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TIME-BOMBS EXPLODE PLANES AT KAI TAK Crude explosives planted by sabotage agents

DAMAGE NOT SERIOUS

Small time-bombs, wrapped in blue cloth, exploded one after the other between 5:30 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. yesterday in seven China National Aviation Corporation grounded aircraft at Kai Tak airport. There were no casualties.

Shrapnel ripped open the starboard engine hoods of three C-47s and tore holes in the tail assembly of four C-46s. Oil pipes and oil cooling systems of a few aircraft were damaged.

Shrapnel also hit a passing bus on the adjoining highway.

Disillusioned elements among the CNAC and Central Air Transport Corporation person- nel who defected to the new Chinese regime are suspected to be responsible for the sabotage.

Nutionalist elements are alleged to have offered high prices to the dikliusioned employees alther to By the alreraft to Taiwan or 17 damage them.

Although the time-bombs were placed in strategic places in th aircraft, the overall damage was not serious.

The aircraft were not crip. plod and aircraft technicians at the airfield said that the damag'

gan bo repaired within twr

weeks.

The damaged aircraft were among a group of 13 CNAC alt craft parked on the North side of the airfield.

Details of the damage to the seven planes are as follows:

KT-111 a C-47, damaged on the slotboard caging with the oil

Peking aviation official in HK

Jon Pal-son, Deputy Mr. Director of Civil Aviation for the Peking Government, arı rived from Canton by train at about 5 p.m. yesterday, as- cording to a usuelty reliable source.

hero with Mr. Jen came some of the CNAC officials who were in Canton, The purpose of his visit la to in- vestigate into the zebotage of the seven CNAC aircraft.

board side of her empenage near the stabiliser, just under her rud, der....

XT-112, C-40, had o small portion of her tall blown of.

XT-136, C-46, received the same damage as XT-112.

XT-120, C-40, had holes torn La the empenage.

cooling system destroyed, engine Police rush

cowling torn off, tall fuselage bent

in and the tail wheel blasted,

XT-116 a C-47, had minor to scene

damage to her starboard

motor.

aldo

The oil cooling system

under the engine worTM damaged and the engine cowling was rip- ped off.

XT-127, C-47, received the same damage as XT-119,

XT-110,

a hole a C-46, had about two feet across on the star-

were

suspended the trame outside the airport and closed all gates lead- Ing to the Kal Tak passenger turninni.

Trallic outside the airport, re- turned to normal at about 11 a.m. By that time two aircraft had left Kat Tak

destinationa for their after being delayed for almost ona und a half hours.

After the cordon was lifted, still stood police with helmets guard at the airport's entrance. All vehicles and pedestrians en- tering or leaving the airport wer"] thoroughly checked and unau- thorised persons were strictly not permitted within the airfield.

CNAC issues

statement vannas, indem e

Last night CNAC officials here released written statement in connection with the sabotage.

Accompanying the statement was a letter signed by Mr. F. H. Hun, Acting Assistant Operations Manager of

of CNAC. The state- ment was written in Chinese,

it alleged that the sabotage was done by "desperate bandit agenta"

who

used time-bombe

th damaging the seven ground-

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IN 7 CNAC Nationalists claim Hainan IN

中

Two of the adven CNAC planes damaged by time bombs at Kal Tak yesterday are shown above. Top photo shows 'ongina cowling ripped from a C-47 while lower photo shows hole in tali of a C-48.--("China Mall" Photos)..

Fierce fighting in Indo-China

Saigon, April 1.

Fierce fighting has been renewed in Travinh in the Mekong delta where French forces have been under sporadic Vietminh Communist rebol attacks for the past five days, accord- ing to frontline despatches tonight.

military communiques acknowledged that "fighting is continuing" but did not mention the casualties.

Terse

The communique said the

was retaken.

French eye-witnesses returning the battle reported that

It further

said that on Febru- one outpost manned by Viet- from the airport authority namese native troops had been-Europeans were leading the Viet- A few minutes after the first ory 21.

notified both few

heard explosioni

CNAC and Central abandoned after, heavy artil-minh attack. They worn belleved of police

the Air Transport from

Corporation that nearby Kowloon City and Kal watchmen of CNAC and CATClery and bazooka shelling but to be French Communist deserters, Tak airport police stations rush must not go near the grounded

the hours ed to the scene. They were lator aircraft between joined by membare of the Kaw. p.m. and am's

When the first explosions loon Emergenoy Unit.

started," the statement went on, All traffic from Kowloon City "police immediately rushed to

of

Famine \roport Famine in the areas controlled by Vietminh supporters was men- tfoned for the first time today by Vietminh Radio, Agence France

invasion attempt smashed

Taipeh, April 2.

Unless despatches from Hainan have grossly mis- * represented the position, the Nationalists you- terday achieved their biggest success against the Chinese Communists this year-tho com- ploto smashing-up of the largest force yet to attempt the invasion of Hainan.

In brief, here are the Nationalist claims: "up to 5,000 Communists were killed, and more than 2,000 others were taken prisoner.

the

Despatches portrayed

Smith said a Tulpeh report situation at Hol How as quiet: that CAT was pulling out of Civil Air Transport, Inc., which Hol How was not true so far as yesterday was reported pulling out he knew. "We flew in and out Hs terminal at Hol How, con-of there all day Saturday. I saw inued flights there as usual to- and heard nothing about pulling out, and heard very little about

Smith's evidence sproves Sunday's report from definitely

day' sonore received. by Teñera'the invasion."

A report

Chennault's officers here recorded

the safe arrival at Hol How at

plane

that Talwan which left Talpeh this tionalists had the Chinese

abandoned Hol

Na- morning from Hong Kong.

How airfield. there was addl. The reports also cold that Hotional proof of this when a CAT How a'rfield was being used by daily shuttle plane to Hol How Nationalist planes. At one time took off at 2 p.m. on Sunday. yesterday, it looked as if the The airline's planes do not take Nationalists might have to abanoff on such fights if there is dɔa it altogether.

any

Taipeh took fresh heart frors in danger.**ant the alrfield, is

the reported Nationalist victory,

for Malaya

Information from Talpch which duplicated the information which the Hong Kong Chinese papers received direct from Hainan,

had

five and ten

Gurkhas leave sald that the Communists

landed at points miles from Hol How, capital of Hainan, but that they had been beaten off by Nationalists. Pilot Smith's statement would indicate that the Communists, if they did get so close to Hoi How, were beaten back.

The Bret contingant of the 24th Gurkha Brigade loft Hong Kong yesterday in, the trooper Landmarire for motive duty in Malaya.

More than 900 troops, in- cluding numbers of the Boot. tich Rifles (Camerontane) and two Companies of the 2/8 and 2/10 Gurkha Brigades werd 'on board..

They are the first troop reduction of a proposed pers manent reduction of more than 2,000.

More than só Father saldiars, who have completed their foreign: servică, care, Inthe- Lancashire bound for the United Kingdom."

Sino-Russian aviation agreement

London, April 2 Moscow Radio sald today. that an agreement setting-up

Joint Russian-Chinese Civil Aviation Company was signed on Monday in Moscow.

The broadcast'ald that the company will organize And Ex- operate thras airlines. panese will be divided equally between China and Russia.

The airlines will connect Paking to Chite, noor Laka Balkal; Paking to Irkutsk in Siberia, and Peking tɔ Alma Ata in the. Kirgiz region, North India.

The agreement is signed for 10 years-Autocited Press.

New angle in Jessup controversy

un or

Washington April 2. Senator Joseph R McCarthy charged tonight that ganisailon largely controlled by the Ambassador-at-Large, Dr. Philip C. Jessup, was handed U.S.$3,500 "Com- An official of Civil Air Trans-munist" money for selling the port said yesterday that their Communist Party line" company had no intention of China policy. ceasing operations In Hainan.

CAT statement

Previous reports that the Hol

оп

McCarthy, mado the charge in How airport was threatened with a telegrúm to the Secretary of Communist troops, and that the State, Mr. Dean Acheson. It was airline was to stop operating in made public by McCarthy's office

the Hainan area are not true.

partment founced that Dr. An employee of the Company short time after the State De- yesterday that reports, of Jessup had been granted, access Invading Communist troops.on to atomic information in conneo- the Istend were exaggerated, tion with his dutics at the and that there was little' Aght~ | Department, ing going on,

He added that no Communist, The Atomic Energy Cominis- which was given great prominence

troops had threatened the Holston cleared 'Dr. Jessup at Mi. In this morning's newspapers.

It convinced pro-Nationalist How airfield as far as he knew, Acheson's request supporters that Chiang Kai-sheic's land that regular CAT flights forces are bent on meeting and were to continue us usual-Asso-

and ciated Press. defeating the Communists, that the old days of ruaning are OVET.

EXECUTIONS DENIED

"Communist

causes.

hist money"

the Senator McCarthy sald "Communist" money he spoke of was in the form of cheques, one of which he exhibited while mate- Combined action

ing & Senate speech on Thursday. They were, alleged to have been Despatches from Hainan sald

written by William Vanderbilt Taipeh, April-2 Field whose name often has been" Governor KC. Wu today associated at Congressional hear- that yesterday's victory-war

denial" of Ings with Communist of the Nationalist air, ground and issued an “absolute' achieved through combined action

naval forces.

a foreign news agency (not the The cheques were payable to the Unofficial but reliable estimates

As Nationalist warplanes binst United Press) report from Hong American Comell of the Institute placed the French and Vietnamese

Communist-laden junks at sea, Kong that the Chinese Nation of Pacine Relations, an organisa- ed Cor

executed 300 Com-tion which Dr. Jessup admits he casualties at about 40 dead and

was associated with. ・ sald at least 50 Vietminh rebels

the navy went into action, and the alists had been killed.

ground forces stood their ground munists in Taiwan, and fought

The despatch, attributed to Bold

Publications of the Instituts, sources," have been

French reinforcements were bo

The battle, the reports said, be- "Informed

excouted

Included the McCarthy told Mr. Acheson, were ning along the airport was cor-blue cloth bags hanging on the Ing. brought up against an erti, Presse reported from Saigon, adds gan at 1a.m. yesterday, and endod.] those

mated 3.000 Vietminh attackers. Vietminh's new Director of In- 12 hours later. The Communis Chinese staff members of United being "inanced with Communist

Press and funds while selling the Commun doned off when the police ar- aircraft,"

were littered everywhere, Fress, Associated Four robbers two of them arm-rived.

lat Party line," McCarthy's tele- No pedestrian or vehicle

The statement said that after The attacką began simultaneously formation, Tran Van Glau, in a away with a total of was permitted to use the high the explosion, officials of CNAC I wine South West Saigon, oni broadcast Unked the strukkit saken.

were Time Magazine, numerous prisoners

Governor Wu said the report gram to Mr. Acheson said that ed, made

were $4,200 from the premises of Mr. | way.

dgainst famine with the general

given and police officers discovered a

Reports from Hainan spoke of was a "plece of malicious, irres- the Field: cheques Lau Chan-fal at 42 D'Agullar

Within the airport, police ex-hole, about four feet across, in March 20, elansed for four days | mobilitation as the two most im-

fence of the and suddenly flared up on Friday.

five batches of: prisoners, and ponsible journalism which plays shortly before Dr. Jessup's pub- Streel last night.

perts immediately went into ac- the barbed wired

portant problems of the hour. Clear Water Bay The battle is still going on.;

mentioned that the fourth, com- indirectly into the hands of the cation pioneered the programme The robbers gained entrance tion examinang

Saigon observers quoted by the| the damaged, Airport near

pricing 1,500 men were paraded Communists. We do not shoot of smearing the Nationalist Gov

without a fair trial, ernment In China and lavishly into the

French news agency said that the premises at 8.50 p.m. pinnes.

Road. On the barbed wire fence

that sorntone Local outbreak there were signs

through the streets of Hol How people

Thare bas broadcast reflected the effect of

not After herding the occupants into "According to an eyewitness, tad climbed the fence. A plece

been a single praising the Chinese Communists. the French operations in the Red

by victorious Nationailsta

United Fresa, '*- - a rear cubicle they ransacked th

one European police inspector

Sona Vietminh sources claimed an River Delta, which place

of blue cloth, similar to that of for more than 15 minutes

no despatches said that more execution."--United Press. while examining the damaged the time-bomb cloth bag, and a "offensive

compelled before making their successful

against the French Vietminh forces to withdraw 12 than 2.000 prisoners were taken aircraft discovered one blue-

French offelals, however, said the mountains and

the altogether. Kave getaway: The police were sum-

cloth wrapped explosive lying on Khaki cloth strip were moned but late last night no ar-

"The Andings were later for. they believed I was a purely local | French. eontrol of the Hanol-than 7,000 Communists were kill-. rests had been made.

**Diphong and Hanoi-Plaidlem

ARMED ROBBERY

Mr. Lou, the victim of the rob bery, is the manager of a Chinese | Import and export firm.

EVACUATION OF

TAIWAN PORTS

Talpet April a.

to Ngan Chi Wan on the road run- the scene. They discovered some

found

an undamaged afroraft. Ho im. by CNAC investigation party,

mediately took the time-bomb

throughout the Travinh ares, 100

controlled

*

making the Vietminh sup But the French said this was ply problem dimcult. United the first time that artillery and Press and Reuter. bazookes had been used in the Makang river area and mortar, shelling of the French forta is the heaviest yet encountered. Travinh

and threw it away. The bomb warded to the polles," the state-outbreak which soon would lie tater exploded on the

ground ment added.

Later on CNAC and CATC hir- causing no damage,. Aviation elretes

at Kal Tak ed watchmen were called to the bellove that the bombs which police station and quesiloned. were made of a poor-grade ex- With pailice permission, CNAC plosive, were used merely to and CATC dematched alx mech- delay the departure of the ground- antes, accompanied by a poller ed planes.

officer to check the other un- They further believed that the damaged aircraft. sabotage was possibly done by

Nationalist Ministry of persons having no experience with Kuomintang

Communications announced that it explosives.

it is devising measures for the Local authorities

spoedy evacuation of ships from anticipated such

have long

an occurrence.

the two main Taiwan ports to pro More than a month ago special

tect them in the event of Com-polleo' squads

munist dir riktās.

The ; ports? are, Northern Taiwan and (Takab) on the South coast.-Associated Press,

In

were assigned to

the airport to guard the grounded

Later

aircraft... Kechins

a new police station. Kaohsiung which has assignments solely Western within the airport was establish

od to pruvent sabotage. Asida trand the extra pollee, fire fight- Bing, equipment, fire. floats and Bremen were 'constantly present sit the airport.-

The Weather:

CÃI FREDO "CHET E KUKIKOTY WITJAKE

„of high premutu, szlands Bouthward vulgar-

Kornk and over; thi Kitarti Sea, 12.

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Ready for

take-off?

flag hoisted

The

Union

"An the first timis-bomb, ex- ploded," the statement further kald," Kuomintang flag wan seen halted on the roof of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Civil Aviation ho. Employeun building on a Po Road. op nosile the airport."

that stric added. statement CNAC and CATC turned toward the Chinese Peoples Republic, for months bath the remaining desperate elements of the Chiang Kai-shek party: utid the mongers of American Imperia- lists have attempted to "sical and damage our people's pro- porties."

Prior to the subotage, there wara, rumours saying that the Workers of both CNAC and grounded: ONAC:atroraft whiph CATC belleved that although th were parked on the Northern Hong Kong Government has “mido-uf, the airport, were for. Lakon every mážšírá

Kal @Taki sirport's secu

fawn into China

¿viorable; planes Gressy wetenda of; the bandit Jaw „The Truruours, could not bell stopmod from ontering.

Hes

Brick forts

watch-

EARTH SHOCK

IN ITALY

the heart of

and

Livorno, Italy, April-1. towers manned by small. mixed A violent earth shock sprend garrisons of Europeans and Viet-terror in Livorno and the sur- samese have been built at half rounding countryside, tonight. At mile intervals throughout the ores least 30 persons were reported

Injured Associated PressN and these are under attack.

·

leave

Foreigners may Shanghai via Tientsin

Foreigners. In Shanghal may leays China by way of Tientsin provided they obtalit now axit permits::UN

This was reported in the Communist, controlled ver racıları: “Bin Wan Pao". ■ copy of which was received from: Shanghai: yosterday, pagk

Shan

The report said that ja from March 20, allens in. who have already been granted permits

ald to be the fres

chai Muh

appiica-

doad

and

This would, moun

ed or captured

} that more

Even discounting the agures by half, the Nationals have attain-

alzeable victory.

General Li Yang-ching. Chief of Staff of Hainan,” was `quoted as declaring: "We have destroyed the Communist 'dream of, conquering Hainan."

Pilot's roport

Mentre

tre reports, rea

reaching Hong Kong from Hainan Island gaya the conflicting, versions of seriousnIESS of presant

Communist Invasion 'efforts,

Pilet Douglas Smith of the Civil », Airs. Transport flew a transport: plans from Hot How Field to Hong Kong yesterday -PKvarything morning, and sald? -- was quiet there when, I left.":

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