Royal Visit To Elstree
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1951.
Alleged American Espionage
Organisation In Tientsin
The Queen inspecting William Friese-Greene's first cine-camera when she visited Elstree Studios to watch a Festival film, The Magic Box. With the Queen is John Boulting (producer), Princess Margaret and Robert Donat (who plays the part of Friese-Greene). Central Press Photo.
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Acheson Reviews World Situation
Washington, Mar. 21.
But,
In an appraisal of the world situation, Secre- tary of State Dean Acheson said he was not dis- heartened about the state of world affairs. he said, they still remain very serious and puzzling. He said firmly that in the Far East it has been proved that aggression in Korea was not successful. This was a very important development backed by world reac- tion and was considered å great step forward in the last
year.
The present position of the closing of "La Prensa” had United Nations in the Far East such an adverse impact on was encouraging, but this did American public opinion that not mean that all problems had the United States Government been solved. The Western was limited in its ability to co- powers were stronger than operate with Argentina,) they were a year ago, in both Mr Acheson said the United Europe and the Far East, The States was actively considering free world was working hard the question of whether Greece and moving
to and Turkey should be invited forward
strengthen itself and to begin
San Francisco, Mar. 21.
An underground espionage organisation in Tientsin allegedly operated under the American S.S.U. had been exposed by the Public Security Bureau in that city, according to Peking Radio tonight.
Twenty-one spies of various nationalities.
V working for the Americans had been arrested and large quantities of radio equipment and many documents discovered, the Radio said,
These 21 people who would Yu sent people to Harbin be tried and if guilty punished and Kiamusze to collect military included:
information on the Soviet Union Korea, the Radio
Tientsin.
(1) Heinrich Lipphardt, 41, and North described as the sales manager said... of the import department of Jardine Matheson & Company. HONGKONG ANGLE
Lipphardt, a white Russian of "After the liberation of Tien- German origin, was an inter-tsin these crirainals sent national spy and during World over 60 important messages to out War II had "close contacts with the American intelligence. de- Japanese agents and German partment. This department had Nazis," the Radio alleged. He is appropriated US$3,600 which it acoused of being chief of a secretly sent through the Ban- branch American espionage que de l'Indo-Chine and the organisation in Tientsin.
Far Eastern Fur Corporation in
(2) T. Percu,. a White Rus-Tientsin for use by Yu Tsung- sian, aged 31, unemployed. He pin and Ku is accused of attempting to throw Radio stated.
Tsung-fan," the મ bomb at Soviet diplomatic personnel, of trying to ferret Ku received from
out
It claimed that in.April, 1950, American
confidential, information agents in Hongkong secret from and spying upon the acti- codes and working directives. vities of the Soviet Consulate, "These emphasised the streng- between China and the Soviet China's economic construction, ,and of undermining friendship thening of investigations into Union,
(3) Boris N. Kalatiin, 41, a stateless "professional intelli gence agent. His inain 'work was described by the Radio as obtaining information concerning the Soviet Union.
"JACKSON"
military power and equipment and the localities of military and political institutions," the Radio said-Reuter.
FINNISH CABINET
RESIGNS
The broadcast said that the S.S.U, was a central organisa tion of America's espionage activities in China and a de- partment of the former Ameri- can Office of Strategic Service. S.S.U. formed an underground Established in 1948 the
network in Tientsin when it withdrew in 1948 "its open broadcast said. espionage organisation", the The Finnish Prime Minister,
handed his M. Urho Kekkonen, today ment's resignation to President Coalition Govern-
A secret radio station was set up by a Chinese, Ku Tsung-fan,
Helsinki, Mar. 21.
to join the North Atlantic Pact. who acted on the orders of an Juho Paasikivi.
a
The President urged him to delay the Government's resigna- tion until after Easter and he agreed to this,
Earlier today the Social Democrats had withdrawn their
Coalition Cabinet because Parlis- ment refuséd yesterday to pass a Government Bill postponing from Apr. 1 to Aug. 1 a 43 per cent increase in rents.
basic organisation of peace. However, there were no specific American spy named Jackson,
.The Secretary of State was developments to report.
the radio alleged. In Novem- stering Western relations with dicated that the United States Ku and the radio set over to Yu hopeful of the progress in bol- Other official sources have in-ber, 1948, Jackson handed both Western Germany. But he was preparing to try to persuade Tsung-pin, described I'could not tell at this time her Atlantic Pact partners to
by the whether any broader interna- admit the two countries to the clerk of the accounts section of
Radio as "another spy and tional agreements could
anti-Communist alliance as full the Kailan Mining Administra-six Ministers from the 16-seat worked out to govern all Ger- partners. At present they are tion, Tientsin”. many.
permitled to participate as ob- Relations among
the Ameri- servers: Both have received can republics were better than United States help to rebuild they had been in a long time.
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Gascoigne To Be Replaced
Cominform
Accusations Groundless
London, Mar. 21.
They maintained that an immediate rise in rents would help the Communists in trades union elections month and in the July gen- eral elections.
The
the next
Prime Minister's
'Agrarian Party hold seven
Dutch Defence
Measures
no
seats in the Cabinet, the A non-party British peace People's Party two and the delegation today completely re-
Liberals one. London, Mar. 21.
jected Cominform charges that The People's Democracy, 2 Mr Herbert Morrison, the Yugoslavia is planning aggres-merger of Communists and the Schuman Plan for pooling Foreign Secretary, told the sion.
left-wing, Socialists, held. Western Europe's coal and steel House of Commons today that Back from a three-weeks" seats-Reuter.
The United States the appointment of a British re- visit to Yugoslavia, the delc- was confident that the six nations presentative was being con- gation said that it found 115 would be able to settle any out-sidered for Japan to take the evidence of Western military standing issues (on which agree-
place of Sir Alvary Gascoigne, bases or that
Marshal Tito's ment was necessary before the the British political representa- troops were being trained by
tive who left in February. Schuman treaty could be put
Western experts. into actual operation.
The Foreign Secretary assur- ed his questioner that, contrary group including Lord Boyd Orr, The delegation, an eight-mán to other statements, Sir Alvary former Director-General of the
The Hague, Mar. 21. Gascoigne did have farewell in-
The Dutch The Secretary of State. re-terviews with General Douglas Agricultural Organisation, was equipment totalling over 1,000 Government has United Nations Food and placed orders for new military MacArthur and the Japanese sent Prime Minister.
by the
National Peace million guilders and will spend Asked to "bear in mind the Council following an invitation at least 4,500 million guilders State relations. Asked to com-get into Japan and the fact that
Professor J.RM. ment on the situation of
has no connec- Minister fod Economic Affairs, Den Brink, "La there was nobody of the stand-tion with the Communist-back-announced today. Prensa," Mr Acheson replied ing of Sir Alvary Gascoigne as that State Edward Miller, J., had Morrison said he understood they investigated was
Assistant Secretray
ed Peace movement. The dele- of British
He was.opening representative," Mr galtes said that
the first every charge meeting of the new Military already expressed the United that there were British repre- false, but they were struck by mittee, which is responsible for proved Production Advisory Com- States view
sentatives in Tokyo who were the "freedom" with which peo-organising Holland's switch from (Mr Miller told a news con- available to people who need ple talked ference last week
to them in the their services.-Reuter.
Yugo-purely peacetime slavia.--Reuter.
to defence production-Reuter.
SLAP AT PERON
affirmed that the forced dlosing of the famous Buenos Aires
newspaper "La Prensa" had
chilled Argentine-United British subjects who wanted to mittee.
considerable anxiety felt by from the Yugoslav Peace Com- more in the next four years,
that
The Council
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