CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005632697
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: March 29, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-00766
• Publication Date: June 3, 1961

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 South Korea: The revolutionary Supreme Council for Na-
tional Reconstruction voted on 2 June to relieve Lieutenant
General Chang To-yong of his substantive posts--army chief
of staff, minister of national defense, and martial law com-
mander, Chang for the
time being will retain the titular post of chairman of the
Supreme Council. The move allegedly results from Chang's
procrastination in supporting the coup during its early hours
on 16 May, the council's belief that Chang is regarded by US
officials as lacking real authority, and the conviction among
the revolutionary leaders that Chang has been attempting to
build up his personal power by a ointin to important posts
officers loyal to him. new appointees
to the positions vacated by Chang would be selected within five
days. The appointment of the new army chief of staff will re-
portedly be made after prior consultation with the UN com-
mander, General Magruder.
Chang had been credited with exercising a moderating
influence on the regime and was believed to favor a relatively
early return to civilian government. The reduction of Chang's
influence will enhance that of the young colonels surrounding
Major General Pak Chong-hui. This group is strongly nation-
alistic and eager to undertake extensive reforms but lacks pos-
itive : plans or the experience to administer the government.
They are likely to push for increasingly repressive measures,
particular
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 USSR: An authoritative Pravda article on 2 June reiterated
current Soviet views on Berlin and emphasized that the attitude
toward a German peace settlement is the "touchstone of sincer-
ity and peacefulness for any politician, any state." This appar-
ently was in response to the announcement that the President
and General de Gaulle had agreed on action to maintain West-
ern rights in Berlin. Pravda also warned that the Soviet Union
has no intention of tolerating the existing situation or of being
intimidated by press accounts of Western military plans for
"saving" West Berlin. 'A number of bloc officials have adopted
the line that Khrushchev will be seek-
ing a definite commitment for new negotiations, and if this fails
the USSR will be "obliged" to sign a separate peace treaty.
East German party chief Ulbricht in a 1 June public interview
claimed he could state "unambiguously" that a peace treat
would be. concluded in the "foreseeable future."
while Khrushchev
agree to a foreign minis-
ters' conference i the US proposed it.
Khrushchev was considering making a "very favorable" ro-
oosal to brine about agreement on a nuclear teat han7
East Germany - USSR: The unprecedented scope of the So
viet - East German economic protocol, signed on 30 May, is
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