1949-09-27 — Page 9

A HOT SLEEN SOLETE

AND DIDN'T ́ ANYONE BRING ME BACK EVEN A STEAK ?”

German Brains Helped Russia Get Atom Bomb

SECRET TALKS ON THE BOMB

* London, September 23.

A top secret American-British-

Frankfurt, September 25.

German brains, equipment and uranium ore helped Russia to break the secret of the atom bomb.

Without the help of German scientists," a high American officer said today, "Russia could never have developed an atomic weapon so soon."

workers

More than 200 German experts! Canadian meeting to increase are reported here to have worked atomic stockpiles through new methods of finding and extract-in the Soviet Union since 1943.

In Germany, tens of thousands ing uranium will be held at an of unwilling German undisclosed rendezvous in Eng-have been forced and are still land this week.

being forced into pitchblende Ministry of Supply officials mines in the Soviet Zone. handling arrangements here said the date and location of the ses- sions will not be revealed, in ac

cordance with agreements with

Every ounce of the vital source of uranium is flown to Russia. German scientists started work o an atomic pile before the war ended. Hitler, however, was notd newspapers impressed. He wanted something that would win the war quickly.

Washington and Ottawa.

London Sunday said some 30 experts will be taken to the meeting place daily by car.

Although London papers term- od the conference

the

most hush-hush since the war," Minis-

But the Russians were not slow in picking up German atomic re- search at the point where the Al- led victory brought it to an end.

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1949,

EUROPE RINGED BY RED ROCKET BASES

Frankfurt, September 25.

Russia has virtually ringed Western Europe with super-secret V-2 rocket-launching bases, Allied and German sources said tonight. The V-weapon bases are aimed at strategic points in Western Europe, from the English Channel to the Adriatic,

The report, coupled with Russia's newly-disclosed atomic knowledge, raises the possibility of missiles with atomic warheads"-blanketing Western Europe in the event of án East-West

war.

Angio - American Intelligence source said they had confirmed reports, brought out of "Russia re- cently by an escaping German that the Soviets sic cxpert, building an elaborate network.of

with the

RUSSIAN ESPIONAGE IN U.S.

Washington, September 25. Two members of the Con- gress said today that lax con- 4. Near Guben in. Silesia-trols and a soft attitude toward almed at the Northern part et Comprunism opened the way the laland of Rusgén, which to Communist infiltration and Saviat-occupied, to repel any helped Soviet Russia to make

attempt to Invade it. 5. Fast of Plat in Czech-

the atom bomb

it shut.

of the

#youngjatrishing--sites "round" slovakia--aimed ́at the Brenner Senator Herbert O'Connor, De-

the perimeter of Western Europe. Pass between Italy and Austria.orat, said the door

The expert said three multiple Communist infiltration and urged United States is wide open for Evidence indicated - that the battery rocket-launching

sites bomb sites are supported with were being built with 25-milc a five-point programme to slam,

installations radius of Stettin in Poland; to radar necessary to keep guide missiles cover the German bay island resentative Harold Veldo said Russia - Spity and the Dutch coasat.

doubtedly gained three to five Three others, he added, were years in producing the stomic A German expert, who

was being erected near Hradec Kra-bomb because of the soft official shipped to Russia with other love in Czechoslovakia, aimed attitude toward Communism dur German technicians in 1946, re at the Balkan countries and the ing the last 15 years cently escaped to the West. He Adriatic coast-United Press, White House

on their course.

said that when he left Russia five single-battery bases had been completed in Eastern Ger

Czechoslovákia many and three more bases were being

A former colleague of his, Pro-constructed. fessor W. Fucks of Aachen, told

the Associated Press:

'The expert, identified as "According to his letters, he is former scientist at the Gerpan V-2 Bleicherode works ix satised and happy. He lives Thuringia, said he was forced to a private house, has a car and

serve three years Servants. He never writes abou: scientific projects, including the his work, but I suppose he co"Soviet

Central institute for operated in the construction of-bomb Development? in Mos- the Soviet atom bomb."

Forced Work

cow,

Da

Russian

Kashmir Commission Explains

New Delhi, September 25.

árom the

down, Both of thera

of the protested that alien Communist agents Bre operating in the United States despite oficial knowledge of their subversive

sive activities Representative Velde, former agent and member of the House committee on un-American activities, estimated that there where

at least 150 American Con- munists and Soviet agents at one The United Nations Kashmir time who engaged in a Russian Commission today explained attempt to obtain atomic secrets that its assurance to the Indian in the United States. Government that there would He said.

weakness and be large-scale disbanding and laxity of the executive branch of Government permitted the disarming of Azad Kashmir the Fixed Targets forces was given in relation to {escape

a number of these Soviet

from the Russian

United disposition

agents mining of pitch-

of all States carrying information on He escaped when sent to Fast forces which would take place the atomic bomb blende from the mines of the Germany in July for

and other a holiday, when the establishment of the scientific developments. Erz mountains in Saxony first

EVED started in 1945. Several thou-with orders to report later at the conditions for former German

a plebiscite in disturbing is the fact that sand Russian and Ge.man en station at Peenemuende.

experimental Jammu and Kashmir would be Soviet espionage agents are stil gineers Investigated the ares.

highly

in the continental .placed it under police guard He added that the

United In a statement on the eve of Russians and began work in full force had re-activated the laboratory its departure for Geneva to pre- Velde denounced and denied a pare its report to Security statement by the Attorney-Gen-

early in 1947,

try officials said that extra- In Eastern Germany there were ordinary precautions, other than some German scientists who were Ac- will waiting for the Russians.

Thousands of workers 'were re- secrecy of place and time, not be taken.

cording to reports, they had al-cruited by the Soviet authorites-to- Washington reports, however, ready packed German equipment work in the mines. The forced indicated that the experts will used in nuclear research and work continues. Every month exchange ideas on new techniques when the Russians came they

and

ar.

Three Experts

of prospecting for uranium ore left immediately for Moscow.

extracting metal from it. The meeting had been ranged before the announce- ment of the atomic explosion In Rumia.

London observers expect, how- ever, that the news from the So- viet Union will spur the United Nations to increase sharing information and to early proval of stockpiling bombs Britain-United Press.

U.S. SHIP IN NORTH KOREA

of

ap

in

Other German nuclear phy. sicists needed urging. They were offered high pay and 39 -homes, some who would not be world were forcibly "re- cruited."

in Western Germany, the Am- ericans were similarly inviting German rocket specialists to Lo 10 the United States to work on improvement of the V-1 and the V-2.

In 1947, Dr. Werner Heisenberg, one of Germany's foremost atomic specialists, said that three of his

Seoul, September 25. The North Korean Communist Radio reported that the 1,897-ton closest friends were in Russia. American-owned freighter, Kim- ball R. Smith, overdue at the

Gustav They were Professor South Korean port of Kunsan Hertz, who built Germany's entered the North Korean port cyclotron for smashing the atom of Nampo today. The Radio

two and is an authority on the separa- added that Americans are among the crew tion of U-235 from uranium, Dr.

un- Robert

Doepel, 2

prominen:

1

new trainloads of workers Leave Eastern zonę cities for the min- ing area.

there which

blasted W:25 bombs during the war.

hy

"I had opportunities to look inta certain fites which report- ed en

strategic planning of V-2 bamb bases in East Ger- many," he said. According to his Russian over- The workers live in prison-seers, be continued, several So type barracks, work 10 hours a

viet commissions" day and are not allowed to leave

were working the restricted area.

on projects Occasionally

to bring launching some escape to tell that plane-sies inic action on a few minu loads of the precious pitchblende

tes' police. leave daily for the Soviet Union.

the

final

discussed.

the

Council on the Kashmir dispute,

eral, Howard McGrath, last week

He

radio

the Commission maintained that that some cases cannot be pro- its assurance given in December secuted because it would require last year did not affect the trace the Geverniment to disclose tog period when, as envisaged by its secret information.

sald: "The fallure to resolution of August 13 last year, Pakistan

forces

atomic and the

secreta safeguard the proves bulk of the Indian forces would

conclusively that we should

our re-assess

whole begin to be withdrawn.

The Commission's statement

security programme and throw fallowed the

out of once those "incompe-- the release two days ago

tents who regard their politica of its correspondence with India and

Pakistan on

its

lives, a more important than recent abortive

cur national curity." proposal to resolve the Indo- arbitration to

Suggesting

Senator O'Connor, in a "Plans

said that immigration interview, a tight differences both fixed and Pakistan

laws should be tightened to shut The full extent to which Ger-out in detail and stationary bases India's view that the Commis- committee, of which he is acting

mobile bases have been worked implementation of the trure. man scientists have helped the of one and three batteries have

correspondence made clear off Communist infiltration.

The Senate Immigration Sub- Russians cannot be known. The Nobel

been installed all

did not admit Fast sion's assurance over Prize winner, Professor

evidence that Europe," he reported.

of postponemest the disband-chairman, has Max von Lane, atein physicist at Goettingen University, said:

ing and disarming of the

hundreds of Communist agents Azad Kashmir forces until the bulk of have been allowed to enter the have a pair of binoculars with

the Indian

United States forces were withdrawn

as diplomats or which I can pierce the iron car

for otherwise, with over 32 bat members of international organi talions lain-but I cannot see the an-

Azad forces rations despite swer to that"-Associated Press.

intact, "the security of the Strieties. would be in great Jeopardy and the holding of a tree and impar

BUS TRAGEDY

for

T Tarb is already supplied with ballistic computations and fring orders to a fixed target area in West Europe,"

Locations of finished bases were listed as follows:

Directed At Sweden

Between Neustrelitz and! Brno, Czechoslovakia, Penzlin in the state of Mecklen-

September 25.

burg in Germany-aimed at Forty-two are reported to have Southern Sweden.

of South Koreans. Earlier confirmed reports said that the Leipzig physicist, and Er. Ludwin been killed in a bus which was 2. Between Anklam end. Wol-

said to have crashed over a steep cast-also aimed at Kimball R. Smith had been cap. Bevilogus, who worked with Dr. hillside near here last night.

developing Ger-

Sweden. tured by Communist members of Heisenberg on the crew.

many's atomic pile. The ship is leased to the South Korean Government by the Economic Co-operation Adminis- tration-Reuter.

This

of

2

of these

over

the

advance know- of their previous subversive

They are not rank and file

tial plebiscife would be impos- Communists, he said, but brains

sible.-Reater.

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URANIUM FIND

ཏི

and guiding force subversive activity in this country-generals of the Communist fifth colum United Fress.

VIENNA BLAŽE

IN PYRENEES Madrid, Spain, September 25. Southern Generalissimo Francisco Fran

co's mining experts are reporten

Vienna, September 25. Fire swept through a, third of According to the reports, which | 3. South of Erfurt in Thurin-to have found in the Pyrenees square mile of Vienna today are unconfirmed, there were 70 gia-aimed at the Rhine River new sources of uranium, the stuff when flames spread from an Dr. Hertz was reported today passengers in the bus, which Crossings and Bridgeheads hear from which, atom bombs

are outbreak at the municipal omní- to be working in a Russian Gov-rolled to the foot of the hill Cologne and Dusseldorf and the made

Spain is already the bus garage

tear the ernment institute in the Crimea. Reuter.

Scheldt River estuary.

halder of the world's

fourth Bridge Danube largest uranium deposits.

Seven

blocks of buildings, Diplomatic sources said that wooden buildings of the Slemens uranium, more than anything Schuckert Works and nearly else, might influence the Atlantic 10,000 cubic feet of timber blazed powers to change their attitude as firemen battled to stop the toward Spain-Associated Press fire trum spreading-Beuter

Everything Free In A Castle In Spain

'It was my wife's birthday. (swerved about the wings of the polite the Spaniards appeared to "It will be remedied inme- The fiesta had just begun... A car shouting, "He, yea! Ho, yea!" be, or perhaps they realised the diately, Your Excellency." He

value of flattery? brass band, led by a dis-

hurried away and gave angry or- Others trotted by its side gaz-

ders. Presently a procession of gruntled officer, marched ing steadfastly through large!

He led

us down a corridor young and giggling maids came around the streets playing a brown eyes, silently begging for hacked through the outer walls along to the bathroom. carrying Thumba. Bells were ringing the peseta, that they were for- to a small prison-like room which watering-cans

full of boiling contained two iron beds stand-water. and young ladies with blackbidden by law to demand.

When we asked, in haltinging side by side, a wicker arm- veils loosely draped over their phrase-book terms, for an hotel, chair, a plain deal table, a cheap heads walked towards their churches.

Soldiers in long, coats, that

bung like dressing-gowns about

their

By JOHN WATNEY

ankies, stood in dramatic they shouted "This way, this cupboard, and a telephone.

way, and pushed a way through poses on every street corner. In the crowd for us to follow.

expensive uniforms and ...

their

heavy German boots they looked We drove carefully up the nax- important and self-satished.

Grow winding pavements, through ||

The bathroom, however, was teagnificent

"I hope Your Excellency will

The sad manager bowed and

Three Waiters

At dinner we had three waiters | to ourselves, and the manager came to our table at the end of the meal and asked ・ us, whether we had enjoyed items

We went to bed carly. We bad another-long day of driving ahead of us, and wanted to be fresh in the morning.

Around them clustered the rest arches built of yellow stone, anri, find this to your satisfaction. of the population, men in utility over drawbridges designed for sults and girls in printed frocks, other traffic, until, we came to a

We left at 10. When I asked talking to them with the close at- quite and sandy expanse of rock left us.

for the bill, the manager held up tention of the servant to its mas-upon which stood an ancient cas-

his hands and said: "Oh, no, ter.

We had been driving all day Your Excellency. There is noth- It was like being in a country. Its walls were red and grey

with dust. Its high square across a sandy plain in a tem-ing to pay, nothing at all."* still at war.

tower was pock-marked and perature of 95 degrees in the Then suddenly a group of young crumbling.

shade. Dust storms had blown I was 60 surprised I- did not came dancing

the road in red clouds know what to say, In the end and singing across the cobbles A garden of tropical flowers The sand got into our hair, our I got into the car and drove away. Others joined them in a spontane struggled for life along the ram- ears and the corners of our eyes, I gave the head porter and the ous outburst of gaiety. Even the parts. But a modern glass door

bell-hop a large tip. It seemed I went into the bathroom and the less I could do. soldiers' relaxed, and a peanut had been built in the medieval vendor, who bad been doing a archway, and of the rought matured on the bath tap: Nothing good business up till then pru-outside stood a small bell-boper tap. Again nothing happened away; I said to my wife

happened. 1.turned on the show. When we were dently rolled his barrow out of complete with brass buttons and turned on the basin tap. It wonder who they thought

pill-box cap..

men and women

Soon the

the whole square

Nothing Worked

The way

living pattern of movement and colour. The music of accordions espag floated out of the shuttered win dows with the smell of roasting

The bell-hop Came jumping down the steps, pulled open the

across

100 miles

came on in my hands, Des- we were?" perately, I went to the house tele- "The British "Ambassador?" phone to call for help. It did not "We haven't got one here.” even purr. And then; one horr-We'll look in on the way back id moment of realisation, I that nothing was connected. But in the end we came back

saw and And out true. Spanish reasoning another way and had neither the these gadgets to please the tour- detour. So we still do not know A tall, sad looking man with 1st, and make him feel at home, who we were supposed to be, or the distinguished face of the aris but it never pocurred to them whether there was any trouble [tocrat, and thé, clothes of an that anybody should want to use when the manager eventually Englishman, greeted us gravely.

them.

e presented: "His Excellency's bill

With

the

'meat: Gone now was the uneasy door of the car and bowed deer management had put in all money for the petrol" to afford, a

seriousness. of a few Smoments ago.»

Hotel In Castle

It was into this dancing throng that we drove, searching for somewhere to stay, Small boys.

No one said 'a word:

This way, Your Excellency, The manager was very upset to to what he considered the right Your Excellency? How very hear our complaint

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