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No. 34452.

HONG KONG, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1949.

KMT TO ABANDON MAINLAND British Troops

Nationalist Officials Flying To Taiwan

THREAT

TO CHENGTU

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, as head of the Emergency Supreme Council, may order the abandonment of the China mainland and direct guerilla warfare from Taiwan.

Li Tsung-jen Gets Visa To

Enter U.S.

Lo

A red-ribboned, seating. waxed special visa enter the United Slates was d livered by the U. 8. Consulate General yesterday to Acting President LI Teung Jen, ro ports United Proes.

The Impressive looking do oument, complete with photo. graph, contained no date of departure, but it was goner- alty belleved General LI would be leaving by plane in two to four days.

CAT Survey Flights To Korea, Japan

Tokyo. December 2.

Independent Nationalist sources in Hong Kong said last night that a considerable number of Nationalist officials are being flown from the mainland to Talwan.

Thoy said that the indications are that the Generalis- simo would withdraw his clique to Taiwan and loave the others to fend for themgolvos in South Wast and South China.

safely. the anti-

This means that Chiang elements would be left behind to fight the Commun- Lats without the Generalis simo's interference or help.

The pilot and co-pilot were injured.

A member of Chiang's staff said the Generalissimo stayed for some time at Air Force Head- quarters

the atrield. He board-

The sources said that the mained his Skymaster plane and wait.. land would be abandoned when ed for daybreak before departing

for Chenglu. Chengtu falls.

They added that it is likely that Acting President General Li Taung-Jen would cancel his trip to the United States should the event occur before hle do. parture.

He would then leave his pro-

to the raission

United posed States for aid in the hands of his personal representative Dr. Kan Chich-hou.

Reports from Chengt yester-

a

His staff was extremely jittery.

Reda all the while fearing the

the fleid at any might overrun

and take Chlang. the moment enemy the Communists want most to get.

A few hours after Chiong's de- parture the Nationalists blew up!

tunnel in the hills between Chungking and Peistly field. It will take the Reds weeks to re-

store it. Installations at the field

Civil Air Transport has been day said that Marshal Yen Hsi- also were blown up. granted permission by Ameri-shan.

nlready the Premier, is

can authorities here to make making plans to move the gov Defection Of

pursult from

three round-trip non-revenue trument elsewhere in view of the Burvey flights from Hong Kong rapid Communist

vie OkinawE and the Chungking ares.

to Korea

Japanerai Claire

It was learned.

L Chennault

operates the Civil Air Transport Chengtu's Position

Line-in

Communtet

„ BUSESAROK»Ih' that" country ve

uren. General Chennault recently visited General Douglas Mac- Arthur.here and Profiderit Byng

Precarious

Warlords

'Price: 20 Cònts..

Evacuate Greece

The First Battalion of the East Surrey Regiment, last British troops in Grecce, paraded at

■ ceremony in Athens to mark the evacuation of the country. by Britain's forces. The ceremony was held at the tomb of he Unknown Soldier. Photo shows general view of the Enst Burray's last Greek parade. The British troops stand to attention along the Unknown Soldier'a", plazR while a Greek army detachment in natlertal costume walts in foreground to pay farewell "hon- ours. (AP Photo).

Russian Ships Running North China Blockade

More than 120,000 gross tons of Russian-owned shipping has cloored the port of Hong Kong during the last year,

Moscow's Terms For Agreement

London, December. 2. Moscow Rádio said today the Soviet Union was willing

be on unequal fooling.

“SKANDEX"

- FIRE-PROOF

CARD-INDEX STEEL, CABINET

Swedish made. Vang

High Quality Low Pried Ask for a Demonstration Atsak Hong Kong Typewriter Exchange

D'Agullar St.

U.S. NOTE TO CHINA OVER PORTS CLOSURE

The United States Govomment, in as firm note handed to the Chinese Nationalist Govern- ment, yesterday re-stated its non-recognition of the closure of Chinesa ports and expross- ed, the "dosiro" that there be no repetition of the `ovents which coused the noto-attacks on U.S. flag merchant ships by Nationalist gunboats, reports. United Press. Mr. Robert Strong, U.S. Charge d'Affaires, per- sonally handed the note to the Chinese For. eign Minister, Mr. George Yeh, late yester- day afternoon. Neither official would" com- ment or make public the textual content of the note.

bottom of the dutan du viện tima. of wäntan (banditry. "Your present action is unpre- cedented in American history..on the part of any Secretary

It was learned from other the quarters, however, that communication has three main points:

1. A re-statement of the U.S. Government's position on the State,Router.

port, closure.

3. Reservations on the quest.lori; of damages suffered by U.S. fing vessels from Nationalist attacks. 3. A frmly stated desire on the part the United States Gov- ernment that there would be no further incidents of that nature.

The Stato Department revlow-

T

of

Plane Crash In Brazil;

20 Killed

Sao Paolo, December 2

ed its stand on the port closure: and restated its previous dow clarations on that point. At the same time it explained that it is not altering its stand that ho Twenty persons died, and a Naval escort will be provided woman bird child escaped and that all American merchant- alivo: when) a DC-3 (airliner men running the blockade do so crashed in the Brazilian wild- at their own risk.

nounced today.

The two-Engined transport, was reported to Have craghed against a mountainside while circling for

landing yesterday.

It could not be learned if erness, the Real Air Lind an- specifle mention was made of the Sir John Franklin or the Flying Cloud, the two Isbrandteen line vessels which were the chief tar- get of Nationalist guns...

Jsbrandtsen Accuses »

Acheson

enusd of the trashe over would (Be“

The headquarters of tho. Real Lino raid 10/Pausengers and four cruw · members were killed. of the 22 aboard,, of whomi ong was New York, December; 2. -

a child. The report said a woman to come to an agreement with Mr. Hana 3. Isbrandtsen, and the flye-your-old child" sus any power under one indis- shipowner, has accused the taludd only juperficial, injuries, pensable condition that in co-U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. The: plano felt São Paulo, yes- Though cargoes from-Hong Kong-consist mainly English language.broadcast can lives? In

operation," the parties concern Dean Acheson of callously terday morning and offer

waiting for the loss of Ameri- the airline dolistel ke - Military~æbearybrű-fnTaipeh

In the Chinese, No determined yesterday blamed 'deföätiori”, and of wolfram; "many Russian ships also carry that

charged insubordination on the part of:

arged imperialists with tionailst blockade. supplies of rubber tyres, high grade petrol, trickery in denying the possibility T Two Isbrandtsen Line shipThe company operates a Hest of 12 DC-38, which dy, between Ozechuan Province warlords.for

of "peaceful co-existence, and co- have been ared on white passing Sao Paulo, and other industrial chemicals and medical supplies. the swift collapse of Chungking.

operation between the USSR and through the blockade off Shang towns. Yesterday's crash was tho adds an Amiclated Prota do- The uneasy Nationalist Chinese

charterers to leave the ships!

the capitalist countries,

hal The company said that the man Rhee in Seoul but it is not Government cast about yesterday spatch from Talpeh.

Since the Nationalist Gov-with

It recalled the statement of Inst. incident was on the high first in the comparts for years

operations They did not identify any of the ernment imposed their sea deserted at the quays during the Premier known if he discussed commercial for another capital, expecting to

Josef Stalin to Mr. altline operations with them. be forced out of Changtu within warlords by name,

scas-outaido Chineso territorial Batavia bite EELKARTEA blockade ол Communist-held day."

Harold Stassen in 1947 that the waters. Mr. Isbrandtsen's previous ported that a Cataling lying boat The 55. sald sources

Baralaba took several United States and Germany used demand for American naval pro- owned by the Royal Dutch Shell The observers said that the in- ports on June 26, more than three weeks or less, reporta As- CAT's application. for survey

effectiveness of Chungking 60 per cent

of the Russian hundred tons of kerosono, high the same systems

but

were at tection for his China-trading Oil Company drah-landed in fights one of the usual preil-sociated Press from Chengtu.

Chongtu's position becomes fouter defences against Red Gen-

Muntok Bay

Bauka Taland, to- minaries for application for full-

They said no detalle, were avalle.

United Prem ed there were several casualties.

KMT EAGER FOR

Headquartern

here. They said both Far East Air Force and Hendquarters ap- South East. The Reds are coming on at a fairly fast clip. They have proved the application.

The request for the lights ask-cut the highway to Chungking in But Nationalists ed that CAT C-40 aircraft be several places. allowed to fly from Hong Kong denied a rumour that Notchland. to Naha, Okinawa, to tozuke, midway point between the two Japan, to Kimpo Airfeld outside cities, had fallen.

Premier Mot-shan Sepul. Such a route would by- pass the strategic Nationalist- held Island of Taiwan. There is no other line at present flying the Hong Kong-Okinawa-Itazuko- Kimpo loop.

been defection and insubordina-going to Korea,

but

In a telegram sent to Mr. Berli a said: "You say that you and Stalin's statement of 1927 that vent American crews from being the part of our relations with unlawfully killed or murdered, capitalist countries is the sand American ships sunk on the

that

twò......... opponits high seas from the unlawful at- systems can exist side by aldo." tacks. and Nloolal Lenin's assertion

solirens ro

"time""""operation--war- Aled to more precarious with each step eral Liu Po-cheng's 20.000-man ships have been trading be grade petroleum, and general cargo | war, and that the United States ships was refe

to Bwatow, the officer sald. A and Russian systemsy To Arhieson, that night, Mr. Istragat—you Hong-Kong sldpping official aid

they co-operated, and undependability of Sulshan and Washington, D. C. und forward: it from fallen Chungking, 1 70 miles the complete espininet oily by tween Hong Kong and the

gesterday that there were no ad- continue this in peacetine led the Navy will do nothing to prewable immediately, butbit, wak fear-i ditional restrictions on cargo for The broadcast warlords in Southern Szechuan Chinampo in North Korea.

Most of these ships stop on Soviet ships than for British or Province who supported the Na-

Hong Kong. tionalist regime. As one military route to trade with Tientsin and American phipa observer put it: "There must have Tsingtao in North China, before He added: "Aside from actual armaments, all ships are perfect-

sumption. Wallem and Company, locally free to take petroleum, medical Red onslaught tion, otherwise the would not have

agents for

80 per cent of the Rus- supplies and elmilar materials to void Bot te voeren, cumirked slan ships, declined yesterday to whatever port they want.

details the fact that the Communists discuss

of cargoes, or "Shipping men are business- took Chungking the hard

stale who the local way."

charterers They said that in the past wars were.

China's

An official of the company sald history the attackers invariably occupied the "Chengta that Russian shipping officials in basin" first, then swept down on North Korea ordered their cargoes Chungking from the North West. through local Chinese agents, and Thile time, however, the Chinese that Wallem and Company had Communists covered hundreds of nothing to do with the ships but

of mountainous end difficult tole

clear them after they reached

Officials here said they did not know when CAT would make the first of the three approved flights.

Associated Press.

TROPICAL STORM

IN PACIFIC

Manila, Docember 2.

but

Yan

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convinced

Bld

on

the Government has not yet de- cided where it wilf go if Cheng- tu becomes untenable. Yen gave his usual vow that Chengte of would be

be defended to the end, ho

nobody. Everyone remembers the fallore of pest szaurences of this na ture all the

the way from Mukden te Chungking Chungking received in Cherigtu before the Reds took over the elty at noon, on Wednesday, was that no looting occurred.

Imites of

The last reliable word from terrain, overrunning four South added that a Russian omaisil:

Hupeh,

Hunan, West provinces Kwangst and Kwelebow-before in Kowloon would be able to penetrating Szechuan from the supply detalls of Russian trade Bouth and the South East. The with Hong Kong. observers pointed out that these Communist tactics were "entirely unprecedented" in China's his

The third tropical storm in al All foreigners in Chungking, *month headed today directly most of them, missionaries, were

towand the Visaya Island of reported shie the Central Philippines wherd! in Chengt. there about 90 tory almost 1,000 persons lost their foreign, missionaries. Some 60 of Meanwille, it was learned that lives the b

in big blow on them are Aihericans, the majority the Nationalists have not decided of whom are connected with the whether to move the government

Saints Day

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The weather Bureau sald that west China Union University. All at 9pm. the storm was centred but two or three plan to stay on 445 miles East of Surleso at the If Chongtu is taken by the Retls. Northern tip of Mindanao with maximum winds of 80 miles, an tour which were expected to in bensify, MAŁ ཧྥ་ a.m. on Bafardhy the storio was expected, to be $20

Chiang Has

miles East of Sarrigno and at Narrow Escape

pm. 210 miles East North Bast of Surigao-United Press. (!).

THE WEATHER

tropical depression centred - "about": 450 iulia X of the Northern tip of Mindasiso moving WNW at 10 knots. From the

Chiang Kai-shok who bar.

sonally, cordered facilities for

However, the Russian trade official denied yesterday that was responsible for Russian ship or the chartering of their cargoes

Broken Records

men.. not politicians."

་

Priest Admits He Spied For Russians

December 2. Chinesa: Nationalist";

egislators here -ára 2-advocáting an”,” early peace treaty with Japan and on generous terms,

ht its leds Theʻzovemont vis

Chi by Sze-vin, L Chinese authority on

"But you say that after it has PEACE WITH JAPS

will support a that co-operation is always pon been done you sible "provided the Interests of claim for financial compensation the Soviet Union are served" or damage because the shooting Tro broadcast then said the So- you; admit is unlawful. SU

YOU viet Union, in un'effort to achlave

took an oath to prevent co-operation, would be willing to the loss of American life and come to" un agreement with any property on the high seas and power on the condition, that the not to callously wait until they parties boon ng pqual footing--- aro lost and than merely sup Japan and editor of the Chiness United Press,

not to callously wait until they publication Time and Tids Ha port claims for damage la recently returned from Tokyo money while American hips where he conferred with Japan "and" orowa - ard--lying at the ose-leaders Associated Press,

NORTH AMERICA BILL PASSED

Sarajevo, December 2,

London, December 2 A black-boarded Russion The House of Commons today passed the North America BM Orthodox priest, Alexel Krisko, through all its stages The bill alleged leader of a Soviet spy gives to the Canadian Federal ring inside Yugoslavia, plead Parliament the power to amend ed guilty before a Sarajevo the Canadian constitution in mate district court today of spying to lylog solely within the for the USSR or without reference to the United Jurisdiction of that Parliament, capital to Kunming or Taiwan, The 3,-800-ton USSR ship, se (Kunming,

the first"-" of? capital of Yunnan Ismall, arrived in Hong Kong Russing defendants in the fire Kingdom Farliamentarias

Krinko Provinces 400 miles south of from Dairen yesterday to take on trial of alleged Kremlin, agents

It had already been passed; by

Nationalist

list officials in Taipeh cargo and supplies...

Another "the

ship,

the witness stand awaits the formal Royal Assent try to take th genèrally regard Chengtu, i the

to Tiens and confera, ko

to become law>Reuter, current wartime capital, as mere-

tein, with several hundred tong kuat Kriako, statoly in his flowing. Kong cargo on board r, robes, openad - the second iday: of Hong In the latter part of this month. is understood that the high quality of the Azov's costing the charterers,

ly a "resting station? along a long [ling of raticat.

is

to break the blanta Atovever held.in a Communist coun- the House of Lords: arid now only

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of foreign shipping to Swatow, and Shanghal broke

tuguese.

The prosecution charged yes- Bárðtny's Bridge, Berlin, December 2, all The British authorities "an-

previous records during terday that Frisko toured the Page S o escape in the nick of nounced today that British

country, preaching against Com- .a. Labbur Supports New November.

More than 80,000 gross tons of muniain before Marshal, Tito's Internationale He had great all Boldier, who had been, held) 'by]

the the Rumiacs for two and hair shipping traded with the Chinese expulsion from the Cominform Page 8 reaching Pelshlyl airport in the years turned up in Boringnated with a told of 200,000 ton tacted Russian Embassy officials cupation Of Talvean,

Communists in November, com- 10 June 1948 and that he con North West outskirts of the city Tuesday,

in the four months after the thereafter and offered to spy for Chiang had to abandon his He Nobol: Moncaster of the Royal WORM Highways were so congested thatayanadie

them British sold Privata blockada Wageclared the and walk part of the way. dovered the rest of the distance Pioneer Corps, who disappeared

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