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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1950.

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AT 2.30, 5.20,

Looking like a pile of burned-out matchsticks, this mass of wreckage is all that's left of a hangar on Wonsan airfield after a series of bombing attacks by American planes in Korea. (U.S. Air Force Photo from Acme.)

BRITISH MINISTER TAKES U.S. TO TASK FOR "MAD RUSH" FOR RAW MATERIAL

1.

Lowestoft, Suffolk, Dec. 10.

MAJESTIC 7.20 & 9.30 criticised America's conduct in the Korea war UN Troops

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A second British Government Minister |

today this time, Mr Richard Stokes, Minister of Works.

↓

Will Not Be

He declared that he did not see how it could. have been expected that the Chinese would re- main quiescent with foreign troops of whatever Driven nationality reaching up to the Manchurian-Soviet frontier.

He also accused both the United States and Russia of making a "mad rush" for raw materials.

able arrangement so as not to interfere with production.

"If we go short of raw materials we are in a devil of a mess", Mr Stokes comment-

Mr Stokes' criticism came exactly a week after the Defence Minister, Mr Emanuel Shinwell, had said that it appeared that General Douglas MacArthur, the United Nations commander in ed. Korca, had gone beyond the United Nations' objectives in going up to the Manchurian

border.

This was repudiated in the House of Commons last Monday by the Foreign Under-Secretary, Mr Ernest 'Davies.

GREAT MISTAKE

Out

Oltawa, Dec. 10.

The Canadian Government: was reported today, to be con- vinced, after the conference with Mr Clement Attlee, the British Prime Minister, that the United Nations

army would not be forced to evacuate Korca by Chinese military action

sources

This report was strengthened by the statement of the Cana- dian Premier, Mr Louis St. Laurent, that his information was that the United Nations Turning to Korea Mr Stokes would not be driven out of said that it was one thing to Korea, kick a burglar

out of your house but another

based Government to enter his. He did not see how it their belief purely on military Mr Stokes declared that the could have been expected that considerations. outcome of the Truman-Attlee the Chinese would remain talks was a considerable achieve- quiescent with foreign troops ment for the British Prime of whatever nature reaching Minister, Mr Attlee.

the Manchurian-Soviet up to He added, "The Arst thing on frontier. which we must congratulate He believed it was a great told the Cabinet that the rela- him is his achievement in

PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS authorities who have

Copies

of

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mistake that "our American

It was understood that Mr Attlee and Field-Marshal Sir William Slim, Chief of the Bri- tish Imperial General Stai,

tive strengths of the Chinese and United Nations forces at present justified the expecta- tion that there would be no forced evacuation.

ting the Americans to agree friends" did not follow Britain's that there shall be a negotiated example in recognising Com- settlement about Korea. All munist China as the de facto

written government. even at this carly stage about "I can understand why but Informed opinion here was the last war say that without I cannot understand that they that Mr Attlee and Field-Mar- doubt the idiotle declaration did not see the Inevitable | shal Slim were considerably about 'unconditional surrender' | consequences must be that heartened by the military re- kept the war going at least an the men of the Kremlin would ports and had passed them on

chaotic extra year. It may be that it is welcome the

Cabinet with photographs

position to the Canadian because of the realisation of that would inevitably arise the belief that the Chinese were taken by the South China that that we have the change both in the Far East and the not strong enough to drive the Morning Post, South China today."

West," Mr Stokes said.—Reu- | United Nations out of Korea. ter,

It was understood that there was complete agreement vé- tween the British and Cana- dian viewpoint that the use of the atom bomb in the Far East would be politically disastrove and of little military value. Reuter.

Sunday Post-Herald, China THE DIFFICULTIES Mail and Hong Kong Telo-

graph

main achievement,

Mr Stokes

The Prime Minister's second RED Staff Photographore said, was that he seemed to are on view in the have persuaded the Americans BREAK Morning Post Building,

ORDERS - BOOKED

to a more reasonable attitude. on stock piling.

JETS

OFF

Seoul, Dec. 10.

One of the difficulties hero Four Communist MIG-15 jet had been the shortage brought planes attacked four American tle and turned northwards over about by the "mad rush of the Air Force propeller-driven the Yalu River into Manchuria. Russians and the Americans" Mustangs over the Yalu River ..The Mustangs were not for raw materials. It seemed today.

damaged. They did not claim that there was to be a high There was a short fight be- | any hits on the Communist level agreement on a reason-fore the jets broke off the bat- | planes,--Reuter.