~~ / ;V ~ 1- ) .<.<J The President of Venezuela, Lieutenant Colon 1 Cerloa Delgado Chalbaud, is dead. Ambu bed and shot down in h · ow c ita~ :ii ef thirty assailants•- dressed in civilian clotbea. I The President was dri•ing to bis office fro ■ ho••, 1th his Aid when a car ulled in front ef ~1• -- 1 n1at r attacker ) atyle -- from the other car biaA ~ t •••• - op n d fir - aa did other• al r J J 1 fro ■ tilla buab • at the ■ id of the road. baa toni&tlJ 91 Venezu laa Go•era ■en aeereel a ·"' tat ot er1enc i<" aa p na d ciYil liberti •· Strict c naorebi ie in eftect ...... W\o farther de\aila of the cri ■ e ar aYailabl tonight. A ti•• p. ■• curfew ha been i ■ 01 a ~nd pede trian or ••blc • ■ oYing after that hour will be 1topped. The otfici l n w was i•en by Li tenant C t I 1 1 1 lo e I t ' t t n ir te t i 1 n D i C t ~ 0 r er l n u 1 ernm cl t 0 er C n u ti tr t n r i n of crime r V i l l C r e l n e t il b to e 0 ici l nt t ect and t i t • r ent e C ured. ni ht lo l t in • ·t i e- i i l lib r- urt r i • e 1 . . ir < on, . . t n l, u u re e C t t ' s i -of · n iv t r . . n ne en t . t.r 0 t t ops 1 ed cro t e O n ch i er -- on .. e o t 1 (r . t t ore n fir r n r : n 0 ut · t ot no t t t i r·v r} n 0 t ir t i • P. 1 el ... r t, 0 e ' \ .. ~ r • e ro n ' r e r e e r " . 0 le" fl.< .d l . ere s 0 u in OD r n nti u i.., s 0 nee e ir or ree nt i t es ern 0 era. ~ " h n th t im ~o s, •" B vi} •t Bi · our ust #4 ' e u t orl • s - - n ju t ne ro r ra n u by F.us • • I\ t t e ee tin i s. ith r u yet re 1 · i i C t i n t r ns r l i B n • B . t· r s . Governme t to y ut lined oviet 1 n b Pe c oveme t•. Te Peace Con re hie w e too en to yin effield but, ich i 1 no be held in r The ovement is des- cribed in Briti . Govern ent circul r hie ~uo • 0 t eat; s rv c •-- t ent driv in tle Onited Stats, Brit in nd luropean countri s The docu u u th Pe c llovement in th se ords: · •it• s conr:ection ith p C i V ry sli · . I.! It' re l ur ose i to n bl So Russi t _ t n the benefit of a res ion it out payin t e i'r ice of ar. • . • u n d i r t n ect 0 t,- e ~ t V . tt C n ~ t " t . or t r b C iver. h round ad- nee by t . e O • . ~ev nth ivision h·c . tor d ri er n e e r eh t - ive iles re t e r. D E or e . In tl-. . ii: · l i 1 ne oUr6d m Cine- un na ire int t e de.e di ed . ly in t. . re o t e e i r e e • of Yalu 1 e r • re knoc d n t 1 u r ._ , ortr tt C B - - n · deri C ni t c,rcem t from noh ri a. t t. 0 t. r r d 0 t, i l l e t t . e C n t, - tt C • • V CH T in ct·u }ITRO ,, lR. DI CQ .J!£L I have a a,1tery man sitting beside me in the studio tonight. Th is, he se • to be so ething ot a ..r ■ tery to any p opl in many count iea. Ia recent years, as I have tr Yelled aroun the world, I have often beard ao •one aay: •Ibo i• thi1 Ienneth de Courcy?• Aad then the7 add a tuther qaaatloa or two, 1uob aa: •I wond r J ■ t who rad• hi• Int 11 eac Dige ■ t? A I woilder what the Yarloa■ head• t 10Tern■eat think ot it, wbe\her they consider it reliable?• lhen I learn a that Ienneth •• Coaro7 wo 1 ~• la A■erl tbia •••k, I in•ltei hi ■ to joia ••oat • • for a few ■o■ent ■, aaa tol4 bi ■ I would like t aat bi ■ • few q• stiona. You ■&J recall \bat he la the•••• o prellotea that th• Ru ■ ian• bad th• atoaio bolib and wo 1 1zplo4e it at a certai ti ■•· Of cour ■ e, • will ••k i ■ altout that. B t first, Ir. de Co 07, h • dl4 you h • ltt tbia idea of p•t\in o t 70 I telli1• Ct Di1eat ---•--- to g. DI COlfflCI !E· de C~: - lly personal b aokground was n ither eapionag nor journalia ■• In England I h d been a soldier, then ia ta world ot co ■■ero for a while, aad then in•ol•e4 in politic,. lhat led directly to thi• aer•ic that your te to, Ir. Lowell Tho••,••• an •••i1n ■eat I ha4,to 4o a --. .... ..,,,, .. ., tour of lvope •• • repre ■ entati•• or both t~• Boa•• of ~ Co ■■oa1 a th Bo•• of Lord■• lhil• oa tbl ■ Jo I fell \bat I had learned ■•ch that ••••r appear•• ia th• •••paper1. It•••••• to•• that other people ••all lite to taew tb I thi1111, 10 I laanchei the Intelll1• • Dl1 • --•-- ...,...,.:- And yoa I appl7 thi1 1ervioe to how ■UJ 0011ntrie1? the Briti h Ialea, one tor Italy, one tor orway, and the fou th, which 7011 I et b r• ia thi countr, • •• al10 are - R. DI COURPl - 2 working on a Japa• ae edition. --o-- J st what can you do that ia not done by ordinary journaliata? --o-- R, DIC:- rrantly, aothing. lxcept that•• try to do an or4inar7 Jo nali1tic Job t a o it w 11. To be mor• 1p1cific, we• plo7 1xc1ptioaall7 hi1h-1rad• p• ple, with a fir t-elaa• aoade■ic b ctaround.aen, inatead of a1aigning th•• to a partio lar oity or oountr7 aad 1 aYilll tb ■ uauallJ is don with for•il oorr11ponl1nta, w ■o• ou people arou 4 •••r th• world. In that wa7 w b lieTe we 1•t 10 • exo ptional re1ult1. I understand th• no• almost l ndary Joh• Buchan, who later b c •• Lord Tweed• uir, Go• rnor G eral to of Canada, urged 7011 "'~~o~~i thing that you ar d. g.DEC, . :- Yes, 7ou · ight say that J o , hn Buchan ••• ay · 1uaber One in . apiration. Be gave me hie ideas on how it should be done. ,. .. o ..... l,,f,:- hat'• interesting to••• because it wa■ Joba Buobaa who 'bac · t•cl •• in 1etting the a . tory ot the AlleabJ oa■pai1n in Pal ■ ti•• in ia teen S••ent•••· And tbat 1•4 to rq getting the •xolu1iY.• atory or · T. I.La•••••• an4 bi ■ exploit• la Arabia. llr. cle . Courcy, let •• a1k 1ou tb• qaeat,io that Ila•• I ■ ntloae4 a little • arlier, th• one that I p •• oft•• heard la ■ o ■an, countri••: lho read• 7our Intell11•nce Dig at? D · O the bead ot 1•••rn■eat paf an7 attention to ltT -o-- I ••nture to say that it 11 read in almo1t • ry epart nt of y ry go•ern ent in th world. --o-- _ • DE COURCJ - It L.7.:- - . And now th big question. hat ab out that progno1tication you made,th• one that was 10 atartliD&, the one about the ato boab in Rua sia? ---o---- In D ce ber in teen Forty- ight th info~ ■ation ca■e to e froa a, special 1oar ea bebi 4 th Iron Cvtaia that th• Bua iaaa lacl th• ato io bou an4 tlat they •oull am ■ate their next experi■ental t ■ ti the following 1a ■er. le publi ■ h d that infor tion a ■onth later in oar Janaar, ia ■ ue. Of course, n arlJ •• r,7 on• la be4 it off. But in, rort.1-•i••· in•t en u,~1■tui fro ■ thr ■ ource, • 1ot t • final infor■atioD tbat the Ru aian ato ■ ic bo■b bad.•••• exploded. Jou will recall that 7our Pr 14ent, Ir. Tru■ an, annouac 4 th1 ■• --o-- L,%1 :- Hawe th Ru aian any more atom bobs? _. DE COURCY - ~ MR. DEC.:- I fear your President has been alight,ly in error on this 1core. Be said that waa all the atoaic bombs the Soviets had. But e say that 1h r have been a considerable number of ato ■ io explo1io • in Russi thi• year. Also, that the Bu sian1 re 1toot-piling th•• no• at the rate of four ato■ bo ■b1 onth. OD ore. There ••r ru or• ••••r•l 7ear1 ago -- I told about th•• in-, broadcast -- that tk• Bu aian• h d atteaptei o5 ato■ bo ■b tat, th t i t • • • a auoo •• and that ao■• of their aole■tiata ••r• kill d. lb t uan you tell u• of that, Mr. de Co roy! g. DI 9.:- Th t la true. arly in inet en Forty- ight th an in th• tre■lin gave ord • for an ato ic t t. Ther w a tr nd an ab r of tb n aci n ndou1 acci4ent, t1 • r tillel. - p, DE COURCY - 6 L.T.:- -- I suppose I should follow this up by oa• more obvious qu stion. Do you think the Ru1siana a • ready for a Third lorld lar, that they want one now, or Ter will want one? ---o-- Ila DIC.:- -;r;, ..1..- C' C ~.LS , PAL --- In lepal toni ht it looks like war. lar ~\~~ between ationalist forces who ha•e entered~lipd ' ~ , ~fro• three different points in India and loyal / Capital.I epal ae forces fro the~• 19 i''ot Ihataandu. To4aJ w-r,,-J~ ~ - It. ~t•o coluan1 of r bel lationaliat forces••• ~~ ~..--;,,;,RC ••••pin& uooppo1 d toward• Ihataandu, -- ,;tt- tac I. au: :-.."4:..k ~ ➔ ~ 2 >" fifty ail•~~t••• epal, a-. ...... ~ . . . ~ ail• fro• " ,... lhataan4a. But two tbod1aDCl of th Pri•• lini1ter'• - - - - ~~ . is gaining momen~three t~captured without resist~rl'~n loyal lepaleae Stat • , - J ~ _....... ..... ~. troopsA ..... w . . . - . L - ~ ~ An Indian newspaper today re orted that forty-nine • b rs of th Pri e Miniater'• on f ily baYe join . - - ~ igbt endi~ it• A~;_;./.1 the taken , ... hi• two oa Tb• 1 t a t - two I tionall \ Leader• arr1••4 th lirl nj Tr 1ur7. s ~ far it' noi lndi t the Cine e Red inv -':!I i : "T ibet i1 " not t OU h t e i 1· tle ope eac resi tin t e rut 1 "But,• it dded, " e under decided to to a res i n ~ L s - tNNMID fifte nAword r ue t for A 0 D ·t OU fi t of n tion ed ic a ted to effort o en tr ine to war? tand t Unit d I tiona h •• herever it ta s l C • • th t nt - ev nth day of t e n . nt Tib tan mont)l of the Ir n Ti er y r, -- .... _:ii ned by lne n t e tiona o e ly. h e b t 0 u ·1 Li, ut i l uot u d s 0 t t n ' b In · c . i an t t ey ti 11 ed o' to bet en xt G overnor. ~ The - battle continu s / \ ~ c o e in ro outlyin counties. So far former ov rnor rry elley, the Republican,and overnor Emen illiams, t -~ -- ~- Democrat, have both been ut in fron~ In f ct t e order h s c n ed ore t an o en t·mes. t t e 1 te ~ t count w in this fi ctic race to ay overnor illiams a ahead by six hundred nd even votes but there ar till even more countie tor ort an it till see to b anyo rac - ~fL, ~ ~-~ ~~~-h~,~- lJ,HWl!I In I• bin1ton today the Go•ern ■ ent order d tb• first ••Jor cut ia tbe ciYilian u ■ of • . , of ci•ilian •luaiai ■ • ....,., - eft e\iwe Ja ••r l•I, 1950. to !bia ■ 111 ••••••t•• aieq••\• ■ •ppllea of I\ thi• Yl\al ■ t•l for a., •••• • •• la 19 5 1 • • • 1 coa• ■er 1004• will be bit - aato■elll••• r•dio ••I tele•l•loa ••t ■, f r lt•r• - •••• poll a •••• LIPPA R In • York tbi1 aorning Ira. inn Chri1\i a 1leepil1. pull d bac her curtain ■• Borror• - there on the other side ot the road, croucbina on the •t•p• 4t. ~-14~+ of ~ 1 ia: nd1bbor,i-'~r. I Ira. loo".-llllil .... -•D■......... .... a ~ ~ ~ ~ - c a . . , .. ~-~~ .. ,---f,,:t;,., -~~•rd.JC. ■,et~ ••._'rib/\ Ira. Cbril\iaaa - Rt • ~~••lie~ bar •JH - aorH~ to bar bHltn4 . . ,Lo JI! A Le pard! '' , . ~ - ~ ~ - - • ~ polio■, oalli 1 for a ••f•ri ••!JD•t tbi• ••••&~ ••••~ roaaia& th ,;// ~1;(.e fa_. •tt.• •••r I ~ (... -e...,.. Kw-a.•:-, lantaattan J •11~..._ h • 1aHo •••• ueo• vu, • t'irU-i' · oop1 aa4 •rla\11•1 wl\b ar■• aa4 aaauitio • ■\alt . . aroan4 \be ~o ••• qaletlr, ca tio 111 - fl •IIH t • •1 cat, bat ao ahot1 raa1 o t. Ia1teal \beJ ,1 1be. ■•• I tia. Cbrla\ia a bl abed. Ir. I Ira. loe4 l abe • aa4 ao o • ba4 aa, idea who bad left \be leop rd-akia ru1 oa tbe 4oor-•tep. 1111>-QBJ•A Fro■ Indo-Cbina the new• tonight tell• of pa\rol atir■ i•h•• northeaat and nortbweat of Banoi - · thou1ht to be the pr lude to ••rioua Coa■ alat attacta a1aiaat the cit7. ror •••k• •4 Yiet-la■ troop• baYe been iatiltratia1 into tbi• area -- ,a1 1 4iDI up their 1uppl7 lin•• to tbe point •b•r•• 1coor41•1 to a rreneh apot •••, • abow-den ••\11• ••1 co■• •••1 ti ■• now.• ■••••bll• oae-b a4re4 an4 - for\J all•• I of laaol,at lo ear, the fa■ ill•• of fr•• b 10141••• ••• l•l•I p 11•4 oat,•1 ••• • ~•ouat~to lal1 . . " The Yital f o r t r e a ~ t ~ h • Chia••• fro t • hal ~ ••• ••••r ■ortar fir• 11noe rrt4a,, ••• o'••~•••• · t, ~ e,_~ ... ~,~..:-b . fear it ■ay aooa f a l l • • lei ■••••( rro ■ Hongkong tonight 1 eo■•• word of aerio 1 41 orders in South China. Be orta r achin1 Bon1toa1 tro■ Canton t 11 of fi•• Bed Chine• Official• •• aaai eted - twelY other• caiaaiD&·• These di1t rbance• coae aa regular ar■J 1arri•o nit ■ 1 South China ar witb4rawn to laach•ria. I• the Chu11han diatrict, near Caa\oa, a aigbt carf•• baa been i■poae4 -- local ailitia order• ar to •boot an10 • out ft•• dart. Tb• . . . Cowernor of lwan1t• 1 ProYi■ce today orderel a 1p• . . r of recruitiDI for •tbe peeple'1 ■ilitla• - a •P• ial force lte ae\ ap \o ■aiatain order. ftl• woa14 confir■ recent report• t a t ■oat of th• re alar ar■J h • b a ■owed aortb to lanch ria. le al■ o l arD fro■ lo 1ton1 tbat th• 4rl•• to ra •• Chia•• Yolu teer• to fi& t iD lorea 1• ot 1oia1 t a l l well. 11 io f ct a •tail re.• Thi• dotpite today'• claia bJ loaco• la4io th t Cblaoae •r• Yolunt erin for a r•ic of tbo ■ and• • -