Police attack Paris strikers

on strike.

injured in the clash provoked by police.

s
Workers at the Renault auto plant in Paris, scene of many bitter labor battles, are again

Police who attacked their demonstration were forced to take shelter behind an over-
turned truck when strikers retaliated by bombaiing them with auto bolts.

Fifty persons were

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Churchill to continue
Morrison's secret pact
or war against China

Fellowing on Prime Minister Churchill’s disclosure in the House of Commons, the British
Foreign Office has made public further details of secret discussions between the British and Ameri-

can ‘government about extending the war in the Far East.

LONDON

The foreign office statement shows that

both the, Labor and Tory.governments agreed to American demands for the war to be extended
against People’s China and that this agreement still stands.

The existence of a secret agree-.
ment with the U.S. government
for future action in Korea and
against People’s China ‘was, in
fact, disclosed by. Churchill —
though he concealed the details’
--in the House of Commons last
week. :

“The action to which we
agreed,” said Churchill, “like that
of the Socialist government be-
fore. us, fully. justified the de-
scription which I gave to Con-
gress of being ‘prompt, resolute
and effective.

“The dispatch in which. our
policy was set forth was approv-
ed by the cabinet in December,
before the Foreign Secretary and
I set out for Washington.”

According to the foreign. office
the first set of discussions took
place between the Labor govern.
ment and U.S. officials last May
when the Labor government
agreed to associate itself with
“action not confined to Korea.”

The Americans tried to cover
up the aggressive nature of their
proposals against. Peaple’s China
by saying such action would be

-taken if there was a large-scale

air attack from China on their
forces.

The only provision was that
there should be confirmation of
the agreement before action was
taken.

As the Labor government
had agreed to rely on American
reports on whether such air at-
tacks had taken place, it had
in fact, bound Britain in ad-
vance to an attack on People’s
China when the Americans con-
sidered the moment opportune.

In September a second series
of discussions took ‘place ‘between
USS. officials and the Labor gov-
ernment, again without the Brit-
ish people or the House of Com-
mons being informed.

This time the Labor govern-
ment agreed to action “of a more

_ limited character” if the armis-

tice talks broke down and if there

was a resumption of large-scale
fighting.

Again, however, the British
government tied itself to’ the
Americans who could, under this.
agreement, sabotage the truce
talks, then say they had “broken
down” and demand British sup-
port for an offensive in Korea
with no limitation on the weapons
or forces to be used.

These second discussions tied
Britain more closely to the U.S.
war plans because there was no
proviso at all for any confirma-
tion of the agreement ‘before ac-
tion was taken.

In effect, Herbert Morrison,

Salazar greeted
NATO meeting
by mass arrests

PRAGUE,
Belated reports reveal that the
fascist Salazer government of
‘Portugal greeted the Lisbon con-
ference of ‘the North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation with mass
arrests of leading democrats, in-
cluding Professor Ruy Luis Go-
mes, presidential candidate of the
Nattional Democratic Movement
(MND) in the 1951 “elections.”
The MND, a broad front of
democrats of various tendencies,
is the only “legal’’ opposition
political group in Portugal. Go-
mes’ candidacy Jast year rallied
such'strong popular support from
the moment it was announced
that the Salazar dictatorship hast-
ily proceeded to declare him “dis-
qualified” to run as a candidate.
Professor Gomes and three
other MND leaders were charged
with having issued and circulated
a manifesto against the holding
of the NATO meeting.

\

foreign secretary in the Labor
government at the time, gave the
Americans full freedom to. go
ahead whenever they chose with-
out even telling Britain.

The third set of discussions
took place this year ‘between the
Tory government and the Ameri-
cans on what they -would do if
there was a breach of any armis-
tice agreement in Korea, again
accepting the Americans’ word
for it.

While the foreign office was
prepared to give fairly full de-
tails on the Labor government’s
discussions, it has not given any
details of the Tory talks.

It claimed that “no definite
conumitments” were entered into
and that it was agreed there
should ‘be further consultations
‘before ‘any action was taken.

As the Labor leaders made
sinijar claiins before Churchiil
chose (for his own reasons) to
expose the commitments they
had really undertaken there is
little reason to believe the for
eisn office version of what the
Tories undertook,

Frem if all, however, one fact

emerges clearly. Britain § still
stands .n deadly danger of be'ng
cragged mto war with Peopie’s
China on the U.S, government's
say so.

At the next meeting of the
Parliamentary Labor party, Mor-
rison is to explain his secret

agreement with the Americans on

China.

His stock among leaders and
rank-and-file alike has slumped
heavily and he is certain to be
severely criticized.

The Parliamentary party was
taken completely by surprise by
Churchill’s revelations of how
far Morrison had moved closer
to the American standpoint on
China.

energy for peaceful purposes.

ed in an article by him in the
February 29 issue of the Soviet
newspaper Isvestia.

“The use of nuclear power is
destined to play a major role in
the creation of the material and
technical foundations of ‘Com-
munism,” wrote Nesmeyanov.

The important new advances in

-|the atomic field were a striking

demonstration of the importance
of creative collaboration between
scientists, engineers and workers.

Scientific academies ‘should co-
ordinate their work with prac-
tical activities in the factories, he
added:

The new Soviet announcement is
tHe latest in a series of declara-
tions about atomic energy dating
back to
Molotov announced that the
Soviet Union thad the know-how
to make atom bombs.

--In ‘his article, Nesmeyanov also
announced two further Soviet
achievements: a new anaesthetic,
five times as powerful as mor-
phine, ‘but without ‘harmful ef-
fects; a “luminescent” method of
analysing oil samples which re-
duces tests from a matter of
weeks to a minute.

New peaceful use
of atom found by
Soviet scientists —

Societ scientists have discovered a new way of using atomic”
Tt is of “great theoretical and pra
tical importance,” according to Alexander Nesmeyanov, president ef
the Soviet Academy of Scientists.

The announcement was contain- |

November 1947, when:

Ex-president of |
Guatemala says

U.S. plots coup ‘4

Dr. Juan Jose Arevalo, forme!

president of Guatemala, in a ™© —

cent speech here warned of a Fe
actionary coup being organised.
against the democratic gover
ment of his country by agents of
the United Fruit Company, ©
U.S. monopoly which controls thé
economy of the Central America?
republics.

Arevalo, whose term ended 4
year ago, pointed out that pres
sure is being exerted on Guate
mala ‘by the United States “
other ‘governments in agreement
with it in order to destroy thé
government of President Jacob?
Anbenz, which has distinguisi
itself for its identification
the working people and now face
a grave danger.

“The axe with which they at
trying to chop down ‘Guatemal4
is the same axe with which they
want to strike down those gia?
oaks of America that are Mexic®
Argentina and other great cow
tries of Indo-Amerira,” Areval?
charged, assailing the U.S. ge”
ernment as a threat to all Lat?
America. :

ILSE KOCH—Witch of Buchenwald’

Will she go free too?

ene

Last month he was released,

_ On April 22 a West German federal court will hear the 82”
peal of Ilse Koch, the infamous “Witch of Buchenwald”

had lampshades made from the tattooed skin of murdered N'
concentration camp victims. To the long list of Nazi w4*
criminals freed by American and British authorities the Britis? -
have now added the name of General Kurt Gallenkamp. S@™
tenced to life imprisonment for the murder in 1944 of British
and American war prisoners, his term was reduced to ten y

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