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Staff Talks

HE forthcoming five-power

Ta talks in Washington

ure unquestionably an im. portant development fu the search by the Western allies for a modus vivendi lending to the effective anfeguarding of Southeast Asia from fur- ther Communist aggression. Nevertheless they must be correctly evalued as to what they can and cannot achieve, They cannot, for example. commit any of the parti- elpating governmenta rither in policy D action. Ji Winston Churchill has agfred to the tulks because they meet his condition that there should be no meetings at Government level for dis- cussions on Juu ormed alliance on Mr Dulles lines until and unless the Geneva conference fails. Thus tho staff talks will simply be a meeting

existing of a agency and it will not be this! duty of the officers attending to decide whether an allianc should be formed, but rather to advise the government. concerned how Buch E alllance could be made to work from 12 military viewpolut. And the military viewpoint will be focussed around three considerations; firstly, where a military de fence line must be drawn in Southeart Asia: secondly what forces would be en.

quired to hold the Commu nists in the designated area; thirdly what proportion of those forces each of the five States, United power --- France, Britain. Australia New Zealand-ean and supply.

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McCARTHY ASSAILS BRITAIN

SENATOR McCARTHY

De Valera's

Election Losses

Premler

Dublin, May 19. Eamon

de

Planning To Ship Arms To

Red China,

China, Charge

SENATOR'S INTERPRETATION OF PETER THORNEYCROFT SPEECH

Washington, May 19.

Senator Joseph McCarthy today charged that Britain planned to ship war weapons to the Chinese Communists and demanded that United States aid to any ally trading with China be halted.

In a speech to the Senate, he repeated his earlier assertions that the "blood trade" with China could be stopped and a blockade imposed if the United States would inform its Allies that they would not get "one cent of American money so long as they either shipped goods to Red China or allow their ships to be used to carry cargoes to Red China."

In an attack on Britain, Senator McCarthy quoted a House of Commons statement by Mr Peter Thorneycroft, President of the Board of Trade, as saying that while controls must be maintained on exports of goods which would add directly and significantly to the Soviet blocs mili-

course in unconventional

weapons, tary capabilities, especially of substantial relaxation of controls on other goods and an expansion of civilian trade should be sought.

"You will note his statement that controls should be maintained 03- "Now pecially on the shipment of unconventional weapons," the Senator said. what is a conventional weapon? Corta inly artillery, tanks, anti-aircraft radar, jet planes are all conventional weapons."

The statement in the British If se

the of Commons

of un- banning of shipments Valera's Party appeared the said, lied only one

of war, conventional weapons be losing tonight in its bid

meaning to hum: Namely that they to ship conventional to retain control of the irish pla

weapons of war" government.

With more than two-thirds of in yester- the contesis decideri dav's vareten for a new Partie munt, returns late tonight gave

41 તુ Mr the Valene's Flenns Fail Farts to 5 for the combined option. A total of 140 sents are i stake.

་་་་

He added: "Of course, there

the

gobbledlegook, the qualifying phrase, of evtiise, we wh

which ship nothing

en- dangers our security"

Noting Burt the Thorney cruft statement had been

ito said that when a British ship picked up a corgo al H Communist port and unloaded il at a Chinese port there was no way of knowing what was In the hold of the slip except by examining the ship's mani- fest and it was impossible to know whether the cargo listed manifest was on the

true or

false.

The

Senator flourished B document which he said was the manifest of a British ship dissemin flying the Greek flag, carrying aled by the British Information | material to the Communist pori

of Whampoa in Red China, Service, Senator McCarthy said. that unless they

Indicated that This

manifest, "I repeat plan to ship some WED DOIS

the cargo was some 10.000 tons about the war, this statement

of feruliser, he said. The vessel ban on unconventional weapons was not to touch United States,

the Canadian, Philippine

IN the main the Washington

staff talks will be explore tory, and on this basis they can be conducted without

Mr de Valera's Party lost five prejudice

Geneva seats to the Opposition, led by the ་

And without the Fine Gael Party of ex- conference,

John Custella, official Premer compromising the British position. It is plain, Castella is avarey

71-year-old Prene if he British however, that American

should topple from power, opinion is impatient over British policy, and it cannot

Mr

to succeed

The conservative Irish Times spid it seemed cleur" the Fine Opposition

be anid that President Eisen- | Gael and

to

theecals in the new relieve

und

would be surplusage

would not plek it up.

information Service Japanese ports

guns,

Geneva:

Nothing To Report

Geneva, May 19. The secret talks on

ax

Price 20 Cents

£7-Million Trade Deal With Russia

Moscow, May 19.

A British businessman to-

sion of a £7 million contract to supply textile machinery to Russia.

night announced the conclu-

It is believed to be the biggest single order placed by the Soviet Union with British traders since the

war.

Mr J. C. Seward, Director of Platts Bros, of Oldham,

who initialed the contract after weeks of almost endless dis-. cussion at

Foreign the Soviet Trade Ministry, said he had negotiated the deal on behalf of his own and other companies each of which would manufac ture complete machines.

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Heroic Nurse Invasion

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Parts, May 20. Nurse Genevieve Do Galard, horaine of Dien Bien Phu, has turned down an offer of repatriation and wilt remain in the fortres tending the wounded,

last reported

Was

night.

hero

The 20-year-old

nurac,

only woman in Dien Bien Phu for the last five weeks of the sloge, said she would atay behlod #01 the

evacuation of seriously wounded is complete, theso

reports added.

น

Vietminh #pokesman the Geneva conference

Far on the

East zaid earlier in the day that the Vlotmint High Command willing to release the purec. a lieutenant in the Fronch Air Force.

WAN

But The told Vietminh officers at Dlen Bien Pha that she was return to

Of Tachen Expected

NATIONALISTS' STRONGHOLD

Taipei, May 20. An anticipated invasion of the Chinese Nationallate' Tachen island stronghold by the Chinese Communista within 48 hours has caused an evacuation of all non- combatants from the area, it was reported today.

The elder son of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shsk, Chiang Ching-. kun, head of the Nationalists security force, rushed to the island, according to authorita- Uve reports, and ordered cleared of non-combatants. prepared to

and alr battles Both naval have raged around the islands during the

The past week. Techen Islands are approximate- ty 200 miles south of Shaighal and part of the "invasion bridge" to Formos. Natanist cadera admit the loss of the Tachen group would seriously reduce their outpost defence network north of Formosa and hurt the blockade of the China coast.

Hanol with the Inst helicopter carrying wounded. They were said to have promised that she could leavo Dien Tien Phu at any time she wishes. -Reuter,

Vietnamese

In Hanoi On Edge

There fa a strict security blackout around where

the

the

Rods are

exerting hard pressure

on the

scattered Nationalist cutposts.

DOUBLING PATROLS

07

Mr Seward did not disclose the exact figure on the contract, but sald was approximately seven milion pounds and in- cluded a subsidiary contract for

Air Force sources reported lexilie machinery worth about

Aghter patrols over the Nallon- 1.230,000 which he negotiated for when he visited Moscaw

alists'

main island of Formosa would be doubled at dawn to three weeks in January.

Hanoi, May 19. guard against a possible sneak Yorkshire und Lancashire

on Chlang Kai-shek't The Vietnamese popularald companies associated 15 the

tion here were on

presidential inauguration edgo contract would provide the

Friday. Russiana with machines for today and alarming rus

Air Force Commander, worsteds, spinning, mours

circulated were

General Wang Shu-ming, weaving and finishing in coinciding with the Viet reported that an F-47 propeller-

minh leader Ho Chi-minh's driven plane shot down birthday and

MIG. This was the also with

Communist second time in history A the arrival of Generals cont

craft bes propeller-driven Ely, Salan and Pelissier beaten a jet. One US plane

in feat

the and Navarre.

performed the Korean war

The Nationalists' bag for the

cotton and

dustries.

Mr

be

Saward Bald British deliveries would start at the end of this year, and would spread over a two-year period. ORDER APPROVED

| Indo-China armistice made no progress in their third Bession here today, and the nine delegations will have a or "day off" tomorrow, with no approved by the and must not meetings on

either Indo-

The Senator said he had tried Can" by way of the Panama China or Koren, according to j

the Forelim Administrallon

hower yesterday did any Parties woul! Win enough details of the shipments by allied

thing

is

Dal (Parile-

that Australin and New Mr Costello's Party also scoret

Zenland would be willing to big popular vote gains in other can think of any reason on God's disassociate themselves with

areas at the expense of Mr de British policy

Valern -United Press. un subject an assumption for

this

need

15 possibility Pays, there is a

on

The

ernment.

All the normal security meu Soviet order has been sures were taken by the Viet-week was reported as one MIG

British Gov-nam

and govertument

police destroyed and two damaged. were reinforced. On the other There

wore no reports French hand,

Union forces damage to the Nationalists.

The Communists did not send were not standing by as usually

when

French their naval strength out today. happens

the

--United Press authorliles expect disturbances.

In spite of the Vietminh pamphlets warning them not to work lorry drivers reported for work and waited for the as usual

road to be

of a consumer

today, the Vietnamese Korea Proposal

Now

Ready

Strategic considerations were not involved. to and out from

"Surely, if this British vessel conference sources.

fertiliser, were only carrying Operallon

Russia noods textile machinery there would have been no

Mr Vyacheslav Molotov, So-

for new mills which are being countries to the Soviet bloc and

by viet Foreign Minister, was au-built to increase the to fear inspection

output of atmosphere with the sugges-ments to form a roalition gov-20

Communist Chinn, but had been American. Canadian, Philippinu | thoritatively reported to have clothing. flon that a Southeast Asiaernment.

or Japanese port officials,* he said after the session that he Mr de Valera was re-elected, told in effect that this was noue

said.

This is part allianes could be crented

hoped the of the business of the Congress but

meeting. next lost 1,172

vates, in

Senator McCarthy said that of the American people, without Britain's member-

to the goods drive in which the Soviet constituency which has elected

"I ask

the Communists wan control Friday, could get down

have been ship. The implication

promised a Hanol-Halphong people uny member of this (Him to Purlaunent for 37 years.

of Indo-China this would be task of reconciling the French wide range of botter quality opened at mid-day. Senate or any American, if you

"the

Kravest threat ever posed and Vietminh peace proposala, products within the next two to

Geneva, May 20. The arrival of the group of

The three years.

16 non-Communist Generals following the negotia- "If, as Vice President Nixon The Vietminh Deputy earth why we should send billion to the United States."

Pre-

nations joint proposal on Korca of dollars to nations which in

Mr Seward said: "The negotiations at Dien Bien Phut increased is now ready, but will not be of mier, Mr Pham Van Dong, is) tum are shipping conventiona;*

have maintained tions started in Moscow in rumours that the evacuation of weapons of war to an enemy who American younger men fighting reported to

the Red River Delta by French brought before the Geneva con- is presently directing the war in and dying in Indo-China... the position which led to dead-January and since that time our

troope had been planned and ference before next week, well-

informed sources said here to "home grown" rebel movements opinion of the knowledge and

[day. American young men may have shipping the sinews of military in the two smaller Associated authority of Russian textile were to be taken,

These sources die," the Senator

said that the to light and

and economic strength to our Indo-China States of Laos and engineers,

However, government circles passionately declared.

plan was largely inspired by the thnt Senator McCarthy Cambodia were so strong Enemies,"

"Wo found the Russian here commented that the little the two states should be includ- Bald.

"It should be crystal clear to ed in an overall Indo-China egotiators well informed, very pante was not to be taken too proposals made by Australian out that It Minirter for External Affairs Mr seriously, pointing keen, and businesslike and fair. Con-political settlement,

"We were very pleased our was organised by the Vietminh Richard Casey for elections in

on Ho Chi-minh's both North and South Korea.- have ended suc- 'overy year negotiations The Cambodian

France-Presse. views expressed by the two Minister, Mr Tep Phan, is said essfully in accordance with the birthdayFrance-Presse, to have retorted that the local governments to see an increase rebel movements were not in East-West trade."-Reuter, political force without Vietminh

which there is no justifica-

tlon. Both Australia and

New Zealand have fully The Queen Loeg Indo-China- war in which our then it is criminal folly to give lock at yesterday's session-that engineers have formed a big that severe regrouping measures

identified themselves with

the British Government's attitude on the Dulles pinn, and no grounds exist for any official in the United President States, from Elaenhower down, to believe

On Holiday

London, May 20. Queen Elizabeth left London last night for a short holiday in Scotland after attending a glit-can tering "welcome horne" lunchron

to 'Alltes' who

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even the blind that this gress has no choice but to take nction-not next year or next month but at the earliest con- celvable moment."

"FANTASTIC” STATEMENT

Foreign

"WE DON'T KNOW" "Will the wound of an Ameri

be less deep, young man will his blood flow less freely in In the City of London.

the jungles of Indo-China if it that Britain

her und

by a conven- Accompanied by her young has been caused Commonwealth partners children, the Queen boarded the tional weapon supplied by our will split on the issue. The Royal train which drew out on Allies rather than an unconven- British viewpoint, for which 500-mile journey north lotional weapon?"

is needed, no apology

in the cheers of thousands of Later

Later the British Information aid, and the West is understood in his speech the

to be so strongly opposed to that the

of the Communist demand that it Southeast Asia Londoners

the Senator sald:

Service received a number massed round

"Just

what alliance calls for decisions platform approaches,

materials our enquiries about Senator MCs propared to make the issue a Interpretation of Mr breaking point in the negotia. far-reaching

The Duke of Edinburgh flies Allies are shipping to the Com- Carthy's

statement we don'! Thorneycroft's

of tions. and therefore Prince Charles

north today to join the Queen, munist bloc nations

meaning that and Princess know, because those in charge March they must be made only Anne at the

of have taken

planning to ship Royni Castic

the position under Beltain was after careful and thought- Balmoral, which stands among oath that it would be a violation war weapons to the Chinese ful approach work has been the rolling hills of the Scottish of security to have the United Communists. completed.

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States Congress and the Ameri

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As the Senator rose to speak the Acting President of the Senate warned the public, filling a little more than half of the seats, against any de- gallery monstration. About half of the Senate's

members 96 present.

were

30 Ag

conventional and

un-

Furniture Vans Hired By The BR

London, May 19.

Discussing the use of Allied unbelievable and untrusting for the buliding up of the Viet |

FOUR MOVES

Diplomatic sources any the anti-Communist powers are be- The BIS pointed out that Mi

tween them planning four people know what our Thurnoyeroft had made it very moves to strengthen their hand

shipping are

to our clear in his speech that Britain at the talks and to prepare for

had no such plan and was in the situation which would re fact maintaining controls

Fleets of furniture vans on sult from a breakdown of

hired by British RallwaYB both

negotiations. conventional weapons and ma-

today cleared mounting piles teriale,

They are: high level military of mail bags and parcels Mr Harold'

Stassen, the planning on the Southeast

from London's strike-hit Foreign Aid Administrator, said Asian situation, creation of In

defence Paddington station, main Asian a statement later that Sena Southeast

possible American line terminal for the west of McCarthy's criticism of alliance, trade controls

was fantastic, Intervention, in Indo-China England.

under certain conditions, and ships to carry goods from Com-

"We are

Airliners stood by for steadily munist bloc nations to Com-

President Elsen namese national army.

second night marming for munist China, Senator McCarthy

emergency, air Bit of newspaperz said his committee had found lower's

is trantically But it is understood that the from the capital to West country that during the Korean war for McCarthy approximately 75 per cent of the reaching for diversionary head powers concerned are united in towns;

pro- ships entering Chinese ports ines after the sorry spectacle of approving only the first

Skeleton services in operation planning. throughout the west half of new the Rags of allles receiving his record in the recent hear posal, for military

One or other of them objects England and South Wales wEND ings," he added. American aid

Ho was apparently referring to each of the other plana, cut back further as the #trije to the adjourned McCarthy

The French and Vietminh had involving about 1,500 ou their art formal and direct men, showed signs of peesjati Army, hearings Router. Later Mr Stasson's

The" atlow, engine" "drivers office meeting of apart from the issued this paragraph for inter-rankins at the Indo-China and Bremen from three-mejor tion in his statement:

Lawben, officers from both depota in the western

He said that if Moscow wished, to send supplies to China and a Polish or a Russian vessel was not available to carry them, they could charter Norwegian, is French or a British Bhip to carry the cargo,"

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