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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9, 1950.

A NEW BRITISH BRIGADE DUE IN KOREA AT DAWN First Of Main Body U.S. Group Buys

In Empress Boat

..

Tokyo, Nov. 2.

Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Robertson, Commander-in-Chief of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces will tomorrow

Pusan from Japan to welcome ab ning fly into

British Shares

London, Nov. 2.

It was announced hero today that an American group has bought 600,000 shares in Tanganyika. Con- cessions, à British company which has an important stake in the uranium and minerals of the Belgian Congo.

The 600,000 shares were part of 1,667,961 Tan- ganyika Concession shares which the British Treasury sold last April to Anglo-Belgian-South Afri- can group.-Reuter.

other 2,000 troops of the 29th British Brigade who are due about dawn in the troopship Empress of Australia.

The troopship is bringing the Brigade head- quarters, the 45th Field Regiment, Royal Artil- lery, and other troops. They will be the first of the main body of the Brigade to reach Korea.

Sir Horace will be met and accompanied by the

Brigado commander, Brigadier T. Brodie, who will fly here from the brigade's concentration area at Suwon, and by the Officer Commanding, British,

Korca Base, Colonel C. Rowlandson, who arrived from Taegu today.

Most of the troops will ca- train within a few hours of dis- einbarkation for the journey to Suwon.

four-day

Other troops, will take

the

first road convoy of vehicles to

Suwon on Saturday.

with its own tanks-about 100

to arrive shortly.

Washington

ал

Study

Of Military Aid To Asia Against Reds

Washington, Nov. 2.

United States government 'officials are study- The Brigade will be equipped ing a top secret report which will carry much of them which bre expected weight in deciding what share of the $5,000,000,000. for 1951 foreign military assistance will be used The last of 305 vehicles was to check Communism in South-east Asia, the Unit- unloaded today from the "Cingalese Prince," theed Press learned today. Brigade's first supply ship which reached here on Tuesday.

VALUABLE CARGO!

The ship's officers expect to Anish Unloading tomorrow, will be a valuable cargo in this very dry port which is locked

Among the last to be unloaded

in the ship's bullion room. It is a consignment of nine cases of Snotch, whisky, nine cases of brandy and two cases of cham- pagne. These are "hospital com. farts" for the 29th British General Hospital now way from England to Kure, Japan.

on its

The report is believed to devote special atten- tion to the defence needs of Indo-China, where the Communist leader Ho Chi Minh recently had mili- tary success, and the Philippines, where more scattered attacks of Communist-led Hukbalahap rebels are straining the resources of a failing economy.

presenting

A detailed analysis of these | U:S. aid to Indo-China was situations is to be prepared by understood to have been given а. special survey mission first priority after Korea. Mis- which returned this week after sion members have declined to a four-month tour of five key say how other South-east Asian South-east Asian countries. The countries rank in priority after La 20-man mission was headed Indo-China, but it was felt in that the Major Arthur Howell, British jointly by Mr John Melby, re- official quarters here

the

State Depart-Philippines were high on the Korca base Deputy Assistant Director of Supply and Transient, and Maj-General Graves list.

Erskine, representing the mili- port who has the job of safe-

tary. They spent three weeks. In Indo-China, Ho Chi-Minh's guarding the precious botiles, each in Indo-China, Malaya and forces have made gains during said today, "They'll be escorted Thailand, two

mission weeks in the the few weeks the from the ship's side to a barbed Philippines and 10

days in.

has been en route home and enclosure and a teetotal Indonesia.

United States defence officials guard will stand guard over

are understood to have made the group heavy commitments to support and Paris, the anti-Communist cause there. presumably to take

up their Malayan and Indo-Chinese findings with the

wire

them night and day for five

En route nomc, weeks until the hospital arrives stopped in London in Japan."Reuter,

Invitation

To Belgrade

mother countries.

two

war

TIGHT SECRECY

the

.A special economic survey respective | mission to the Philippines last week reported the four-year-old | republic in serious straits large- ly because of government.mis- management and recommended that the United States invest The mission, which started $250,000,000 in Philippine weeks after the Korean economic development. Enough broke out, observed tight military assistance.. for secrecy during its trip and Philippine government to put returned unannounced

down or at least hold the Huk- Detalls af the re-balahap in check until con- (the General Agreement on commendations were not avail-ditions improve was believed an Pres essential corollary, to that pro- Tariffs and Trade) agreed here able,. today to invite Yugoslavia to learned they had been set downjected economic help.-United send an observer to their meet in a preliminary report which Press. ings. They had just opened is being circulated among key their fifth session.

Torquay, Nov. 2.

Contracting parties to GATT | Tuesday.

A United States proposal for theextension of membership benefits, to, Japan will be dis- cussed at the session.

"

officials

United but the

concerned with the task of filting South-east Asia

into overall American pluns New Zealand & The for arming the United States' friends against possible Com- munist aggression.

International Fund

Wellington, Nov. 2.

In the Philippines, Mr Melby new meh the mission Germany and Italy have told

** New: Zealand; will not join Monetary studied both the Hülbalahap the International been represented at Torquay a month already, taking part in Problem and the threat of ex- Fund or the World Bank, bé- ternal. aggression presumably cause she remains unconvinced the third round of tariff

from Red China, However, acof-the advantages which have negotiations. These continue indicated that the mission was been claimed for membership, simultaneously with the session, most concerned about the in- Mr Sydney Holland; the New which deals with the generalternal threat which two weeks Zealand Prime Minister, said principles, governing the nego-ago forced the President at here today. tiations.

the Philippines, Mr. Quirino, to suspend He rights of

The contracting parties are habeas corpus. He said tho also due to decide the duration Huks posof an urgent" and

of the tariff agreements already" | "immediate and Ketualu (menice, Unogotiated at:- Genevű and whertas aggression by Cóm- ** Anfiböjμ1⁄4ând “of those ennlig muhists from abroad remainer

dout of the talks ne Reuter. merely potential.'"

But New Zealand was not

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