DEMOLITION AT STEEL WORKS

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26058, 10 March 1950, Page 7

DEMOLITION AT STEEL WORKS

BRITISH TROOPS TO STAND GUARD RIOTING STILL THOUGHT POSSIBLE (Rte. 9.30 p.m.) LONDON, March 9. “A senior British official said that British troops in full battle order, with armoured cars and Bren-gUn carriers, would .be at their stations ac Watenstedt-Salzgitter. when demolitions at the Hermann Goering steel works were resumed this morning,” Says the Berlin, correspondent of the British United Press. “The official added that the British would continue their occupation until law and order had been completely restored. “He indicated that although yesterday passed quietly, the British authorities were not satisfied that fresh demonstrations would not break out. “Officers of the 7th Armoured Division, the war-time Desert Rats, and British Control Commission officials have discussed the situation. “German police were patrolling the works last night to prevent sabotage.” COMMUNIST LEADER IN LOWER SAXONY ARREST BY BRITISH POLICE (Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, March 8. Reuter’s Berlin correspondent says that British police to-day entered the Lower Saxony State Parliament and arrested the Communist leader in the province, Mr Robert Lehffiann, for failure to appear before a British Occupation court on charges of publishing a leaflet against dismantling. Mr Lehmann, claiming Parliamentary immunity, had refused to appear for trial.