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REDS MASSING FOR Down in the drink REDS MOVING ON TIBET

STAND NEAR BORDER

Nine Allied divisions in advance toward frontier

RUCK CONVOY SIGHTED

Tokyo, October 25.

North Korean Reds were reported to be massing the last pattered remnants of their doomed army at three points today or a desperate final stand 15 to 45 miles from the Manchurian border.

ast nine American and South Korean divisions, totalling more than Some 00,000 men, were sweeping headlong toward the frontier. lements were already within 34 miles of the border and hoped to feach it by the week-end..

were conflicting reports whether the Americans would go all the vày to the Yalu River frontier botwoon Korea and Communist China, or leave the final advance to the South Koreans.

spokesman for the Unit-

Les First Corps In Korea e American and attach- Itish forces would halt os short of the frontier. General MacArthur's man. in Tokyo gald: no rder has been issued.

Korean intelligence, re- Bild the North Koreans athering troops and armour inst stand about 15 milles of the border on the Weas cd 46 miles South on the asl...

e same time a 'night ro- sance pilot sold he 'sighted truck convey mevlug from the Manchurian bor rough Kanggye to bolster Communist forces in

the

ern tip of Korea milway

on the two coasts.

South Korean intelligence who dropped by perachute Communist Blues 'on the forth West coast, a week ago, Ined today. They reported

the North

Koreans were

sing troops, tanks and artil- aling a fine roughly 18 miles that the border city of Sinul- believed to be the new North ean capital. They said: they -muen-heavy artillery, many.. k and about 20,000 soldiers dergoing intensive training.

behind them.

Chinese Reds in defensive positions?

With the First Corps,

by

October 25. - An ROK report, verifled the First Cavalry Headquarters, said. that a Com- captured Chinese münist soldier said. 20,000 of his fellows were in de- fensive positions In North `` Korea,

The prisoner was taken today In fighting nenr Bason, 27 miles North East of Anjù and 47 miles. from the Manchurian bor- der.

The HOK report said the First Division forces klll- od two of the men and captured the third.

The prisoner told them 20,000 Chinese......Commun..... ists began crossing into Korou on October 13 and they are taking up defen- sive positions" South of the Yalu River.---United Press.

toward the Manchurian border, the Air Forco reported today, srys Associated Press.

The concentration was discover- ed at Mupyong, 20 miles South West of Kanggye. Kanggye, near the Manchurian border at n point about midway across the Korean peninsula, is reported to be the new Cominunist refugee cupital.

The mass of vehicles, one of few good targets the Far East Air Force was able to find on ita 220 consecutive days of opera tions over Korea, was attacked yesterday.

Two Navy pilots from the air- craft carrier Valley Forge sport- ed they spotted a 30-mile-long Rel highway convoy inst night in North Haut Korea near Songjin. They bombed and strofed it.

The South Korean Capitol Divi- sion is driving up the East const toward Songjin. Its advanced position was at Iwon, 40 miles from Songjin.

Filipino casualty

The Philppine expeditionary force in Korea, angered by its first casualty of the war, occupi- ed new positions in their enlarged sector today, determined to wipe out the sniping Communists hld- ing in the mountains, continuca United Press.

move

A U.S. Corsair fighter plane, piloted by Ensign Jin Brogan, skids off an aircraft carrier deck, when engine trouble developed during take-off in support of the In- chon' invasion, Korea. The pilot is attempting to turn his plane to avoid being hit by the carrier when the Corsair 'drops into the water. In the centre plcture smoke mushrooms up as the pláno hits the water, and in the bottom picture the pilot is seen being helped across the flight deck of the carrier after he was picked out of the water by "a" liElfcopter. (AP Photo)":"

French abandon another outpost

Saigon, October 25.

French forces abandoned another outpost on the Chinese border today as reliable sources rò- ported that the French commanders had ro- ceived "strong 'ovidence" that Chinose. Com- munist army officers were directing the `on- slaught of the Indo-Chinese robals. French, who have abandoned one bastion after another during the successful month-long offensive of Ho Chi-minh's Communist rebels, today evacuated Muong Khuong, 19 miles North East of Laokay.

PEKING RADIO REPORTS

· Tokyo, October 25.

Radio Peking broadcast today that Chinose Reds were moving on Tibet. The Red Radio said the purpose of the Chinese ----Communist advance was "to free 3,000,000

Tibetans from imperialist oppression.”

Danish ship

to

cease T'sin sailings

But it did not mention the size of the Chine30

forco, its destination or whereabouts. Tibet is ruled by yellow. A few days later, a revolt broke robed Lamas, It covers

cut in Lhasa, the capital, but I 470,000 square miles in the wos. quelled. Many reports at that

A frantle rush for shippin was Rod- lofty Himalaya mountains and time said the revolt

accommodation by an Increas often is called "the top of the Inspired.

Since then, there have been re- ing number of foreigners de world."

current reports of revolts in siring to leave the Chines Tibet

The Tibetans avoided the mainland has developed wit Chinero civil war by ordering the the news that the Danis Nationalist Chinese mission in steamer, Heinrich Jessen, wil Lhasa to leave the country. be making, her last voyage be Tibetan reports later sald the tween Tientsin and Hon tlay country was looking to th Kong early next month, ac United States for aid in combat- ting any posible Communist acording to reports from Shang

ression.

In winter it is almost inaccessi ble by land approaches.

The grave news of a possible new Communist-inspired war, in Asia, this time on the opposite side of China from Korea, swept

Asian, capitals.

At New Delhi, the Indian For- eign Ministry said it had reports

of "certain troop movements and ncursions" by Chinose Reds along the China Tibet border.

But it had no direct word of a Chinese invasion of Tibet, whors winter, snow and ley mountain onsses already make travel by oot sokllers difficult, if not im- possible.

The Peking broadcast, as heard

Army' Tokyo, said the Red liberation" move was discipaed

á despatch from Chungking China, yesterday,

The despatch said:

"A pofitical: mobiilset or directive to People's (Com. munlat) Army units, which have

Indian statement

hal.

Tientsin

This vessel, which has bee fully booked up during the las few months, will suspend 'sailing In New Deihl, the Indiar

and go into dry dock for overhau Foreign Ministry sold today with the freezing of the Hal H had received reports of "certain River, on which troop movements and incur.

situated, the reports raid. "lon"

by Chinete along the China Tibet bordon The Mini- try said it had no information however, that this Red Chines had launched an Invasion of the romote Himalayan country A Foreign Ministry official kald the troop movement were re- horted from the Western part of kang Province, a renuted ter- ritory. Chinese warlords moved. into

Unless the Chinese authoritie relax their present policy an allow foreigners either to trave Bouth via the Canton raliwa or embark on shipp directi from Shanghai, hundradazio *foreigners wanting to leav China, in the winter month 'may find themselves maroonë in the Yangtze olty.

The Ha! He probably will ne the Tibetan districts been ardered to advance intr

freeze until mid-winter but th Amdo and Khan some years uponxit from the evacuation scene Tibot to. fren 3,000,000, Tibetan"

and Chiang Kai-shek's Nation the Heinrich Jessen will restri from Imperialist oppression an“ to consolidote the national de-alist government inter annexe the means of outlet for departin foreigners to the weekly Britis

fennes of the Wertern border

of China, Has been issued joint-

Chinese

there districts as the provinces of Tsinghai and Sikang

The Chinese Embassy also sald ly by the Bouth West Chin-It had no information of the in-

bureau of the Communist Party

of China, the South West Mill-vasion drive, tary Area and the Headquar. tor of the Send Field Army."

Delegates loove

The Tibetan delegation de parted today for Poking to can tinue its talks with the Rad

steamer calling at Tientsin, wit of 12 accommodation for a maximum

passengers, A major 'solution would be thi throwing open of the rollway t the South for foreign travel o permitting evacuees to sail dired Jom Shanghai

China regims on Tibet's future The leader, Finance, Minister

Recently there has been per After the Red broadcast, aTsepen Shakobpol. sald, "Our very si-tent: Tumours in Shanghai the Tibetan delegation lott New Delh departure for Peking is tant the Chinese authorities may, 800 for Peking to try to talk with the embunt to a denial of Invisi9yellow embarkations from Shang Chinese Communist regime of reports, Tibet's future map with n

Travelling by way of Kalim-

Meanwhile, t the

hundreds o The delegation is expected to pong, Calcutta, and Hong Kong, foreigners waiting to leave th reach Peking in raid-November, they expect to reach Peking in Chinese mainland, have boe The seven-man. delegation left mid-November.--Associated Press. swelled by another list of abou Tibet in April

....*. 100 who have been granted ext

said..

Tibet maintain it is to part Home of atom ports anal police, the re

The Reds it of

cen-

China. The mountainous country declared its independence titries ago. China recognised it autonomy in 1914."

Since Nationalist China fell last year, the Chinese Reds have clamoured for inclusion of Tibet In Red China. Lofty Tibet it described as strongly, anti-Com-

munist.

scientist searched

London, October 25, British security officers early this morning entered

and

About 18 nationalities are re presented in the latest group, in cluding Britons; Portuguese, In dians, "Belgiansand. Grecks and their destinations

range from Copenhagen to Sydney-Router,

KING AND QUEEN VISIT NEW HOUSE

A.

OF COMMONS

Army units | drew all the curtains before they day.in. private visit to giv

switched on the lights. The f

search lasted more than an hour, the Royal family a chance L When the officers left they look over, the chamber In detal took with them a large suitcase, before The King opens it formal

The King and Quee

tomorrow.

They refused to make any stato con a shetty party at Buc

aree

Its army is small, betweer searched the Abingdon-(Berk- 10,000 and 100,000 men. Theshire) home of Professor equipment is poor,. mostly rifler Bruno Pontecorvo, the British The United States 24th Divi.

London, October 25, and no armour.

atom scientist who disappear- King George and Queen Eliza alon and the attached British

The 10th Battalion Combat

The Peking broadcast, hearded in Finland.

bath, accompanied by The King" Commonwealth 27th Brigads

Team, reinforced, transferred its The

here added:

Four security officers used another, Queen Mary, visited Bri werd rushing North along the

command post and the bulk of its

"The directive salutes the Pea- master key to enter the house and tain's new House of Commons to West ovast highway within 67)

71 officers und 1,300 men for

ple's (Communist) miles of Sinúlju after capturing:

Wnegwan to their new bivouac

advancing toward Tibet. It says Pakchor. Reinforcemente pour.j..

arca about three miles from

is their glorious tack to liberate ed across the Chongchon River always welcomed by peasants Kumchon. The purpote of the

the people of Tibet, complete the trying to beat the coming of the Kum

to place the force Wäs

unification of the whole of China heavy winter snows to the fron-

nearer the centre of its assigned The South Korean Sixth Divi- tier of Communist China.

Laokay is France's Western- French troops pulled in from prevent imperialists from invad- slon pushed North up the Chong- The British Brigade. walch area of operation and it a post-

tion to co-operato with other bastion near the Chinese Lookay's outposts were, reported in an inch of territory of the thon River toward Kanggye, crossed the Chongchon river United Nations ferees in putting poster but it has been larger digging defence lines in anticipa-fatherland and to safeguard and Commualst • mounjain fortress about Artju yesterday moveri ten town only 20 miles from the

West today after a squeeze play on the unauren-ly isolated by the recent Redtion of an assault by menacing build up the frontier regions of miles North

guerilla force?, Manchurian frontler.,and was¦ estáblishing a firm bridgehead. dered care of the inèn, a ma- gains to the East. ́

French, planes raked Vietminh expected to collide soor with the They met almost no opposition, fority of thein veterans of guerilla Info

East Information that Communist troops concentrations agalist the Japanese dur- Eng South. The South Koreans just South of the Yalu river.

Worki ut last triports were at. Koli "34 North Korean prisoners told

over Northern miles south of Kangye and 34 conilleting stories of preparations was heightened, by the death of border to advise the rebel troops series carried out by French alr

the first of their comrades. Pri- came from intercepted battlefield Craft. ranging

Indo-China United Press and South East of the border.

to defend Sinalju-now reported vate Alpio Sicileano of Company messages, the sources said. to be the Communist capital. A was killed on

morning The Muong Khuong garrison Associated Press. on Monday New cars abandoned along the during a pre-dawn patrol along retreated to Laokay which is 102 route of the Brigade's advance, the Naktong filver on the out- miles North West of the Northern suggested that high rinking Com-skirts of Waegwen. The patrol munista, possibly even Russian advisers, had travelled on this was fired upon frum ambush.

The Filipines moved out in force Immediately after the am- bush but felled to find the sniper.

The

forces.

Communist eclumn reported mov-} Thespare moving towards Sinulju,action War 11, to ace action Chinese officers had crossed the Laokny. The strike, was one of a

Poor roads

delay advance

rond.

The main United Nations Sonic prisoners said that Sinul- forens paused for breath today zu was heavily defended: other before final plunge to the said that there is no defence at Marohurlaq border, but light| all, except a few tanks. doprozaive spearheads stil

·drove North In search of broken Commurilst remnanti,adds) Reuter-

The Brigade's Immediate goal

the border. A. Tokyo

is Bunchon, only 36 miles from

ing

“Wrong way ship's voyage

The bevy of Private Sieffano on Monday, military headquarters investigated

was taken to Tacgu for final ritea in Salgon and burial in the military ceme- tery there.

Flipinos

aro

Manila, October 25.

ment.

A search warrant was obtained before the officers entered the kingham Palace for the Speaker home of the Italian-born atom of the Dominion Parliaments wh the country."

The Communists have ascientist, who became a natur-fare in London for tomorrow! cused Tip:t or being friend; allsed British subject-Reuter. bpening ceremony-Reuter. with Americans and British "Im- perialists. Both countries -have| been accused of wanting Tibet In zumbass for "aggresalon" Asia.

Double purpose In August, Red General Liu Po-cheng forecast a march on Tibet by his Chinese roldiers and said an invasion' would have this double purpose:

1. "Drive out · aggressive In- fluence of American Imperialism. 2. "Consolidate the West line of rational defence."! :

The spiritual ruler of Tibet ie The little, 00-ton "wrong the Dalai Lama, a 15-year-old

he led the and student

capital of Hanol and the last im- portant outpost in the sector com- manding the Red River valley- Indo-China's chief rice bowl

The evacuation was carried out aald, with clyilians flown out by private airliners,

Red troops around Laskeny were are new operating within 400 square mile are machine-gunhed by. French milli- way" Philippine ship. Antare- boy who is under a priestly re-

Meanwhile other bounded roughly by Waegwan, tury planes.

tic, is tied up at the naval gente the Rods Bear) Songju, Muju. Yongnong. Hwang planes attacked

Caobang, frontier fort farther patrol wharf here today under Two years ago, and Kaeryong. They gop apparently moving in? for a

East which was abandoned by the sentry guard following her "ving Buddhas placer squeeze on Norih Korean French on October 3. Planes also return from Hong Kong while Lamas in three days of prayer

agencies against Communiam.. guerillas in co-operation with the bombed Langson where French three Government 35th and 65th Puerto Rlean Re-evacuating troops on Saturday probe her detivities during her **Elements of the South Korean piments attached to the American left munitions behind.

Other voyage from Palawan "tɔ Sixth Division attempting to 25th Division; and elements of the planes ranged farther North hit strike. North West spend Julen Eighth ROK Division to the ing. al.Red troop jungles, and to Hormokleng yesterday

Indo-China's thick chatted road found that no direct The Turkish Brigade, now at craggy mountains, The weather Touto existed, and had to turn Taegu, expected to take up French troops hit back at the

Lack and fake another road,

positions South of Kumchon this rebels and recaptured the "expected to reach „Hee-week.--United Press, Reuter and evacuated post of Tan Mai, near

Associated Press

the North East port city of Tien Eightli Division

Yeh.

Poor: reads--some mapped but nów "found 'to be non-existent -- held back tho mali advanco Into, fucky, sparsely inhabited North Korea, swept by bitterwinds: off the Gobl desert, Patrols bumped on past crudo

Villages almost

officer would only say: "No comment" "this afternoon whon asked about the reported "zone of no advance" by any bus South Korean troops.

Vaktong is mornin

PAL 0800" GHT (5) ni. IKAT)", the ontinental anti-cyclone dominate Chin South Korean And the adincent with a dish preveure extending Fastwards

Today's ForecnalModacale

de Teaterday's

reinda Fair. call 7

Maximum 84.5 deg. "Wh Midlraum's, 78.2 dog. Wah. “Bilnahtries 16,8- hinzuk,

on '4

The

lind a similar experience when they attempted to travel by a muipped roud to Nakpori North froh West, la fulchon. Iteconnaiss-.

aned parites were out today try ing to find an alternative route.

Red vehicles:

(naverales) or, 2020,1 cm #19, destroyed

progkileri” driven,

"destroyed", 365)

TO THE BORDER

Pyongyang, October 25,

A· United - States". Flest Corps spokesman” gald" on Wednesday the Eighth

Army had' "'instructed American and British- forces to proceeds to thes Korean-Ma

bora #der with y ven troops.

*

The French lab starts in the

North East corner, berids. South- ward toward Hanol and extend Westward to Lackay,

Outposts avacuated

Manila which mysteriously on other pages

took her far off the course to China-ports..

The Antarétte, a former United States Navy sub-chacer, was, cs- corted into Manila Bay by a Philippine Patrol vessel from

}

ship's ' master Apolonio Urbino, told customs Investiga tors that the vessel drifted to China after the engines broke down in the China Seat He

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Paró 2

Correspondence „Pard, 3.)

Problema arising in Korea page 4

Barolay on Bridge Paqu

UN - marka Nith anniversary plans for European army

New Houte of Commons,

- Malaya, casualty list mounting.

Romulo, banka, Spain for

membershipar

ed a charge minds by the Phillp- Page 3 A military spokesman said pino consulate in Hong Kong that today that. French troops have the crowmloaded a cargo-

a carro of Page, 10 arkad ...been withdrawn from out ying-powitions Varound, Isolatad

althbrities Falsa Lackay, adde Associated Pravo.tigating the status of two forel From Lokay,self civilian ngra entong, the crew who were were being evastated by air to said to be without travel papers. Fanol, 150 miles to the South Tho wrong's way ship left kartka The spokesmaniaald the Manila Idat Aargust 10, for? Fala civilian evacuation was begun of waeghe drifted fly, play after alga reponendation of militars that nation broken down the ma