Cable briefs

Press, 4 June 1984, Page 8

Cable briefs

‘Double agent’ A British newspaper has said it has unearthed the most important double agent for the Allies during their planning of the 1944 D-Day invasion. The “Mail” said that Juan Pujol Garcia, aged 72, a Spaniard, had misled the Germans about the landing sites. He had been in hiding in South America since the end of the war. — London. Horse killed A barn fire at the Green County fairgrounds, Ohio, killed nearly 36 race horses, including a former world record-setting pacer. Damage was likely to top $770,000. — Xenia, Ohio. Rebel theory President Ferdinand Marcos has said that deterioration of the Philippine economy had led to an increase in rebel insurgency and subversion.’ He did not close the door on an eventual devaluation of the peso. — Manila.

Aquino board The special board investigating the Benigno Aquino murder has flown to the United States after the disappointing “climax” of its local hearings that failed to flush into the open the killer. Public expectation was that either the board — as the testimonies of the Opposition leader’s military escorts unravelled — would catch the assassin by clear sleuthing, or that an escort would crack up under questioning. — Manila. Prices protest Tens of thousands of demonstrators have packed a square in central Lisbon to protest against price rises and call for the Government’s resignation. The demonstration against the Prime Minister and his coalition Government was organised by the Trade Union Federation, which is backed by the Communist Party. — Lisbon. Cuba invitation The Rev. Jesse Jackson has accepted an invitation from President Fidel Castro to visit Cuba and has announced that he would stop there during a trip to Central America. — Washington. Villages raided Buddhist extremists killed 48 people and wounded 50 in raids on three villages in Bangladesh’s Chittagong district. The raiders were thought to be members of the Chakma Buddhist sect. — New Delhi.