Cable Briefs

Press, 26 January 1979, Page 6

Cable Briefs

Bomb charges [ Two men have been 'charged under the Pre- ! vention of Terrorism Act after a spate of bombings by j Irish republican guerrillas on [ the British mainland. Police ; marksmen and dogs trained Ito sniff out explosives guarded London's Bow • Street court where the men; made a brief appearance. They were among 11 people detained by Scotland Yard’s anti-terrorist squad after; two guerrilla bombs in hired! [cars exploded in London and; a big gas storage tank was; blown up south-east of thei capital. The police said seven people were still being [held without charge but two [of them were expected to be released later. — London. Record surplus Japan notched up a record visible trade surplus of! 5U524.70 billion last year,: an increase of more than, [SUS7 billion over 1977, the] I Finance Ministry has said.; • The surplus, which includes; all foreign trade except [invisibles such as freight,! insurance, and tourism, has] • been a big factor behind the United States dollar’s collapse on the foreign-ex-change market. Japan’s current - account surplus in 1978 soared to a] record $U516.59 billion, up from $U510.92 billion in the previous year. — Tokyo. Mystery death The United States Senate Intelligence Committee has] said it is handing over to the Attorney-General (Mr Griffin Bell) the results of an investigation into the [mysterious death of a former Central Intelligence Agency officer. The bullet- ■ wounded body of a former; agent, John Paisley, was: found weighted down with diving belts in the Chesa-! peake Bay last October, sev-1 eral days after his abandoned sloop had been dis-1 covered nearby. The com-! Imittee chairman (Senator Birch Bayh) told Mr Bell that a number ,of troubling questions remain in the case, a committee announcement has said. At the time of the death local authorities decided Mr Paisley had committed suicide. — Washington.

| More spy suspects • West German security [officials have detained two [more suspected Communist : spies after the defection of an East German secret ser- : vice officer, the Prosecutors Office has said. This brings [to six the number of people detained since the East German, named today as Werner Stiller, defected to the West last Thursday. — Karlsruhue. Singh back The former Indian Home Minister, Charan Singh, has

returned to Morarji Desai’s I Cabinet in the elevated roles •of joint Deputy Prime Minis-] | ter and Finance Minister —; • a key move to end a lead-] [ership crisis within the rul-[ ing Janata Party. Seven: • months after his dismissal] which brought the party to; [the brink of a major split,] Mr Singh accepted a compromise by making a politi-; cal foe, the Defence Minister! (Mr Jagjivan Ram) the second Deputj' Prime Minister. :— New Delhi.