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VOL, III NO. 158

Allied Note Calls On Russia To Lift Berlin Blockade

Washington, July 6.-The United States, Britain and France today called upon the Russian government itself to lift the blockade of Berlin. They warned the Kremlin that the Western Powers take an extremely serious view of the Ger man crisis.

At the same time the Western nations began a series of conferences here designed to produce a formula for American military support to the Western- European Union.

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The double-edged technique employed by Secretary of State George C. Mar- shall in the two latest moves in the cold war possibly was arranged to impress upon The Western Powers are determined not to back the Soviet mind this thought!

down in Berlin or anywhere else but retain to get about the job of organising their twin strength without further delay.

Soviet Planes Sighted Near

Western Air Corridor

Berlin, July G-Warnings of Soviet fighter plane activity in the vicinity of Western air corridors lending to Berlin were given to American and British pilots to night.

Warnings to By above 5,000 feet and remain well within the corridor were ported in the Tempelhof air-

drome briefing room.

"Several Soviet fighters came up and flow in formation with one of our planes about: 3 pm. this after noon," the briefing officer told the United Press.

"Four or are of our reported unusual Soviet planes fighter activity this afternoon in the area between Fulda and Berlin. Several sald Soviet Bghters came up and 'looked us over."

UNUSUALLY BUSY

The Tempelhof briefing officer sald Soviet fighter activity near the which are the sole air corridors, remaining supply routes between Berlin

and Western Germany, in the past "incrased noticeably couple of days".

un-

They seem to have been usually busy today," he said.

over

Mr Marshall's move evidently followed a final agreement among the U.S. Britain and France that, since the efforts of the Western Powers to get the Berlin· blockade lifted by action in Berlin itself had failed, a direct approach to Moscow hud

to be made.

Tho

three governments agreed they would send separate but almilar protests to Moscow. This allowed the French, if they wished, to soften the wording of their declaration and the U.S. 'to take as stern a position as it desired.

TEXT A SECRET

around Berlin were under Soviet

Secretary Marshall personally pre- control. The Sunderlands are part of the giant Western Allied air feet,sented the American note to Soviet pressed Russian blockade.

into service to break

tho

Ambassador Alexander Panyushkin of the State Department. Later the Department's press officer announced that the text of the note would be kept secret "until the Soviet govern- ment had a ressonable time to study authorita-the note and make its reply,”

to

The protest was dispatched to the British by the Soviet Director of Water Transport, who declared the Havel Sea was closed to landings by Western Allled 'planes. Simultaneously an

By publishing the note after a Live source said that Soviet Marshal Vasally Sokolovaky sent a letter of "reasonable time" has elapsed, the State Department apparently will during the weekend protest

prevent the Russians from General Laicius Clay, US. Comman der, against the; kalt--of-exparts Josing all or part of the text al. the Rusalan occupation Zone from soon as the Kremlin's reaction Is the Western part of Germany. The determined. Several months ago the

surprised source said Gen. Clay replied that Russians.

the State Depart- Interzonal trade could not be re-ment by making public their version sumed as long as the Western powers of a note from Ambassador Walter to Foreign Minister were denied the use of the Berlin Bedell Smith

V. M. Molotov. The Soviets ured Helmstedt railway.

this to launch their so-called "peace offensive.”—Associated Press.

SIEGE EXTENDED The Soviets today extended their slege of the German capital by

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Of The Day MALAYAN TERRORISTS

ECONNECTICUT

The last delegate gone, a convention hall workman begins the long task of aweeping up after a riotous session of the Republican "'national convention in Philadelphia. Posters, banners, placards and confetti covered the floor of the huge hall when the session ended after names of seven men were placed in nomination.-AP Picture.

New Home For ZBW And ZEK

The Telegraph learns from a wholly reliable source that early next year ZBW and ZEK will move into two floors of Cable and Wireless's new Electra House on the Praya.

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two studio

US Warships On Secret Mission

KILL 5 MEN

Brutal Murders

In Perak

Singapore, July 6.-Terrorista slashed three Chinese to death with knives in Perak today and murdered two more in Selangor and Johore.

The countrywide wave of political unrest in Mnlayo-now over two months old-is still at its height in apita

of intensified Army and pollca measures.

Tho bodles of the three Chinese, brutally flashed, were found today In the

the Bota Forest Reserve near Tronoh, la Perak. Ipoh police today sald they expected murderers would be arrested

the

"GODA"

Malay ranger was murdered by Chinese gunmen in. the same + Reserve a fortnight ago, but week Inter an Army communique issued in Ipoh, 20 miles away, claimed bandits in that area were definitely on the run after an offensive by Gurkha troops, and police.

PRESS CONTROL

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Under bill passed by the Legislative Council , at Kuala Lumpur today,

A newspaper statements

publishing "incorrect"

may be required

to print free of chargo a Government "corrected" version.ment

The Government assured Council that it had no desire

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to

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Aid Agreement

Approved

London, July 6-Tho House of Commons tonight approved the Anglo-Amari- can agreement on Marshall ald by 409. votes to 12.

Tho agreemont hed carlier been approved by the House of Lords without a vote.

At. 10 p.m. GMT, it will be signed at the Foreign Office by the Foroign Minister, Mr Emest Bevin, and Mr Lewis Douglas, the American Ambassador. -- Reuter.

U.N. TRUCE

OFFICIAL

KILLED

Halta, July

BrThe

United Nations Palestine Truce Com- mission 'suffered' Its first casualties today when one French offer was fatally wounded when a whilte painted United Nations jeep in which he was travelling in the Nazareth ares nocidentally. hit að land mine.

Mr. George Barns, United Nations press officer, announced tonight that another' Frerich officer and an Italian

priest Interpreter, also travelling in the jeep, were injured.

dictate to the press, but it wanted power to control bublications iloved not to andre "our way of life and thought."

Another clause in the bill. Holds owners of typewriters and duplica- Ung machines responsible. If their The French officers were two of machines are used for the publica- | the French team - 01: 215 observers tion of subversive or other unlaw-sent to Palestine by the French Go- ful material. A penalty of two verament. They were investigating years' imprisonment or a dino equi- an alleged violation of the truce by valent to £250, or both, is provided Jewish forces said to be construc-

ting certain forifications.

for this.

In Kuala Lumpur today, Liew Communist Tit-fun, editor of the newspaper, the Min Sheng Pao,

• STOOD ON MINE

name was in-

which was suppressed last month, The killed man's was sentenced to 18 months Im-nounced as Commandant Renes La prisonment for publishing sedl Barriere. His fellow officer, Com- tious articles.

mandant Dumoustrier De Conchy,

Liew Yit-fun is the Selangor re-sustained leg-Injuries.- presentative of the Malayan Com-

The officers first went

tho into munist Party-Reuter.

Arab lines to discuss the alleged truce breach with the local Arab commander. They then proceeded to the Jewish lines.

for the Included in the new accommodation Government broadcasting stations will be auditorium which will seat about 120 people. It was believed increased Aght curtailing the service of 15 streetcar vers in London expected the British activity was the beginning of tha lincs inside-the-city-serving-maluly-note restated the-Western-Allies This will enable _ZBW _to_or- Soviet campaign to crowd Western the West sectors.

legal right to be in Berlin and of ganise audience-participation. pro- Allled planes off the airlines

The Soviet-licensed

towards the grammes. their responsibilities which they have been flying 300 that two lines will cease operations popluation there.

daily in their on Wednesday and 13 others will

Two of the Elo-tra House floors The note is in no sense

ulti- DR and mure planes

u by the broad- drive to beat the Soviet-imposed be shortened Thursday by matum and does not suggest what will be taken

On "hunger blockade" of Berlin. withdrawing their cars from the steps the Western powers intend to casting stations for studios, library,

Britain Sends Gold The Russians protested against Western sectors. The ADN said the take if Moscow refuses to raise the auditorium, secretarial and business

The jeep hit a land mine near a offices. made of electricity landings of big British Sunderland shortage

traffic ban. It is understood to

to pre-

To United States

roadblock and Commandant La flying-boats in the Havel Sea next to essential. The cuta reduced the clude the possibility of a four-power

Half of another floor will be

Barriere was fatally Injured, Com- British-operated Gatow nirport, city's streetcar services about one». meeting to renew discussions of the utilised for technical equipment.

London, June 6-Britain shipped mandant De Canchy injured his leg charging that the waterways in and third-United Press.

whole German problem, as had been

It is understood that plans for

mino urged by the eight-power Warsaw the new ZBW and ZEK studios are

Istanbul, July 6-Acting on US$54,307,000 worth of gold to the when he stood on another

United States during

the week while leaving the jeep after the ex- Conference, unless there in some de- now being studied by a BBC expert urgent orders, four units of the ended on June 10, the Census plosion. He was carrying a whito anite, gesture from the Soviet sida

so that they shall be completely up-United States Navy broke short Bureau reported today-Associated flag when he stood on to break the to-date. showing a readiness

the other their visit in Istanbul and sped Press.

mino.-Associated Press. deadlock which has arisen. By taking the whole

Berlin crisis

It is believed that between $150,- tonight towards the Eastern away from the plane of negotia 000 and $200,000 are being spent on Mediterranean. The unexpected tions between the Military Go- the new broadcasting stations and

mission concerned Palestine, but vernors In Berlin and raising it to their modern technical equipment,

the full picture, is not clear. the plane of direct negotiations be- tween the four Governments cerned, today's Brlish note,

tho parallel gether with

United States and French notes, has opened a new and considerably greater phase in the whole Berlin dispute.

EDITORIAL

Fight To Save Dollars

CIR Stafford Cripps' contention Sawthout seeistance from

European Recovery gramme the pound sterling might Ind

difficulties Itself In

twas obviously more designed to secure opposition support for the Anglo-U.S; ald agreement

Cult

The

than

as a serious expression of sler- ling's position in the International currency market.

fight to maintain the resiliency And prestige of the pound has been one of the notable successes of the present Labour Government. In the main

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to

In

has unequivocally stated, the country can no longer afford to make any further demands Fro-

The these reserves.

Immediate future of the

sterling. pound

ERP therefore, must depend on ald, together with further pruning of imports from hard currency reas. Essential too it is to in- crease the nation's cold reserves, which can only be achieved any appreciable extent by increas- los exports for dollar payments. For a long time Britain's grim slogan has been "Export or Die," but unhappily Britain cannot ex- port manufactured goods until she has imported raw materiala, and at such prohibitive prices that the gold dollar value of her export drive is halved. Viewing Ballain's plight, Hongkong naturally wonders if, or how,

It can help the

Mother Country, a restricted senso it already doca something in that it maintains its own independent exchange fand and therefore makes no demand on the Commonwealth pool more positive resture, however, would have more appeal. If, for example, the Colony went in for a promotion campaign to attract American tourists and was able to remit the gold dollars brought in by the visitors to Britain's gold reserve. - · fund. The diffiendly would not be in attracting the tourists (17 Pho campaign were efficiently run) but in making sure their gold dollars did not seep out of the Colony, through the free Hongkong could not market. make a very big contribution to Britain's gold reserve fund, with out upsetting its own economle Cenilibrium," but if... Government devise scheme whereby surplus gold. dollars · could" bo sttracted to lie coffers, then some Kexture, however small, could be made to let the people it "Home know that we are sympathetically

partner

this is due to the level-headed appreciation, 과 soon as the war finished, of the need to take all steps to protect sterling.

wery begin- From the ning a firm and determined pro- gramme was mapped out to deal with the problema problem the wiping out as by REKTAVAted a result of the war of Bri tain's Invfalble surpluses. Опе measure was to lestitute a large mullateral trading group with a gold dollar pool, with each contributing whatever possible to that

and then pool

receiving allocations from it for absolutely

trading in hard car In addition Brilsin adopted

de domestic programme Ɖof import restrictions and

COUTATCOUS! Expert: targets. Both would have achieved... mueb

than more

Liby have bad Américan and world prícès. raw materials, foodstuffs and ́eon- sumer goods not soared to - suph Helghia. As it was, the "original United States loan, was

rapidly dowd in purchasing whilfed value, and withdrawals from

for

and had to be made bakery

three times the expected Worse still, Britain's goli reserves, already, cut by more than

half.

in consequence of the war, have

had to be constantly, Ang into,

until today, as Bir Stafford Cripps ¦ alive to their problem.

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MARSHALL'S ACTION

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In Washington, diplomat obser-

S'HAI RIDES

OUT STORM

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One Informed Fource refused any specifte information saying only that the Navy decided it would be wiser if the ships were at sea. He refused to confirm or deny reports that the departure was caused by "serious breach" of the Palestine truce which might call for evacua- floas. Shanghai, July 7-Well battened- vers were attaching some signifi- down Shanghai rode out its biggest Informed sources said the cruisers cance to the fact that the Secretary blow of the year last night when Fargo, Huntington and Juneau had of State, Mr George Marshall, gave a violent typhoon which threatened orders to lie off Crete "awaiting the Soviets "a reasonable time" to the city suddenly changed course developments." The ships were due reply to the nole before making it at 10 p.m. and veered past towards to leave tomorrow but Admiral public. This was expected to be at the mouth of the Yangtze River. least two days.

Sherman changed his plans follow- This has led to the belief

Early this morning the Shanghai ing the receipt of what was des that Observatory reported that the

cables several urgent scribed as Mr Marshall

may have suggested a typhoon curved off in a westerly from the United

Atlantic States definite course

of action for the direction, passing 00 miles cast of Naval Command in London. Soviet Government to take, falling Shanghol.

The

change was so sudden that it which the three Western

of The blow, however, took a toll of left De Lutfi Kirdar, Governor powers would take more drastic action. 10

the provinco

without of Istanbul, The Sovlet Ambassador,

capsized In the Whangpoo his honoured guests at a huge re- Panyushkin, accompanied by an In-River, and property damage is reception for the Americans at the terpreter, entered and left Mr Mar-ported at US$50 million.

historic Yildiz Palace. tonight--As- shall's office smiling. He Was Large parts of the city were still sociated Press. greeted by a battery of newsreel deep under water this morning,

SAIL FROM NAPLES, and newspaper photographers, but with only street car services in

operation. The British cruiser Con- Rome, July 6-Four. American the aircraft Kearsarge, salled out before the typhoon signal went up.

secret orders, the United States Em- bassy Naval Attache in Rome con- Armed today..

declined all specific comment.

M. oatmen drowned when their

He said afterwards that he ex. cord, which arrived yesterday just warships, including.

enrrier changed 'no general views with Mrrode out the storm at the mouth of/Naples harbour early today, under

Marshall on the Berlini situation during his brief interview-Reuter.

Canadian Prairios Short Of Raîn

Ottawa, July 8-Crop conditions were "critical" because of lack of

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today

the Whangpoo.-Neuter.

WATSON'S-

THE TOPS

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Beverage

The Units of the United States Sixth Naval Task Force, which in-

PROHIBITION IN cluded In addition to the carrier

MADRAS

the destroyers Meredith, D., Hard and J. C. Owens, sulled in a souther- direction, but authorities here refused to regard a guess as to

Mor

ly

rain over large areas of the prairies Madras, July 6-The Government destination. which form Canada's great granary, will shortly legislate for the impost- The Associated Press reported Bureau of Statistics survey said ton of collective fines on any area from Naples that special shore where prohibition is unsuccessfully patrola scurried through Naples at Prospects were "generally fair to worked. This was announced today midnight last night to round up gová”, în „Manitoba, castorn and to pressmen by the Premier who sailors. southwestern' Saskatchewan and regretted this unavoidable" - dolay At least 10 sailors we

were reported |southern Alberta, the report showed, in

action

left behind. Conditions, however,, had reached Effective forthwith the Govern-- Rome's Independent Momente a critical stage in a large area of ment banned all alcoholle drinks at Sera speculated that the warships Saskatchewan, and central and official and semi-offelal partless-were headed for Trieste Associated northern Alberta Reuter

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