JJAD Usually there isn't auch news on Thankagivini Da1 , ,at tonite there ar e a couple ot important headlines. One, of obvious high significance from Geraan7; ■ore excitement in Panama, and a bulletin of st~ge, exotic dra■ a, with plenty of meaning tor the modern world, bat ao ■ething that's alaost - out of this world. The newa fro ■ Qer■ an7 tells of an agree ■ent ot aajor proportions between the lestern alliea and the lest Geraan Govern ■ ent at Bonn. There are two princiJal features. The leatern Powers •&r•• to dlaaantling of industrial factories, those great Qeraaa plants. The Geraana. OD their part, pledge the■ael••• not to rebuild an Ar■1 of an7 kind, a1reeb1 in the ■oai The factory port ot it mean• that the Geraana •ill retain eighteen of their great ateel, ayntbetio oil, t and rubber plant• - of Irupp, Thy•n and I.G. Farben. There were to have been dia ■ antled, their equip■ent sent to allied countries - a thing again s t which the le1t - Jclip •... 2 German Government has been protesting bitterly. Bow that's all o~- d1smantl1ng stopped at once. The German pledge to stay dem111tar1zed is a special conoess1on to rranoe - which all along baa been afraid of the revival of German war power. We all remember at once how, after the First World War, Qermany was disarmed - but it didn't take. The d1saraament clauses of the Versailles Treaty were violated. !hla tlae, however, the Allied Powers retain control, 1upervi,1ng th1nga, keeping an eye on what goes on. There are other clause• 1n the new agreeaent - whereby Western Qer ■anJ agrees to 1nternat1onal control of the Buhr, that potent 1ndustr1al area. !be Qer ■an• are given a place on the various agencies for the organ1zat1on of Western lurope - the government at Bonn being treated as~a~n:_:•~q~u:a!l~----------- ~~-..,,,...-.i----- But what w111 Soviet Ruaa1a dot !here 1 ■ 1amed1ate speculation - and one gueaa la that the 80Ylet1 might respond with aome kind of move to withdraw their Army from the Soviet zone. Thia - 1n an effort to bolater up thelr own preetlge 1n Germany. JpLLQJ Ll4P JI.ere L.e Ii■ a J.a..._ ltu.l ~ l • Fr om l'rance • - • • f1Ye million workers going out tonight on a deaon■ tra,ion­ •*idk 1tr1ke of one daJ. They are demanding an all around increase of wa1es -- the one day general atrike to enforce it. D♦IAI A general strike began tonight 1n rrance a walkout for one day. This is a demonstration to back up an all around increase of wages. In Paris, the evening began with a shut down of telephone service, then \he eubway stopped running, and taxlcabe d1aappeare4 fro• the streets -- all in preparation for a general tle-up tomorrow. Pana m a has t~ree Pre id e nte tonight - bringing the bedeviled state of politics down there t• a new height of complication. To d ay the Pana.m;an Supreme Court wae called upon to decide between the two Presid e nts, each claiming office. One - President Chan1a, w h o was ousted by the national pol1oe, ,he Army. Be was declared reln1tated 1n offloe by the Bational A11eably. The other, Bober,o Ch1&r1, whom the Army ina,alle4 aa President. Thla aft e rnoon the Supreme Court gave lt• 4eo1eion - 1n favor of Chanie. Whereupon the Army reeponded by naa1n1 a third President, and in■ talllng hl ■ ln the 1rea1dent1al . palace. Arnulfo Arlae, an ex-President who was••• head of the gov e rnment n1ne ye&re ago-· then toeaed out bJ a revolution. Be ran again last year, and wa• defeated by a narrow margin. Tonight the Army an n ounces that he really won that election - and Pana.ma hae three Presidents. 4'1==tft.:illl..-T 121 he BrU eh :on, o~e o;:e very P ~ : : 7 ! . and majesty, now submits to the final blow - a blow to h1s pride of 1peech. Actually, the British lion neTer - roared, except w1th the broad1ide1 of battleahlp1, bul - ~ 4 was accustomed to utter h1e defiance in the moat arl1trocrat1c tone• Oxford accent, preferably. Bui now we hear how 1ngl11hmen and lngli1h women are haTlng to learn how to talk lngl11h - and learn lt fro■ Aurloa.aa. where (thl~oure the 6.'ntall ~t Arthur tllh world e ■ plre lei, built by, parl, lo lhe ked a brand of 1,_i11b n ■oTle tane co/u•, understand. / ~ • 11 / the _.,..r.. '. Lonclon T■r■10/ot the f 11■ t r o ~ • o,,er .Cre) Br1,1eh aovt••• to uke a go of lt, have to ••11 ln A . . • c a They turned out a couple of ma■ terpleoe1 llke . u.let and Bed 8hoe1, whlch were halle4 aa work• Of art ln the U.S.A. Bu, moat of t h;.r-pro4uctlon1 (.,.. « failed to brlng in the revenue from America. Today'• dispatch from London tell• how J. IQYXII~ • ••• a Arthur Rank spent three million dollars on a feature starring the Cockne1 comic, Sid Field - and the film wae expected to earn & lot of dollars in the U.S.A. But what happened was indicated when a preTiew was held in le• York, and people in the audience were asked to give \heir opinion on - •reaction cards.• After it wa• over, oae card caae back with the following reaction: •why 414n't you adTertiee that thie was for lip reader•t• the Cookne1 dialect of lid 1ield wae, no doubt, •oreamingly foa7 - but ,he American, didn 1 , understand what he wa1 lalkln1 about. •ot •urprising, if you heard Coomey 1• l q l n .. In uotber tll■ ,he dialogue wa• ltonian - featuring thoee accent• affected at lton, ■o•t f&11ou1 of all art!irooratio •ohool• tor boJ•• . n a town of ,be A■er1can middle•••'• a ■oTie exhibitor 11atened to tbe 41aleot of lordly you11ter1, and groaned: •1 can't u4er1tand what they're 1a11n1. MIAIII k♦ MA One of the important stories of the year came out of Central Ao1a today, e ■a, in a United Preas wire oy way of Hongkong. It's a story full of drama, intrigue, international politics, and religion. The etory 1s vitally important to the peoples of Central Ali&, and it might even turn out to be of equal importance to lhe four hundred million inhabitant, of the Peninsula ·-~-✓ -s..-, ,tf,-..-,-.,"-11-et..:--. That in turn would make lt of vital importance ico the whole world:(The ,ourney that ■Jeon and I made reoently to Tibet proT1ded ua wlth information that wlll -"""'~ throw ~1•flllr ~ A...,, 11ght on th1a news d1epatoh -- aatlng 1t po ■ aible 11'1 • to interpret lt 1n a way , ~w-t~~•n that would h&Te been .!!,POlllble.J'"~• ....... r1r1t, • - ' • the n•••j fro■ Bongkon1:-the dlapatch 1ay1 that the Chlneae Coamuni ■ tA radio -- 1n - Chlna announce• that the Red forces h a ve captured the " Panchen Lama.-rhe coamunl•t radio then broadcaet a __. .. ,,o .,,,,,~ , : _,. by the Panohen Lama, proclamat1on-'1'C:=~ 1 1 ° • ., .. 1 J Cb R d •o sweep a proclamation calling tor the ineee e 8 - .. down on Tibet.''Ltberate Tibet;is the w a y they put it. - • JA!QIP t4y - 2 J.~4 ... J This news will come as a shook 1n L••• that ~ ~ most remote and secluded of cities. I can juat see the lay-nobles of Tibet, and the high Lamas as they 1athered today to talk th1~~~a~d d:c1de what to do. I can aee the holy men in their red robes, and the ~~ ~ lay offlc1al~)-n their bright yellow hate, rldinj-.,---7 Potala, on their way to Norbu L1ngka, the Dal&1~ Lau.a 1uamer palace. For it look• as though the thing theJ told ue they feared most 11 about to happen, s•- • lnT&elon b the RAd armyr •••&•1 from the Borthla •~•• Chlne1e red• who h&Te ~~tured the Panohen ~••~ . J ~ --.,-t1.a-~ ~ 1<.t 7.,.,e,L. .. L.•-~,.., ~ M 5 1tf The two top t lgure• of the Buddhlet world a~e _ ft the D•lal Lama whose capital clty 11 Lha1a, and the ~ fanohen L~a wh<f1. I ·~t~•■:3 ::;r-- .._ _ _, .. ~ ,, .. Jfa ... ~ --- - ~ ! - . . . . largeat Tibetan olty -- 8h1gatee. A Several hundred year• •go, taz.-■ the then reigning Dalal Lama created:?Ji• title of Panchen Lama. a~-r:.,~~~Uv1.S#~- 'b• idea being that the Panchen Lama would devotl • himself entirely to ep1r1tua1 m&tters, and preside over • the great monastery of Taeh1 Lumpo at Bh_;l~tae. a.{ll - ~ ~ ~~ ~~~~- of the reincarnations of CW Buddha, •••tng tewn th••ui~ - - ~ ~,~~eit-.1-aM1~•~•~1'111 I; reincarnation of Buddh~ J SF J caJlsi- Amlt&bha,#he Buddha of Boundle1e Light. ~ ~ A I M may 1ound a little oompl1cate4. At any rate, the 1ix\h Pa.ncben, or !&eh 1 L&ma . d1e4 twelTe years ago. &1n0e then he ha• ha d no 1ucceasor. ~he way they declde who l■ to be the next Dalal Lau or the next Panohen Lama 1e comp~lsL rtr•t ef alt, A~ r , ■ uppo1ed to be someone whet• born during the ■ &me hour, 1f poa11ble at the ■ a■e ■ 1nute, that the ~~ - -...,. Panohen La.ma dlee, r•••1 retae.z::;:;;c 't. the body of a baby born at the ■&Ille mlnute)'I.J Sa,rly thll year, the Chinese and Kongol1a.n Budd 11te announced that they had found the reincarnation of the late Panchen Lau. Shortly before we started for Tibet, word came fro■ Inner China that they had actually proclaimed a certain ~~--- eleven y ar old boy to be the Panchen Lama.••• 1•e•• A oereaon7 at the big Buddhist aonaBte r y at Iua Bua, near Lake Ioio lor, in a part of Central Aaia where no ■ an knows just •hat ia the boundary between China and Tibet. lhen Lowell Jr and I 1ot to ~a•• foun4 the Tibetan heat, of •••4hia ■ ao ■ewhat wrouaht ap about this. Tbey oonaidered it pure ineult for the CbiDeae, and lonaollana, on their own to elaia to baYe toua4 the incarnation of the late Paaohen La ■a aa4 •ra1enl7 10 ahea4 an4 lnati&l hi■• After all, hl1 oapital i• the 1eoon4 olty of Tibet, Shiaatai; with 1•44hi1ta oon114eria1 hi• alaoat aa iaportant •• the lalal Laaa. In Tibet tbe7 knew thia waa all a polltloal And tbe Tibetan,, thl• 1u ■ aer aeleote4 their on oan414at• for that bi&h post. iaotber eleYen 7ear 014 bo7 of oour••• born at about the aaae aoaent \he late Panohen Laaa die4. Thi• bo7, fro■ the Tibetca ~"' .. u.-."- Pro•inoe of Iha■, •• found eatabliebed in one of th•~ ••••••• aonasteries~sa. guest. ~ h i s lad ~ d We spent an afternoon as 1:a4 his monk advi s ors, including ~ them 1n our still and motion pictures. Just before leaving Lhasa I asked wh1oh w - t ' ~ of the two candida tee 1••'9" wln oul ln lhe ,n4, the eleTen year old boy-monk we had met, or the eleTen year old youngster at Kum Bua. The reply wa1 that when the Chin se reds over-ran the region around Kua Bua aona1tery and Late Koko Bor, lhe ao-calle4 Panchen L . . a up there would flee. Olherw1ee, the Bed• would out oft hl1 head. I~ Lha s a they expected hlm lo flee lo f1bet. !hey eTen predicted that he would co■e tothe B911 City and the names of ihe two cand1date1 would be put ln a golden bowl, before the 1re&I ima1e of Buddha. the bowl would be whirled. One na.■e would be llfted oul witll~ 1txna;.1•or7 that way. chop1t10Jt1. !be dec1e1on •..,. made Or, and Ibey lhought th1 ■ the more 11ke1J, ,he two eleven year old bOJ ■ woul d be brou1ht before ~~c:.. 'he Lhaea oracle.A& monk who goes lnto a trance, &n4 then tell• how things should be. The oracle 1 8 an a1oetic looking monk at Drepung monastery, near Lbaa~;:c:t'! ~ ~ = ; ' d ~';;;-'. decision. And the prediction was that hie deo1a1on would be 1n favor of the boy from ~um Bua •. !hat would mean the Buddhists Of Kongol1& :t■ would be aat11t1ed. AllO the luddh1ata of Tibet would say the deC11\0nti; waa all right becau1e ~Ti/,a .,., 1t w· _ s ■ade by the1~ao1e;and •••rybody would be ea\1afled • .-Zl\:;;I~ ; : . coaplex nor,-. But, !/+ ~ - tG.... ,,._A,cbJ~ - ~ • e e m to be workini out the~-w,y~Aocordln1 to th11 m new• 411palch today fro■ Boqko~, lhe Chlneee B~4• did not behe&4 the Kua Bu Panohea La■•• They captured hl■• They have i11ued a proclaaal1on hll 1n qass naae r- , . and are announcing that they are 101n1 to uae him 1n a war• on !ibel. Why 11 thla 1 ■portant ■s to other nation ■, 1nolud1ng oureelve1T irx If the Ch1neae Bed■ 1hould •veep down on Tibet -- and uae their large m e chanised -- ~ &ray/\that ought to be eaay.--.,.~1th1n a matter of■ onthe, - ., thlJ may be on the front1er1 of India. ror Tibet, geographically 1a Ind1a'a number one neighbor. They have a. 301nt frontier ~h1rteen hundred m1lea long. ' a.ot1nl on) What the Chinese Reda,A: ■■an qfi orders froa India, with 1ta four hundred m1111on people. It they can get control of all thoae Tibetan pa11ea, their ust ;z probably w111 be to ■ end the1r propa1&11d& ~ ~ ,._,,.,,a. #}- -■- 1 1 \ '.!}_H~aalaya.1 to India, a country where ~~ already/!! r 1 : JIit "lo■nnl■ t a ~ • tou can 1ee then what that might lead to:-- oontrol of nearly all Aila, and the cutting ott ot the •••tern world tro11 1oae of it• ao1t 1 ■porta.nt aouroe1 ot raw material•• • .. When Lowell Jr want to Wa1h1ngton to report ,o our ltate Departaent and to Pre11dent Trv.aan, while I wae at111 d 1n the hoep1tal, one of the f1r ■ t thin11 = _.,_ the Pre ■ 1dent aake4 . . . our State Department h &di - A wa11 What about the Panohen Lamat Today•• new• glvea ue the l a test on 1t. Captured by the Chinese Reda, who , 1119111 HM♦ - 8 are now ue1ng h1• as a puppet -- ihreatentng io 1ava4e 'r 1 bet. • 19p1u To get back fro ■ lua Bua, Lha1a and the ia\riaue of Central !ala, I hope thia baa been half a1 ,oadtrful a Thank•&iTing for all of you, as it has been for ae. It••••• that this year I ha•• 10 aaay thin1• d \o \hank The !l■i1ht7 for. I'• 1rat1ful to Qol tor 1aa,11a1 •• to get hoae after what happen•• on \bat hi&~ Cta\ral Aaian plateau. (1 tbuk hia tor puttln1 •• ia the ,uaa of 1uoh a hl1hl7 akille4 aar1eoa u4 a lot of araal 11r1e1 and 4octora. 111ht traotare1 in a hip oaa •• 1oa1tbia1 of a problea.) ht I aa oat of \be bo1pl\al, ,oae a1aia, and aratef•l to Ila who watohe1 e•er ••• ler1•1 hoplna it baa ,eea a alorioaa T~anta1l•lD1 for ail of 10• who are liatenina, and to lelaon and all of a, ether aaaooiate• here in th• ata41o.