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COMMENT OF

THE DAY

Low Summit

'HRUSHCHEY'S Intest

K "about face" on

Summit

the

Conference, of

which he was the prime mover, makes one dizzy. Does ho want a conference at all? Is he stalling ? is one at ponsible? Has Mao Tse- tung said "Nyet"? Within 24 hours of Khrushchev's return from Peking he presented to the West com- pletely revised Soviet pro- poanla for denling with the Middle East · crisis, thin time calling for a special

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RELAX IN

THE FAMOUS COMFORT IN AKTION TRAUTERN

Whiteaways

NONGKONG br

To Confer With Greek Premier On Cyprus

MACMILLAN FLYING TO

Then He May Go Be Fashionable, Mum

On To Ankara

GOING BY COMET

London, Aug. 6.

meeting of General Mr Harold Macmillan will fly to Athens

the

Assembly and putting Britain and the U.S. aquarely in the dock.

What is the position now? Khrushchev suggested £ email private meeting ... "If we genuinely want to reduce tension we must ngree that it la the five powers that will have to

tomorrow in a Royal Air Force Comot for talks with Mr Constantine Karamanlis, the Greek Prime Minister on the Cyprus situation, it was learned officially tonight.

An official spokesman saldi the|Turkey are in a condilatory

Minister

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Cyprus, would Trime

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London "sometime tomorrow." however, appeared ready 10 The spokesman said Mr. Mac-accept Britain's standing com- Bettla Line problem. millan would go on to Ankuro promise proposal for settlement.

from Mr America anggota a bigger if after his message

Security Karamanlis he also received i meeting the Council, on which "China" message from Mr Menderes, the is represented from Formo-Turkish Prime Minister,

This is not the kind dieuling a desire for discussions. of item to slip the mind of

Sir Hugh Foot, Governor of chairman Mao. Se, from Cyprus, will probably fly to Athens and be with the Prime dinner party to, as it were, the beach plenic, Khrushchev Minister at the meeting.

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Britain's plan for the future extends his little summit-Cyprus--announced on June down to cover the full range | 19, provides for seven years of of the General Assembly of | réparale political organisation the United Nationa. But by Greek and Turkish Cypriots, system of the General Assembly is not during the most propitious place representative Government and for a profitable (and pre- communal autonomy could be worked out under. unchanged ferably private with

British sovereignly. press present). meeting of the heads. of world govern- ments.

Is Ho. Fighting?

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Initiative

The plea includes Greek and local Turkish government and representation on a Governor's Counell having authority for in- ternal administration. External affolrs.

and defence

internal

HB new note barely men saturity is reserved to the Gov.

Lions

the

the summit con-ernor.

Mr Macmillan's offer to fly to

with

Greece is ready to accept a new Cyprus constitution pro- viding self-government

self-determination in- definitely postponed, it

was aid. The Greek stund Wis sold as strong as ever against partition the Turkish cia- mand-or tripartite sovereignty as provided at trust temporarily in the British proposal............

Turkey, it was believed also is ready to let its call for parti- ion remain in abeyance for an interim settlement now.

Thus, it was believed there is now considorobie "room for diplomatie bargaining and negotiation. The prospect for agreement seemed fairly bright to observers here-Beuter & UPI.

MORE POLICE

FOR CYPRUS

London, Aur. 6. An adrilner carrying 73 Belligh police reinforcements took on

Terence and it is not easy the Greek and Turkish capitals the immediate future was to tell what ideas move in in

The conveyed to the two govern- mastermind.

the British Ambas- factors, une knows, but the ments by weight which they each dors in Athens and Ankara, Sir Roger Allen ofthed Sir James and the decisions carry

Bowker, which he will reach from

for Cyprus today. British sources said Mr Mac- them one can hardly guess millan's initiative was a move ut. Is Khrushchev fighting to consolidate the improvement for his life? Is there an In the Cyprus situation secured internal Communist strug-by the current truce by the between his roller- Greek and Tariclsh terrorist or- gle coaster, so called "Libera!"ganisations in the island-Eoko,

and TMT. diplomacy and the more conservative Stalinists led by Mao Tse-tung?

Why the "about face" by Khrushchev upon his return from Peking? It looks as if the two heads agreed on a mutual face saving cam- paign in which Khrush- chev

hin Kivex up

conference" in "aummit exchange for a few mean- ingless phrases in support of it by the Chinese chair- On the other hand man.

the fact does remain that; Khrushchev came back from Peking invested with the thousand "voice" of million people ...the big- gest block vote in history.

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Or Perhaps Stronger?

Turkish PM Agrees

Ankara, Aur. 7. Turkish - Premier Adnan Menderes has agreed to meet Mr Harold Macmillan, to discuss the Cyprus ques- ilon, it was officially stated today.

Mammillan is expected to arrive in Ankara after talka with the Greek Premier, Constantin Karmastils, in Athens, He wit probably arrive in Ankara about Saturday, it was thought— France-PreMRE.

Mac-

The polico were called for by the British Cyptus administra- tion to combat the flare up of Cypriot terrorism during the past week.

A total of 300 polleemon will reinforce the Britlah garrison on the land and about 250 have already arrived.-France-

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Shot Dead

Nicosia, Aug. 6. Another Greek Cypriot was shot dead today at Aylandja,

Greek

vlitago south Nicosia, i was officially

nounced tonight.

This

makes three Greeks found murdered today.-Router.

Nasser And Murphy Meet

President

Calro, Aug. 0. Nasser and

The cameraman didn't get near enough to hear the request but it seemed that this two-year-old Kensington tot had heard of Yves Saint-Laurent'a plan

to drop hemlines, and asked Mam to "let it down a bit."-Keystone,

ATHENS

Israel Lifts Ban On Flights To Jordan

Washington, Aug, G.

hrael has agreed to permit flights over its

territory by United States planes de livering supplies to Jordan, State De partment sources said tonight, They said Israel had informed the United

States that it was lifting the ban im posed last week on the flights.

It was not known in Washington whether the reported Israeli decision to renew permission for the flights also applied to British aircraft.

Israel's action in suspending the flights had cut off the supply line from Cyprus to British troops in Jordan.

Sources here said they understood that the permission now granted for a con- tinuation of the airlift by United States aircraft would apply for a limited period only.-Reuter.

Amman, Aug. 6. The airlift to British forces in Jordan was resumed tonight after a four-day in- terruption with the arrival of United States globemaster aircraft-Router,

BIG UNDERGROUND ATOMIC TEST PLAN

Albuquerque, Aug. 6.

The United States Atomic Energy commis- sion announced today it would set off an underground atomic explosion six times larger than any such previous blasts near Carlsbad, New Mexico,

next summer.

KHRUSHCHEV GOING

TO NEW YORK?

U.S. Newspaper Says He Is

Now York, Aug. 6.

The New York Daily News reported tonight that Soviot Pro- mier Khrushchev plans a surprise flight to New York to lead the Russian delegation in the U.N. General Assembly.

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In a copyright dispatch, an alternative and the from Washington for its Thurs-States accepted. day editions, the News said, The News said that the State

odicial announcement of his Department

denied knowing coming will be made at the very about Khrushchev's trip. Accord last moment, perhaps after his ing to protocol, the head of

"foreign government coming the United Nations must notly the State Department, which with the then gets in touch

the News Justice Department, said.

takeoff."

He will fly in a Soviet plane, the news suid, and "other Sovlet higwigs" will make the trip m three other planes.

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Denial

The General Assembly WAS expected to meet on Monday to Mr take up Middle East problems The sources suld Mr millan also proposed to discuss Robert Murphy, President Eisen-after Khrushchev turned down

hower's special envoy to the a summit the British plan for tripartite Middle East, mot for four hours within

meeting proposal the framework of the Lust Jute in personal letters longhi, after Mr Murphy had Security Council.

The Soviet Premier suggested La General Assembly meeting as

M may in thet be strongere kept

TR Khrushchev's position partnership in the island,

now than it was. By visit-Meisters, Mr Macmillan pron appointment-Reuter, ing Peking he may have posed meelings with them either done more for himself than separately or together to discuss meekly receive a telling off. the future Cyprus,

the desire for 肆 LAISI And if

Macmillan week Mr private aummit conference appealed to Mr Karamanils asi still in his mind, even Mr Manderes to join with him thin chiling for an end to violence the "polemics for paper" which a meeting of

In Cypis

Both Prime Ministers com-

the General Assembly of piled with his request and three the United Nations would appeals were issued which r produce does not exclude suited to the

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the possibility of a White decisions.

House dinner date or an

current truce

Embassy vodka party In Optimism

which a more limited group

could

Mr Macmillan had a persónın) informally tuik medt

about Cyprus with

Mr

and talk more freely about Menderes laol werk when the

• the problems to which the Turkish Prime Minister was in

world whole

anxiously London for the meeting of the awaits an answer.

Bagdad Pact Council.

In Athens, Greek sources "decisive said that In these affairs Mr Nehru's tonight

resolutione" on Cyprus would doleful words last week ring be expected to eliminate "a ominously.*** "I some major obstacie to the western times doubt if anyone can alliance in this part, of the control events now larger | world"

than the them.*****

men who guldo According to reliable in-

formants, both "Greece" and

THE QUEEN MEETS

THE MAN WHO

DREW HER BATH

Windsor, Ang, 6. The Queen laughed delightedty here when an 80-year-old former employes at Windsor Castle falked about her carly morning bath ..........

It happened on Monday when the Queen opened Windsor's hew King George VI Old People's Club her first pubile engagement since her attack of catarrhal sinusliis nearly a month EN

Told that Henry Allen, « member of the Club, had worked 50 years in the Castle, the Quteja asked him what he did. Henry told her: "Woll; Madam, I was the man who made more the water was nien and hot for your early morning bath":

The Queen laughed and then told klim gravely: "Yow, that's

a very noocanary' job indved.”—Router.

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Spokesmen sald this would be the first nuclear test with only peaceful purposes,

I will be ses off in a 1,200- foot shaft drilled into salt beds, Thoy said that the blast, which would be in the let- kiloton rang (equivalent to the explosion of about 10,00 tos of TNT) would be made to determine what radioactive fotopes would be created from ault beds, how much heat

the

was retained for power uses, and how much seismic shock was involved.

Previous underground explo- sions made in Nevada involved a

bomb of only 1.7 kliotons,

Beyler.

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SUMMIT NOT OFF

London, Aur. 6. oscow Radio tonight denied that all possibility of a stim – mit conference is now ruled out. In a talk about Khrushchev's totest letters to the West, the

broadcast to the.

that

Soviet United

delegate, Arkady today submitted Sobolev, revised text of the resolution to Security be presented to the Council tomorrow, asking the

to summon Council

a special General Assembly session "to study the question of the with- drawal of the Anglo-American forces.

The former text, which has radio sald In already been submitted spoke of United Kingdom "the question of the interven-British papers try to create the loa", of the American and false impression that now all summit con- possibility of a The revised text speaks of a ference is ruled out

"The Soviet Union considera "throat to the peace" instemt of

absolutely conclusion the "grave threal" mentioned in such a the previous text. France- correct."- Router.

(Soo also P. 8) Presse.

But a State Department spokes man was quoted by the News as saying that Khrushchev would be grunted immediate clearance a diplomat if he showed up the International suddenly ut airport in Now York,

Was The Nows so said i informed that "despite State Tieportment denial, Khrushchev ulready has requested from the State, Department, through channels, that he be cleared for unrestricted travel across the country.

Escort

"The Russian plan," the News said, "is that Soviet authorities will escort the Soviet Promler from the International Airport, to the U.N. building without help from New York police or secret service agents.”

In a final parenthetlent para- graph, the Newn sald that a UN, Epokesman for the Soviet delegallon said his latest in- formation was that Khrushchev was not planning to attend the General Assembly---U.P.I.

Revised Draft

United Nations, Aug. 0. The Soviet Union will aste the Ualled Nations, General Assem bly to recommand the immediate withdrawal of American forces.

atxă....... Britis from Lebanon forces from Jordan,

British troops,

"KOMIQ

Death Of

American

Tourist

A 00-year-old American lady, Men Edna Barnsit Bronson, of Nashville, Tennessee, dled from dysentry in her hotel early on Monday morning.

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Mrs Bronson arrived by air from Bangkok on Sunday and had to to carried from the airport to the hotel.

She was the Director of the Sunday School Pattica, tions Board. A spokesman

of the American Consulate mid Mr Bronson was ỨN her way to Tokyo to attend Nailonal Baptist Conven- tion meeting.

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The Consulate are now holding her body and per-

effects, pending reply from her doctor in Tennessee, who had been contacted by cable by the Consulate in Hongkong.

There aro πο known friends or relatives of Mi Arocson in Hongkong, -

RECORD MILE RUN BY ELLIOT

Dublin, Aug. 6. Herb Elliot of Australia broke the world record for the mile with a time of 3 minutes 54.5 secs here tonight.

Mery Lincoln (Australia) who was second, also broke the....world record. with time of 3 milos

# 55.9 secs.

Elliot clipped 3.5 secs off

the official world record

of 3 mins 58 secs made by Australian John Loudy in Finland in 1954. His time was

seconds better than previous fastest mile of

also

2.7

the

3 mins 57.2 secs set by: Britain's Derek Ibbotson a year ago but which ta still awaiting ratification. -Reuter.

(See Full Story P6)

Hollington

Tong Leaving U.S.

Washington, Aug. 6. The Nationalist Ambas- sador, Dr Hollton Tong. who has represented the Chiang Kai-shek Govern- ment in Washington, since June 1958, la dus to resign towards tho

end of the

month and will be re- placed by the Forelia Minister, Mr Georgo Yob. according to well-informed diplomatic sources.

Dr Tong, who will soo

be 72, intends to resign

from Government Service

and is expected to rotura

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