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1. Possible Soviet diplomatic "feeler" regarding Korea (page 3) .

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- 4. US B-29 encounters night attack (page 5).

5. Indonesian Prime Minister resigns (page 5).

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- 1. Possi ble Sovie t diplom atic ''feel er'' regard ing Korea~

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at th~ UN, at an Israel i recep tion on
14 March Sovie t deleg ate Malik twice
• took the initiat ive in raisin g the Korea n questi on. Malik repo:ril:edly
asked an Israel i delega te for his views regard ing the possib ility of a
settle ment of the Korea n war and appea red to be intere sted in the enc,
suing conve rsatio n, although no specif ic sugge stions we:re made by

- either partic ipant. The Israel i delega tion was struck by Malik~s re=
peated ref er enc es to the curre nt Paris meeti ng of the Deputy Foreig n
Minis ters and thoug ht Malik showe d "grea t aware nessn of the con~·
nectio n betwe en the Korea n probl em and the Paris confe rence .
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-. repor t of a Sovie t "feel er" at the UN regard ing Korea in recenn

month s. Since the Israel is were active during the Janua ry at1tempt
at media tion betwe en the US and Comm unist China, the USSR may well
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have appro ached the Israel i delega tion
as to how firmly the UN is behin d its Korea n objec tives. Briit:ish UN
Deleg ate Jebb has sugge sted that Grom yko be appro ached in Pa;::-is
• conce rning a possib le Korea n settle ment, but the US, Britis h and
Frenc h deput ies recen tly agree d that it was not advan tageou s ito do
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- A US medium bomber flying a night~

harassing mission over northwestern
Korea on 17 March was attacked by

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16,000 feeL The engagement began

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demonstrated by the attackers suggest that the enemy fliers involved
possessed an advanced degree of training and that jet aircraft were
employed. Enemy use of radar may have been involved, or this may
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The incident is another indication of a current step=up in enemy air
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that will include representatives of Natsir' s Masjumi Party and the

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