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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1950.

KING'S LIBERTY

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GatheringTM Of The Stars

DAVID O. SELZNICK'S

DUEL

in the SUN

in Technicolor

STARRING

JENNIFER JONES - GREGÓRY PECK - JOSEPH COTTEN

WITH

LIONEL BARRYMORE

HERBERT MARSHALL. LILLIAN GISH WALTER HUSTON • CHARLES DICKFORD

WITH A CAST OF 2500

Directed by

KING VIDOR

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GEORGE RAFT

OUTPOST IN MOROGEO

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Many of the stars who visited London for the Royal Film Show attended a reception at Londonderry House, Park Lane, the other day. Picture shows Mr and Mrs Richard Todd talking to Claudette Colbert, who is snugly encased in a fur coat.-(Central Press).

AMERICANS STILL TALK PROS AND CONS OF USE

OF ATOM BOMB IN KOREA

Washington, Dec. 3.

The question whether atomic bombs should be used against the Chinese Reds in Korea evoked considerable debate in both official and unofficial

quarters here today despite the White House

statement that there was nothing new in the fact that use of the weapon had been studied.

Touched off by President Truman's comment this week that employment of atomic weapon had been considered, debates were lively both among members of Congress and private citizens.

Two general schools of thought appeared to be emerging. First, those who favour the use of the bomb on the grounds it could speed the end of the war and thus save lives in the long run despite the original toll of casualties caused.

Talk Of New

Dunkirk

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The second group oppose its use for humanitarian or political This group reasons, or both, believe world opinion would criticise use of the bomb. America's They also question whether the strength - which

world-wide armed would then

Agnes Smedley's Legacy To Chu

the

New York. Dec. 3.) Miss Agnes

Smedley, Angcatcan pro-Com- munist writer- on China, bequeathed her ashes to General Cha Tch, the Commander-in-Chief of Communist China's armies. in her will published bere. She also left him the residuary of her estate, Tho will did not indicate its value. Miss Smedley died on May 6, aged 56, at Oxford, Englanil Slic spent many years with the Communist armies in China, wearing a blue uni- form and a red star on her cap. Reuter.

military results would be con- live to fight another day. U.S. Planning

clusive enough to warrant risk- ing this criticism.

A Democratic Senator, Edwin Books, papers and magazines Johnson, said in an interview for distribution to service that the United States should camps in the New Territories drop "a few" of the bombs in

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Korea and "play war rough."

He is a member of the Senate- House Atomic Energy Com- mittee. He claimed the atomic bomb

use "has great

as 2 I weapon against troops and think now is the time to use not one but several."

The evacuation would not have the United Nations troops at anything like the disadvant- ages of Dunkirk. would protect them against sneak raids while warships off- shore ruled the sea

Air Cover For Any

TOBRUK DEFENCE?

The possibility of a "Tobruk” defence appealed to many ob- servers. Full air cover and an uninterrupted supply line would make the task of determined garrison much easier.

beachhead

SPECULATION

Observers here speculated

Against this it was stated Senator Johnson's whether

that there was not much point made statement was

in the in holding a small light of certain knowledge because the rest of the country that a tactical rather than

lic open to the Com- strategic version of the bomb munists. has now been perfected. That would mean the bomb is use- able at the front over

like concentrations

a would

Emergency

Washington, Dec. 3. United States shipowners will meet with Government officials here on Monday to plan a new United States authority to take over the merchant fleet in the event of war.

blueprint for an agency which Shipping gources said the

could use merchantmen to carry men supplies and munitions to fighting fronts will be ready within 30 days for use at a moment's notice. They also said that plans have been com- United States

Even if it was decided to troop hold a small perimeter-poss-

alt Pusan-it would be pleted to artillery ibly

arm

"PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S PHOTOGRAPHS instead of dropped over larger casier to ship defenders round freighters and passenger ships

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The by soa from the north of the United 38th Parallel and then march to them through the frozen hills

targets such as clties. last report of the States Defence Department

was weapon

status.

announcement

out..

the moment they reach Ameri-

if war breaks can ports They said that guns and gun mountings are ready and wait- ing in ports and could be placed on merchantmen with no-loss.

of photographs the President cited that such a along the roads leading south.

being worked Such a withdrawal would be taken by the South China out, but there had been no tiable to be harassed by a of time. Morning Post, South China public

of its "second front" of guerillas and Sunday Post-Herald, China

the still organised North Korean One shipping spokesman said Mall and Hong Kong Telo- of those Americans

The position of at least some liroops who fled into the hills the U.S. passenger liners could

the United who op-behind

Nations be stripped and converted to Ajman ships in three to four graph Staff Photographors pose use of the bomb was offensive 10 weeks ago,

days.-United Press. underlined in a statement by Bre on view in tho Morning Post Building.

A 2018 Century-Fox Picturo,

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These 'Communist forces are the Republican Senator, Ralph becoming bolder since the Flanders, who questioned the Chinese Communist interven- advantage to be gained "by tion and are showing signs of troops--mostly specially trained idropping an atomic bomb on operation under azob-ordinated | and lightly equipped South tiny cores....of teeming mil- command. A Tokyo staff officer Koreans had been left to deal Ugns of. Chincpo."United said today that only a com- with pockets of Communists.

paratively small force of Allied Reuter.

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