Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-27
U.N. Troops Move Up
To Egypt Truce Line
Burns Shifts
Ills Offices
And

of the United Nations
police force made plans today to
shift his headquarters close to
the cease-flre line and to move
his troops from their overcrowded
camp in the Suez Canal zone.
But Mai. Gen. E. L. M. Burns.
Canadian commander of UNEF
~. N. Emergency Force), said
he had no immediate plans to
move any more troops into Port
Said. seat of the British French
occupation Of the northern 81
miles Of the Suez Canal zone.
So far only 100 Norwegians
have been stationed in Port Said
and they as yet have taken over
no patrol duties from the British
and French. The rest of the
force is camped at Abu Suweir,
behind the Egyptian lines.
Gen. Burns told a news con-
ference he plans to move his
headquarters within relatively
short time" from Cairo to Qan-
tara. Qantara is IS miles south
of Port Said and close to the
cease-flre line at Ell Cap.
Will Take Three CamnS
The general said arrange.
ments are being made for the
police force to take over three
camps between Qantara and
1smailia. the canal halfway
point. Abu Suweir, the air base
near Ismailia now bulging with
more than 1000 UNEF men. will
continue to be used as a transit
camp for additional troops arriv-
ing by air.
The Canadian air force began
ferrying UNEF men from Italy
today, taking over the Job from
chartered planes Of Swissair.
The first Canadian load, on four
Glib Fairchild planes, included
122 Indian paratroopeHS and
10000 pounds of food.
The British in Port Said an
inounced that their clearing OBJ
CREATIONS in the northern portion
of the Suez Canal had freed the
first of 10 ships trapped in the
waterway since the beginning of
hostilities early this month.
The 1O,5O0-ton British-owned
Liberty ship. Harpagon was the
first ship out. British officials
said six and possibly 10 more
ships farther south now could
get out If the Egyptians let them
sail past the cease-fire zone.
Two others were reported too
large for the 140-foot channel
the British say they have cleared
to their forward lines at Ell Cap.
Previously they said a l8O-foot
channel wide enough for all the
ships, would be cleared within a
week.
Egypt Denies Explosions
The Egyptian government de-
MED a British Foreign Office re-
port that $4,000 British nationals
and 5000 holders of French
passports would be expelled from
Egypt. Information Director ABB
del Kader Hatem said the British
and French nations had been
put under restricted residence
for a time" to safeguard them
from angry Egyptians, and that
they were being allowed to
leave Egypt If they wish to-"
The French hospital ship Mar
seillaise loaded 1877 refugees at
Port Said for France. A French
official said 1873 we're Jewish.
while others included British,
French, Italians, Iranians and
Yugoslavs.
Cen. Burns refused TO reveal
any plans for deploying U. N.
troops into the Sinai Peninsula,
seized by Israel in its invasion.
He said the force was not yet
adequate for that and questions
concerning such a move were
being discussed at u. N. head
quarters in New York.
But Israel frightened It's hold
on the GAIA strip. occupied By
the Egyptians after the l949
Palestine armistice and seized
during the lightning Israeli
thrust. The Israelis consider
GAIA part Of Palestine and have
indicated they won't get out Of
the strip.