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Press, 15 February 1982, Page 6

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Take-over law The French Socialist Government’s controversial Nationalisation Bill, one of the main promises of its election manifesto, has become law j after seven months of acri--1 monious debate. Under the bill, five big industrial groups. 39 French banks, two steel and two financial holding companies, as well as large parts of the armament and aerospace industries, come under State', control. The law’s publication in the official Gazette was the end of a long and bitter battle niarked by fierce criticism from the Opposition, employers, industrialists and France's Constitutional Council. — Paris. Libyan warning Libya, warning of possible serious consequences, has told Morocco of its "intense displeasure over reports that Rabat and Washington are to begin talks over possible United States use of Moroccan military bases." according to Radio Tripoli. The ■ Moroccan Ambassador in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, was summoned to the Libyan Foreign Ministry, known as the Popular Bureau for External Relations, to provide “explanations." the radio said. In Marrakesh last week the visiting American Secretary of State (Mr Alexander Haig) said after talks with King Hassan that his Government had asked for use of two Moroccan transit bases and that talks on the plan would begin shortly. — Paris. Search called off The search for 15 seamen .still missing in the midAtlantic has been abandoned. Falmouth coast-guards said that the air and sea rescue was called off because there was no hope of finding more survivors from the Greek vessel . Victory. Seventeen seamen who had been clinging to the stern section of the ship, were winched to safety by a helicopter. — London.' Syria shows arsenal Syria has published photo- I graphs of huge quantities of I weapons it said were seized I in raids against the outlawed I Muslim Brotherhood at I Hama. The authorities said I that the arsenal, including I 500 rifles, 40 grenade-launch- I ers and mortars, was cap- I tured in the town and scores I of arrests made. Hama. I 200 km north of Damascus, | was still sealed off but the I official news media said I roads to it would be reo- I pened soon. — Damascus. I Poland jails spy I

A former Polish diplomat, I Bogdan Walewski. has been I jailed for 25 years for spying I for the United States Central I Intelligence Agency, the I official news agency. Pap. I says. He was also sentenced B to 10 years loss of civil I rights and his property was I confiscated. Polish radio said I Walewski. aged 48, had been | accused of giving the C.I.A. I information on social, politi- I cal and economic problems | in Poland and allied Eastern I bloc States. — Warsaw:, I Leader arrested I The Philippines Opposition I Leader (Mr Ernesto Rondon) I has been arrested at his I home by militarjrauthorities. I A prime suspect,'in. the so- I called 1979 military plot to. I topple the martial- law- I gime of President Ferdinand I Marcos, he w : as picked up by I members of the crack Metro- I com intelligence unit.- " Manila.