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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1950.

ANGLO-EGYPTIAN

TALKS TO BEGIN

SOON IN LONDON

London, Nov. 16.

to the

Critical talks on Anglo-Egyptian_relations arising out of King Farouk's speech Egyptian Parliament today will be held in London soon, diplomatic quarters here believe.

The talks would be between the Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin, and Salah El Din Bey, the Egyptian Foreign Minister.

King Farouk gave notice in) today's statement of a definite

intention by Egypt's Waid Go- BRITISH

vernment to cancel the existing 1936 alliance with Britain.

Salah El Din Bey will come to London next week from New York where he has been at- tending the General Assembly of the United Nations. He will lead the Egyptian delegation for the forthcoming financial talks which open on November 25, it was authoritatively announced here today.

TRAWLER

RELEASED

London, Nov. 16. Russia has freed a British trawler intercepted recently off Murmansk after a local court had fined the skipper, Tass, the Soviet news agency, reported early to-day.

A Foreign Office spokesman today deled that Mr Bevin had invited the Egyptian foreign minister to London for the The trawler was the Lucen- special purpose of discussing nia, 347 ions, from Grimsby, the future of the 1936 treaty, which the Soviet authorities but it was generally believed in told the British Embassy int the light of today's speech Moscow on November 9, had from the throne that critical been detained for fishing inside talks on a treaty revision be-the three mile limit. tween the two foreign ministers Tass today said that a Soviet were inevitable.

People's Court had fined the Under the existing treaty, captain 500 roubles (about £45) revision before 1956 can only and ordered the confiscation of be undertaken with the agree- his fishing equipment and the ment of both parties. The fish caught. British view is that any revi- sion before. 1956, which both parties do not agree, would be a breach of international law, The Lucennia was the fourth But Britain is known to be British trawler detained by willing to continue negotiations Russia on charges of illegal aimed at securing an agreed fishing in the White Sea in six revision.

months. One of the three pre-

detained The spokesman said that theviously

vessels defence of the Middle East was cleared of the charges while the an issue which directly affected British Embassy paid fines im- on the other two.- the peace and security of other posed countries besides Britain and Reuter. Egypt.

Britain considered the de-

The British Embassy in Mos- cow had paid the fine, the agency added.

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Commenting

King Farouk's speech, the spokes- man said that Anglo-Egyptian relations should be based

and complete equality sovereignty inspired by mutual confidence in the British view. The spokesman added that there was no change in the British view on the Sudan.— | Reuter,

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Canberra, Nov. 16. Mr Harold Holt, Australian Immigration Minister, today cancelled the passports of Aus-" trallans wanting to travel to the Warsaw conference official permission,

without

Omcials believed that ship- ping companies and air

lines would not give them passages without proper travel docu- ments.

Mr Holt said in the House of Representatives tonight that the conference provided venient opportunity, for cherous conspiracy.—Reuter,

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Birmingham, Alabama,

Nov. 16.

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U.S. MAY

SOON

SEND ENVOY TO FRANCO SPAIN

Washington, Nov. 16.

Diplomatic observers today said that an early return of a United States Ambassador to Spain following the White House release of a Spanish loan was not necessarily a consequence, but there' was considerable hope for that development.

Two possible reasons for President Truman's decision to release the loan were given.-

Joliot-Curie

Leads Field

At Warsaw

The

Toda

London, Nov. 16. Communist backed Second World Peace Congress, transferred from Sheffield, after the British Government banned many leading delegates, opened in Warsaw tonight, according to Warsaw Radio.

A radio station here last night broadcast news of an Delegates from all parts of attempt to assassinate President Truman. Hundreds the world greeted with deafen- of listeners who rushed to ing applause the arrival in the telephone the radio station meeting hall of Professor Fre learned that the radio was re- derick Joliot-Curie, French of a programme, interrupted of the World Peace Committee,

broadcasting a recorded version atomic scientist and Chairman

when the attempt on the the Radio said, President's le was made on:

November 1.

Radio officials had forgotten to cut out this "interruption.” -Reular.

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Firstly Mr Truman may now want to show a more cillatory attitude to 'majority opinion in Congress, and it was that opinion which voted for the loan.

Korea Airlift To Continue

Washington,

November 18,747 The Military Air Trans- port Service announced on Thursday it will contipuc Indefinitely its Pacific air- lift to Korea and Japan.”

A spokesman said this. action was taken because of recent developments in the Korean war. It had been announced ́previously that the task force estab- lished to coordinate MAT:S. and civilian con-- tact air carriers, world be dishafided on Thursday.

Since its formation early in July, the -airlift 'has transported more than 35,- 000 replacement troops and thousands of tons of cargo to Japan and Korca.-- United Press.

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STATE AS

SOLUTION

London, Nov. 16.

The establishment of a de- militarised zone in north Korea. as a buffer state between the Communist and United Nations. armles is believed in usually well informed quarters here to be one of the possible solutions of the Korean problem which has been examined in London and Washington in the last few days.

But. the latest indications suggest that the British Govern- ment has not definitely declared itself in favour of such a pro- posal and that there is also no clear opinion on the matter in Washington.

The main political issile. for the western powers in Korea is not a scheme to demilitarise northern Korea - though this represents one possibility—but of sounding out China's real

in London believe that this will

intentions in Korea. Observers be attempted when the Chinese delegates authorised to debate

the Formosan question arrive in New York in the next few days.-Reuter.

German Support For Churchill

Bonn, Germany, Nov. 16. The West German Bundéstag, or lower house, on Thursday endorsed by a narrow margin, Mr Winston Churchill's resolu... Secondly, an urgent desire tion for the creation of of the administration to get European army. It also ap- Congress in a favourable mood | proved eight other, resolutions. to vate the appropriation to passed by the Consultative, A57-3 send food to starving Yugo-sembly of the Council of Europe slavia,

at Strasbourg last August, bre Approval was reached by a Observers considered that it show of hands vote. those reasons are accepted as valid, then a further gesture to bassador soon to Spain would Congress by sending an am- seem to be logical.

Mr Churchill's motion, on which the German-Socialists-in the Consultative Assembly had abstained, reads "The As There is no lack of candidates mediate creation of a European

sembly

calls for the m for the ambassadorship to

Army under proper unified de Spain. Prospective candidates mocratic control and acting in include: Frank P. Corrigan, for- full mer ambassador

co-operation : with the to Venezuela; United States and Canada, it is known he is actively United, Press. desirous of going to Spain, Fleet Admiral William Leahy wai, reliably reported to hope that

his doctors may find his health

sufficiently improved to be able

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To Lord Samuele

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to take the ambassadorship: If it should be offered to him Others who are believed to be

London, Nov. 18ptunH contenders

The Friends of the Hebrew for the post are: University of Jerusalem; wUL Navy Secretary Francis Mat- Professor Joliot-Curie opened thews, who is

mark the 25th anniversity101 prominent in the university with-a-dinner-in the Congress with 4,000

dele-Roman Catholic circles- gates present. He thanked the and

here, London on November 21ЛA 14 Colonel Anthony Biddle, city for the warm welcome former ambassador to Poland tribute to Lord Samuel, leader, The function will also lea?

--United Press,

in the House of Lords, who has been President of the Society in England since the inception of the university.......... A

Lord Samuel celebrated his 80th birthday von November 6.- A Communist zeamen's union Speakers at the dinnerw Th The city was decked with and two non-Communist ponclude the Israeli Minis flags and banners for the Con- unions" joined forces en Thurs- London, MAmery, gress. Bomb scars and war day for a 48-hour strika | Secretary of State for, damage were covered up. threatening to paralyse Italian Clement Davies, lon

Many buildings * displayed | ports.“

Liberal Party in the I

The opening ceremony was broadcast by radio stations in Cominform countries including

Warsaw, Budapest and Prague 48-HOUR STRIKE

and the Soviet zone transmitters

in Germany.

Rome, Nov. 16.

huge portraits of Marshal Stalin. The unions are demanding Commmg and and Professor Joliot-Curie general wage increases.-United a governor of the 1 Reuter.

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