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Nationalists Destroy Red Shipping

Taipeh, Aug. 6. Chinese Nationalist hom bers and fighters today at- tacked Communist shipping concentrations

off the

Chinese mainland opposite Formosa,

th

According to a report

Nationalist nows

from

agency, over 100 Junks and other light craft were destroyed,

Military sircles in Formosa, the last land stronghold of Generalisama Chiang Kai-ttiek.) ald that the raid heralded an mercased air

"Be

offensive against

Communist invasion pre-

parations."

Nationalist

the offensive

ponible by

feitel claimed

made

had been

Ruarantee AL

aviation fuel said to have been alven by General Douglas Mar- Arthur, the Americart Supreme

Commander in the Far

When he werki.

visited Formon

Shortage of fuel

East

Jaxt

hind pre- vionly curtailed Nationalist air Artivity, the efflelals added.

General MacArthur flew 10! Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's from his Tokyo radiqunrters

base after the Nationalists ha

announced their

the

Arat bombing Communial- mainland since President

raid agbutt hetl

Truman entered a halt

tho

Nationalist war operations pend- ing the end of the Korean war. After his visit, General Mec

"or" Artlur

runounced partements have been completed. co-ordination

for

effective

American

That

em and those!

of the Chinese Government, the better to meet any attack which

hoille force might be foolish each to attempt."-Reuter,

"I

MOLOTOV REPORT DENIED

Tokyo, Ang. 6. Lt-Col. William Hodgson Australia, the British

Commonwealth representa

tive on the Allied Council for i today that! Japan, declared

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1950.

Getting Ready For Korea

A sergeant (foreground) checks 20 mm. ammunition belts as other American ground crewmen load the belts into a fighter plane at an air base in Japan just be- fore a take-off for an air sweep over the Korea battle zone.

TURKEY WANTS

ATLANTIC PACT

(Acme).

TO JOIN FAMILY

London, Aug. 6.

an

Turkey today sent notes to the 12 member states of the Atlantic Pact

According to informing them of her desire to become its 13th member, Ankara Radio report tonight which added that Mr Fuad Koeprulu, the Turkish Foreign Minister, yesterday visited Mr Ernest Bevin, the British Foreign Minis- ter, in Strasbourg.

STRONG USSR

111 quoted The Radio

for "authoritative source" the statement that he asked! Britain's support of, Turkey's demand to be add-

N. KOREANS

of SENDING UP

TEAM FORmitted to membership of

Pact. Mr the Atlantic Revin's response was favour-

it was "an outrageous the UN ASSEMBLY able Ankara Radio said.

that his Mission had made any statement about the Soviet Deputy Premier, M. Vyacheslav Molotov, being in Peking. Que.blouse

almout London

he anglly! report,

Milou badk that s

Lake Success, Aug. 6.

Mr Kopruhu then visited M. Robert Schuman, the French

RESERVES

New York Aug. 6.

15 Nations Gather At Strasbourg For European Assembly

Strasbourg, Aug. 6.

Representatives from 15 nations poured into this beflagged "capital" of a United Europe today for the second annual session of the Council of Europe's Consultative Assembly here tomorrow. Out of 125 representa- tives expected to attend the session, 18 will be from West Germany, whose inclusion as an associate member marks the first attempt to bring Germany back into the "European family" since the war ended,

Strasbourg. Aug, 0 session on Monday, determined The Foreign Ministers of the to throw its full weight behind

de-

Com-

cx-

The Sanr, with three re-} presentatives, also joins the Assembly as an associate Council of Europe, sitting here efforts to build a strong.

during the past four days mocratic front against member.

its Committee of Minister or munism. The Argebly is "Upper House" have falled to peeled to give priority to new Back from a hectic spell of give a constructive lead to the problema raised by the war in the Coun- internal

Korea, even though Whece over the Consultative Assembly, Leopold

the Belgian

debate on Derond

scusion opens cits Charter forbids Socialist Irader, M. Paul Henri-here tomorrow..

defence. Spaakt, whose term of office as That is the verdict

VETO POWER expires when the majority of permanent oficiats The Assembly is expected to Assembly meets, is almost cer of the Counell and of Assembly bet swiftly on the recommenda

President

politics crlais,

annual

who representatives Ministers' spokesmen

evening.

of the

met the

1

lain to be re-elected.

on of the Council of Foreign Tomorrow's opening takes

the Ministers

that Jt condemn pince in the Council of Europe's Joint Committee yesterday North Korean aggression and

built at a new headquarters, cost of £312,000, on the out-

arm its support of the United Although the Commitice of Nations forces

General skirts of Strasbourg and within

Under Ministers agreed to send MacArthur. Representatives in walking distance of the thine message of encouragement to

the Assembly were reported to The all-white building, the the Assembly, there is

be in almost unanimous agree- "House of Europe," includes a denialle feeling

here that the

Minis. magnincent Assembly seatlar Ministers--who alone have the ment with the Foreign

ore than 700 journalists and authority

ters forthright denunciation of executive Communist spectators besides the represen-nction in the name of the Cuun-

dunt big majority was tutives.

of Europe-have

against the virtually nothing to direct the in open rebellion

Forelan

Ministers refusal to Assembly ala positive linen..

the Assembly This feeling is strengthened by ant

power. The Assembly wants a two other arguments which are widely

in Strasbourg change in the Charter rule that current

give any single Minister cve of the Assembly veto power to block action on the On meeting. There arguments are!

more

It has over 100 rooms, pro- viding offices for each national delegation and the Council's permanent staff.

CLEAR ANSWER

Many delegations have beera briefed to seek a clear answer from Brits whether the ta wholehe^rted in the purull of

Uniled Europe. Krilain's hesitation over the Schuman

man Plan for pooling coal ant steef output is likely to start the first fireworks expected in the coming month's debates,

lo take

GRAVE DANGER

but a

Red to be

10

the

Assembly recommendations. The Ministers have flatly refused to

10 kree

a change.-United

1. That unlera the Assembly Press.

the coming during

•Succeeds session to initiate some action mportant enough to catch the imagination of the man-in-the- street, it will be in grave dan

The interest and

of

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1 London last May. himself in an Assembly

2. That recent

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During the past week of the unity of purpose and common hind the scenes" preparations action of a kiml for tomorrow's opening. It was sures up to the gravity of the

Continental mus-world situation today.

the What exactly

Assembly Britain's flitutte givings over

the Commitice to the Council of Europe have expected fram

of Ministers in the way of n Minister, who later The "showdown" in Koren been strengthened.

The question tonight was Wad is harder to delne Russia is expected to send Foreign

But, as its President, M a strong delegation to the saw Mr John Politis, the Greek is still to come, Hanson Bald-it lead on European unity any certainly.

Under- Forcin Permanent

Paul-Henri Spank, is understood out the subject of win, the New York Times Air Winston Churchill would United Nations General As-Secretary,

de-give the Assembly this year.

Britain's Conservative Party to have told the representatives Grerce's demand for admission military correspondent, sembly next month.

clared today.

letter arrived by air today, but of the Ministers in the to the Atlantic Paet. newspaper

endorsement of the dented

Unalet Nations high officials

Mr Kapalu and Mr Politis

In the week ahead the new quarters close to him were not Committee yesterday,

whether he would be able positive Sure Murd any information on the believe that the Soviet delegation

will be headed by Mr Andrei later conleared with each other battle of the Noktong River will remisia in Strasbourg to take various resolutions submitted to matter.

It is not thought in Turkey be bloody na bitter," he wrote.part in the debate on the Schu-hem by the Assembly

have beca necessary to create The report had said that 3 gymky, the Foreign Minister

theBut even more important than Soviet Union and is at Turkey's admission to

Impression that the Minis- Molutov's vint was linked with of the

Pact will be decided upon, or the immediate tactical situation

oralors are Vigorous French

ters were really associating expectations of a Chinese Cun-net able shater.

with the must invasion of Furman the

Labour represents-task of developing the authority Nationalist stienithold, and the

munist plincs had

reappearede British

thatves over the plan,

(and stature of the Counell of the battlefield and cver

Allied

with the French will Europe as a whole. Korea as "Oriental volunteers."

ob- troup trains were

the reprezentatives of the Colonel Bad described: the

have been extremely active in Ankara Hadis announced last enemy

that symlable docu- Thursday

Torkish served moving farge numbers of he The the report as "most fantastic."

colleeting at Hel neither he nor any member of his staff had spoken menty which have a bearing on Government had taken steps in people southward from extreme West German Federal Repubile,

the United Northwest Korea. collaboration with

to "The Communists appear British the newspaper cubegan the Assembly. ur had ever About 11,

Mr Malik in reported to have States, French

Trygve Lie Governments for the admission have decided to commit come or The report before its written

Secretary-General of the Chited ul Turkey to the North Atlantic "all of the sizable reserves that they had maintained in this area. Colonel Hodgson's Nations, saying that he hoped Alliance. there were shil une all the key documents for the timed mumours in American Assembly would be printed in quarters here that M. Molotov. Rumsion in me for September) A in Peking-Router.

ven discussed, at the forthcom- at the front were the week-end Since the return of Mr Jacob int session of the Atlantic Part

attaches Radio added

Dan Plan.

the

pasibic use of Chinese troops in wall to the Strunaty Council members in New York, Ankara ports from Japan that Com.expected to cross words with themselves actively

den: heard of

blication. Despite

rial,

Big Jewellery Theft

Soviet delegation

to Mr

19. Reuter.

Homicide By Imprudence

Hoyan, Western France,

Aug. 6.

four

and

BEING STUDIED

that A, The Radio added

have talks on Koeprdu woulz1 the subject at Strasbourg with stalesmen of the three countries.

A U.S. State pokesman suici

Department

in Washington on Thursday that Turkey hud again told America the wanted to join the North Atlantic Pact organisation.

Turkey's request war being studied, he added.

Other icials said that the

and three United States had not yet de

ruins

eided whether to support

This decision can only mean an intensification and prolonga- tion of the Korean fighting and require a further Increase in the United States strength to match the North Korean build-up."-- Reuter.

TRAINING SPEED-UP

could

-Reuter

Opening Of

LUKEWARM ATTITUDE

M. Spaak is expected to re-. peat some of the criticisma be offered yesterday of the atlitude the Ministers unless they

of

New Phase In stated they agree

Co-operation

A

take on eleventh-hour decision to endurse some of the recom- mendations to which they

principle in which they have referred emely back for further con- sideration in Commitice,

but

The departure of Mr Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Minister. on the eve of the opening of the New York, Aug. G.

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replied with similar determina-of Europe through the was stated today.

Cantin, left the children alone three Western powers in the Korean beachhead-Reuter.

WARRAMUNGA SAILS tion and with special emphasis of its key industries. Police inquiries were hony . the trouse with an oil lamp security of Greece, Turkey and

The Permanent Committer of of CU. importance the

which meeta fact that

Asembly, ins wrapped in cardboard with no Persia pered by the

nyinst any

Sydney, Aug. 6. flame.--Reus threat of aggression.-Reuter.

ordinated effort among all par-the guests and dispersed today and glass around the

The Australian destroyer.epints in the North Atlantic here tomorrow morning, is ex-

250 Warramungo, with

pected to make a formal request some had left France,Koutes,

nnd men, salled for Korea to-group."

It concluded: "The Marshall to the Committee of Ministers clay.

formally notified Plan has laid the basis for for permission for M. Schuman Australia

Railway Station. Con- hmself to take part in the de-

by bate on the Schuman Plan- 2. Kowloon Tong Club. the United Nations Secretary-Western rehabilitation

and supplemented onlined General, Mr Trygve Lie,

Kowloon Hospital, General July 30 that the Warramunga special old for milltary purposes, Reuter.

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