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CHINA

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Established 1945. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1961.

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Comment Kremlin: Withdraw from CENTO-or else of the RED THREAT TO DESTROY IRAN

day

LORD HOME

AND SEATO

HE British Foreign Secretary

THE

haw pledged that Deltain will continue to support BEATO. He calls it a for. midable deterrent to aggres- sion. WC nota that the

Warnings of nuclear

devastation

Tehran, Sept. 10.

United Press pute the word Russia has warned Iran that it faces nuclear

formidable

In

Inverted

commas. The implied sceptic- Then is misguided. and nonet the less to because it nugurats that if Britain does not comb quite up to scratch it is use. lesa. The only regular troops actually within reach are, of courer, British and Commɔn- | wealth foretu.

It seems to be the fate of Bri.

tain to be first in war and last In peace. She may be train- Ing no special troops they are always supposed to be ready-and arming no guerit- ipe. She may also be lacking

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destruction "in the not too distant future" unless it withdraws from the Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO), it was disclosed today.

But Premier All Amini soki Iran would not be cowed. He shrugged off the threat as an- other "bluff in the Kremlin's campaign to free Iran out of its Western alliances and into neutralisir Communism.

High-ranking government

sam the threal

officials

of

in the evangelistic apleit, -But nuclear devastation had been

a long no her signature of coming regularly from Moscow the Treaty la not repudiated Radio, and was repented TL- she remains a force in Bouth- eently by Soviet Ambassador

east Aria, whether formidable Nikolai Tegne in an interview or merely moral,

with Iranian Foreign Minister

may even be asserted that, flessein Ghods-Nukai. her membership, active or I pamive. is more responsible

Spreading

right to occupy Iran If Soviet security demanded. Russlan troops marched into the country in 1941 on the pretext that Ger- man businessmen were hiding out here.

Protest

The Soviet troops were with drawn after Iran protested.

Iran repeatedly has told the Kremlin that the clause is null and vold, since it was signed in post-Czarist days and was aimed at preventing supporters of the Czars from a counter-attack on Russia. This threat--and the Soviet right to invade Iran-no lenger exists, officials maintain- j21 d.

than the far more positive Other Soviet officials here

have been spreading the

role of the Americans for the fallure 01 the Vietnames Communist to do what the North Korean Communists did

decade ago. The

make

Americans act up tensions with their consequent coun. tur-action, which Indo-China a more menacing area than Korea in just now. Both are necesary-the British

restraint and the U.S. coun for challenge. The roles were more than merely reversed In the Malayan Jungle war, and perhaps this restrains crition ilke the furious Filipino poli- tclang and the fierce anti. Communist crusaders in Tai- pai from being too brutal in their flagellation ol the British.

of

how convinced

fentiainst

The

funtion that "ginee we are? Despile Iranian deninis, the if the Iranian Russians claim the United Gvernment's ARRTessive in-States is converting Iran into

Soviet

an anti-Soviet military base. Unken, we ALIAN preparing aft Mr Amini said the Kremlin persible mens to prevent claims are almed at creating realisation of such moves by paste among Iranians to force

Anglo-Amerienn | İheir

government Iran and her allies."

CENTO.

to

gult

Observers here are convinced ut the Premier said. "we Iran will be the next East-West pkm to be always the same

and expect the loyal to our commitments and tension point, crisis here to develop i and to our allies."

Berlin dispute when the ended.

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Soviet Premier Mr Nikita Kraschev himself has predicted Chanuinisi revolution in this Mid-Eastern country.

The Soried news agency Tass It happens to be our part, under started the latest phase of the the Geneva Agreement campaign recently when it pub-

lished 1954, reinforced by recent re-

"documents" CENTO ference back to the Co- purporting to prove that the

West was

drap planning to perform a major diplomaticelear bombs along the Soviet-

to creale border role, In that we have the tranları Boviet Union as our partner, "death zone" if war broke out, and if they lean to one alde we lean to the other. Thus

Chairman of that period,

to

опе

Branded

The CENTO

The Shah underlined this re- cently in a brandrast in which he said Iran has no akkressive plans against any nations, "but we will fight to our last drop of blood and with tooth and if an aggressor plans to in- vade our country."

U.S. Ambassador Mr Julius Mr Holmes recently promised Amial US. support "In case of

ny trouble with Russia,"

But Iranian offells say this matlon's future may well be decided in Berlin. If the West slands firm in Germany, they hesitate to ray, Russla will West gives ground there, then members-Irun, press matters here. But if the

"only Allah can help

Iran." UPI.

we keep acme sort of balance Pakistan, Turkey and Britain while the more bellizose and the United States in- chaps have a hack at

mectely branded the "docu- another amid the awamps.

inents" as forgeries and said no mountains and jungles of this

such plan exists, primitive land of people who, but for their more modern neighbours, and pugnacious would att be living In the non-nuclear peace of a wilder kind of Shangri-la. PUT if rolea are a little dir.

ferent. as between the positive and the pasalve force factors, the fact that Britain

ignatory of SEATO 20

But the Soviet Union has ignored all denials and has re- peated its cam that America lans to attack Russia from Iran. Soviet Embassy Recently,

distributing Belals have been Persian-language tipples of the CENTO "documents" Tehran.

around

These fleials also talk open- well as of the Geneva agreely about invoking a clause of ments and, what is more, aussin's 1021 treaty with Iran. principal negotiator In theThis clause gave the Soviets the present discussions are cir. cumstances the Communiste dare not lose sight of for a mement.

Perhaps that lo why s many mysterious alrings seem to be pulled about Singapore lately. which is the busa on which

all of us dopend in Boutheast Asia. A correspondent points out in the Straits Times that the now loftlat Barlean Soct- alia in on the face of it oppos. ed to a merger with Malays and prefers a confederation with Internal security as an autonomous subject and not a national responsiblilty, Mer. gar on the farms Dr Lee Slow Choh advanced would be im possible, and that is why they thoughtfully offered an alter. native plan, which is not only negation of merger but also satisfied the only major թե. Jactive that certain leaders of the initiate are interested in -the abolition of #courity laws which have hampered the activities of the Malayan Communist Party And Its open front leaders.

THE abolition of the Internal

security lawe has been the natn and consistent alm con- cosled in the MCP slogans about democratic fresdom, anti-coloniatiem. free speech and freedom of organisation. the Anything that hampere Communiat conspiracy fu branded anti-damoeratio and anti-colonial,

The correspondent also refers

to the ominous phrase in the

LEO CARRILLO

IS DEAD

Banta Monica, Sept. 10,

Chinbee version of Or Lon'a Les Carrillo, a movie star for

statement which says:

+

the matter (ie, the

"Now three decades, who made hile merger)

has developed to a stage

CHOLERA FIGURES

The

statistical chotera position at 9.30 am today was as follows:

Confirmed cases to date, 124 (Including 14 deaths), Confirmed cases on dan- ger list, nil

Suspects under observa- tion, 1.

Cases recovered and dix charged, 14.

and

the

Carriers recovered discharged. 48.

Contacts held in Chatham-road quarantine

centre, 34.

Contacts dale, 053.

discharged

to

AFTERMATH OF TROPICAL STORM OLGA

USSR nuclear blast

over the Arctic

Washington, Sept. 10.

The Russians exploded an atomic blast over the Arctic today equal to several million tons of TNT-by far the largest in their series of renewed nuclear weapons tests.

The U.S. Atumic Energy Com-other devices Russia has set off mission said this lifth explosion since resuming nuclear tests on 1. The carller ex- in the current series occurred September

It vicinity of Novaya Zemlya, self, high over an island in the plosions were over Russia

and were in the kiloton tung of TNT) spot Russia has used in the past (thousands uf for testing big nuclear devices. range.

There was immediate specu- lation that the shat representert a major step toward developing triggers for the

Urged

Today's explosion will pre 100-megaton sumably add substantially to

debris super bamb Soviet Premier Mri radioactive

already Kruschev has bulld.

threatened

Declined

to thrown into the atmosphere by the carller Soviet shots. Some of this fallout already has

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the horror purposes for which bomb could be used. In almost every case they decided the Soviets could achieve the samne end more efficiently with dif- ferent means.

This is the 300-ton Hon Su, a Colony fishing frowler, that, broke loose from its

'NEGOTIATING

POINTS'

FOUND IN

MR K'S NOTE

Washington, Sept. 10. Britain and the United

States were today roport- od to have found""various negotiating points" in the Soviet Union's rejection of the Anglo-American pro- posal to ban nuclear tests in the atmosphere.

A

front-page story in the Washington Post suid that President Kennedy and Mr Harold Macenkilan had ordered a careful study of the lengthy Soviet response to their offer, made a week ago.

REGRET

The two Western leaders you- terday expressed "deepest "re- gret" that Mr Nikita Kruschev had turned down the suggested three-power pledge to retrain from atomic experiments in the atmosphere.

Mr Kruschev had sent to the West a 13-page Biatement de moorings just off the claring that the Soviet Gov- ernment could not and, would Wonchal waterfront bo-

not agree to such an agreement. fore down yesterday. Battered by $50-knot gusts Washington Post's star reporter

:ar. Carroll 11patziak theo

of wind and pounded by at President Kennedy's weekend retreat at Hyannis Port, Man- heavy soas, the stoel vos~ sel drifted in the harbour President Kennedy and Mr. sachusetts, Bald the statement towards the Royal, Hang- Macmillan, which Tonifirmed kong Yacht Club, where it their readiness to negotiate a ran aground and, later, Lost ban treaty of the widest "surprisingly res- kcoled over.

trained" in its tone. Polico, using ropos and tings, rescued the crow at the height of the gala,

(Staff Photographer).

MONZA TRAGEDY

Monza, Sept. 10. The Monza hospital tonight announced that 11 spectators had been killed in the crash on

In their opinion, about the only persuasive reason why the bomb should be bulit is that the Soviets Intend to use it as the Monza track during the monstrous "sword of Damocles" hanging over a terrorised world. italian Grand Prix this after-

Destroy

It would seem at first glance Altered down on north America, that a 100-megaton bomb would but U.S. experis said that, as destroy an urea 10 times grea- Tho AEC declined to say yet, this posed no threat to ter than a 10-megston weapon. whether

"several health. today's

But scientists say this is not so, writer Zygmunt Scienca- megaton" bomb might be of In this regard, Senator Ken-

himself a physicist, sunclent force

heal to neth B. Keating, urged the U.S. Litynski, and detonate so large weapon. Government to do its utmost explained the mathematics in-

sccking But Mr Chet Holifield, Chair In

air purification volved in an article in the

man

House-Senate methods to combat radiation. Washington Fost today. of the Atomic Energy Commitice, has He said he had asked the AEC said the larger an atomic devlee, and Defence Department what the larger a hydrogen weapon it is being done in the field. can touch off.

As to the Russian super bomb Kennedy's project, President

sald just last Mr Krischev week that Soviet scientists were advisers have concluded "after a

He wrote that the destruction explosive is caused by determined by "the rule of the cube root of number of bombs." "This rule saya the area des- troyed by a single large bomb two emmallar bombs jy equivalent to the

at work on triggers far 100-week's careful appraisal that as powerful oa megaton bombs-weapons with the weapon would have more

the destructive power of 100 psychological than military radius of destruction of one million tons of TNT.

Today's weapon Was stantially larger than the

an infer bottle!

never goes, near

KWELLVENS

worth.

small bomb multipled, not by

sub- The experts considered a two, but by the cube root of

of potential military two-UPL

four variety

NEW

noon.

All the bodies have not yet

been identified. Several of them are believed to be Swiss. ~ Reuter.

scope,

Was

REJECTION

In his despatch from the weekend White House, Mr Kilpatrick wrote: "Both the President and the Prime Minis- ter had expected a rejection of their appeal to the Soviet Pre- mler, but they did not expect the detailed reply they received and they were understood to believe it contained various negotiating points.

"While there was no experia- tion that negotiations could be resumed in the near future, the Western leaders were said to have been relleved that they at

an lenst got

exposition of Soviet views“---Reuter,

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