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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 05, 1968
Page
11
Paris reports a further nuclear blast near Mururoa today as France presses ahead with hydrogen bomb testing in the South Pacific. Tokyo protests and neighbor nations urge suspension while France defies treaty bans and cites deterrence amid economic strains from strikes.
Nigeria warns Biafra peace formula must include end of secession to be acceptable. Chief Anthony Enahoro says a united Nigeria is non negotiable and rebels must seek a negotiated settlement to end the civil war. Talks in Addis Ababa set to cover permanent settlement ceasefire and relief provisions.
The Biafran leader Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu said he would head the delegation to Addis Ababa to seek an honourable and just settlement of the civil war and announced a unilateral truce for the talks. Nigeria’s External Affairs Commissioner Dr Oko Ankpa explained General Gowon would not attend. Ojukwu stressed the truce was temporary and self defence only, urging vigilance as world opinion leans toward peace. A Nigerian Catholic delegation protested Caritas relief operations in Biafra, while two Save Biafra pilots faced a mercy mission plan grounded by bad weather in London.
An AAP report claims Mao Zedong and Chiang Ching, Lin Piao, and their aides faced a spy plot to steal inner secrets of the Chinese Communist Party. Chiang Hua, head of party apparatus in Chekiang, allegedly coordinated listening devices and wire taps to eaves drop on Mao and Chiang Ching.
Civilian captives held by the Vietcong in the Mekong Delta swamps near Vinh Long City were freed by government troops after a one day operation. US forces reported finding US 150,000 dollars and 935,000 instras hidden in sandbags and an ammo can. American riflemen and helicopter troops killed 26 guerrillas in a clearing near An Hoa. North Vietnamese forces reportedly attacked a US marine radio relay station at Khe San during the previous night, killing six Americans and wounding 11. B 2 bombers returned to the A Shau valley to strike suspected North Vietnamese positions.
Israeli aircraft attacked two El Fatah bases across the Jordan, striking the main headquarters near Es Salt and a guerrilla training camp. The midday to afternoon raids followed rising cross border incursions and a warning from Foreign Minister Eban.
Hitler's valet Meing Linge denied in Hamburg on BBC 24 hours that he shot the dictator. He called Russian claims of a coup de grace false and said a Russian book contradicts Bezymensky's account that cyanide killed Hitler followed by a coup de grace.
In Congo Brazzaville the army claimed power but Massamba-Debat returned to the Presidential Palace within a day. Government ministers resignations followed amid reports the army, led by Captain Ngouabi, installed Lt Augustin Poignet as president in the headless state.
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