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THE CHINA MAIL","""WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER. 17-1952.

Atomic Gun Secret Service Chief At Party

Makes Its Appearance

First Of Its Kind

Washington, Sept. 30. Newspapers today pub- lished photographs of the world's first atomic gun, an 85-ton mobile field piece.

The Run, on "ull-purpuse weapon," was put through its paces at a special preview for photographer recently. It can inove ueroas country and be in 20 minutes using action within

either atomic or high explosive shells, The

gun has a calibre of 280 millimetres-nearly 12 inches which discloses how cuimpactly scientists are now able to build- atomic missiles, which, at one titne could barely be crowde Into the bomb" bay of a Flying Fortress.

There was talk at Use de- monstration of a 20-mile range for the gun. This approximates the range for coastal defenco and navel sms of somewhat similar cullbre,

Twenty miles would be a practical clirtance for placing the min-safely behind friendly lines, firing over thore lines and laying down an atomic barrage on enemy infantry and armour without endangering friendly troops from blast, heat or radio- tion.

RATE OF FIRE

In the non-atomic demonstra- conventional propejkani charges of standard powder in Lhas

were loaded behind ·

ordinary lest projectile,

The rate of fire seemed tube approximately that of any of the

large callbre non-automatic

used by the army and navy.

s

This is now the "all-purpose

weapon! looks to visitors

The barrel is almost 40 feet- Jong, designed to stabilise the missile by a spinning motion, just like standard gun.

The elevation of its muzzic appears also to be like that used in a standard gun,

A two-gum battery was used in the tests. Rester,

KEEPING UP

MYSTERY

Schipol Airport, Sept. 30. The Soviet Ambassador Britain, M. Andrel

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Gromyko, dodged all questions about the when he purpose of his trip

arrived here by air from Lon- don -tonight on his way, to

Berlin.

Mr Gromyka

airport

Dutch

In

Sir Percy Billitoe (centro), head of MI-5, pletured with Sir George Abbia. (left), former Assistant Commissioner at Scotland Yard, and Mr David Sturrier, ex-Chief Super- They were the guents intendent, Metropolitan Police, at Charing Cross Hotel, in London,

at the aliqual dinner of former members of the British South African Police Force-Central

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American-Style "Teamwork" The Answer In Australia?

Stalin Message

To Mao

London, Sept. 30. Marshal Stalin has sent a message to the Chinese Communist leader. Mao The-tung, expressing the

their hope that tries' friendship will be "strengthened and develop.

ed."

coun-

Tite message, sent on the third anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist State, said that the two countries' friend. ship was "a bulwark of peace and security for the Far East and the world". the

News New China Agency reported today.

Foreign Minister Audrel Vyshinsky has also sent a message of greeting to the Chineso Fremler Foreign Minister, Mr Chou En-Jul-Reuter,

2nd

Queen Gives

Approval

Melbourne, Sept. 30.

An employer-financed organisation is trying to bring American-style teamwork to Australian labour in industry. General employee reaction is described as "favourable".

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The organisation is the Institute of Public Affairs, Victoria, and the theme of the new cam- paign is "What Americans can do, Australians can do."

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ADMIRAL CARNEY ON ROLE OF NAVY IN

IN EUROPE

Capable Of Atomic Bomb Retaliation

Paris, Sept. 30.

Admiral Robert Carney of the United States, Allied commander for Southern Europe, said today that guided missiles of the type recently tested in Kores were available for use in Europe ·ät any-| time in the event of war.

'.

Admiral Carney, added that American naval forces in the Mediterranean were capable of atomic retaliation against the Soviet if Russia started a

war.

The Allied - Southern com-

: mander told a group of report- ere, when asked if the United Blates was ready here for pilot- less aircraft operations in case of war:

could put în and use it any time."

He also said, in answer to an- other question that he had the capability of launching an atomic weapon carrier Lasic force against an aggressor in

of war..

He declined, however, for security reasons to claborate on what type of atomic measures were ready 'for action In Southern Europe in САБС DK

war.

Talks Open

Between Israelis

And Arabs

Tel-Aviv, Sept. 30. The opening of talks be

cannot comment on that tween representatives

of