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Genera] Assembly on the Mid- dle East crisis. Accepting this proposal, but on U.S. terms, the Eisenhower administra- tion, through Henry Cabot Lodge, its UN delegate, made it clear that it intended to push for adoption of its own resolution on Lebanon ahead of the Soviet resolution de- manding withdrawal of To. troops from Lebanon and British troops from Jordan.) The Soviet-Chinese joint communique declared in part: In order to maintain and consolidate peace, the primary task at the moment is to bring about agreement among na- tions on the reduction of armaments, discontinuance of the testing of atomic and hy- drogen weapons and prohibion of their use, elimination of all military blocs and all military bases on foreign soil, and the conclusion of pacts of peace and collective security. But whether war avoided does not rest with the good will and one-sided efforts peace-loving peoples

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of the alone.

The aggressive bloc of the Western Powers have up to now refused to take any earnest steps to save peace, but on the contrary are aggravat- ing international tension un- scrupulously, thus bringing mankind to the brink of a war catastrophe.

The imperialist forces have knocked together aggressive military and political bloes and dotted the world with their military bases, and are inter- fering more and more rudely in the internal affairs of other countries.

The recent armed aggression carried out against the Leb- anon and Jordan and the armed threat they pose against the Republic of Iraq and the United Arab Republic, have greatly aggravated tension in the Near and Middle East and the danger of war; they have aroused the protest and con- demnation of all peoples of the world.

China and the Soviet Union

sternly denounce the flagrant aggression carried out by the U.S. and Britain in the Near and Middle East; they firmly maintain that a conference of the heads of government of the Big Powers should be called at once to discuss the situation in the Near and Middle East and. resolutely demand that the U.S. and Britain withdraw their forces immediately from the Lebanon and Jordan. China and the Soviet Union give firm support to the just struggles of the peoples of the United Arab Republic, the Re- public of Iraq and the other Arab countries, as well as to

the national independence movements of the peoples in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

The events in the Near and Middle East and other parts of the world prove that the national liberation movement is an irresistible trend, that the age of colonialism is gone. for ever, and that any attempt to maintain or restore colonial rule in contravention of the trend of history is detrimental to the cause of peace and is doomed to failure.

The two parties exchanged views on a series of major questions confronting the two countries in Asia and in Eur- ope in the present interna- tional situation, and reached unanimous agreement on mea- sures to be taken to oppose aggression and _ safeguard peace.

China and the Soviet Union will continue to do their ut- most to work for the easing of international tension and pre- vention of a new war disaster,

The two parties reaffirmed that the right of every people to choose their own social and political system must be respected, that countries with different social systems must practise peaceful coexistence in accordance with the fam- ous five principles which are widely accepted internation- ally, that all international dis- putes should be settled through peaceful negotiations.

MOSCOW—The United States is planning atomic war in the Middle East. Soviet milit experts suggest that this is the reality behind the Anglo-American summit-delaying tactics:

Their charge is based on reports of the U.S. military build-up in the Middle East fi ticularly on what is going on at Adana, in Turkey, where American forces have taken ovet

air base.

There. are now more than 150 aircraft at Adana, includ- ing B-57 and B-66 bombers, F-100 Supersabre and F-86d fighters, Hercules and Globe- master transport planes, recon- naisance and communication- aircraft.

And the commanding general at Adana has for the past three years been the head of the Atomic Planning Service at NATO headquarters in. Paris.

Observers who have watched the activities of U.S. pilots at Adana assert that they have been assembled at this airfield for “a much bigger job” than ensuring the landing opera- tions in the Lebanon which have already been carried out.

“Just to cover the landing of marines in Beirut,” writes one of these observers, “would cer- tainly not require the presence of super-high speed aircraft such as are now at Adana.

“There is a strongly guarded restricted area at the base

where nuclear weapons are kept. “All the pilots at. Adana

reply to all questions on this subject with the stock phrase that all U.S. combat aircraft possess ‘atomic capabilities.’”’

It is estimated here that at the present time the joint Anglo-American forces con- centrated in the Middle East total at least 70,000 men, with about 1,000 planes land-based and carrier-based, as well as 120 warships and landing craft.

Earlier, the Soviet press agency Tass charged. that “from July 16. large consign- ments of ‘special’ purpose goods’ and numerous groups of American ‘tourists,’ who, it is reported, are military. person- nel in civilian clothes, have been arriving in Iran from NATO military bases and West Germany and elsewhere.

“All these ‘tourists’ are im- mediately setting-off for the cities of Dizful and Kerman- shah and others near the Iran- Iraq frontier.”

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crisis is to be sponsored here by a group of Vancouver fa unionists.

The meeting will be held Friday, August. 15, 8 p.m., in Pender Auditorium. Speakers, according to the press release, will be announced later.

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short notice, was organized by chalking notices on 50 lecture room blackboards.

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