Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-03


anticipated definite orders toda
home. The withdrawal was slated
to be announced in London and
Paris despite simmering oppose
ton from lawmakers who felt
the Suez invasion had not ac-
complished its purpose, diplo-
matte quarters said.
The British navy, meanwhile,
reported that surprisingly fast
progress was being made reopen
Ing the northern end of the
clogged SueZ Canal. Navy men
said they hoped to open the
northern bottleneck of Scuttled
ships in two weeks and that in
telligence reports indicated the
damage in the Egyptian-held
southern sector is not so great
as first believed.
More U. N. Troops
The u. N. command poured
more troops around the canals
Mediterranean entrance to take
over from the British and
French.
With the cease-flre line "a
miles south of the city occupied
by a wedge of Indian troops.
there seemed little point in stay
Ing on in the eyes of British and
French soldiers.
On the east bank of the water
way, Israel announced it had
cleared a 30-mile-wide area of
Egypt's Sinai Peninsula for the
U. N. troops to occupy. A spokes-
man said Israel was awaiting
word from the U. N. commander
on when the police troops would
arrive.
Canadian Maj. Gen. E. L. M.
Burns, chief of the United Ma
tons Emergency Force, seemed
intent on filling the posts held
by the British and French with
U N. troops before turning his
attention to the Israeli sector.
A company of 120-blue-hel-
meted Indians. arriving by train
from the Egyptian lines. took
over the 1,000-yard wide no.
man's-land between British
French and Egyptian forces.
Gunfire Heard
A 163-man Danish contingent
held the buffer zone for two days
to discourage violations of the
U. N.-ordered cease-flre. Before
the Danes pulled out yesterday
to reinforce the U. N. garrison
in Port Said, they were startled
by the whistle of gunfire from
Egyptian lines.
There we're also two explosions
in the Egyptian sector. A few
stray bullets sang over the heads
of the Danes. But the incident
was dismissed as lust a lack
of discipline or somebody seeing
something in the dark" Nobody
was hurt.
A tough, unsmiling contingent
Of TAO Yugoslav troops left the
British-French sector to take up
positions on the Egyptian side
Of the cease-fire line. They had
arrived in Port Said by ship and
were moved out on 1870 trucks.
The combined Danish Norwe-
Eian U. N. battalion already as
sembled in Port Said started
policing a quarter of the city,
replacing British soldiers.
Colombian Company Due
A Colombian company was
also due to move into Port Said
to strengthen the U. N. garrison.
U.N. police troops will take
over full responsibility for the
internal security of the city as
the British-French forces ease
out.
When that will be- was the
major topic of conversation in
the British French garrison.
Barrack room strategists, noting
that a key communications unit
already had been alerted to
pack up operations in two
weeks time, concluded that very
few troops could remain here
much longer.
At the pace of salvage work
during the past week, the brunt
of the clearance job at the Suez
Canals nothern entrance could
be accomplished within the next
two weeks. A channel wide
enough for passage of Liberty
ships and vessels of l0,000-ton
size already has been cleared. At
least three other scuttled ships
are about ready to be lifted. The
resulting channel should be wide
enough to cope with at least
good sized tankers,
Salvagers OF Alden
Egypt has turned thumbs down
on a British-French offer to help
clear the southern end of the
canal with a salvage fleet al
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