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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1952.
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Pilot's Story Of How MIG-15s
Attacked Swedish Plane
WAVES OF ASSAULTS
FROM THE REAR
Hango, Finland, June 17.
The wounded, blond 34-year-old pilot of the Swedish Catalina plane shot down yesterday by two Russian MIG-15 jet fighters, today told the story of the attack as he lay in his hospital bed here.
with his right arm Sergeant-Major Karl Olov Arbin told how
he brought knocked out by a shot from one of the MIG fighter planes himself and six other crew-men to safety by crash landing his Catalina in the Baltic Sea.
the
rear,
trade mission's visit to Morcow was the appearance in Berlin of another trade
fed by delegation
Mr Sydney Silverman, the extreme left-wing politi- elan. One report declared that "a party of five British businessmen, including Mr Silverman,
the went to Russian sector of Berlin to negotiate a trade agree. ment." But was it with the Germana? No-with the Chinesel Who those
"It came without any warning," he said, "and we realised that this was no businessmen were has not
longer a peaceful patrol assignment to bring help to our missing comrades. been disclosed. What their
their machine-guns "The Russian fighters attacked from talks were about remains
opitting fire. They attacked in wave after wave- I don't know how many. just as dark a secret. The
"I stretched my right arm to The Cabinet held a second of the Soviet Union in the area customary communique, of
two of Rista cape on the island of push the fuel pressure gauge.
emergency meeting In course, was issued. But
Suddenly, my hand droppe days on the shooting down on Dago..
"In view of the fact that the this one, be it noted, was down. I felt no pain but 1 Monday of an Air Force search deposited with the hall knew that I had been hurt. You plang by MIG-15 fighters which Swedish aircraft continued. Its porter of the West Berlin n't pilot n heavy Catalina the govemment definitely iden-flight over Soviet territory, a tifled as belonging to the Rus group of Soviet fighter aircraft with
one hand. I don't plane hotel where the delegates know I managed to handle
Air Force. how
search several times demanded that the follow plane
looking the Swedish alreraft WRD
for I had to use
ahould stayed, with instructions to the controls, but
wreckage of the flying class to land at an airfield. wounded the
( although
room" plane which disappeared "The violating airerait did not Tourngren helped me.
fire against the Soviet aircraft. hit when the radio endels. my arm was
Chiefs of the Swedish fighting "After the
leading Soviet the ghless came back a second or
into Tues-fighter replied to the fire, forces were called third time. But I can't tell you day's Cabinet meeting.
Swedish military plane few to- Among how many passes they made had been reached on
one of the them was Lieutenant-General wards the sea. before they hit
"The Soviet
Government trade deal with
mander-in-Chief. He had just flint we had to bring her down returned from worth £6,500,000, of which
sweep of the ment, of Sweden against gross in the water.” £3,500,000 would be for Bri
Baltle in his own Vampire jet violation by the Swedish military The broad-shouldered Arbin,
fighter carrying a full live am-aircraft of the Soviet frontier! tish textiles,
who
the father of on 11 is
United PreSK munition load. months old drughter end that
SWEDEN'S, ADMISSION Divers stood by on a patrol his Catalina
bcon had DEFORE he went to Berlin,
Stockholm, June 10. cris-boat awaiting "diminishing of
Sweden admitted today that Silverman said he crossing the central Bottle Seasqualls to go down
50 foot to Mr
"fying
one of its flying boats flew, over of: DC-3 hoped the delegation would for nearly four hours in scorch the wreckage
ef a Swedish Dakota which hind
Soviet territory. plane.
76 miles classroom's conclude trade agreements been raising since last Friday Southeast of Stockholm.
The admission- come from staff ac with
had the head-set on and China, Bulgaria,
Experts said the holes in the Swedish defence reported
position con- the rubber life raft, the
Russla made a formal diplomatic our
sole protest Czechoslovakia Rumunia,
"We were
incident tinuously," he said.
trace found of the
against the training and East Germany determined not to vanish with plane which disappeared
and stated that Soviet fighter involving £58 million, yet out a trace like the Dakota we Friday, indicated it was nito planes attacked the Swedish shot down. The raft has been: patrol plane which was shot communique which were searching for... the
CONTINUED REPORTS
furned over, to the polica ex-
down on a mercy mission over veris-United Press,
the Baltic Sea.
SOVIET PROTEST
The
open it after they had leftd hardly move it, Chink with its crew of three and five obey the demand, and opened.
The communique as usual was prosy, und all that emerged from it was the cinim that agreement
217
of
7
i
China plane's engines and we knew Nordenskleid, Air Force Comdoclares a protest to the Govern-
presented An official After the Jet fighters moved evaluation
the dis- in with their guns blazing. cussions was able only to Arbin said, he continued to mention a six and a half report on the radio. million pounds deal with Communist China.
over
More-
ס
Mr
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the Swedish
"flying
..
Menzies &
Australia's Problems
waters last The
classroom"
Nurse's Raft Adventure
by the Australian House here today said: "In the fleld of foreign policy and
of the overall defence plan-
Impressive Fire-Power
Streaks at ---destructive' fire from this United States Air Force Scorpion F-89 weather later eptor aroak to wards a torevi; * showing the full power of six 20 millimetre cannons ki ncton. The aircraft appears to be suspended in the lacework of tracer fire from The most
the
DWT: CLEMons. heavily armed fighters of the United States forces, Scorpions, uro › ablo to ferret out enemy planes even in bad weather or at night as a result of Its super electronic equip ment London Express.
Mystery
ning of the free nations, I Sender Of
have
found both.
in
Washington and in London
The defence staff said the
London, June 17. Catalina lying boat flew over The Soviet Foreign Minister, Russian territorial
Australian Prime Andrei Vishinsity, today Friday on the day a Swedish Minister, Mr Robert Men- "We told then that we had to
handed the Swedish Am Dakota try a crash landing," he said.
bassador noto "Nobody in the cabin sald
of protest vanished over the Baltic, Unit-zies, in a statement issued Swedish alroraft ed Press. the statement went word. Then the captala came to against
viointing the Soviet frontier, hela me. only so far as to express "I can't say if we hit the water according to a Tass news agency "hope" of trading with 50 seconds or five minutes after broadcast monitored here.
The Tass report said the Chiun to this amount. The the engine cut out.... I remem
Swedish aircraft was inter- naturally doubt
arises ber there were pains in my arm."
He said that when they spotted cepted by Soviet fightors which whether there is anything! more than "hope" in the the German steamer Munsterland demanded several times that it
"we saw we had a chance after land. It sald whole business,
all."
plane had not complied "We landed safely and even opened fire. The report said important, had time to take along our radio the
returned Soviet aircraft TRADE
especially to Lancashire's log book and some other things fire and the Swedish plune hard-hit textile industries, before we went Into the rubber few toward the sea, but there is nothing tangi- bost," Arbin added. ble about the reportéd deal
Silverman by Mr
and his colleagues. Recognised trading agencies exist (and they are here in Hongkong), but when they are by- passed
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und
ล
cross
the
on
a realisation that we cannot HK Cable
Paris, June 17, do our work in separate A 22-year-old English hos- pital nurse, Muriel Grand, of compartments. We cannot
Tokyo, June 18, Hull, intends 10
regard Western Europe, the The broadcast said Mr Vishin-Mediterranean on
a raft with Middle East, Southeast Asia
The Japanese newspaper Ho raid that the seven crew-sky received the Swedish Am- four young men two Ameris and the Pacific as present- Yomiuri reported today It men felt that they had very bussador, Mr Sohlhan,
and cans,
Frenchman and
ing a series of unrelated; had received advice from little chance of coming out of it handed him the following note: Englishman. alive.
"The Soviet government has
Hongkong that a resident of The raft the Ken Took problems,, the honour to declare to be is to
to be built by the crew
"Australia, for example,
that Colony apparently had Government of Sweden as fol- themselves under their captain, Lows:
Richard Miller, 27, a former in the two wars demonstrated sent the cable purporting to
teacher "On 15th of June this year at gliding
from San her lively interest in the Middle represent Russian views on 6 am, a Swedish military air-
East, But, what happens in the repatriation of Japanese Southeast Asia and in the Paci-
prisoners of war, which craft violated the state frontler
Пе must obviously have да
the caused widespread comment important bearing upon whole attitude of Australia to here...... words the Middle East hence.
"We knew that if we managed to crash the plane mifely and got into the rubber boat we could for hole-in-the- easily be wiped out by another corner transactions, it is MIG nightery," Arbin sald
round from the attacking Soviet natural to suspect the; "But at Just the right substantiveness of such moment we spotted a German agreements. In fact, If ship--that was our salvation.” alther the Boyd-Orr mission to Moscow or the Silverman dolegation to East Berlin actually accomplished some
thing concrete in the way of
A bullet broke one of the bonto in Arby's right forearm and he will be sent to Stockholm for an optation in a few days,
SHOTS FIRED IN BERLIN
ranciscan
plan to sail from Mar- sellies about August 15 with no definite route-like the famous Kon Tiki expedition across the Pacific. They hope to be blown
by north-west winds to any polat in North Africa.
Muriel gald that her nurs Ing experience would be useful in case of shipwreck.
Arbin said that he had been ordered not to disclose the de- trade deals the unemployed tails of the incident, but only to
Berlin, June 17, Shots were exchanged. here textile workers of Britain tell about his own reactions dur-
Asked whether be feared an are entitled to some clearing the frantic moments before today when a group of about emotional shipwreck, Miller Ic-
100 Communists including say- statement. It is not right he brought his ship safely into
the sea-United Press.
eral members of the East Ger- Plied, "If we can't overcome a
simple thing like having either for Boyd-Orr or
blue STANDING BY
man Youth Movement in Sliverman to raise vain
Stockholm, June 18,
uniforms tried to stage demon- nun aboard, we are likely to
fall in the whole adventure, hopes among the workless An armed Swedish naval strations in the French sector
Reuter! men and women of golla took up positions on during the funeral of one of Lancashire and Yorkshire. Tuesday at the spot where the their followers.
Aying, If the trade deals are Air Force "flying classroom" They marched, flogs.
belleved to have the cometery where the ashes genuine there la no reason, plane was
in the Baltic Iust were to be placed in gura. whatever why those who gone down
Divers
negotiated them should not waited good weather make public the full details, to examine the wreckage and were fred and let the world know how determine whether as
to
somo
· shots.
Tho population appeared threatening and
Follce Intervened to restore It is proposed to carry out Swedes suspect the plane was order and arrested the' agreements. 3
shot down by Russian fighters, monstrators-France-Presse.
the
eight de
forth..
hay
When the cable was made public.here recently, it was at- "For. It is not always realised tributed to the Japanese politi- that Southeast Asia is us tian, Mrs Tom! Kora, It claimed closely related to Australia In that Russia would repatriate terms of geography as many almost 200,000. Japanese' na- parts of Western Europe tionals in return for a separate to the United Kingdoo".
peace trecity with Japan.. "Australia's difficulties дге like those of the United King-. dom, extremely complex. statement added."
King Ibn Saud's even be more complex
Health Worse
'arc
The Yomiurt queried the Dict House the (Partiument) Upper
member, Mrs Kurn, who visited Communist China and Russia DEVELOPMENT
despite Japanese Government passport restrictions, and re- "In one respect they may ported she had cncled from since Shanghal a denial of any con- having regard to our population nection with the message, and our area, we have a prob- lem of development which A Russian denial of the cannot be solved without ap- alleged offer was carried in press London, June 17. plication of more capital than is reports from Moscow, while Damascus Radlo said tonight readily available to us and Peking Radio yesterday morning by that the health of King Ibn Saud which will, in any event, require broadcast a categorient denial of Saudi Arabia has taken a high degree of effort to bo Mrs Tom Kom from Shanghai, sudden turn for the worse, concentrated upon our basic in which also described the
Members of the King's family Industries. Osa parycular report as a "fabrication, at present abroad have received aspect
The Yonfurt today reportca of developmánt is, "of the capital, the Radio in the food production. Under pernon, and his Hongkong street:
these circumstances it is practic-- address, who deposited The Radio quoted reports able for Australia to undertake telegram-Reuter,
production reaching, Damascus from Riyadh simultaneously the tonight. It said that the King of the whole range, of military The Police believe that ho Edades overcoat, containing has beca alling for several equipment. sought martyrdom like that of a Bible, was found hanging on months-Reuter. early Christians in Rome as a the fence cutside the cage, woman had done 18 months ago
LAY PREACHER SEEKS MARTYRDOM telegrams recalling the course, a much-needed increase that it had the name of the
Perth, June 17.
Alexander, Edmades 36,
IN LION'S CAGE
to
sald
accountant and lay preacher, left his job yes- terday, went to the local zoa and climbed into the lion's cago
at the acme Zoo, Keepers found
crouched Bostock, 50 climbed into the same muliated body this morn-cside amader body. As they cage and was killed.
Belgium, June 17. ing.
tried to approach, the llon started
The Coroner ruled that'slie had Four miners were killed in a Friends Bald that modes dragging about the cage. They
some fall of a root in a coalmine near became devply religious three finally entices the anime away sought martyrdom
fáncled sin-United Press. · here today. -—-Reuter. by using horse meat as bait. years agoz
his
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STRIKE ENDED
New York, Juno 17.
Keepers found allen croisses March last year. Dorothy Four Minors Killädtain types of aircraft and' of Long Taland railway' endoit to-,
for
"We, have, of course, a sub- stantial proumamme of military production In Australia in cluding the producton of cer aircraft: engines. / It is not proposed that this existing prow gramume should be abandoned modified. It significantly (Conid, on back page, cyt
Icr
A two-day strike against tho
day... when "à thỏ Union and Management reached a contruot agreement. - The strikers: mid bury would return to work im mediately. United Press,
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Hypnotic Displays To Be Controlled
London, June 17.-.
The House, of Commons" „Commiizen today, voted an amendment to stvo the local authorities power to control hypnotie demon- strations instead of quilaw- ing them completely.
It was proposed by De Somerville Hastings who maid, "We feel very strong- ly that lot of harm comes from stage dynion. strations,"
Ho save na an ́example a' man who fell daléepi [overy... thanh” he heard a
particular tune
Dr Hastings Chinari was
that hypnotised
at a performance in 1950 and told that he would fall (naicup when
the theatreć
band played "Be Tired" Hodid, and''nguin' 'Tell asleep at work when colleague whistled', that
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CATI APPEAL HEARING
Privy Council Committee Grants Application
The London Times In Ita Juno 11 issue reports that the Judiciai Committee of the Privy Counell allowed a petition by Clvit Air Transport
Incorporated of Delaware, by which they asked that thokej-appest from judgment of the Appeal Court of Hongkong might be heard during
the current term, nos- withstanding
free that there
had been no
for the respon Learance entered ̈
· Transport.
Central Air
without wallineation
for the three-
months from the date of lodging the petillan `appeal - which would normally have to clapse
SPY'S 5TH Committee Rules, 1925, before
COLUMN
PLAN
Stockholm, June 17. The Swedish Government accused' a confessed Com- manist master spy today of planning a 200-man "fth column" to seize a key fort in the case of a Soviet la vasion from the north..
under rule 43 of the Judicial
the appeal could' be act
The Times report continues: The subject-matter of the ap- peal related to the ownership of 40 aircraft now at Kai Tak air- feld, and detained there by the Governor of Hongkong pursuant to the Supreme Court of Hong- kong (Jurisdiction). Order Council, 1930.
COUNSEL'S. STATEMENT
Sir Hartley Shawcroas, (QC, who, with Mr. R. I. Threlfall, appeared for the petitioners, said that the respondents were in effect the Chinese People's Communist Government, and thing unfortunately the last they would contemplate doing at the moment wws to submit to the jurisdiction of a British frie bunal. When the
aircraft originally landed they were in charge of pilots and ground staat who were at that time employed by: the respondenta under the Government, and
In the second day of Sweden's biggest вру <trial, Feledat Enbon, 39, was charged with me the working out a Blueprint for 200 Soviet sympathis to seize the fortifications at Boden in 1949.
It was not charged that the planned an actual (Soviets had
invasion through Finland, but that
leader of a tho alleged
Communist BOVEN¬man'
VANDE Nationalist had calculated with Communist Goverment when them defected to the The Prosecution's, repost
It caine to boz recognised. Nomid- that Enborn, a
railway former,
the
were the re- aircraft worker and Communist newsponsibility of the Governor
paperman, had counted on the
possibility of putting a 200-man
Order in Couell
under, the r
Korca on train at Beden rall which was reada
station and smuggling them into and the obligation was tho fortifications by putting on the Governor to look after false labels on the rail coached them, but in fact it
bad
been
It also said that Victor Egorov, exceedingly difficult to do that
The wings, continued Sir Assistant Military Attache of:
the Soviet Embassy, had order. Hartley had been taken off, and ed Enbom to try to hand over they could not be flown away, maps of the Boden fortineations, but in the meantime -United Press/
MORE "QUAKES
Buenos Aires, June 17,
been.
Partly
they
-had deterioration 10 very acrious duoto weather,
but to a considerable extent via deliberate sabotago. Apparently what had happened
that.
Earth tremora shook western was that whenever there had a congregation. of Com- Argentin again three times to-been day.
munists near the airport ad-
taken Under sleet and snow, crowds vantage had been
by them rushed to open spaces for to do damage and remove parts.
Lord Porter announced safoty.
Lordships
would grant Few shops had opened this their morning in the affected locall the application providing that ties. Unsafe buildings
by were conditions as to service being pulled down by special vertisement in the Hongkong brigades, and hundreds awelter Press In lieu of personal service ed in emergency barracks on the respondents was "com" Reuter,
plied with.
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