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POISED AGAINST

Three-Phase Air Strikes

In Oman

By COLIN LAWSON

Muscat, July 22.

Royal Air Force planes are ready to

In which case the proposal carry out a three-phase plan.

should have been put to the

Meer administering the

Tomorrow at dawn an aircraft will fly

Government here to wat over the 5,000 square miles of territory the Governor's return. This held by rebels. It will drop leaflets calling procedure is surely ele menary. As it is the effect on the rebels to surrender. This will be of this spectacular form of apusel will be le cnbarras phase one.

Spreading violent anti- a' British propaganda Although this country is quite indepen- dent."

the Governor, by sending a

Phase two will follow if this are request over his head to his has no effect. It will be immediate superior while demonstration strike by Meteor be is in London. These may and Venom jets showing what be headline hiding tactics the RAF cal do it rebels don't but how does it affect the give in. If this falls the first issue?

med strike will follow. For the moment Aghting has The rebels are securo eun-repped.

barricades and the all, Making belled

Sultan's men are not cupable 3 Кепите

It does

Aumera

The

Hot help

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The real key to the situation is oil and both Nasser cod Saud are banking on a victory for Ghalib, and his brother Talib who is the real brains behind In Muscat harbour the rising.

Д British frigate under les of mounting & counter offensive, orders to help the Sultan and at At the entrance of Muscat Sharjah I saw Venoms, Meteors Army fort I spoke to Major Pat and transport plance. Gray, former Arab Legion ofll- cer under General Glubb,

SMUGGLING ARMS

But arma continue to pour in along the const;

The Sultan's military advisers say: "If Britain wants to help she chould put a small fleet of motor torpedo boats m the Gulf dhows and and search the well felluces we know are smuggling arms," London Express Service,

capital grievance only reduces the sincere attempts already made to bring about the re- moval of the total nhe per cent surcharge to a farce. He said: "We have neither procedare army supplies nor transport to correct would have been to have defeat the rebels. Things are no large scule suggested to Government grim although through

nghting is going on the normal

LICKING WOUNDS channels that an Inquiry should be instituted. And "We are licking our wounds this would probably have and the enemy won some support--more at

entrenched." any rate than the sponsors

Will Brilish troops be used? likely to

Major Gray: "No. They would win by adopting the extraordinary ustices in this terrain and course they have.

Another form of approch which is preferable in the course now being taken by a number of Chinese coni- mercial und industrial Here is the first full story to associations in the Colony come out of Muscat since fight- to write to the companiesing started and which I pieced | expressing dissatisfaction together in talks with mary and asking for figures to and civilians.

are

heat. What we want and wont quickly is ale support."

From Nizwah -West---rebeka. hold 5.000 square milce. Waver

thought the Sultan ors who would be victorious have gone

over to rebels.

justify their recent decision Rebels are well armed and Agures, incidentally using an undefined make of road which the electric cum- mire. When they set up their panies still refuse to dis-baille headquat ters close.

Disarmament

Delay Blamed

:

On Britain

London, July 22.

Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin has sent British Premier Harold Macmillan a they hid miles on the only road and

lengthy personal message tracks Ivading through hills. blaming Britain for the de- The Sultan musterti his lay in reiching a five-power disarmament agreement, First, a jeep blew

diplomatle sources said

to- minc. Wilbering fire

Lleulerant-Colonel night. opened.

But attempts at browbeating

the electric

force. Companies plainly absurd' and arc the public must ask whether the motives

up on

who

professed Cheesman, former Royal

Jure genuine Artillery officer was wounded 3,000-word note which particularly as it has beene's, now in hospital la Muscat. handled so naively and with | Twelve more inen were hit month. so little prospect of achiey-almest immediately.

Was

The Soviet letter replied to a Britain delivered to Bulganin last

Jeller Bulganin's

the ing anything useful for the The battle of Nizwnh lasted Orst mujor Soviet diplomatie

48 hours, TES

menincesage to the West since the consumers. Not only were Inst night's decisions were forced to withdraw. From shakeup in the Kremlin and the

Ibel marched reinforcements to ouster of the Molotov trio. tactically feeble, indeed, defend the town of Firw, but hut they are more likely to had ready fallen. retard than advance the

SHORT BURST consumers' case,

Disarmament

Prospects Good

Washington, July 22.

Sultan's

There was short burst of lighting which ended in the rebels strengthening their posi-

tions.

Yesterday rebels swooped u jell men working for the Iraq

Petroleum Company,

A team had been sent out to

repair roads lending from the

oil camp to Fohud. They drove

to an ambush.

was delivered to No. 10 Downing Street this afternoon, the source Bald. British and Sovice quarters kept silent over its contents.

The letter was understood to severely criticise Brain's al- litude in the five-power disarmament talks. — Ünited Press.

Another Tour

The Englishman in charge For B And K

was captured. He was told he would be ransomed

For 4,000 rupees. He had only 400 rupees

US Secretary of State Ar John Foster Dulles sold in a television speech tonight that there were reasons for hoping a bulldozer and small crane, thut progress ·

might be made They allowed him and the rest toward disarmament,

at the team to return to Fahud, but whaned "Don't

come inta

Marchal

Berlin, July 22. Nikolai Bulganin

on him. The rebels took the and Mr. Nikita Khrushchev are to visit East Germany in August, news egenes the East German ADN sald today.

(Morcow Radio said the First Mr Dulles said that the urgent this territory again.”

Secretary of the Soviet Com- necerzity, of reaching.aff ngrev= An American Mission doctor, munist Party and the Soviet ment had helped within the last Doctor Thomas told

Premier would lead a party and jew menths to increase the oil had been found by now the versument delegatica. The "reulism of the delegates, ut the situation would have been dif- vist: would take place at the London disarmament conference, | ferent. But thousands of the avitation of the Central Com as well as the prospects of an Sulu's' subjects are becom'nemillee of the German Socialist agregmut,”—France-Presse. restless and this is being played Unity Party and the East Ger

up by Calro Radio and the man Government.)-Reuter.

• (Full Report on Page 3 Col. 1) |Săudis, The Sultan's caemics

INDONESIA WITHDRAWING

TROOPS FROM UNEF

New York, July 22.

INDONESIA today announced

that she would withdraw all her troops (504) *from the Nations Emergency

United

Force in Egypt, tho Brat country to do so.

Dr Sudjarwo Tondronegoro,

Indonesian permanent re-

prosentative, told the United

me: 11

Some Nerve

Manila, July 29.

Two steel-nerved swind- came to grief yester-

Ters

day when they became too brash and sought as their

to provide replacements for victim the Manila police.

further service,"

Joseph van Pikker, Filipino United Nations ometals said citizen of American parentage. consultations were going on (and his accomplice, offered to with Major-General EL M.help the police bust a swindling Burns, UNEF

commander, gang for a monetary consider="

about the need to make up thei glich.

gap from other sourdes,

`A suspicious policeman started Including the Indenesirns, the Investigating and discovered that

strength of UNEF at the latest the awindling gang was no other

Nations that his governmont count was 0,064 men, officials | than van Plickr and his ́akle, deeply rgretted"-"lis inability 1 - said.—Theuter.

France-Presse,

THE DEVIL'S FACE AT STONECUTTERS

Near the stranded freighter

Tweed Breeze there is a devil's face,

It leers from the rocks at the men who work from salvage stations, clearing the obstructions that have bound Tweed

away

RELAX IN

DAKS

THE FANBUS CONFUNT IN ACTION TROUSERS

Whiteaways

NONGKONG T KOWLOON

REBELS

CHINESE CALENDAR SAYS:

HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR

week now. Six divers TODAY is "The Great Heat", the hottest day of have been working on the year, according to the Chinese lanar her. Rocks have been calendar.

Breeze to its perch. on Tweed Breeze has been on the shores of Stone-

the rocks for almost n cutters. Superstitious? Well, per- haps it could have been a combination of Typhoon Wendy and the fiend's face.

dragged away from her

bows and stern and an

This year "The Great Heal"

attempt is to be made at falls on the 20th day of the

high tide in the next few six mily, when the Chinese H.E. To Have

almanac says the curth is receiv- ing the full heat from the sun.

The "tung kwar melon and the lotus is the theme for the day.

days to reflont her. The early morning tile - which will be over seven fest tomorrow-will, it is hop.d, give the rise neces- sary to reflont her.

People of South China bellove The photo at the left his reat heat is bad for shows the devil's face; the body and must be off-set by the one below that its set-cooling drink-which is not necessarily cold, and in fact, ting in the Stonecutter's in most cases, boiling bot rocks. Below that the diver (in circle) moves off to the bows of Tweed Breeze and at the bottom,

a diver surfaces after a look at the ship's keel. - China Mail photos.

Train Crash

SPECIAL SOUP

Most Chinese familles today will be eating a soup in which and be us

meko, lotus leaves,

Further Talks With

Lennox-Boyd

London, July 22,

Sir Alexander Grantham

talks tomorrow with the is expected to have further Colonial Secretary, Mr Alan

have bon bolled for hours and Lennox-Boyd, on problems hours. This soup is believed to facing the Colony, cool the body system.

The Governor, recalled for routine dircussions according Fancier dishes in the

samo to the themo include

Colonial Office, the well-known ferred for an hour today with EOI. Chinese dish of steamed whole the Colonial Secretary. He also Kwa Chung had a series of talks with Far chicken and rice

steamed in Eastern experts in the Colonial lotus leaves; or melon.

and once. totus leaves and duck.

No oficial

Victims Diemel, "Tea

ONLY 88,3

comment on the subject of the talks was forth- coming but it is believed onU question being raised is the Britain According to the Royal Ob-possiblity of old from servatory the maximum tem to help Hongkong deal with its perature today up to noon Wouter.

refuged overcrowding problem, 38.3 degrees F. but is ex

Pati, July 22, Three scalded passengers of the ill-fated Nice-to-Paris Ex- press, who had fought for their lives Since Friday's disaster, dled today, raising the toll to 28. Twelve badly burned wreck victims still are in the Concep tion Hospital at Marseilles, Ave In "eritical condition, United pected Press

afternoon.

the to go algher in

The day before yesterday, the Suez Decision

temperature at noon was 10 degrees and the maximum for- perature for the day was 90.0;

New York, July 22.

degrees. Yesterday's maximum Egypt today deposited with was 20.1 degrees.

the United Nation her Ac- ceptance of tho computamy The hottest day of the year jurisdiction of the world court recorded at the Observatory in legal disputes Over the wns July 15 when the maximum operation of the fourlid $1.0 degrees.

Suez Canal-Reuter.

nationalised

Israeli Arrested In

Suez Harbour

Bucs, July 22.

N Israeli seaman aboard the

A Danish cargo veszel Birgitte

Was

Toll in

Suez Harbour arrated today and will be handed over to the Egyptin military authorities. The 2,335-ton ship. bound for Half will be allowed to tran- sit the Canal with. her cargo tomorrow. the Bucs Canal Authority announced tonight. The sailor, Kaft Eylon, had been confined to a cablu, guarded by Harbour police, since the aliip at ved Cartier today.

Rangoon.

The ship came from

When she arrived at Suez,

sold Captain H. Lolk

the ship's papers were burned In a fire during the vOYRED on June 20.

Hitherto ihe Eryptian Bues HOME- Canal Authority has tim.ca refused to supply facilities to ships bound to or from Israel, but has allowed them transis

Israeli ships have been bareed,

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