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New Impediment PRESSURE is now mount-

ing in the Western world for readjustment of the trade embargo imposed on China soon after the out- break of the Korean War. Curiously, however, д)- though the restrictions were part of the United Nations sanctions policy against Chias and as such are widely regarded as out- dated, the numin emphusja of Western pressure now only to revise the embargo to bring it in line with the one imposed upon Soviet Russia and the European Satellites.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17,":"1957.

MAIL

RADIATION HAZARDS

Experts' IRAN BANS OIL

Warning

On Bone

Cancer

EXPORTS

TO ISRAEL

Teheran, Apr. 16.

The Iranian Government has ordered that the Iranian National Petroleum Company to re- fuse to sell oil to Israel or to transport companies which plan to make deliveries in Israeli ports.

An Iranian Foreign Ministry

Today said the Government had

to **recommend"

spokesman, announcing this ba

London, Apr. 16. British scientists esti- mated in 1 report This is largely the result of published tonight that a

American insistence that the

should be Bikini type hydrogen also desitled embargo maintained as weapon and its allies have the atmosphere, might a political bomb, exploded high in

are not only eventually produce bone but cancer in 1,000 people Britain for every million tons of European countries almost, TNT of equivalent ex-cause of their desire to avoid

consented to enforce mea- sures that generally penalise and

unpopular Japan,

Bome

Western

plosive power.

amount

this

tur attitude. to the International Oll Con- sortium that should adopt a

Ctrele close

the Con- sortium belloved it

was very

likely that the eight companies forming the Consortium would

net on the recommendation, be

dispute with the Iranian uny Government.

Representations

Turncoats" Sentences Reduced

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FOR CHINA

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UK Defence Move BEDOUINS

In Persian Gulf

London, Apr, 16.

Britain is planning to reinforce the defences of her interests in Southern Arabia and the Per- sian Gulf, official sources here said today.

A military mission was said to have arrived in Kenya to in-

the

SUPPORT

HUSSEIN

Amman, Apr. 16. . Two hundred Bedouin chieftains sworo allegiance

to

young King Hussein today amid reports that the monarch is seeking another Arab' summit con-

vestigato administrative SUEZ ISSUE forence

London, Apr. 16. Lord Gosford, Britain's problems of maintaining land, Foreign Under-Secretary, sca and air forces in East.

some

said today that the United States had made

for reviewing proposals the China trade embargo lista.

These are lists of goods of which the expert to China was banned at the time of the Korean War by a number ci non-Communist countries be- cause they were considered to have a wartime potential.

Lord Gosford told the House

Africa.

oll

Omelal sources Said it was planned to station: a "strategic reserve in the area for "support. of the Baglad Pact and for the defence of British Interest in Southern Arabia and the Persian Gulf.

#In the Arabian Peninsula Britain must be ready at times to defend her Aden colony Washington, Apr. 10.

and protectorates and the The Army has cut in half the

ritories in the Persian Gulf for prison sentences of two turn-

whose defence she is respon coat Korean War prisoners.

sibic. For this task, land, sea They ITC, Claude J. Bat-of Lords that the United States

and air forces have to be main- Government's proposals fallowtained in that area and in East Edward S. chelor, 27, and Dickenson, 26.

ed the meeting at Bermuda be- Batchelor

sentenced at two Me Harold Macmillan, the Africa," the Wer Office said. first to life imprisonment but Prime Minister, and President on the probable size of the Officials would not comment

force, but authoritative sources "We posals in consultation with other Office

prosaid:1t was understood the War was thinking in, terna members of the consultative of brigade group," Lord Gosford added. Press.

PERCENTAGES

WOR

exports by the National Com- that subsequently was cut to 20 Eisenhow study these

as much as Chins. President Eisenhower seemed

to recognise this fact in his They stressed that press conference last week was conditional on the ne and from his general atate- ceptance of a theory that

It was believed bare that the ments oh this question the incidence of bone cancer

Imundan decision to ban oil obaorvers were quick to was proportional to the pany to Israel was taken as a years conclude that the United

of radioactive result of representations made Dickenson was sentenced to 10 by review authorities, States was preparing to

by King Saud of Saudi Arabia. years. make concessiona by allow material in the body.

The ban

covers both oil ing a leveiling of the two The report was written by a destined for Israell

home

But on a regular annual vo- embargoes without, how-committee appointed by the

and dil

view of prisoner to

sentence last be over, relaxing its own strict Atomic Scientists Association, a

through

mouth, Amistant Army Secretary Ieract from policy of a complete ban on

Eltath on the Gulf of Aqaba tough M. Milton II, ondered exports to China.

Halfa on the Mediterranean.

Batchelor's sentence reduced to 10 years and Dickenson's to Ave The A new factor has, however,

Tronian National been introduced."

Petroleum Company

controls

3 cars---Unlied Press, 12 per cent of the country's total oll

The production Inmian: Foreign Ministry spokesman wild today that American tanker, chartered by

America

is apparently seeking a tightening of the embargo restrictions against Russia in exchange for casing restrictions on the China : ambargo. Full details of the American, proposal are not yet known but in principle the move ought to be resolutely rejected.

private body set up in 1946 to keep the nation informed about atomte developments,

INDEPENDENT VIEW

The committee studied the whole question of radiation hazards from an independent viewpoint and followed BP report last year by Britain' Medical Research, Connell

of fraud, because It Had given European country, was guilty Its destination: as an African port, when if for the Iranian in fact gone to Filath.

Discussing the estimate of the part of Bander Mashur, but had

possible incidence of bone cancer from the radioactive materi The obvious trend in East-known as strontium 90, the re

West hegotiations at present port said: "These thousand is towards reduced tension. casualties would be spread all What pretext is there for over the world and occur in the the West to reverso the course of several decades. process? Tho countries describo

Communist

to

toms.

other

Iraqi Protest

1J

.

The consultative group is formed of those nations which consult over the enforcing of the United Nations atrategie trade embargo,

isidant

No N-Weapons apply to question by Kie

For Japan

Sir David Eccles, of the Bourt: at Tracie,

Wil- Ham Telling (Conservative

gald trade with the mainland in 1970,- 1848 und |

NEARLY READY

Washington, Apr, 10, The United States, Britain and France are almost ready to take the stalemated Suez Canal issue to the United Nations Security Council, it was report- ed today.

mave

Diplomats sald the probably would be made with- In the next 48 hours.

Mr Lincoln White refused at a State Department press officer

news conference

to say a do- he did not want to comment, cision had been made. He said

yes or no."-United Press.

strength United Border Firing

WW

Anglo-US Mid-East Coordination

Tel Aviv, Apr. 10.

An Israeli army spokesman said that Syrian ports opened

policies.

on East-West

Reporte said that Hussein wants a new meeting between Arab leads to thrash' out a common policy of communism and

the Elsenhower Doctrine.

Today some 200 chiefs of the once nomadic desert tribesmer in colourful flowing robes strodo into Hussein's hilllop palace to pledge their continued allegiance to the monarch-United Pros.

Saud Visiting Jordan

London, Apr. 16.

King Saud of Saudi Arabia is due to arrive' on an official visit to Jondan on May 6, abrænding to Middle East News Agency report from Amman, Cafro radio Balch today

King Saud will spel for days in Jordan before going to Bagad Reader.

nre across the armistice Unes EDEN RESTLESS

against the Innell village of Szald 'In Upper Gallioe, today,

“Boston, Apr. 16. Ho added; that two

Largell

Sir Anthony Eden spent

· Arabs - one of them a woman *reatiess day today although were kidnapped yesterday he was able to get out of bedi by Lebanese Infitrators and and sit, in a chair for the fres dragged across the Armistice thre, since

into Lebanon.-France operation on Saturday.—United Press.

line London, Apr. 16. Britain has sent a high

Planetada 1836 1.8 per cent, 10.9 per Tokug“ total trade of

Recent Sud 0.6 per cent of the official of its Foreign Office to Washington to coordinate

Preso.

yapan will act up as forced count with countries her than Middle Eastern, polleles US Claim T

with nuclear weapons, said Gen. Kazul Hayashi, Chairman of the Joint Defence Council He made the of

statement in reply to question by a Socialist Diet

' before member

the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Councillors-United Press.

After the American tanker had delivered 18,000 tous Iranian oil to Eilath last week, the Iranian National Petroleum Company had said it was not "A somewhat larger number concerned in the affair BKD bound

and of people might suffer

would

reject

protests the

any move is 4 bone changes, possibly without about it, since the oil in ques- "renewal of the cold war" manifesting any clinical symption had been sold by the Con- and in the absence of any

partium. valid political reason how "There is also the possibility

Iraq

protested to the ia the charge to

number be of a

of United States cases

against allowing countered?

leukaemia resulting but we have the

American tanker to 1150 Face - saving considerations not enough data to estimate this

the Gulf of Agabo and supply perhaps dictate the Ameri- number.

attitude. In

"At the same time. It should Israel with oil-France-Presse Britain

pointed out that theso and Europe the proposed

casualties, although large in restrictions will be regarded

can

as unfair compensation and a now obstacle to develop ment of a promising trade connection. Certainly Bri- tain's exports to Russia are

on the

increase and ex- porters will object to any new impediment. If America inaists on the new provision Britain ought to consider making its own embargo regulations.

U.S.A. THRU

bo

Di

bad

and Reuter.

absolute number, represent only ABNORMAL SHOCK

a fraction of those due to the natural level of radioactivity;

would be no way

of ODC from the

there

guishing

WAVES

Tokyo, Apr. 17. The National Meteorological.

announced Observatory

here today it had recorded a series of abnormal shock waves.

The scientists stressed in their report the possible "consider able margin of error due to lack

An Observatory spokesman of adequate data", and the fact that it was based on the "as yet sold the pattern of the shock unproved hypothesis of a pro-waves indicated another Soviet portional relationship applying Union nuclear test had taken to very small doses."-Reuter, place-Reuter.

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Commonwealth countries,

Londba, Apr 18,

with, the United States: In reply to another question, under the arrangements of he said: "It is a fact that China's trade is in balance and the recent Bermuda summit PRIME Minister, Horolt Mac- unless China sells is to Russia conference, according or gets a credit from Russia, official sources, today. there is Uttle chance of a sub- stantial expansion."-Reuter,

UN DELEGATE

ASSASSINATED

United Nations, Apr. 16.

The Egyptian representative on the United Nations Advisory Council for the Italian Trustee- ship territory of Somaliland has been assassinated in Mogadiscio (capital of Somaliland), the Chair- man of the UN Trusteeship Council" announced today.

The Egyptian representative | Eddine had been stabbed to was Kamal Eddine Salah,

death but that he had not yet The Couneli Chairman, Rafikelved any more details of

the murder. Asha, the Syrian delegate, said

Eddine Salah had served on the Somaliland Advisory Coun- ell for three years.

Investigation

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beed He

'The Italian delegate, Remigio ∙Grillo, said- that according to

first reports received Mogadiscio, Salah had murdered by a Somail. added that the Italian authori would make a thoroughs in vestigation into the affair and would punish the guilty parties,

-France-Presse,

to:

phy Adam; Watson, head of the Fordign Office African Department, will commalt State Department representatives on immediate and long-term com ordination of Anglo-American views on the strategic Middle Fast,

:

The move stems from an | agreement between Prost dent Eisenhower and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in Bermuda Jast month to act up a Middle Eastern planning group.

Though little was sold at the time about this decision, the plan envisioned the creation of body to

permanent Anglo-American Middle Eastern strategy, the United PressS.

plan and coordinate

policies

and sources said---

Stockpile For 35,000 A-Weapons

Washington, Apr. 18.

Zandt a

Mr JamMOS van member

the joint United States Senate-House

Atomie Energy Committee, sald today it was estimated that the United States had stockpiled material for the manufacture of 35,000

atomle wespons.

It was later learned in This

was estimated to Bo Mogadiscio that Salah, died in three and a half times the com- hospital today

after being parable. Soviet stocks for about stabbed eight times by a Somal 10,000 weapons, he said. He did inthe

Egyptian delegation not reveal his sources

of in bullding.

The Somali, Muliamond Shek Abdurrahman, was: allegod to have told police who arrested him that he killed Salah in revenge for having bean ill- treated by Egyptian authorities during his stay in Egypt four years ago.-France-Presse- and Router.

Chiang Jet Down

Seoul, Apr. 18.

formation.

Не told the Pennsylvania Daughters of the American Re volution that every effort should be made to reach A sound Boviel agreement with the Union on reducing armamen's,

China Mail Special

Famous Cellist Collapses

The South Korean Defenc Pablo Camels, the world's Ministry reported today A leading cellist, collapsed today Chinese Nationalist Sabro-jet, and Puerto Rico's No. 1, boart fighter · had crashed on" Cheju: spocialist «diagnosed his caso DS Island which

off the coconey to described southernmost tip of South Korea. De Ramon | Súmrez

like pilot of the sindraft was the condition of the 30-your-old killed Man, buscial, og -the Chinese Chine collapsed while holding

musician, on “portott, de

been-Informed of the crab por York

for an interna“ hady be an explanations/me; to tional comalo postival: he,ww

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so close to dow

millan, told the House of Commons todny that the United Statca claims

Christmas vereimky

Bover Island, in the Pacife Ocean, where British nacier experi«, ments, are scheduled to take place this summer, Macmillan,

in reply to R question, paid, "The United States claims sovereignty over

*istmas.

Christmas Island, which has been under Britis's

ministration for many years 照 part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands,

colony.

The Primo Minister sold the United States Government had been informed that the forthcoming: tests did not "in any way prejudice, the claima efther government."--- France-Presse..

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