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f"?77TT?-T?,t?"'T5",,,rf"" M mui-'.liipjiiw- - V !V7' ttyiyj;.1 '""T. " li"!'" Communosts SiHay Turn To Dnff&Dtration; Subversion To Take ver Singapore Editor'! Note: The Communist bve Mt relaxed their aimi in Southeast Ana theT have merely replaced the threat of immediate open military ag gression with infiltration am uDver sion. Earnest Hoberecht. CP. vice president and general manager for Asia, tells in the following dispatch what is happening in Singapore and Malava. Hoberecht has just returned to Tokyo Irom Singapore, where he attended an Investigation into the murder of U.P. Correspondent Gene Svmonds by a leftist mob. Br earnest hoberecht United? Press Correspondent Tokyo U.R) The Commun ists, who have failed to take over Singapore and Malaya by mili tary force, may be able to ac complish their goal by using in filtration and subversion. Some officials and private citi zens there fear that the Reds will be in full control in Singa port and Malaya within three or four years if adequate measures are not taken to counter the present infiltration and sub versive activities. Many British and law-abiding Asian residents suddenly have realized that the hour is late and that fighting Communist subver sion is not at all like beating back an armed attack. In Kula Lampur, the capital of the federation of Malayan States on the mainland north of Singapore, British High Com missioner Sir Donald MacGilliv ray spotlighted the problem last week. He said the shadow of subver sion was darker than the shadow cast by Communist gunmen in the jungle. Authorities Concerned He admitted the authorities were concerned and admitted they did not have the same ex perience in the "war of subver sion" as they have in the shoot ing war. "We must now bend our re sources and our minds to the forging of new weapons and the development of new techniques to meet the new threat," Sir Don ald said in a speech. But the question on the minds of many is this: Is it too late to plan the counter-attack? Some local observers in Sing apore believe the dangers of subversion have been underesti mated, although "subversion" was taken up at the Initial meet ing of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization in Maniia last year and was again studied and wor ried over by the SEATO minis ters in Bangkok, Thailand, this spring. It is not known whether the SEATO powers have taken up the question of subversion in Singapore and Malaya or wheth er they have a program for meeting it. The murderous riots and large scale strikes in Singapore have made many persons there realize how successful the Communists have been in hitting their tar gets. Their targets, according to of ficials. are the schools, the stu dent movements, the press, the trade unions and the political parties. In Singapore and Malaya the National Guard Chief Inspects Trainees Fort Lewis, Wash. OJ.R) Ma. Gen. Edgar C. Erickson, chief of the National Guard bureau, and a party of officers spent yester day in the field observing train ing of the 41st Infantry division, Oregon and Washington National Guard. Maj. Gen. Thomas Rilea, Ore gon adjutant general, was in the Held with him. ," Gen. Erickson's party will go to Astoria tomorrow to inspent the ani-aircraft units training there and return here for the annual division parade Satur day. The parade is the traditional review for the governors of Ore gon and Washington. Gov. Paul Patterson of Oregon will be rep resented by Gen. Rilea while Gov. Arthur B. Langlie of Wash ington will attend. The 41st division is in the first week of its annual two week encampment. There are 8,200 men here, more than ever before. Log Falls From Truck; Eugene Driver Killed Florence, Ore. (U.R) Newell Sherman, 49-year-old logging .truck driver from Eugene, was killed Wednesday by a log that rolled off his vehicle. The accident happened at about 8 a.m. some five miles northeast of here on the north fork of the Siumlaw river. Sher man was attempting to secure his load when a crooked log rolled down on him. tT.-umja forma 1 s tui lui'Hi vnv jta era Communists have gone to work in a field of many races and religions. They have made im portant use of certain local ele ments in the big Chinese popula tion. Of Singapore's 1,191,000 pop ulation, 910,866 are Chinese. The 6,000,000 population of Malaya includes 2,251,000 Chinese. Following the familiar Com munist pattern subversive agents have devoted a great deal of at tention to the Chinese students. As a result, Chinese students are found in the middle of al most any dispute and have been a great source of trouble in Sing apore. Witnesses, fearing for their safety, are afraid to identify Chinese students who violate the law. Communists agents in Singa pore and Malaya have found the Chinese there far more pro Communist than the Chinese liv ing in Hong Kong. . In Hong Kong, where you once could see hundreds of Chi nese Communist flags, you now see almost none. About the only Red Flag flying there is on the Chinese Communist bank. The Chinese in Hong Kong are close to their Communist-controlled homeland. They know what , conditions are like in China. Their enthusiasm for the Reds has faded. Better Results In Singapore, however, the propaganda of Peiping gets bet ter results. The Chinese there are proud of the Chinese Com munist "military and political successes and impressed by the number of nations including Britain which recognize the Chinese Communist government. The Communists also are push ing the Malayans, urging them to demand full and complete in dependence immediately. They have infiltrated the labor unions and the political parties and are promoting unrest wherever they can. Talks by this correspondent with both Asians and Europeans in Singapore sooner or later brought out a statement like this from the worried residents: "The situation here has de teriorated quickly much more quickly than we would have ex pected possible. Something must be done or this whole area is lost." Friday, June 17, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Car Leaves Highway; Overturns in Ditch A car registered to Carl Feh- ige, 260 Orange Ave., Ashland, went out of control and into the left-hand ditch off Highway 99 near Foots Creek at about midnight Wednesday, according to state police. The driver had left the scene of the accident when an officer arrived. The wrecked car was towing a hotrod to race at Rose burg, and the driver reportedly continued his trip with another contestant, according to the po lice report. 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