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THE HONONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1950.

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Over Defence Of Europe

London, Dec. 7.

The Big Three agreed to bring 150,000 German fighting men into the armies that will defend Wes- tern Europe, but the Germans themselves appeared opposed to the agreement.

The compromise, which calls for German combat teams totalling one-fifth of the Atlantic Pact armies, was agreed upon early on Thursday, when the French Cabinet approved the beginning of German recruiting with the least possible de- lay.

Now the real job begins. Beaten Germany must be per- suaded to contributz men to an army under General Dwight D. Eisenhower to oppose the 130 divisions Russia has ready to roll into Europe.

The Committee of Deputies, representing 12 countries, will probably meet next week to lay its plan before the Chiefs of Staff of the Atlantic The

Pact na-

A pilot model of the automatic computing engine is now working at the Na- tional Physical Laboratory. The ACE itself will be built later, but the pilot model is a complete computor. It can tackle any problem requiring arithmetical calcula- tion, and reduces the time taken for very involved problems from what would normally take days or weeks, to minutes, for even fractions of a second.

picture shows some of the coded cards which give the instructions to the machine. The holes start momentary electric currents which release trains of pulses which are then distributed and stored in the memory loops.-Central Press,

Truce Proposal

Discussions

Lake Success, Dec. 7. General Wu Hsiu-chuan, chief of the Chinese Com- muulst delegation to

the United Nations, today re- ceived a copy of the Arab League proposal for a 30- day truce in Korea and a three-month

in the iruce cold war.

The proposal was made on Wednesday to Secre- tary-General Trygve

Lie

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by Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, Secretary-General of the Arab League. was given to General Wu at his Waldorf Astoria headquarters a

p.m. Azzam Pasha was to con- fer with Mr Lie today on his proposal which con- tains suggestion for 3 Truman - Stalin meeting. Observers belleved that part of the proposal would be scrapped.United Press.

Mrs.

British

Pandit Meets

Premier: Crisis Discussed

Washington, Dec. 7.

The Indian Ambassador to Washington, Mrs Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, today conferred privately with Mr Clement Attlee, Britain's Prime Minister, on the Far Eastern crisis.

The Ambassador, who is a to stop her troops at the 38th close personal friend of the Parallel, would be discussed. Prime Minister, went to the Mrs Pandit is flying to New British Embassy al 2.45 p.m. York at 8,00 p.m. GMT today GMT for the conference, which with her daughter. was expected to tough recent peace moves, by India, to but the Korean fighting.

on the

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Mrs Pandit is expected to re-

to Washington sponsored

tomorrow when she will attend a con- ference between Mr Attlee and the Commonwealth Ambassadors in the United States.

Though there was no official intimation of the subjects to be covered in today's talks, it was expected that the Chinese re- action to the efforts of the Indian delegate to the

United Nations, Sir Benegal Narsing Rau, for a settlement

of the Far Eastern crisis, and also to the 13-nation appeal to China

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After today's meeting between Mr Attlee and Mrs Pandit, which lasted almost half hour, an Indian official quoted Mrs Pandit as saying that it was an entirely informal discussion during a personal courtesy call. -Reuter.

Hiss Sentence

New York, Dec. 7. The perjury conviction and the five-year prison sentence of Alger Hiss, a former Department official, were upheld

State

unanimously by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals

on Thursday.

Hiss was convicted on January 22 of lying when he denied under oath he had given secret State Department papers to un- authorised persons including Whittaker Chambers, a former Communist courier. Press,

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Tokyo, Dec. 7. tions in London. Then the de- More than 800 Japanese are fence ministers will meet to still being held by Japan's for- give the final approval.

mer enemies, excluding Russia, The Germans want full

as war criminals or as suspects, equality in the international according to the Japanese community as their price for Foreign Office quoted by the helping to defend Europe. But Kydodo news agency today. the French have agreed only to

A breakdown of the Japanese German "combat teams" of about held abroad showed that the 5,000 men each and an overall greatest number (329) was be- strength which is not to exceeding detained by the Australian one-fifth of the entire Atlantic authorities. Twenty-eight of forces. That should mean about these were in Hongkong and 150,000 Germans.

301 on Manus Island.

BRITISH C-IN-C

The British authorities were holding 328 scattered in various places from Rangoon to Hong- kong. The Philippines RC-

re-

General Eisenhower will com- mand the overall military force | counted for 138, France four and with contributions from the 12 ethers 10. Atlantic Pact powers. The

Japanese officials have Ground commander most likely peatedly claimed that 370,000 will be French. The general Japanese commander in chief is expected detained in to be British..

The big question is: Can the Germans be persuaded to take their part in the new army?

Germans who objected to the

were

still being the Soviet Union, although the Russians have stated that they are holding

2,458 war only

criminals and nine invalids.-Reuter.

compromise plan refused to be Cairo Ends State Of quoted by

name saying any

official comment must come from War With Germany

Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.

Cairo, Dec. 7. But they pointed out that

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry Herr Adenauer like other Ger-announced today the end of the mans, has insisted on equality state of for German

war between Egypt contingents in the

and Germany. The official an- international

and programme

cision will not affect an eventual nouncement stated that this de-

settlement of reparations and cther questions between the two countries.

that the compromise programme offers nothing like that.

The plan prohibits a German war ministry or German general staff. It also bans heavy equip- ment for German units.--United

Press.

Russians

Egypt decided to declare war on Germany on February 27, 1945-Reuter.

Accused

Of Holding POW's

Lake Success, Dec. 7.

The United Kingdom accused the Soviet Union in the United Nations today of violating: human rights on a colossal scale by refusing to repatriate thousands of German and Japanese prisoners of war.

The British

the

MacDonald, joined the dele- further action

delegate, Lord this would be preliminary for by the United gations of States

United Nations. and Australia in the Lord MacDonald said, "If the General Assembly's Social and Commission finds that thousands United Humanitarian Committee in of prisoners

are held against sponsoring a resolution calling their will and are denied the for a full investigation of the fundamental human rights, I do prisoners' plight. He said the not think that the United Na- United Nations cannot dis- tions will be found reluctant or interest itself in the fate of unwilling to take what steps it these thousands of human can for ensuring the enjoyment beings, "It must attempt to of their human rights to those establish whether the Soviet so wantonly denied them." statements are true or whether He charged that Russia vio-

a series of agreements: the Western powers on

in fact we are here faced with lated another denial of human rights with on a colossal scale," he added. the repatriation of prisoners The joint resolution calls for and described efforts by Britain the establishment of a United the United States and Austra- Nations Commission to deter lia to securo information from mine the

All these efforts

number of prisoners the USSR. still held in the Soviet Union were ignored or suramarily re- and other Soviet-bloc countries jeeted by the Moscow Govern- The sponsors made it clear that ment.--United Press. ·