonel Bahigo Kallas

and

ten senior officers, tried

the President and Premier and condemned them to death.

The death sentence was in- ipediately carried out at Mozza Fortress, near Domascus.

Reasons For Coup

A series of proclamations, issued toy over the signature of Colonel Sami Hanawi, gave the masons for the new coup d'eunt. They

During the first world war h in the college. Between 1917 and adjutant and Instructor

1019 he served in the Arubla" peninsula in a Turkish

army cnrps under the veleron general Fakhri Pasha.

After France's necupation of Syrin in 1820, he, became the first Syrian

Arab to command ' French regiment.

Led Vichy Brigado

In the second world war,

Kowloon Bus Crash; 13 Injured

Thirteen passengers wern jured, two of them ceriously. when a route @ but, No. 4602. travelling

boten S'ar

Ferry and

wa

ed into concrete trafo post in Argyle Stregt near the China Electric Company Building, at about 850 last night.

At the time of the accident, the bus was packed

with

more than 30 panicagers, and wis travelling towards Ngachiwan. When avolding ancther car which was travels ling from the opposite direc tion, the bus crushed into a concrete plitar near the Elec. tric Company Building.

of the The front portion bus was badly smashed. The

Injured persons ware im. mediately rushed to Kowloon Harpital.

Chan Cho kong aged 32 and

Fung Wai. a woman, eged 30, were seriously In- Jured,

Elections In West Germany

Frankfurt. August 14.

cold the President baled the Vichy brigade which de- pbused his authority, wasting fendert Damascus ngainal thi More than 45,000,000 Ger- Į publie menny, falsifying laws und | "invading" British and Free mans in the three Western

restricting: 1ersonal freedom, con-

on- French urmies commanded by zones voted today for frary

was 10

10" Wilson

@ 400-

to the Brst principles at Field-Marshal Mallland ("Jum-

member parliament to set up which the previous coup aimed

After a period of imprisonment their new West German Re- The Syrian army decided to by the French, he was appointed public.

It was the first-general election nel to save the country from the Inspector-General of Police in

10 tyrant, the proclamations said.

January,

1948 and in. May 1943 since Hitler seized power, The military were assuming was given command of Syria's race and a total of more than With numerous parties in the and armed forces. only temporarily,

During his first world

2,000 War would hand over later to "sincere

Turkish Colonel Zaim," with General

power

.

and loyal political leaders," the service in the proclamations celded.

Indian

ference given in Hong Kong by Huang Shiao- Independence

hsun,

Day

firmy.

candidates, forecasts are that no party will win a majority i mnd it will take a coalition of

Bitter Campaign

The campaign has been so bit- terly anti-Allied that occupation authorities and many German newspapers and politicians have expressed alarm.

They torbade all demonstra-Fakhri Push, was among these two-cr more parties to form the Luns. Government officials were second holy city, which refused

besieged In Medina, Islam's cabinet. ordered to rejoin their posts on

to surrender to Ipain of lmmediate dismissal.

the Hashemites under King Hussein,

He was twice wounded during This army career and held French,

Turkish. Syrian

and ebane decorations. Colonel Zaim was On Saturday night, however, married but without children. Es in a joint radio broadcast, rival sentially a soldier, he was a man party leaders largely stopped of few words, and preferred to criticising the Allies. Instead, stand while talking, which is re- they appealed to the voters on zarded in Syria as n sign of in-German domestic issues. herent self-confidence,

All of them expressed a desire The local indian community frag deteriorated

Relations belween Syria and for a free, democratic and united will commemorate the second Zain took control, when he re-however on how they proposed to after Colonel Germany. They differed widely anniversary of their country's jected the Irag scheme for the achieve that goal.---Associated independence today. A recep.union of the "Ferille Crescent" Press, it will be tion will be given at the Hong countries (Iraq, Syrin and the discussed with

the Kong Hotel at 11.30 am. at Hashenite kingdom of Jordan). Communists

eight-point which the Governor is expect the

The Iraq Prime Minister refused peace proposals of Mao Tse-ed to be present,

San Francisco, August 13, to recognise the result of the re-

Mr. Syria, in which Lung.

ferdendum in

Herbert Hoover, formen 1. In a message to his country colonel Zulm, the le candidate, United States President, was

men abroad, the Prime Minister was elected president. The proclamation is signed by of

laken seriously today aboard * the latest type of weapons 14 members of the Kuomintang, Nehru, said:

India, Pandit Jawaharlal

on East-bound train. were used-including 35-ton notably certain members of the

The Southern Pacife Railroad

The problem with which they are dealing is closely related to one of the major complaints privately made by the State Department for several

years against, the Chinese Nationaliri government. That complain' way and is that the μονάτη. ment, even when appealing fo American funds, would not take the drastic measures against the privately held assets of its own citizens which might have ylelded funds with which strengthen its armed forces. Actusily, officials

to

Battle Exercises In NT

Battle manoeuvres in which

Hunng was a member of the Nationalist Peace Delegation to Peiping last April and later came to Hong Kong saying that he was indisposed.

The delegation, recalled

More than 3.000 Trogl troops "On this second anniversary of wero stated in June to be massing privately heavy tanks. field mortars and Legislative Yuan, high civil and the coming of independence to near Syria's border, but the Iraqi were requined at the centre, but real in the face of ore long concede there is Inge question artillery-were carried out in miltury nignitates of the Na- Indin I send my greetings to our "uthorities denied the reports.

the Toast, in Munan, Klangel and us to how much money the Chin- the New Territories yesterday tionalists at prigent not holding fellow countrymen abroad. Dur- Reuter.

wherese government would have been morning by the Army, In the any and businessmen at present achievements to our credit and

office, legether with mos Kansu. They will dee de

this year we have many ing we have faced many dangerous situations. In many ways we hav not succeeded in what we al tempted to do.

The Jupmese weather observa-

thut 1ory reported

Typhoon *Judi" had passed 125 miles East of Okinawa today and was travelling in a North Easterly direction at a speed of 13 odies per hour.

The hservatory predicted that the storm would be about 170 miles South of Point Ashizuru, on the South West corner of Shikoku

Farmars

tomorrow in the Tokyo-Saltany urea were hoping that the storm would ver to the East and slunt of the Pacine coast, bringing much needed rain to the padilles of Tokyo and Safluma fleuter.

The Weather

the last dilch stands will be mare able to recover even by drastic presence of members of the sors and and when arme sort of router action,

they contend the Hong Kong Defence Force. efoe's win ever made in any offensive will be delivered."

thurɛughgoing manner.

After The demonstration which lasted about three hour the spectators came away much impressed by what they had seen.

Canton And Amoy It is the very shift with which

One import wald the Chinese the sey was halder and per-

tir force and navy will assist rups still is being hidden that the

the land troops to hold open United States may Anally rely as also were the villagers, who

at least Canton and Amoy for upon to keep it from Communist had watched the "buttie", "scene

the purpose

of transportation. hands without Most fleld commanders believe American

pvernment

radical from afar.

netion

The downpour and the sloggy parts did not

thas two ports must be held, such as the freezing of all Chin- terrain in some

in order to obtain military sup; ese Rovernment orels in this se to dampen the enthusiasm i plies from the outside

world country-Beuter and Associated Final plans will be decided in Press.

the next 24 hours. Fighting still ruged North of Kanchow in South Kiangsi riceNow th

und

the

of Hengshan Canton-1lankow Railway in Human to the morning. The

up defenders were reported pulling

stronger resistance

on both

slowed

fronts.

up the drive

which

ARGENTINE DUEL CANCELLED

Buenos Aires, Augusi 14. The dual between the Ambas rador to the United States,

The Communist columns in Geronime Romoring, and the_re- North Kansu ponotrated as far as signed Foreign

Minister,

Juan

AL GROO GMT 18 - HKAT) the Tungshin on the Ninghsia bor- Adlia Brumuglia, was cancelled typhian was zentrend about 180 miles NNE der un August 12 but on the of Okinawa, maving NNE 4-10 knots. next day met resistance by the China and Moslem troops who checked a Today's Forecast:-Light or moderno further led push.

DYFT

Presti remaina towe hish to the E and NE of "Japan.

BW wind. Hot and fale, apart from scattered morning shapers,

·Yesterday's Weatherin

Maximum #9.0 der. Fah

Minimum 10.0 tiem, Fal

Shine: 10 hours.

Furious Drives

The Communists pushed two

of the walchers.

For "security

rensons" how- ever, the Press were not invited to the mancouvres,

Conference On Kashmir

New Delhi, August 13.

in Hong Kong.

formet General Lung Yuen, overnor of Yunnan is the third gnatory on the list.

SURE

"In spite of crisis and diffleuity, we face the new year with cou rage and confidence and with full faith in the future of India. All our ofkers abroad will remember always that it is a high privilego

The proclamation accusne Chiang Kai-shek and his parti

of having betrayed the principles of Dr. Sun Yat-sen "Father of the Chiness R.. public" and Invites members of as well as a great responsibility io serve India at any time and the Kuomintang "to form>

to Colla more especially during this period new group in order

of great change and transition. 'borate unreservedly with the

"They have to keep the good Communirts and Mao Tse-tung, name of India bright and untar- whose principles are idential nished and always to keep before with thote of Dr. Bun Yat-on." them the idents which have mov- ed us in the past and which in- spire us today.

Not Political Group.

So for this coming year we

. The conference commenced at must dedicate ourselves anew to

4.30 p.m. the exples of the pro- the service of India".

clamation being drst distributed,

by

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