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NEPALESE

STRIVING

INSURGENTS

TO

CUT OFF

LIFELINES OF CAPITAL

Patna, Nov. 13.

The Nepalese insurgents' strategy is to cut

off the lifelines of Katmandu with three prongs, Taft Demands now poised to close in and "bottle up" the Nepalese

capital, wrote S. K. Ghose, Press Trust of India Examination correspondent, today from here.

According to Nepalese Congress sources, three-prongs based on Palpa, a hundred miles Of Arms Aid west of Katmandu, Birganj, about 50 miles south, and Biratnagar, 150 miles southeast, are aimed at cutting off the lifelines of the Nepalese capital.

In the west, the sources said, an attempt would be made not to allow Nepalese State forces to proceed from, Katmandu bé yond Nuwakot, about 90 miles northwest of the capital, by the blocking the routes

of adjoining Palpa.

in westem district

The insurgents have already struck at Palpa and are reported

have captured the head quarters of that district.

to

and port in Nepal

that the reported "disaffection" in the ranks of the Nepalese Army

helpful to would be insurgents. ・

the

ADHABHAR OCCUPIED

Washington, Nov. 13. Senator Robert Taft, Repub- lican presidential aspirant, suggested today that Atlantic Pact

conferences military- should be postponed until the new Congress thoroughly ex- amined American commitments in men, money and arms.

Senator Taft was speaking to reporters here after his sweep-

Advance columns- of Nepa-ing victory in Ohio In the re- lese insurgents, thrusting from cent Congressional election.

reached Am- Birganj, today.

terminus He said, "I am of the opinion lekhganj, a railway

of that not only military aid to about 40 miles southwest

countries but the Katmandu, according to front-European

whole problem should have line reports received here.

The

of

it has re- main body

these more study. than The eastern outlet from Kat- mandu to Darjeeling, the lea-forces, thrusting at night from ceived.

captured producing area of West Bengal, Semra, which

"I am not opposed to sending occupied Okhald by them yesterday, through Remechhap,

Adhabhar,

to Europe 17 miles additional divisions hunga and Bhojpur, is expected today

extent and practica- of Birganj, the reports once the to be blocked by insurgents at north

brity of it has been deter- Dhankuta, Dharan and Birat- said.

Amlekhganj is the

mined." starting

nagar.

.

1

The insurgents launched an assault

on the at Biratnagar

Satur- Bihar-Nepal border on day night.

NO RETREAT

was

point of a motor bus service to Answering a question, he said Dhankuta, Dharan and Birat-Bhimpheri, on the way to Kat-he did not think that he could capital. agree with proposals to continue nagar are all situated between mandu, the Nepalese 100 and 120 miles southeast of Though Bhimpheri is only 20 economic aid after the Marshall

air miles from Katmandu, ac Plan closes in 1952. the capital.

cess to the Nepalese capital is through a 50-mile long circui- (Mr Gordon Gray, adviser on economic policy, has recom- tous pony track.

Reports reaching here frommended to President Truman Europe other fighting sectors said that that economic aid to the insurgents were partially should continue for at least 18 controlling Biratnagar, Nepal's months after 1952).-Reulen foremost industrial town, situat- The southern "lifeline" from ed on the Bihar border 120 miles Nationalist rebels in Birganj the capital has already been cut cast of Birganj.

reported today that the with the capture of Birganj, the

The reports said that the in- Nopalese Government has asked first city to fall to the insur-

surgent forces, who suffered India for aid against them gents.

initial reverses on Saturday, under the India-Nepal Friend- Nepali Congress sources told again struck yesterday and cap-ship Treaty. the correspondent that once this tured parts of the town. In the Birganj, the home of their strategy yielded results the only Aghting two Insurgents were "Parallel Government," was outlet for the ruling

Prime killed.

apparently normal, Minister's Party would be in Another column of insurgents with shops opened again and

via Lam is reported to be fighting its railway traffle running the north, to Tibet, jung, about 25 miles northeast way up from Thoree, 25 miles the frontier to Raxaul.. of Katmandu, "through

Cx-west of Birganj. tremely hazardous and cir- cuitous Himalayan routes."

"In the land-looked country," the sources added, "there is actually no rotreal for the Nepal Governmont. We shall amputate Nepali territory limb by limb- and paralyse the administra tion."

Reports reaching Birganj said that the insurgents had set up their base headquarters there.

quiet, and

across

It was reported from Nau- tanwa, in the United Provin- ces, that Nepali Nationalist militia had taken Parasia, nine miles east of Bhairawa, the

the headquarters of

Butwal district of Nepal, without loss of life.

BIRGANJ NORMAL The reports added that Tej Bahadur, the "chicf emergency administrator" of Birganj, had

A big contingent of Nepalese It would be possible for the issued leaflets warning that "all Government forces closed the Napali Congress to set up a rumour-mongers creating panic frontier near the Indian town Government of its own by will be declared traitors and of Gorakhpur as Nationalist scaling off Katmandu and over-shot."

militia entered Parasia. Local running the rest of the country, The leaflets called upon all inhabitants accompanied the the sources said.

public institutions in the town militia when they took over Nepali Congress circles were to resume functioning as usual the prison and Government, confident that the "Insurrec- and ordered all officers to re-buildings on the surrender liof tion" would have popular support for duty forthwith.

the local authorities.Reuter,