Rolls stewards lay plans for strike backing

with the Pakistanis before the abandoned. lefeat of the invading arm! and that powerful elements il the Bangla Desh population introduction or as to the a 'peaceful solution' introduction a bourgeois N Ireland crisis. rule of the Awamai League.

Yesterday the Indian army kept up its campaign to dis- explosions. arm the Mukti Bahini.

Regular broadcasts were ing an made over the radio calling on the guerrillas to 'voluntarily' hand over their weapons to the army.

It now becomes the desper- injuries were reported. ate necessity of the Bangla Desh government to gain the release of Sheikh Muiib. who is believed to be still alive in W Pakistan.

Mujib now becomes the crucial pawn in both the Indian and the bourgeoisie's service'. plans for the establishment of Bangla Desh as an Indian satellite state. Laotian army suffers defeat A number of shops, includ- THE AMERICAN - backed in rein decide addi Laotian government has suffered a major defeat in the strategic Plain of Jars, were damaged. The streets according to reports from were crowded but no serious Vientiane.

The government says that Death notices in a Belfast 15,000 'N Vietnamese' troops newspaper claimed yesterday supported by tanks and an that the three youths' killed anti-aircraft regiment have when a bomb exploded in overrun the plain. their car at Magherafelt, Co Isouk Nachampassak, Londonderry, on Saturday Finance Minister in charge were IRA : men on 'active of national defence, told reporters that the attack was The three were James unprecedented'. Sheridan, 19; John Bateson, He said his troops had for 18; and Martin Lee, 18. An the first time faced 130mm CONCORDE engine workers from Bristol will travel all over the country during the next few weeks seeking backing for their seven-week pay strike.

Shop stewards trom the n1.- -1Patchway, Bristol, Rolls-Royce plant which makes engines for the superjet started their eighth week out yesterday by laying plans for the campaign.

Their aim is financial support plus the blacking of work from Bristol.

'We want to make sure everyone knows the full facts of the dispute,' Ray Gardner, the stewards' chairman, told meeting.

'One of the things we. will make a particular point of is the way the directors of Rolls-Royce (1971) Ltd have twice intervened to prevent settlement of our cost-of-living claim.' artillery with a range about 16 miles.

Government troops fought all day long but had finally to evacuate almost all positions on the Plain of Jars, which is about 95 miles from Vientiane.

The Minister said government losses were "very heavy including two Loatian aircraft shot down by anti-tank gunners.

Some of the US planes called in to aid the government troops were also shot down, he said.

The directors were appointed by the Tories after the engineering giant's shock bankruptcy earlier this year. Many of the 6,800 strikers are convinced their intervention in the dispute was government-inspired.

An offer of £1.50 came close to settling the men's £5 claim nine days ago. However, the Rolls board provoked a breakdown in talks by. insisting that 50p of the award was offset against whatever deal is made in national pay talks.

Yesterday, delegations went out from Patchway to Wolverhampton, Derby, Nottingham and Swindon.

Next week they will visit London, Manchester, Leeds and Southampton.

The stewards will meet again this Thursday •to complete arrangements for picketing the sprawling factory throughout the Christmas period and into the New Year.

In eight days' time, leading stewards from elsewhere in the Rolls empire will travel to Bristol for a combine meeting with the Patchway men: