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FBI CHIEF REPORTING ON FUCHS SPY CASE

America

may try to extradite scientist INTERESTING DETAILS

Washington, February 5.

The FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover, will give Congress a confiden- tial report tomorrow on the Dr. Klaus Fuchs atomic spy case. He already has said publicly that its ramifications in this country are being traced-ɑ hint that other suspects may fall into the FBI net.

Mr. Hoover will testify in secret before the Congressional Atomic Energy Committee which is investigating the possibility of trying to extradite Fuchs from London for an American trial, but sees scant chance of

success.

Russia may have better death bomb

Berlin, February 5.

Fuchs, soizod by Scotland Yard on information dug up by the FBI, has allogodly confessed giving Russia vital American and British secrets on the atom bomb and the dread now hydrogen superbomb.

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7," 1050.

Acheson may face sharp questioning

Washington, February 5. The Secretary of Stats, Mr. Dean Acheson, may face sharp questioning by Bena- torm this 'week on the ad. ministration's Chins policy.

Mr. Acheson la expected to be asked to testify by a Benate Appropriations Dub. committee on State Depart. mant requests for funds In the new budget.

has

Senator William F. Know. tand. Republican · California, ohlef critla of what ha called the administration's __bankrupt_Asia_polloles, w{

be on hand with a full line of questions. Assoolated

Pres.

PROMISES, APPEALS, WARNINGS

Berlin Reds plan putsch in May, reports reveal

Berlin, February 5.

Westem intelligence sources said here today they had received reports that the Communists were planning to turn their 500,000-man youth demonstration here on Sunday, May 28, into a putsch for power.

They said reports to that effect had been piling up in their files for the past month, but they em- phasised that they had no way of confirming them.

Kenneth Downs, American public affairs chief in Berlin, said: "We have plane, for all oven- tualities. Naturally normal security measures will be taken.”

A high German, source said the] Reports that the Communists mamamaherwälestatioppoeriste-fpřmanů půẳng ngeung-planding patterne énonbekann

cials, were conferring on the an announcement bý Gerhard threat. He refused to say what Eisler, former Communist agent measures would be taken because

In the United States and no "we consider it unwise to tell the East German Minister of In- enemy our plans in advance." formation, on Jantiary 31; "From May 27 to May 30 Berlin, Ger- witness the most gigantic march. many and the whole world will of German youth ever to take place in Germany."

London, February 5. The Labour Party today dominated the campaign stage with speeches offering voters a variety of promises, appeals and warnings,

in Frankfurt said several reports of the Communist plans had been made. They added that they all looked quite serious.

American intelligence sources

Charges that

+

He said 20,000 specially-trained the Communists members of

the Free German planned to "conquer" West Ber-Yauth, the Soviet Zone Commum-- There was no major Canser-

In added to the general case of vative Agure in today's array of

ist organisation, would demon- Htters caused here by Russian's speakern asking for

In support

sectors. the Western the general elections on February on-again, off-again "baby block-trate in

ade" It was on again toaight asked British permission to hold Sponsors of the youth rally have Separate appeals to voters after restrictions were eased for sporting events in the Olympic made by four leading Sonoarly. 24 hours. At Helmstedt Stadium in the British sector on were clalists: the Chanceller of the

tonight Soviet guards took up to

If found guilty when he goes more slowly ht the production of 23. on trin before the British court these weapons, an Friday, he could get 14 years In prison. The maximum penalty for atomic espionage in the Unit- ed States is death.

—Member-of-He-Atomic Con mittee told the United Press they State Russia has "probably mas had discussed asking the terda-new_type_of_chain Department to try and extrudite

less.

"1. is unfortunate that in this Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps 10 minutes to check ench truck's May 28, the dny the putsch re-

one case they cleared a man who should not inve been

portedly would be attempted. Gort's overthrow planned

the Health Minister, Mr. Aneurin Bevan, the deputy Prime Minis-papers and cargo and the backlog But at the time they cleared

Boon built up to 25 trucks. ter, Mr. Herbert Morrison. and him, all the facts seemed to in-the-president of the National diente he was trustworthy,

Union af Mineworkers, Sir

Part of compaign William Lawther.

Polica broke up Communist at- demonstrate in the tempts to French sector of Berlin and ar. rested 30

Allled Parsons, Mources said they regarded the skirmish as part of the Com. munist campaign

to back up"We cannot the Bovlet's "little blockade' with a war of nerves in, Western parts of the city.

"I can see no point in severing four relations with, Britain and reaction that is better than the Fuchs but that it seemed hope Canada because of this incklent, in the London suburb of Brixton hydrogen bomb, Professor

for it might delay for many Robert Hans Havemann, 2 General Leslie Groves, wartime months, and maybe years, com- leading East Berlin physicist, head of the US atomic bomb pletion of the hydrogen bomb.

project, faces public questioning United Press. wrote today.

on why his security officers fail- the British ed to double-check

whom Mr.

Professor 11svemam' article, clearance of a man published in the Socialist Unity Hoover has described as a pald Party's newspaper, "Nrues Deut-Russian agent planted in Britain.. schland)," said that the new

method consisted of combining Fuchs, German-born British ordinary hydrogen with "heavy"scientist, worked in secret Ameri- forms of vertain getals in the can atonie plants from 1943 to so-called "hydrides. ↑

1046 ns a leading member of the

This type of reaction had it.British mission sent here under the wartime atom bomb partner- ship of the United States, Britain and Canada:

Their

fler prospeels of guscess than the type which the Americans meant

talked about when, they "bomb" or "super-bumb," he sati.

"News from The Soviet Union. concerning the application of atomie energy tɔ peaceful pur- poses have In general led to the supposition that such atomic re- actions have alrendy been aebley. exi," "Professor Havemang wrote,

"Mr. Truman's theatrical thunder," as the professor do. scribed the projected American hydrogen bomb, conelste ut uniting super-heavy hydrogen (triton), whose atom consists of ons proton and 'two neutrons, with ordinary hydrogen. Out

Interesting details

Some Senatora predicted that

the retired General might ds- fend his record by bringing

Optimism over UK's U.S. trade

Prestwick, Scotland,

February 5.

The Chairman of Britain's Dollar Export Board, Sir Cecil Weir, returned. by air today from a 10-day visit to Canada out some interesting detalls of and the United States convinced the still secret 1943 "Quebec that the United Kingdom can agreement between the late sell more products in the US. President Roosevelt And the then British Prime

Minister, market. Winston Churchill. They impli ed hat the agreement might have required General Groves

the wave

of re-

Sir Stafford told an audience

that a progressive government in Britain was the one great safe- guard against action sweeping Western Europe. overdow Mr. Bevan toid crowd of 5,000 at the Liverpool stadium that the Labour Govern- ment "shall Ro on building houses until every family has a separate home." He dismissed Mr. Winston Churchill's follow Conservatives 09 4 miserable

mob.

Speaking at Wakefield, Mr. Morrison appealed to members of the minority Liberal Party to vote Labour.

a

victory

Sir William told his audience that Conservative would mean the loss of liberty and freedom for organised bour,-United Press.

1:

H-BOMB IS DEVILISH WEAPON

Use of the French sector hall for a Red rally had been refused, said about · 100 but the police persons planned to seize the hall anyway. They were taken into custody-by West German police. who were waiting for them on the sector border.

Western officials expeeled the Russians to intensify the "tle blockade" in wake of the sharp Soviet rejection of Allied charges that the Russians were hindering

traffic,

Reports reaching Allied In- telligence wald the Communists planned to tie up West Berlin transport, overpower West Ber- lin's 11,000 policemen and take over the city Government.

One Intelligence source said. vouch for the ob-

solute truth of the reports, but we think there is a lot of truth in them. There is no doubt It looks something will come off. like dyramite."

Eisler said 300,000 youths would be gathered here from Germany, Russia, China, Poland, Czecho slovakia, Hungary, Rumania, Bul-

Italy: Farla, France,

Austria, Norway and Sweden.

Information of

Д

In Bonn, 'Social Democratic leader Kurt Schumacher said to day he had Communist plat to take over Western Berlin on May 20 and said the Allies should stop it with

The West German police clash tanks. with Communist demonstrators was the first violence since the

Russians clamped their "little blockade" on Berlin on January

18. Liverpool, February 5. Fanada particularly, he said. will buy more British products The Archbishop of York, Dr.

The Russians were passing so that it may dispose of more Cyril Garbett, in a sermon to- of its primary

from four to 10 trucks an hour commodities in day described the hydrogen at the zonal border checkpoint at the traditional United Kingdom bomb as a devilish weapon Helmstedt.

which

must be

outlawed if} civilisation is to survive.

to accepi Fuchs' British creden tials without question. Senator Eugene Millikin, lead-market, of this union comes one atoming RepabileanTM member of the

Committee,

Mr. said Atomie Hoover undoubtedly would be asked whether his men are ол

of hellum and a great deal of energy.

Democratic

He advised British manufac- rers to deliver goods promptly, and to meet competitive prices.

of

"Now that the race to make this bomb has been started, it will only end either by its use in "The disadvantag rif this the trail of any American " Sir Ceell said he will tenquire war or by an international agree- process are the exeptional vurity foreign accomplices in the atomic further in the action of Seattle ment to prohibit or control is of triton and the great clatteultypy operation. He said the Com-in denying an electrical contract manufacture," he said. of manufacturing it. The tech-mittee had not been told

when to a British firm despite the fact The Archbishop, second rank- nical processes sketched here are Fuchs implicated anyone else in that it offered the lowest bid. ing prelate In the Church generally known among atom his reported confession.

"United Kingdom Arms should England, spoke at service at physicists and it would be total

have the same opportunities as the Liverpool Cathestral in ob- ly incorrect to talk about na

Senator Millard

a domestic firm if their prices nervance of the centenary of the American mo4opoly in this field. Tydings predicted that one out-

ure right," he said. Associated | Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. come of the Fuchs affair would Press.

-Associated Press. "The threat of a super-bomb be a "more intense and more which the Americans have complete" investigation of every- launched on to the world is body connected with atomic energy clearly aimed at the creation of and II-bomb work. In a radio panic among people who have broadcast today, Senator Tydinga weak nerves and are uninformed said he fervently hoped the enough to take the White House's affair would not result in break- propaganda bomb nt t face ing up the moves toward new and closer atomic partnership between the United States, Bri- taln and Canada,

value.

"On the other hand, informa- tion from the Soviet Union leads to the conclusion that consider-

able technical progress along this path has already been made," Reuter.

Singapore bank switches

"We in America realise that many of the major contributions towards

the development of atomic bomb, and no doubt of, the hydrogen bomb, have been made by eminent British sclen-

their tists. Without

help anu support, their experimenta and knowledge, we would go so much

►

to Communists Candidates of

London, February 8,

Liberals

increasing

The Bank of China's branch in Singapore has declared its allegiance to the Central Peo plo's Government and wired its head office for instructions, according to a New China:

The Liberal Party Headqune- (Communist) News Agency

ters tonight announced that the report received in London to number of Liberal candidates

night.

London, February.5.

selected to fight the General Elce- tion had passed the 450 mark

more wore expected to be Mr. Frank Byers, the Liberál chief Whip in the Parliament Just

when adopted as

The head office of the Bank of und China had replied that the policy nominated. of the People's Government was to protect the proper interests of

Chinese overseas and the depost disolved, torn, the Agency added, la

Apart from taking over the candidate for Blandford, North

Dorset, said that the “ Liberat

official shares by the People's Party believed in social reform

· Government, the rights and in- terests of all commercial share and had ploncored most of the holders, with the exception of a measures from which the country "few war criminals", would be was benotting, but it refused to protected; it said.

accept the idea that to get sociai All branches of the Bank of reform they must also

so accept Bo

challen

China abord were instructed to According to the Party Head-

carey, on business?

and

„Derve overPORE STVARA KARARLAR] quarters, MedBron broadcast the177.74mgwöhung, “- Manager (bf | Just work brought the "Party a

staff there

zarichil-ban Loor spate of jetters: demanding that Kinder and the Liberal candidates stand in con- to retain their rutulences they had not so fur šply laid; Reuter, la decl/led. To contest.

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