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CHINA MAIL

No. 37188

Established 1845

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1958,

CHIANG ACCEPTS THE

Of The TWO CHINA CONCEPT

Day

Taipei Talks

is tempting to follow

write

Dulles Leaves Formosa

VICTORIES FOR U.S.

AND FOR PEKING

the Duli a-Chiang Kai-shek BUT NATIONALISTS

communique as camouflage, Far undoubtedly a large part of it is. The truth is probably that the

com-

munique ไฟ based less on the actual conversations than

the

prevailing

political

situation in Formosa and America and the diplomatic

countries.

Chiang, peeved by Mr Dulles'

description of his decision

to reinforce the Quemoy Karrison

has

"Toolish

Apparently been

retiring

talking of

tu his favourite hot springá re- sort in Japan. He is a dis- gruntled and disillarioned oh man and the Amerleans mist have taken him seriously. Dulles went to Taipel partly to soothe hurt feelings.

ARE NOT SO HAPPY

By FRANCIS

LARA

Taipei, Oct. 23.

relations between the two American Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, left Formosa for Washington today with the assurance that he had achieved a substantial diplomatic vic- tory, a victory which will undoubtedly make a considerable change in the situation in the Straits of Formosa,

Despite a certain bitterness which he left behind him, Dulles accomplished three major objectives in his

While Communist shells con- two and a half days of tinue to burst on the beaches

ields of

Quemoy at conferences with Chinese and would

alarming

the Tale,

goodwill Nationalist

gestures of Washington anil Taipei fall far short of satis He wrested from the tying the Communist demands rocalcitrant Chiang the these have so far been ex- atsuranco that Nation-pressed.

At the same time, he proposed to taky up with Chlang "measures which

have

contributed

to

stabilising the actual situn-

tion of non-militancy in

in the hopes of strengthen- ing the American bargain- Ing

at Warsaw. position This threatened to

Upset feelings and it seems Chiang, largely succeeded in divert- ing his visitor into a tepid disenasion

"military of the Quemoy aspects situation." Point Of Pride

Bulles was also con-

Mcerned about the forth-

coming Congressional elec- tions and the campaign being conducted by such ebullient

opponents Harry Truman whe is successfully Learing tu fatters not unly American Far East diplomacy in the post-Korean war years but alan the reputation of its principal architects,

The resumed shelling knocks large holes in the Adminis tration's claim that Par Enst pesce prospects are better now than for some Lima.

Chiang Kai-shek.

President

sew it, it is not only a question of reaching an agreement b2- tween ullies, but of obtaining

the agreement of the adversary.

alist China would give At Least One up any attempt to re- conquar the Chinese mainland by force of

arma.

He obtained the agree- ment of Nationalist miti tary leaders to a symbolic

reduction

moro

до

Russia Lends

Egypt $100 Million

Moscow, Oct. 23. Soviet Premier, Nikita Khrushchev, announc- ed today that the So- viet Union has grant- ed the United Arab Republic a 400 million rouble credit for the purchase in the U.S.S.R. of machinery for the Asswan High Dam, Tass news agency reported. The loan amounts to about

U.S. $100 million.

Khrushchey made the

In reduction The symbolic Nationalist militory forces on Quemoy and Matsu is only to be carried out to the extent is compensated for by American ki in reinforcing the defensive capacities of the islands, which nouncement during a speech in will make

a Kremlin reception in honour

nu

change

in the

an-

of between sent tension, in the opinion of U.A.R. Vice-Premier and 15,000 to 20,000 men of the Western diplomatic cir-Defence Minister, Abdel Hakim Amer, who arrived in the in the garrisons on the clus

These circles belleve that Soviet Union early this week offshore islands which

Peking, for internal reasons, is on surprise visit from have

than determined

take over at Czechoslovakia. 10 100,000 troops, on con- least one or two of the offshore

thus to gahi the dition that

Com-lands, and Inunists again stop thoir impressive diplomatic victory which would confirm its slotus bombardment.

as a great power.

new

all

It appeared to these circles that the concessions reluctantly gronied by Nationalist China

to are unlikely satisfy the

Studied

sald

has the

Presents For The Children

London, Oct. 23. The Queen ***s

*

to-

day given hundredweight of ice cream for the Prince of Wales and his schoolmates at Cheam Echool, Berk. shire,

The

ice cream, modelled In the shape of a cow, Was presented when she visited the dairy show at Olympla, London.

The Queen sald: "Oh, they will enjoy this at Cheam."

The Soviet Premier "THE Soviet Government me persuaded the Na- tionalists to rosign them-

stuttled the request of selves to the concept of

U.A.R government, transmitted The Duke receiving

watches tie construction of the first part two Chinas in the same! Communists, but that they wui by Marshal Amer, for ald for sonso as there are two widen the gulf between Nationof the Asawan Dam.

Walet United Germanics, two Koreas allt China and the

today said: States, despite the consoling

"The them."

and two Vietnams,

It was reported that Chiung tone of the communique issued and his oldes repeatedly ex-atter the Dulles-Chlang talks. pressed their indignation at the France-Presse. loss of luce resullig from these concessions, but that they were

The defence of Quemoy and Formosa are closely ridatrd, says the communique. Unly madly forced to yield to the

one-third of pressure because Chiang's troopa

alles, Quemoy and if he lost them lysis, determine his

defend vivai, Ability to

are

their t

American

Anal in the who,

their sur-

Formosa Straits

London, Oct. 23. Murshal Chen Yi Foreign Minister sak at a reception in Peking Loxiay: "when the

people Even thought the Nationalist American aggressors 10

Formosa would obviously The Big "BUT" Chinese

he compromised. The only

want

renson now for defending government was compelled to out of ForOSA and

a

"In satisfying this request, the}

Government offers Sovlet credit up to 400 million roubles to be used as payment for sup- plies, ordered in the U.S.S.R. of machines, ilpment and other! nxterint which the U.AR. docs not possess."

Khrushchev

suld that

taiks

between the Soviet government and Amer in Moscow had taken place in a friendly atmosphere, the and that both sides had agrend cleat

on "the necessity for the peo. ples of the Near East and Mid- dle East to obtain, in the im- mediate future, the withdrawal of American and British troops from the Lebanon and Jordan."

How

the islands is for what is submit to American denands, Formosa Straits they will have on them. Remove the troops which were largely dictated by to clear out No maler

domestic and you remove the need to American

election Dulles cudgels his brains, our defend them.

necessities, Westem diplomalle patriotic attitude will result in truth is that Quemoy is circles in Talpel tonight ques- victory." શ point of pride with oned the practical value of the The New China News Agency Chiang. There, with the 7th results.

The

Mr John President

said tonight that the joint com- Fleet behind him, he can These circles consider that a munique issued by cock a

a snook at Mao with decision na an eventual modus Foster Dulles and cheerful indifference to the vivendi between the West and Chiang Kai-shek "avoided men- consequences. The Ameri- the Conminusis in this part of ioning the grave differences

their talks." the world depends primarily on arising out of leashed so him cans have that he cannot commit pro- the attitude of Peking. As they Reuter.

vocative stupidities like

bombing the mainland. Du

not doubt he would

Tass sald that Amer, speaking after Khrushchev, said; The Soviet Union has proved that it is the friend of Arab people".

Britain and the United State: withdrew their offers of financial the support for

£464,200,000 Assian Dam project shortly be

the Egypt nationalised +Suez canal in 1056. President saki canal tolis would

anything to pull the Ameri-In Your Saturday's Maill pay for the dam.

over the brink, is possible with Chiang. He Must Leave

Tthe same time he skil

A fully exploits the current

mood of the Americans and the West generally that there shall be no appease ment with the Communists. And if Chiang cannot claim to have wan Western sup- his continued port for

Quemoy, at least he has won approval for the dictum that neither he nor the Americans can surrender to force.

cccupation of

So he sits there, Immovable. If token reductions in the garrison have been agreed, as our report

eport on this page suggests, it means little. The trouble will not end and America will have no moral case for opposing Peking's belligerence until Chiang gets out of the Islands entirely.

BE

▶EGINNING in the CHINA MAIL tomorrow is today's most astonishing success story, the most Britain's

Minister, eandid report yet on

Prime Harold Macmillan. Despite his immense success, he is still something of a mystery to many. Tomorrow the CHINA MAIL publishes the result of an exten- sive investigation into that mystery by Robert Glenton.

The picture that emerges is that of an astonishing man - from an astonishing family. Read "TIUS MAN MAC- MILLAN" in tomorrow's feature-packed weekend issue of the CHINA MAIL.

Also:

*

The Leopard Men.... another in the series of exciting stories by Rex Lawrence on the secret societies of the world;

Show Bualness.... inside stories on filmdom by top reporters in Hollywood and Britain;

Three full pages of the latest news pictures by CHINA MAIL photographers in Hongkong and abroad.

Also all your favourite cartoons, coraios and pussies another "London Letter" by Air Beverley Daxter, MP, book reviews and all the Inical news and views. Tako home a CHINA MAIL. tomorrow

Western Offer

The Western offer to providu about £142,050,000 was madu late in 1055. but cancelled in July 1950.

of

and

Egyptian nationalisation the Suez Canal led to the attack by Israel, Britain and France.

The Asswan High Dom power station is President Nasper's plan so trap the watera of the upper Nilo and provide hydro-electric power and irriga- tion for Egypt.

Russia has offered financial help for the dam, before, but Egypt set, the offer aside while sha negotiated with Britain, the United States and the World Bank.

The dam project has boca under discussion for many years. It was approved by the government in 1948 and King Farouk latt the foundation stone in 1948 --- Trance-PressO & Reuter.

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the royal children when he visited a British clock and watch makers exhibition in Lon don, before ha laft for Gor. many.

The watch for the Prince has of Wales

the Red Dragon of Wales on the dial

that to Indicata

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Price 20 Cents

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Commercial Radio Transmitters Arrive

This Photo taken on board the 11.9. Hulda Maarsk

this

morning, shows ona of two 1,000 watt radio trans- mitters for Hongkong's Dow commercial radio station. Mr George Ho, the

bahind man

the station (right) with Chlef Officer V. V. Christenson of the Hulda Maorsk, and Mr William M. Minor, Assistant Canadian Gov- Commis- ernment Trade sioner..

China Mail Photo.

A Shuffle In The Cabinet

BROADCASTS TO START AT AN EARLY DATE

by Andrew Sloan With the arrival in the Colony this morning of two 1,000-watt radio transmitters from Canada, plans for Hongkong's now commercial radio station will be rushed ahead in an effort to begin broadcasting in several months' time, This is the latest important step forward made known by Mr George Ho, managing director of a local import and export firm, and the man behind the station.

Mr Ho is still negotiating for a suitable site, but he hint- ed to the China Mail this morning that he has found what he wants.

Plans for the $250,000 studios have been drawn up, he

said, but these still have to be ratified. For, over a year now, interest in the station has fluc- tuated as details were made public piece by piece, and Mr Ho breathed a sigh of relief as he and a China Nail reporter watched the two transmitters raised from the holds of the m.s. Hulda Maersk thla morn- ing. He headed back to shore with the knowledge that he now had something definite to say.

The two transmitters, he said, were manufactured in Toronto by the Canadian General Elec- trie Company, and with Avo

He

believes that with his A 17-hour station providing cerv.cn, people will tune in to his frequency, and if Radio

cases of replacements and spare Hongkong continue their nine

parts, cost a total of $80,000.

holf hour service,

粗 ard

Late last year, the station re-listeners

Radio

wil

not

eniyed world-wide publicity when chango over. i was learned that fim-star William Holden had invested in the project. This morning, Mr Ho -aid Holden should be back in the Colony sometime in April, and by that time they should be on the air.

He added that Holden was i stockholder who was very in- terested in the progress of the station,

17 Hours Light

Com- When the Hongkong mercial Broadcasting Corpora- tion call alen HCBC, begins operation, Mr. Ho said they plun for a 1-hour daily service. The two transmitters will beam pro- grammes in English and Chinese on separate requencies.

Subject to approval these re- quencies will be 105 kulecycles Länd 1630 kilocyclis.. or Ho plans

caler

10

for

Londen, Oct. 23. Prime Minister Harold Mac- millan today replaced the rails-Hongkong listeners mainly, und ter who resigned recently be | rald ho will try to provide good cause, he could not manage to

reverage for Hongkong, Kow- support his family on his minis-

loon and the Nuw Territories.

He said we terlal salary of £3,000 a year.

will be buying In place of Lord Mancroft, programmes from America, Minister without Portfolio, My Launda and Australia. He inti- Macmillan appointed the Earl of mated the programines will be Dundee.

"on the lighter side," but when Erroll, formerly used to elucidate, be

would Mr FJ. Parliamentary Secretary to the o no further. Board of Trade, who visited Hongkong last year, was made Economic Secretary 10 the Treasury, and Mr John Rodgers

Competition

Mr Ho believes that the com-

has been appointed in his place.petition offered by his station only. other English Another appointment was that to the

Junguago radio transmission out of Lord Forbes, aged 40, wha

the Government becomes Minister of State at of Hongkong, the Scottish Once in place of operated Radio Hongkong, will. Lord

who Strathclyde,

also be a good thing in the long

rua, resigned recently-Reuter.

Dining Out Tonight?

enjoy

Budweiser.

with food

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bother to

will then Hongkong have to increase their serviço to get noso listeners, there will be more radio licences, thus more money for boller programmes, and so the com- petition will be keen.

Staff for the new broud casting station will be obsumed Jocally, Mr Ho could not give a definite number, but saki it will be "less than 100."

STOP PRESS

SHELLING

RESUMES

Talpel, Oct, 24.

The Nationalist Defence Ministry announced today that the Communists re- opened the bombardment of the Quemoys at 11 km. local time after a 23-hour break. The Ministry did not say If the shelling was heavy- Router.