H-Bomb Preparations
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• June, about 250 British troops began to arrive in Fiji by air.
After June 18, they embarked on troopship Devonshire, in which Fiji Infantry Regiment had re ned from service in Malaya. )fficially, the British troops are take part in exercises in the ith Pacific area.”
Tiey were, of course, en route to ristmas Island, where preliminary parations are being made for the tish H-bomb explosion, scheduled take place next year.
Petition Before Un
K petition from the people of stern Samoa, protesting about : projected H-Bomb explosion ir Christmas Island, will be con ned shortly by the Security incil of the United Nations. ?he petition was presented to the Trusteeship Council visiting jsion when it was in Western noa recently. Usually such itions have to wait for two nths before coming before the ited Nations. But NZ has told > Security Council that it has no lection to an earlier considera n.