May 24, 1954

rebels rept 858 Dienbienphu wounded, including Vietnamese, will be released; protest resumption of French bombing of Route 41; reject proposal for mixed comm to police Route 41 and French offer to evacuate rebel wounded; Mme de Castries leaves for Paris; Marshal Saunderson arrives, Hanoi, to weigh situation; French rept withdrawal of French and Cambodian troops from Siempang, NE Cambodia; French bombers concentrate on Route 41; map

USSR press remains silent

West Side (Miller) Hwy to be modernized; 2-yr project to cost over $3 million; major alterations noted; map; hwy history

Natl Geog Soc and Royal Ont Museum sponsor expedition to area near Hebron village, Labrador, to determine origin of crater in which there is 'apple green lake'; map; meteorite may have carved lake which was discovered by Col Merewether in World War II; Dr Meen made dir; other expedition members

Bidault returns to Geneva; sees cease-fire possible if USSR bloc can be convinced that SE Asia pact will be formed if conf fails; reptdly says GB will soon back pact; holds 1st objective is to halt fighting; V K K Menon confs with Premier Chou En-lai; US to propose that permanent pol settlement be determined by UN Assembly if armistice is reached; policy reptd based on separate settlement for Laos and Cambodia, Vietnam armistice providing for disarmament of irregular forces as well as regrouping of regular forces, and setting up of principles for pol settlement