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Comment Three-prong attack on Portuguese enclaves INVASION OF GOA LAUNCHED

of the day

ATTACK ON

GOA

Slay's Brand

A witte, Mi Sehry, the

peare-has thy pre Ster of India, the statesman MİN

le. Lureal the

Fity

on murably an intera! affairs.

ordered forces to begin the process of reuniting Go to Ind The outcome can not be an ans doubt Popen in this mise is bound 1. Behteve

1:

objortivas. It is the SABRE as an elephant silling rm an The bats say the move is justified because De Salazar has refused 1 negotiate the future of food They say he is stalbum worl unyielding and that Bere is and other remedy but 1 reintegrate Gon with Indu forcibly.

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FIRE HORROR

KILLS 323

IN CIRCUS

Nitero, Brazil, Dec. 17.

Fire and death swept the crowded tents of

a circus here today. Many of the victims were children.

Indian troops,

Bombay, Dec. 18.

with their guns blazing Jets sweep

sweep over

launched a three-pronged attack against the Portuguese Indian possession of Goa today.

Simultaneously the Indian Army entered two other Portuguese enclaves, Daman and Diu, it was announced in Belgaum, the important Indian town near the Goa border.

45 lauks and armoured ran

1. anbied unde 1hi enclave Indian A Force Jets 200ml erhad dropping feaflets teil- Goans that Indian Defence

Ind come der infe

further tem from

Purtigrese repression and tyranny"

indian troops moved no clou Londo, Dodartiary

IF

alk

12 nd in the worth, and Tran

wajah in the south.

They were ordered into Par

dormitory Bile 11.MAPA

and an

The official death toll was put at 323 people

it may be more when all the victims are ac- counted for.

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tummated a 100

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The in

still not idenë p, but thes

the site

The Core Augertening wa Based in a matter of mutantes

The blaze started along the sides of the tent behind some 2,500--more than half of them children-watching the show It gatekly devoured the big top as the afternoon perform ance ended.

Witnesses panicked.

Pranie Minister MI Notiru, had rejected string pre

by the Pted Nations anul

1 Western Powers by avert an armed takeover

The

Ledrate The main hy

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adva roughts ilmuhed a

ed artillery fire the agency. Press Trust Tvarte

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Leaflets dropped hy Indian aircraft announced: i

The defence forces, who

now with you. protection

saut muny

thu

pute chultiren

The fire broke out while * Lanning unto the sawdust ring show was in progers the atter-

where they were inurled by the Tags and dames stockly sprung failing to root from tal to tent

Undoubtedly the Portuguese podrem are requested in be

Premier has been inflexibly stubborn in refusing to gard to as anything but a province of Portugal. But while the Indians have used this to build up tension in recent months, th main issue at stake is that Mr. Nehru is resorting to fores in an attempt t achieve aims which he feels cannot be realised peacefully This is what must be condemned, j whatever the provocations.

T is the implications of this

world that are additionaly i disturbing. If India gets away with this onslaught on Goa no small country or i eciony ceted by its more

neighbour. powerful

It means that feel safe might established as the ultimate sanction It is a reflection furthermore that the

Can

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primitive instincts which the civilised people of the world condemn their more lurid form in the Congo.

nevertheless vive

the Įra

minds 131 cultured and educated men.

Hur

Many wishful thinkers who were prepared to gloss over the contradictions of Mr Nehru's glib and unetina? comments on this and that. had reason to expect that the Indian Premier would make

TERRORISM

IN SOUTH

AFRICA

Johannesburg, Dec. 17. Police today guarded muni-

cipal buildings in

four

in

were

Hundreds who escaped rushed to hospitals, many with serious burns. A large number i of these were net expected to

JAY Perreira, who escaped antequred with his five children Faging in age from 2 to 6 years, sand the fre grew so fast he stil did not know quite what hap- He and be gathered his pered

matica abri ehnbad gruder the land with them to get out the way o The panicky crowd

eking to trach an exil

Safety

1-

of

walked the

by

leading South African klien to safely under the cities after bomb blastsus

and last night here Port Elizabeth. The blasts killed one African ond seriously injured another. The incidents swiftly followed! leafleks from 11 De

Ana Marla Five-year-old

lightly Souza, who

was only burned, Was picked

up doctors as she was wandering, dazed, looking for her father. "Hi semne! like an inferno", : Alicante sute

organisation valhog itsrif

"Ukonto We Sizwe (Spear of The Nation

claimed ali Facts

The organisationi South Africans were in s ranks

and

Danilo Esta-

envelop

the tent in 30 sevunda." He said he was convinced the fire was deliberately set "be- cause a short circuit or a care-

The leadets said "The time comes in the life of any na- lessly discarded rigare!te could

tion

not cause such a quick-spread- fighting fire."

whrt there remains only

ol Phones -submi Two That time has HOW South Ame

come

PLASTIC BAGS

و نامه

Today poiree found melted plastic bags, though!

contained nitro-glyce

attempt to practise places in Port Elizabet

have

1

where

the Day

sume what he 80

persuasively blasts took place. preached to the world. Their Blusions must be sorely of the Covenant, one of the most

The blasts came on

solerin in the Afrikaner calen- shattered. Who, supporting dar.

the de- 1 commemorates Mr Nehru.

con- Can Dow

feat of the Zutus in 1838, ai the decin the Chinese for Battle of Blood River in Natal. stamping on the face

The blast which killed and in- of

was at Tibet

jured the Africans Indonesia for building up tension in New Guinea?

1

OSSIBLY the reverses the

Podians have suffered on

The manager charged some persons unfastened the steed rables supporting the contre tent pule.

He said this was the third fire of his circus hul The Twe previous unes were onty of minor proportions.

said

all

the Estavanovich circus snimals escaped and were safe. They were outside the main tent area at the time of the blaze as their performances were all over.

Firemen at the scene sald: "11 was a miracle anyone got out alive."

Governor Pecanha declared a municipal office at Dube African Another day- lownship here.

a state of "public calamity," issued aged an office where Africans calls for

blood doctors and aged collect the passes without which donors as hospitals were short

from place to They cannot move

of plasma and other medicine. A third UPI. place or change jobs.

At the native (African) their northern borders Commissioner's office. against China have in- At Port Elizabeth, explosions fluenced the Indian Govern- occurred in the city's white area

African townships. Reu or possibly it frels and

inent, that

it cannot wage war against the colonial in- fluences supporting Mr Tahombe in the Congo and at the same time ignore the !

existence of Goa, but wel are not concerned with find- ing excuses for India. Gos is no more an irritant to '

India today than it ever was. And its existence in certain-

ly not a threat to peace.

was

ter

East African Navy to be disbanded

Nairobi, Dec. 17.

The "special circumstances" consisting at present of a 21-

that India will undoubtedly claim as her mandate, make no difference whatever. Nor ean colonies he allowed to

and

Д

The Royal East African Navy

year-old minesweeper patrol ip is to be disbanded, the East African Common Ser- vices Organisation has DEL- nounced.

be treated with special con- The orgouisation, which tempt. They are entitled succeeded the East Africa High t.p the same respect as Commission when Tanganyika aovereign Independent terri- became independent last week, tories, and their guardians sald Tanganyika had recently together with the United present form was unsuitable for

advised that the navy in

Nations have the duty to ensure them of this until solutions can be found for

their peaceful qufilation.

her needs because., being based on Mombasa, Kenya, "It was un- able to operate effectively in Tanganyika walers-China Mall

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"It is their task to defend the honour and security of the moother-land from which you far too have been separated long and which you largely by your own efforts again Your own.

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"They will take every

to ensure your safely, uphold your dignity and honour whatever enst.'

In Munster, Mr Mr V.

who in Krishna Menon,

Goin the pod dr.

today that border said early Indian tres were moving into complete

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tiny enclaves

blaze as guns

MENON Good lucic, he said

breakdown in civil adanisira- here BIKI provocationg tiD and Indian borders,

occupied by the

Portuguese is no used against

The territory

radian Commer

To have

Lert Mumcurs TOP Poga

heve that the

ity reprisol mar rattis on Bon- hay, 225 miles north of God, or

iber dur cities.

He said India's midnight move ag- was a result of continued gresalon and provocations from the Portuguese who, he said. BTC in illegal occupation of Goa! cepite indar's effort: since 1947, To get them to leave

Mr Krishna Menon said. "The colonial administration In Goa has collapsed as the restit The people's resistance

of

He said police were moving In behind the army to main

law and

Strict tain

order.

to respect orders were given the religious sentiments of the population, be said. half

population

Goa's Roman Catholic.

About

15

Mi Kristina Meuon said the

Mr Menon wished the troops. 17 Infantry Division was in-

direc "good luck" and told then India 1. thres vading Gua

solve the Goan tried tu had Tens with instructions to use

WBS the minimum force necessary. situation praceably, but

Forlu- 11e added the

by the Air Force and given a rebuff orders to see that i guese-All Agencies. Navy have

Internment: Lisbon retaliates

London, Dec. 18.

Portugal has ordered the internment of all Indian nationals in Portuguese overseas territories as a result of the Goa invasion. the Portuguese Embassy in London announced today.

An Embassy spokesman said the order was signed by Portugal's Minister for Overseas, Professor Adriana Moreira, and issued in Lisbon last night

over Lisbon The order, which was also broadcast

Radio, said:

Reactions around the world

C.S. WASHINGTON: The

Chr action "severely regrets taken by the Indian Govern- ment in Goa," said a State Department official. He added that the U.S. had been urging India not to exercise the use of force.

LONDON: The United Kingdom "profoundly deplores the ac- tion taken by India against the Portuguese epelaves, said a Whitehall source.

at

Mr

NEW DELHI: Al Arab states whole-heartedly support the

sald invasion of Goa, Clovis Maksoud, Arab League

а diplo representative

(The matic reception here. CAR

refused earlier

to allow passage throngh the Suez Canal of a ship bringing reinforcements and arms

Goa).

British newspapers splashed the news of the invasion on their

front pages under huge brad- lines:

Goa

Express: Nebru Is 2 Daily

and aggressor shameless Jus onslaught on

will leave hi friendless among the free peoples of the world."

Dally Worker (Communist): "Liberators march On Goa atter Mr Nehru rejected pres- Bure by Western powers to avert this liberation move,"

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Daily Telegraph: "Nehru has

ignored Britain's specific quest to a fellow member of the Commonwealth that there

be 110 should

resort violence."

to

Daily Mirror: "Mr Macmillan's

ignored pleas have been Now he faces this problem: Portugal will certainly appeal #ri- to the United Nations,

decide have tain will

or whether to support her India, a Commonwealth mem- ber."

Lo

the

"The Indian Union, having unleashed aggression against the Province of the Portuguese State of India, the Portuguese Minister for Overseas has ordered the internment of all nationals of Indian Union resident in Portuguese territory overseas and the adoption of adequate measures to prevent disposal by them of their resources. Besides serving other purposes, these measures are said nationals of the designed to protect the Indian Union from any reaction caused by the attack of which we are being the victims."-AP.

No comment,

says Macao

Macao. Dec. 18.

The Information here had no comment make when asked

Dept

of

About

the order from Lisbon to intern all Indian nationals An Puriugal's overseas_ter-_

ritories.

news

The

of the in- not un- vasion, although expected, fell like a bomb- shell here.

The Portuguese коп munity were "completely disheartened by the fatture of Mr Nehru to meet requesis by Mr Ken- and nedy, Mr Macmillan the United Nations for a peaceful settlement of the

said the dispute,"

China Mall correspondent.

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RAINDROPS

DROWN

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Taunton, Dec. 17.

A 18-year-old boy was drowned here by rain- drops which showered LOWN on him from a rain- soaked hedge after collid- ing with the hedge un his bicycle. an inquest way

told.

The coroner was told the boy. Graham England, was by Enconscious knocked

rain the impact and the dripped Into his open

of

" is the strangest case ever its type I have heard of" the coroner said.

China Mati Special,

FRONT, PACI

BRIEFS

KENNEDYS' TOUR

Bogota, Colombin. Dec. 17. President and Mrs Kennedy arrived here from Venezuela to- their day on the last stop of briel Latin-American tour. designed

highlight

the

Pro-

President's "Alliance for Jects of aid for South America. Mr Kennedy will confer with President Alberto Lleras Camargo, inspect housing pro- Jects and make 趄 television

night speech before making a Right home.Renter.

Church blows up

Sulphur Springs, Ala, Dec. 17.

A 10-year-old boy was killed and five o'her persons injured 211 explosion de- today as molished a rural church.

Witnesses said the blast oc- curred as a parishioner started to light a space heater in the

eburch.-AP.

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