CABLE BRIEFS

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32614, 24 May 1971, Page 15

CABLE BRIEFS

Geneva plea

A delegation of 173 wives i and relatives of American < prisoners of war and Ameri-; can servicemen missing in Indo-China arrived in Geneva today to appeal for the full application of the Geneva Conventions to the fighting. Their visit coincides with a { conference of international legal experts opening on Monday, under the sponsorship of the International Committee of the Red Cross, to discuss possible revisions of the conventions. —Geneva, May 23. Blyth running well The lone British yachtsman Chay Blyth, aged 31, rounded Cape Point yesterday to begin the homeward leg of his non- ’ stop east-to-west voyage , around the world. The former paratrooper’s all-steel , ketch, British Steel, was sighted by the duty officer at . Cape Point lighthouse, and , was reported to be running ’ well. Blyth reported by . radio earlier this week that . he had broken his last tiller, i —Cape Town, May 23. ; Malaysia's rubber

Negotiations between Malaysia and China on the sale of Malaysia’s rubber stockpile are progressing satisfactorily, according to the Minister of Commerce and Industry (Mr Enche Mohamed Khir Johari). Four representatives of the Peking Government are now in Kuala Lumpur for the talks. The nego-

tiations are centred on the price, quality and quantity of the purchase to be made by China.—Kuala Lumpur, May 23. Move against drugs Policemen uprooted 20,000 marijuana plants in the Mekong Delta, confiscated 2649 hypodermic needles, and arrested 53 persons on narcotics charges in Saigon last week. Campaigns against the use of drugs have been launched in schools, and on radio and television in South Vietnam’s latest drive against drug abuse. The campaign is being strongly supported by United States officials alarmed at widespread drugtaking among American servicemen in Vietnam.—Saigon, May 23.

London protest Hundreds of London demonstrators clashed with the police yesterday while they hurled placards protesting against the alleged oppression of Russian Jews against the gate of the Soviet Union Embassy. Earlier more than 1000 Ukrainian exiles living in Britain, had marched from a rally at Speakers’ Comer, in Hyde Park.—London, May 23.

Cautionary move The United States Government’s Environmental Protection Agency has urged the Atomic Energy Commission to investigate more thoroughly its plans to dispose of radioactive waste in a disused salt mine 1000 feet below the surface at Lyons, Kansas, and to make it clear who would be responsible for assessing any environmental damages.—Washington, May U.S. air strikes

American fighter-bombers attacked anti-aircraft sites in North Vietnam twice yesterday. The FlO5 Thunderchief jets were escorting bombers over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos when the North Vietnamese artillerymen’s radar locked on to the formation. The attacks which followed brought to 43 the number of American air strikes against North Vietnam’s air defences this year.—Saigon, May 23. Amman reshuffle

King Hussein hasreshuffled his Cabinet team after the resignation of three Ministers for reasons given as health and business.—Amman, May 23.