BURMA ARMY REBELS DISPERSED BY GOVERNMENT FORCES

Grey River Argus, 14 August 1948, Page 5

BURMA ARMY REBELS DISPERSED BY GOVERNMENT FORCES

RANGOON, August 12 The Government is preparing to resist possible rebel attacks on Rangoon. A curfew has been imposed and police stations . have been barriIt is reported that the rebels have captured Prome, cutting off Rangoon from the north by rail, and river. Ihe Rangoon-Mandalay mail tram had to turn back 20 miles north of Rangoon to-day because of the rebels’ activities. Dakotas brought a detachment ot Kachin reinforcements to Rangoon from the northern hills. (Rec. 11.38) SYDNEY Aug. 13 Reuter’s correspondent at Rangoon says: The Burmese Government, in its first official statement on the Army desertions, announced that Burma air and ground forces attacked and dispersed three hundred and fifty men of the Burma Rifles, who were stationed near Rangoon, after they haddis appeared on Tuesday with a quantity of arms. . Burmese Government forces, sixty miles north of Rangoon, dispersed ot another six hundred army deserters, who were attempt to march on Ran? g °The city was quiet this morning after a second successive all night curfew.

Hyderabad Forces Command Unchanged (Rec. 9.40) LONDON, August 13 The Hyderabad Government has officially denied that the Prince of Behar, the Nizam’s heir had resigned as Commaader-in-Chief of the State forcer