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Hits U.S.
treatment

A Canadian passenger who
survived the sinking of the
Italian luxury liner Andrea
Doria was questioned for hours
by the U.S. immigration of-
ficials and held in custody
overnight before being allowed
to return to Canada.

Milan Babic, 41-year-old Yu-
goslay Canadian, has demand-
ed that Ottawa invesigate his
case, and the matter has al-

Continued. on page 9
See CANADIAN

‘Chinese want
Canadian trade’

By BERT WHYTE

“The Chinese people would enthusiastically welcome the estab-
lishment of normal trading relations between our two countries
After all, China and Canada are old trading partners.”

This is what Chinese Premier.and Foreign Minister Chou En-Lai

told Vancouver trader Marshall Johnson of East-West Export Import Company
Ltd., when they met in Peking recently.

; Johnson, who spent two months in China establishing trade contacts, was
introduced to Premier Chou En-Lai at a reception given by the British charge

d'affaires.

“From Canada?” said Chou.
‘J think you are the first
Canadian I have met who has
come to» our country to ne-
gotiate business deals.”

Replying to Chou’s invita-
lion to restore normal trade
relations, Johnson said many
Canadian businessmen are
anxious to do business with
China, but are handicapped
by the embargo on so-called
strategic goods.

Traders from many lands—
Britain, France, Italy, Swe-
den, Norway, West Germany,
Belgium, Australia, Pakistan,
India — ridiculing Canada’s
adherence to the U.S.-sponsor-
ed embargo, told Johnson
that it is ignored by their
governments, all of whom
are encouraging trade with
China.

“Even strategic materials
from the United States are
getting through,” said one
businessman. “Why is Cana-
da lagging behind the rest of
the world in taking advantage
of a new big market?”

Johnson didn‘t have an
answer to that question. But
when I asked him, “Do you
personally believe that re-
storation of normal business
relations would actually re-
sult in huge orders from
China?” he grew enthusiastic.

“The possibilities are tre-
mendous,” he said. “If I can
secure export permits from
Ottawa I already have orders
tor several million dollars
worth of Canadian goods,
ranging from machine tools
and heavy equipment to
manufactured goods.
““Conclusion of these deals
will depend upon whether de-
livery dates can be guaran-
teed. At the moment several
companies are discussing the
question of permits with Otta-
wa.

“The traders I met in. Pek-
ing were convinced that the
embargo on so-called strategic
materials is actually at an
end, and all their govern-
ments are extremely interest-
ed in expanding trade relati-

Continued on page 9
See CHINESE

The Chinese people would enthusiastically welcome re-
storation of normal trading relations with Canada, Premier
Chou En-lai, seen here (at left) with Chairman Mao Tse-tung,
told Marshall Johnson of Vancouver who has just returned from

a trade mission to China.

Police inquiry

ends in

Former police chief Walter
Mulligan, described in the
Tupper probe as “guilty of
corruption in taking money di-
rectly and indirectly from
those unlawfully carrying on
business as bookmakers,”. will
not be brought back to Canada
from California to face crimin-
al charges, the attorney-gen-
eral’s department ruled this
week.

Thus the probe which cost
more than $57,000, lasted eight
months, led to the suicide of

one police officer, the attempt- ‘

ed suicide of angther, and the

fiasco

firing of Mulligan at his own
request, has finally reached its
end, — in a, way that the pub-
lic can only regard as a fiasco.

During the latter stages of
the probe demands by citizens
such as Effie Jones, president
of Civic Reform Association,
that Mulligan be brought back

from California to testify, were
ignored.

Reason given by the attor-
ney-general’s deparment for
failure to start criminal pro-
ceedings against Mulligan is
that it does not have sufficient
evidence to present to a court
to obtain a conviction.

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