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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.
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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.
United States population has
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coal. " The atomic age mineral
was discovered recently in the
low-grade coal,, or lignite beds,
of northwestern South Dakota.
- A freighter, sailing from Bos
ton to Karachi saves some 14
days sailing time at $2,000 per
day by using the Suez Canal
route. - -
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Father's Day June 19, 1955 . ;
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