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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1953.

British Policy On Korea

Armistice Still The Objective

London, June 25. The British Government today welcomed the "timely initiative" of Mr Lester B. Pearson, President of, the United Nations General As- sembly, in telling Presklent Syngman Rhee of the shock his release of North Korcun prisoners had caused.

Mr Harry Crookshank, leader

of the House of Commons, said:

"The House will have seen in

Sweden Preparing Giant Underground System Of Shelters For Aircraft

Stockholm, June 24,

Sweden is building 500 giant shelters, under her granite cliffs and mountains, where her war ships and aircraft will be stored and serviced safe! from atomic attacks in any future war.

The shelters, costing about 450,000,000 crowns (about 90,000,000 dollars →→ over £32,000,000} sterling) altogether, will also accommodate Sweden's defence staffs, chief radar stations and other essential military and civilian services.

Over 200,000,000 crowng worth the press the contents of a letter of these theiters have already which the President of the been buik.

La

on

as well as their crews, remain safe from counter-attack under their-grabile roof.--

General Assembly, Mr Lester

The underground "Luci addressed has Pearson,

After the first atom bomb fell stores" will in some cures be

military atted with their Japan, Sweden's ' President Syngman Rhec.

own railway timely Leaders made a secret anventory aidings linked by tunnels to the his "We welcome

the of all the country's chis

main lines above ground. These Initiative and agree with

maintains strong enough subterranean sidlugs will enable views expressed in it."

high enough to serve as "roof"

for aircraft wanks fuel

and had Leen Mr Crookshank

for underground shelters, proof information against alomic. attack. asked for further

warships to be unloaded out of They

the way of enemy bombers. about the Korean truce talks.

wanted something - bigger and

Similarly, the aircraft detec- than Mr Crookshank told a ques befer

the underground or Com- U-bont pens built by the Ger- on units will be able to carry tioner that no British

under out much of their work monwealth forces, as far as hemous in France.

shelter. knew, had been involved in the

Some of the "staff premises"

small underground Henderson, Labour, Arthur referred to a statement today by Mark Clark, Supreme United of the der

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The Swedes found that they could make not only bigger and better, but also cheaper, unter-One unit shown had over 1,000 rooms arranged in a number of ground shelters,

#toreys. There were kitchens. A number of the cliffs and bathrooms, store room, sickt Nations forces, that the ultimate mountains Heted in the inventory bays, Air purification planks,

were honey-cembed by Intas power stations

other und all objective of the United Nations still remained an honourable caves and grottoes.

faciles for enabling staff to

for armistice and

underground peaceful unification of Korea.

the

He asked it, in spite of the difficulties which had arisen in Korca that still remained the British Government's policy.

Air Crook dink sald he had not got General Clark's state- ment with him.

an

But if the gist of it was that

was the objective

stil! armistice ariel 1 honourable peaceful unification of Korea, was "emphatically the answer

in the affirmative”-Router.

Nature had already donc live some of the excavation work. periods, In many cases, man had only to enlarge, elaborate and im- prove.

TOTAL COST

Long

Evacuation

Of Li Mi Guerillas

Kangoon, June 25. The evacuation of Gen- cral Li Mi's Chinese Na Honallet guerilias from Burma is expected to be. Kin within a fortnight, au- thoritative sources said to- day.

Colonel Aung Gyl, lead- er of the Burmese delega- tion to the four-nalon Military Commission which plan for the drew up a evacuation, 1A expected back in Rangoon in a few days to discuss the opera- tion with his commander.

Some of the Nationalist commanders already have reached Bangkok where they have been briefed.

The Burma Government estimates that about 12,000 Nationalists are in Burma. -Reuter.

GENERAL DEMPSEY

KEEPS VOW

On the eve of D-Day, Amy June re-1944, General Sir Miles Dempsey

može a solemn vory,

OURVED ENTRANCES

the shelters for! Finally, "diverse

include! purposes" underground accommodation for Because of this, the experis key civilian personnel entrusted estimated, the tolal cost of with the evacuation of civilian

from bombed this 'Operation Fortress" could population be kept

450,000,000 sidential areas and other essen.

As Commander of the Second crowns. Of that total, about tial task,

"The Swedes are couldent that Amy, he attended the famous 155,000,000 crowns are being spent on "stores and work their underground shelters will "knights vigil-a pre-battle scr vice for his headquarters statt. shops", 08,000,000 crowns

on withstand atomic bomb raids.

The and ships

at Christ Church, Purls- hangars

tunnels 68,000,000 crowns en "battle (about 195 feci) and more deep down, above Portsmouth.

under granite cliffs and their

down to

OFFER TO positions", $4,000,000 crowns

BUY THE

PAVILION

alrcraft

22,000,000 crowns

on.

rhelters le 60 metres hel

As the service went Its course

"fuel stores", 45,000,000 crowns entrances are curved, zigzagged on "enemy

detection and adapted in other ways for he determined to make a pearly

atomic on resisting

blusi and Pietrage to the cburch where units"

the cause of the free world was radiation. "staff premises" and 2,500,000 crowns on "shelters for diverso purposes,"

Experts are, however, not dedicated to God. surc how the shelters would

General Dempsey has again stand up to attack by hydrogen | fulfilled this pledge this month, "Stores and workshops" in- bombs. Reuter. clude underground dockyards fully fitted for carrying out all

A man who said he represent kinds of maintenance and

ro-

ed a New York property syndi-pair work on submarines and 66

cite telephoned the authorities destroyers.

of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, recently, and offered to buy the

One of these subterranean

seaside home of the Prince Re-dockyards shown to the press gent for £400,000.

was built in a shelter 32 metres

and 19 (about 104 feet) high metres (about 62 feet) wide. Its length, and thus the number of vessels berthed stem to stern which it could

accommodate,

He gave his name as Elwell Jonson, and said that he had seen the building advertised for The saic

magazine, * 'magazine" Wos the Bright- ton students' Rag Day. Pro-was not disclosed. Ships-enter gramme. The advertisement and leave this dock through was inserted as a joke and rend: tunnel operiing Into the Baltic.

"For Sale. This floc estab- Hishment in own grounds. All mod, con. Stables, corn barn. secret tunnel to Y.M.C.A. Ideal for Amusement park, casino, tea gardens, etc."

Mr Joncan complained, that he had flown from Paris 10 make his offer. He demanded

sce it."

Now the authorities are won- dering if Mr Jonson and kis offer were not also a hoax.

PILGRIMAGE

"Empress Of Australia" Lives Again

Magnlicent

and in doing so marked the fith anadversary of the swelling and dedication of the D-Day windows In the west end of the church..

The Gene::1, A lean athlete @gure, stood beneath the glowing windows, and, fucing the altar, repented the solemn call to ser vics And made nine years ago. He added:

the

To Second Army there was River 毖 glorious poet in a great task, to relieve the oppressed, to restore freedom to Europe and panelling to bring peace to the world. But and pillars, taken from a cabin men are still oppressed by want, nor pee they free from fear, for in the former luxury liner and

stil suspicions

divide Australia," which was recently last war trooper "Empress of nations." square broken up

at Inverkeithing, will adorn the new extension to Rosyth's Ex-Servicemen's Club.

The Empress is just one of the been which have many ships "reborn" to play an important part in the growth of the club,

A workshop was shown with a floor area of 19,000 metres (22,724 square yards) This will service and repair jet aircraft of the Swedish Alr

Force.

UNDERGROUND RADAR

workshop.

in-

coastal

Talks

Bermuda

Coverage

Several tons of telegraph

un explanation and was referred Above ground, aro runways to the Town Clerk's Ollee, where for aircraft landing for atten- Furnishings from famous equipment and more than 30 he was told the truth. Later, Mrtion or taking off for operations. vessels are a feature of almost skilled operators are standing by Jonson; "If you English think The aircrati tre towed by jeeps every

room. Most of their in London to be taken at shori that this is a joke, then I don't through long tunnels to the panelling comes from fighting notice by air to Bermuda. There

ships such

HMS Nelson, they дз

will help handle the are Rodney, Implacable and Argus, messages of Gvernment delego- Alongside the workshop,

from the notorious hangars where aircraft can be some, too,

tions and newspapermen attend- Etored, safe from atomic and German craft the Robert Ley

ing the

Сола Three-Power and several well-known British other forms of attack.

ference. liners and armed merchantmen The "battle positions"

One party of five enginters of bygone days. underground

has already flown from Britia clude ariflery units complete with Before the First World War to make advance arrangements equipment radar and other devices, placed the club was a church. Later for installing the at strategle points along the it was a school, and in the last The main party will be carried two Stratocruiser aircraft. route which a sea-borne invasion war it was a billet for troops of

The first,

carrying four and Veterans of Salerno and An- force would take if it came from a nearby nck-ack site.

of zio and relatives of many of the cart.

equipment and nine half tons their comrades who died in

In 1947, it was required by operators, will leave London Theco coastal artillery unita

the conterenc battle there will fly to Italy to

A club. When the promises begins. The second will go. inke part in beachhead services are, in the view of local military Rosyth ex-Servicemen for use as fortnight before

The services they on September 9. The services experts, very efficient.

Sweden's coasts are, girt by were about to be enlarged for week later. will commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Allied land hundreds of thousands of small first time the question of are to provide will make possible adequate furnishings presented a round-the-clock radio-picture island-the belt of Skerries

problem. IL

finally was

service to London and New Ings.

the York, resolved by

arm, Inverkeithing shipbreaks which, as, or keen interest in

BY AIR

Because many of the pilgrims will be elderly the party, num bering about 100, will travel in pressurised Viscouni aircraft. Italian nurses and couriers will accompany them on their 600- mile week's lour, which will take in not only Salerno and Anzio but other, notable battle grounds including Cassino.

After visits to Briush war graves and cemeteries, the pil- grims will be taken on a sight seeing tour which will include a visit to Noples.

BUT..

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between Stockholm and the open miles wide. Baltic, for example, is some 30

CAN BE SEALED The navigable routes Icading through these archipelagoes into the mainland pass between # number of bottle necks, some so

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the club's

members possible. When slips

members were be brokers up, piven an early opportunity of acquiring the things they needed. row that two ships cannot So many people wanted to know sail through them at the ma the history of each plece of time. Underground coastal furniture that memberi hove artillery units gune can al attached small plaques stating these bottle necks while their to which ships they origially location and aiming apparatus, belonged.

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