MR STRACHEY ON PATROL
JUNGLE SEARCH FOR TERRORISTS (Rec. 11 p.m.) SINGAPORE, May 31. The British War Minister (Mr John Stracfiey), aimed with a rifle, went into the Pahang State jungle to-day, hunting Ch nese Communist guerrillas. He joined a Gurkha jungle patrol which was searching for a terrorist camp ne r Jer ’ntut and stalked through the undergrowth with them for nearly two hours. They did not catch any terrorists. but a perspiring War Min'ster said that the jab sufficed to show him hew tou jungle operations were. The leader of the pa rol. Major J. M. M~rks. from Argyll, Scotland, insisted that the operation was genuine.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26127, 1 June 1950, Page 5
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