lranian patriots murdered Some of the men shown here in prison garb are dead—execut- ed last week by an Iranian firing squad after a secret trial. They Were some of the hundreds of Iranian patriots arrested on trumped Up charges of plotting against the state in the Iranian government s latest attempt to smash the outlawed Tudeh party which retains its Strong popular support. USSR, China will cooperate in plan to transform heart of Asia i i China announced last week that they will cooperate to transform the heart of sient ata ugh it and will also extend their efforts to bring peace to the whole continent. be withdrawn from the Sino-Soviet military base at Port Arthur in Manchuria Iations are to be handed ‘to China. Asia by building railways thro All Soviet troops are to. by next May, and all military insta At the same time the two coun- tries called for evacuation of U.S. forces from Japan and Formosa, or a new conference to unite Korea and for admission of China to the United Nations. These are the main results of a owded fortnight of negotiations here between the Soviet delegation led by Nikita Khrushchoy, first sec- Tetary of the Soviet Communist Party, and Premier Chou En-lai of People’s China. The Soviet withdrawal from Port Arthur will end the Soviet base €stablishéd there under the Sino- Soviet Treaty of 1945, which was Tned into a joint base in 1950. The withdrawal has been made Possible, says the communique is- Sued at the end of the talks by the €nd of the wars in Korea and Indo- China and “by China’s growing Strength. Other points agreed in the talks are: 1 The Soviet Union is hand- ing over to China all its Shares in the mixed Sino-Soviet Companies set up in 1950 to ex- Plore and mine minerals and oil in Sinkiang. A new Sino-Soviet trans- Asian railway is to be built linking the Chinese province of Sinkiang to Alma Ata, the capital .©f Soviet Kazakhstan and term- inus of the South Siberian rail- Way network. China has already Started work on her section of this railway. 3 Another railway link between China and the Soviet Union Will be established through the ngolian People’s Republic. A line will be built from China to Ulan Bator, the Mongolian cap- ital, which will link with the rail- Way from there to the Soviet nion. By coopération of the three countries this railway is to be completed next year. The Soviet Union will grant China long-term credit of 520 million roubles to assist China’s plans of industrialisa- tion, . This is additional to the credit Granted to China in 1950. 44 The Soviet Union will help 4 China to build 155 new un- _ 4dertakings and speed the build- ~ By ALAN WINNINGTON ing of 141 previously agreed. Other agreements were on scien- tific and technical cooperation between the two countries and as- sistance to China in constructing further industrial undertakings. A joint Soviet-ChineSe commis- sion composed of seven members from each country has been set up to work out measures for carrying out the cooperation agreement. The communique on the results declared that there was complete unity of views on cooperation be- tween the two countries and on the present international situation. It praised the success of the Gen- eva Conference and said both gov- ernments would continue to join “in all international actions aim- ed at strengthening peace.” They would also consult each other “every time questions touch- ing upon the common interests of the Soviet. Union and the Chinese People’s Republic arise.” It added that the Geneva Con- ference had shown “the complete groundlessness of the policy of the United States ruling circles who are preventing the Chinese Peo- ple’s Republic from taking its law- ful place in the United Nations Organisation.” It affirmed the support of both countries to the five principles of co-existence announced in the talks between Premier Chou En-lai and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India in the summer and declared their readiness to cooper- ate with all countries of Asia, the Pacific and other areas on. this basis. This “opened wide opportunities for the development of fruitful in- ternational cooperation,” they said, and they pledged that all efforts would be made to settle unsolved international problems. British protest march e against German army . LONDON At least 4,000 men and women are expected to take part in pro- test marches against German re- armament being held simultan- eously in cities and towns through- out Britain this Saturday, October 23: Marchers will carry banners proclaiming, “No Arms for Ger- many” and “The Four Powers Must Meet for Peace.” Last sabotage of Hanoi fails By WILFRED BURCHETT HANOI For the past week the entire population here has been welcom- ing the Viet Nam People’s Army. The streets are ablaze with red silk, footpaths are packed to the curbs with a cheering half-million people waving flags, shouting “Ten thousand years to President Ho Chi Minh.” There were emotional scenes as the city’s long-suffering popula- tion greeted their comrades, hus- bands, fathers, sons and brothers. Veterans of the Dien Bien Phu battle, the famous “Capital Regi- ment,” formed from Hanoi’s own sons, who resisted the French for two months at the barricades in- side the city when the French PEKING British profits at record high LONDON Profits of British companies have reached a record level according to the British treasury’s Bulletin for Industry for October. Profits declared in the first seven months of this year were about a tenth up on the preceding year. This has been largely due to the workers’ higher production. Output per man in the second quarter of this year was four percent above the 1953 average. In fact, the workers are putting in a longer working week than last year, says ‘the Bulletin. But British capitalists show no signs of re-equipping British in- dustry, in spite of their higher profits. “There has been On increase in deliveries of plant and machinery to the home market,” the Bulletin notes. scien launched hostilities in the fall of 1946 led the advance into the city. Replacement of the French col- onial administration by that of the Democratic Republic took place without incident but before relin- quishing control the puppet auth- -orities, supported by French forces, did their best to ensure that the city life be paralysed. In one act of vandalism they used mines to destroy one of the world’s art treasures, an ancient pagoda in the centre of Hanoi. They robbed the hospitals of equipment and medi- cines, museums and libraries of art treasures and books. They tried to ensure that the city’s coal supplies be exhausted by October 10, the day they with- drew, so that the electricity and pumping stations of water reser- voirs would be out of action. Despite sabotage by the Ngo Dinh Diem clique and French Union forces before leaving Hanoi, the city was functioning normally within a few hours of the triumph- ant entry of the Viet Nam People’s Army. surgical Essential services, water, elec- tricity and public transport were working normally for the first time in 70 years without exclusive French management and __ tech- nicians. : In an appeal to the people of Hanoi, President Ho Chi Minh stated: “We must implement the gov- ernment’s economic policy provid- ing ‘adequate care of both state- owned and private enterprises’ and mutual profit for labor and capital. The workers should enthusiastic- ally take part in production. The businessmen and __ industrialists should actively carry out enter~ prises. We must maintain and re- store all activities of production, trade, economy and finance in our capital.” To foreign residents, Ho said in his appeal: “You have been living among the Vietnamese people. You have settled down in Viet Nam. Your rightful economic and cultural activities are also advantageous to Viet Nam. For this reason I ad- vise you to be calm and carry on your jobs as usual. The people and government of the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam. will assist and protect you.” oo Dalai Lama loctirac in Pekin Panchen Lama have been visiting Peking. Nehru visits Mao “SEATO or no SEATO, these meetings betwen the prime min- isters of India and China are world events.” This was Indian Premier Nehru’s comment as he left New Delhi to confer this week with President Ho Chi Minh of the Democratic Repub- lic of Viet Nam in Hanoi and with Chairman Mao Tse-tung of People’s China in Peking. Malan gov’t jails Kahn CAPETOWN Sam Kahn, foe of the Malan government and former MP, was sentenced last week to three months imvrisonment for contra- wening the Suppression of Com- munism Act. Two months of the sentence were suspended for three years. Notice of appeal was given. He was convicted on a charge of failing to comply with a notice served on him by the Justice Min- ister Charles Swart, prohibiting him from attending gatherings. ' Detectives arrested him on July 10 at a party attended by about 60 people, including Africans, In- dians and colored people, in a Capetown suburb. South Africa’s Suppression’ of Communism, Bill was introduced into parliament in 1950. Directed at the Communist party, Commun- ist organizations and publications, it has actually been used to strike at all sections of the progressive movement. Kahn, who represented Africans in the Cape Western zone of Cape Province, was expelled from par- liament under this act. Under the act, if the minister is Satisfied: that an organization or publication is Communist, a pro- clamation by the governor-general is all that is necessary to ban it. Seated before a giant figure of Buddha, the Dalai Lama of Tibet lectures on the Buddhist classics to Lamas and Buddhist monks in the Lama Temple at Peking. Both the Dalai Lama and PAG IIFLG STN eye maior ee