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EASTERN GERMANY PURGE CONTINUES

ITALIAN TROOPS SAIL FOR AFRICA

Augusta, Sicily,

February 8.

A vanguard of 1,000 Italian troops and officials sulled from here tonight to take over the Somaliland mandate from Britain. They left in the troopship which had been standing by here for two days awaiting Parliamentary-a¶p. proval for their departure.

This

given when Senate in Rome today rated carlier approval by the Chamber of Deputies of a Government Bill asking for men and money for the Somaliland mission.

WAK

the

3,000 The remainder of the

force mari volunteer -defence provided for is expected to leave in the next few days.

Ministers' flight to West Berlin

Borlin, February 8.

The purging of bourgeois parties and Government department's in Russian-controlled Eastern Germany was intensified today with the flight of two provincial Ministers to Wost Borlin and the reported arrest of fivo loading Minis- torial officials.

About 20 other Ministerial officials are reported

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in usually reliable circles to have been either dismissed or suspended.

'Political observers forasco the probability of re- maining Christian Democrat (CDU) leaders losing the posts they hold in the East German--- Government,

THE CHINA-MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1959.

Lorry traffic to Berlin slowed down

British

Berlin February 8. East Carman frontier guards at the Anglo-Soviet checkpoint/st Holmstedt early this afternoon again slowed down lorry traffic to and from Berlin, epokesman hire said.

At 3 p.m. 76 yehlet were reported waiting on the West. ern alde of the frontier and

on the Eastern side. East-bound lorries were checked through at a rate of six vehicles an hour while the 'rate for West-bound vehicles was eight an hour.

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Earllor today West Berlin police spokesman said thatTM rord traffic between West Germany and Berlin was al· most normal-Router.

dominated by the Sociality GENERAL'S

Unity Party (SED).

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ranks."

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The Ministry for State Securi. ty would act in the interest of and for the whole of Germany by Tooting out all elements who tried to sabotage the economy, he added.

Against this background the defending East Germany's econo- East German Government to my's against "saboteurs, foreign day announced the forthcoming agents and bandits within establishment of separate of State Security, Ministry hitherto under the Department of the Interior.

officials, provincial Dr. Hugo Kunisch, CDU Finance Minister of Saxony-Anhalt, Herr Fritz Sehwol), Labour henister of Brandenburg, reported to their Party Headquarters today

Western Berlin.

Count The Foreign Minister, Carlo Sforza, defending Italy's return to Somaliland, said could assure the Somalis that the territory remained theirs.

**They mast themselves be rendy to defend R," he said. They must erente large defence force.

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The Senate ratiflet the up

Chamber of proval of the Duties by a show of lunds, The Government, battling

violent left wing opposition, had steered the Bill through both Houses of Parliament In u

week. The took

only Senate debate

two +lays.

the Senate were asked to deal with it on an enner- genicy basis so that the trop should have o chance to dlavin- bark and stares unloaded before the African mahsouns break.

The final after the

Members

approval came rejection of a left wing motion asking that Senate should refuse to sider the Bill.

the

con

The two

and MI-

Dr. Kunkach, who arrived with his family, said he had been re- beatedly threatened with for irrégularities in his Depasi-

inert,

arrest

Herr Schwab resigned. some eri- days ago. following serious

Unity Socialist ticism by the Party.

Herr Pakose. Deputy Head of Council iu the Borna District Saxony, who was dismissed lust week, also reached Western Ger- many today,

Three other provincial Minis- Herr Leonard Moog, Herr Bernhard Rolner and Here Sieg- fried Witre, had been removed or forced to resign since ginning of the year, it was re- ported.

Professor Ernst

German

Loud speakers on the Russian side, where small groups of Eust Germin police and

knots Russian-sector Germans had gathered, opened up as soon us the Mayor began to speak.

The microplione heckler asked. What are you going to do about your 300,000 unemployed, Pra- fessor Reuter? What about those Promises of socialisation made in 10477"

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PROTEST GESTURE

and

Jerusalem issue a mine awaiting

an explosion"

Geneva, February 8. Ahmad Shukally, the Syrian defogate to the

Trusteeship Council on the question of Jeru salem, today declared that the problem is a floating mine awaiting explosion in the Middle East.

Mr. Shukairy, who was addressing the Council when the debate on an international regime for Jerusalem was resumed here today, declared: "The problem is now three years old. Its continued life is a gradual death to the United Nations.“

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The Syrian delegate said that, Jérusalem was to be an Arats elty M. Roger Garreau's working in an Arab State. The fact that -paper-on-the-division of the thu Arabs-have-acceptad_the_ine. area of Jerusalem into three ternationalisation of Jerusalem 'is zones was a plan in complete going a long way towards a com- opposition the meaning of promise,

"K you want the Arabs to the General Assembly's resoluc

with internationalt. compromise tion of last December for the sation, then the Arab States will preparation and implementa-give up their original compromise tion of a statute for Jerusalem. and again

say that Jerusalem

The Syrian delegate declared: must be an Arab city in an Arab "A

between compromise

con State. but a

You

a comrnot,

compromiso with Dr. Jamali added. The Chinese, representative, Mr. Shih Shun-liu, said that his delegation

ation could not agree with M. Garreau's interpretation

the Assembly resolution.

of

"The General Assembly, never intended the internal area of Jerysalem to be, aplit up/" he declared.

Paris, February 8, General Pierre Billotte,leting parties is a duty

compromise between the United former head of a French mili Nations and an opposing mem- tary delegation to the Unitedter is a betrayal of the family of Nations, today announced that nations. Berlin meeting he is retiring from active ser- tionalisation of Jerusalem in de-

is restating the interna Western Berlin's Mayor,

Reuter, took vice as a protest against fance of the Assembly's resolu- 1,000 policemen with him today failure to prepare his country tion. Victory-drunk, Israti is de- to a general Democrat open for Western defence.

termined to convert Jerusalem air meeting in the French acc

General Billottes, 44-year-old Into Jewish capital with full tor close to the border of East

Staff Officer, sold in a lelter to Jewish sovereignty. Complete The Egyptian delegate, Mr. Berlin.

the National Defence Minister, surrender to Israel is the only Mostafa Bey, spoke in the same M. Rene Pleven, that he wants way to gain the consent of Israel. vein and urged that discussion

Assembly's to be free to help enlighten the To make it acceptable to Israel, begin on the

1948, the statute of Jerusalem must be Jers nation.

Jerusalem Statute,

The Archbishop Strenopoulos He attacked the alleged fallure manufactured in Tel Aviv and

said that the Greek Orthodox of the French authorities in the not in Geneva.

"Arab sovereignty is the safest Patriarchate of Jerusalem had past four years to prepare the

holy

from always abstained country for her key role in the guarantee to protect the

politics places of all faiths and creeds and had no other wish than that common defence of the West.

full and peace should reign in Jerusalem Ilis letter sald, "The system of We either must have

internationalisation — security which the Westerners effective

Palestine. and are trying 12

establish is still honest, sincere and completo

"It is of fundamental impor- The French sector audience of

tance that the holy places should based on the precarious margin or no internationalisation at all. the behind

"You can prepare any statute bo reserved Inviolato of superiority of the United States

under the several thousand the be

in regard to atomic bombing you like, but the fundamental status quo, which Mayor's double cordon of police, in

after many burst into catcalls and yells. strategle aviatin. The alliance principles lie before you in the vleissitudes

assumed its Nations resolution-ů and pacts have in practice so far United Professor Reuter appealed

sent form in 1757 and was con this audience for a united Be-brought nothing but timid efforts Jerusalem undivided under thefirmed in 1882,”—Reuter.

heckling micro- at

and authority of the United Nations." in while the

at milltary co-ordination phone blared away with the as-

rearmament.”

Compromise over of

Berlin

Commenting on his decision, sertion, "The youth will never listen to you. Pro- General Billotte told Reuter that fessor Reuter, because they know Russia's development of the

American you are only an

atomic bomb WAB much swifter cruiting agent trying to involve than the Western Allles expected.

This means that all coun them in the next war."

Professor Reuter, Ignoring the

France, tries, but especially carried straight heckling,

must be in a state of readiness with his speech, demanding free

to play their full part at once," elections for the whole of Berlin.

ho added. "Governmental instability undi Putsch scouted

the bid or

organisation of our nu- tional defence have had as a re- sult that France at present does not dispose of the machine and organisation corresponding to her key role in the common defence of the West," he continued.

"All the Allies

are acting too alowly. In any case, the arms being sent to Europe are enough."

General

Deputy promior next to go?

Even

Nuschke, Herr Otto

East the Deputy Premier of Zone Republic and the Chris-

Chairman, is, tian Democratic

under himself reported to be pressure and possibly the next to be purged.

Professor The resignation of Erich Frecher, the CDU Chair- nion of Saxony-Anhalt, had also been called for.

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Communist Senators berused the Christian Democrat Prime Minister, Signor Alele de Gos- peri, of "betraying Italy for the American Imperialists."

They argued that the six milliard lire (about £3,500,000) which the Government

is now authorised to

Another six local CDU officials

"How can we deal with in Somaliland before the have been sent on leave, and al- spend end of the financial year in June, together about 50 members of could have been better employed the CDU and the Liberal De-

mocratic Party have In colonisation at home.

The Government replied that

moved. development at home, particular- ly in the South, would not be affected by the increased penditure in Afrien.-Reuter.

KOREA MUST

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bcen IN-

The Christian Democrats them- selves met in Saxony today fol- ex-owing warnings against reaction- ary attitudes and expelled six members.

elections.

on

Our

many problems unless, we have a united city?" he asked. "For a have freo united city we must

Nobody can win

Berlin by making a putsch here," he also said, referring to rumours 500,000 members of the Commu nist-dominated Free German Youth would try to capture the city at Whitsuntide.

that

not

We do not need to ask any cral do RA MENGHING who was Gen-

East German sources here sald that the Government was set up hurriedly Inst November and persons, politically and... morally one to send tanks to protect us unsuitable, had gained responsiwe can look after ourselves,

HAVE U.S. AID ble posts. It was also said that he said,

Lake Success, February 8. Dong Sung Kim, Special Re- 'presentative of the Republic of Korea, said today that without continued American aid, Korea cannot go on.

many of those arrested were Im- plicated in a corruption case.

Ministry of security The East German Parliament unani- Volkskrammer) today mously agreed to the setting up of a separate Ministry of State Security whose task it will be to "combat saboteurs, Imperialistle agents and enemies of the pea-

"We are fighting hard in the cold-war. We are In the front line. We have never lost our ple. nationalist spirit, and we will. "Within a period of six minutes fight Communism to the end. W the Parliament listened to a are a conservative people, anu nru short Government announcement kot swayed by new Idealogies." read by Dr. Karl Steinhoff, Mi- The State Department is asking Inister of the Interior, recommend- Congress for continued aid to ing the acceptance of a law set- Korca..

ting up a separate Ministry for State Security and immediately afterwards passed the law in two readings.

to

personal Chief

of Staff in 1941 and in command ́of" the ̈ ̄ ̄ ̄Freed" "French"-armour- ed units to enter this, city on its liberation in August, 1944, said that a really unified, adequate Allied defonco might be sufficient to make Moscow come to a peace- fil understanding with the West,

"We shall give no freedom these Communist agents to un- dermine our position as the en- emies of democracy undermined the Welmar Republic."

The meeting broke up peace--Reuter. fully.

Appeal to youth

Leaflets calling on West Ger- about the political character af man youth to take part in the the meeting were confrined. monster Communist youth rally in Berlin on Whit Sunday, May 28, were widely circulated. fa Frankfurt for the first time day.

to-

They appealed to young Ger. tans to form Committees, to prepare their contingenta for the rally which is expected to bring about 500,000 youth Into Berlin, from all parts of Gar. many.

Among the signatories of the lenflets were several well-known West German sportsmen and sports journalists.

The West German Socialist leader, Dr. Kurt Schumacher,

last Sunday to pince tanks

At the Western approaches to prevent † the Communist youth demonstra-,.

tors occupying the whole city,

Many West Berlin leaders, in- cluding Influential members at ' his own Party, dasgece strongly with this defensive attitude.

chiled on the Western Powers

They hope to receive the Com- munist youths' with full shops, Western Aims and good football matches rather than with ́ polled cordons and tanks.

Kim completed a two-month Kercan goodwill mission to Latin America last week, preparatory to increasing diplomatic relations Steinhoff, who disappeared from with that area. He came here to the public eye at the beginning promote Korea's application for of October, 1949, and WES membership on the United No- ported by several West Berlin tions Educational Scientifle and newspapers to have been purged, One of the journalists, who did Cultural Organisation.

enused a sensation in the As not want his пато mention- Korea and Indonesia were ap-sembly by his unexpected arrivaled, told Reuter that he had sign- proved today by the Economic a few minutes before today's ed the leaflets without • having und Social Counell for member- meeting was to end. ahip in the organization. The He said that the proposed event. applications still require approval | Slate Security Bill would create by UNESCO-Associated Press. a Government organ capable of 'eignature if his apprehensions Colombo Conference-Reuter,

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Dr. Jamall, the Iraql delegate, strongly criticised M. Garreau's proposals.

"if we have not understood our terms of reference we must go back to the General Assem bly, Dr. Jamall said. "We do not with this Council to be come tool for Zionist propa- ganda.

pre-

BELGRADE TRIAL

Belgrade, February 8. The public trial of 15 „former Democratie Party members, ac- cused of membership in a sceret the over- organisation plotting throw of Marshal Tito, began in the district court here today,

The public prosecutor, Aleks- andar Atangekövle, reported that Dr. Jamali stated: "The Arabs all the accused had confessed cannot compromise any more, fully-United Press,

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