CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY

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• Publication Date: June 2, 1960

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2 June 1960
CURRENT
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2 June 1960
The military coup in Turkey
on 27 May was accomplished with
few casualties,. and the new
administration appears to have
substantial public support.
Demonstrations favoring the new
regime continued this week in ir..'
both Istanbul and Ankara. The
reaction in most rural regions,
where deposed Premier Mederes
enjoyed his greatest popularity,
has indicated that no active op-
position is to be expected from
this quarter. In southeastern
Turkey, where some 2,000,000
Kurds form an important minority,
several tribal leaders reported-
ly have been arrested. Whether
these leaders were followers of
the ousted Menderes, Moscow-
trained Communists, or proponents
of an independent Kurdistan is
not yet clear.
Preparation for the coup
apparently began several weeks
ago and was stepped up following
the demonstration in Ankara by
military academy.cadets on 21
May. While planning appears to
have originated with younger
officers, the leadership was
offered to, and accepted by,
several of the nation's highest
ranking officers. These offi".
cersjoined with certain field-
grade officers to form the Com-
mittee of National Unity, which
assumed supreme power immediate-
ly following the coup. Leader-
ship of the committee was given
to General Cemal Gursel, 65-
year-old career officer who had
retired as commander of the*
Turkish Ground Forces on 5. May
in protest against the govern-
ment's use of the army to re-
strict its opposition.
On 29 May, Gursel announced
formation of an interim cabinet
PART I bF IMMED
of three officers and 15 civilian
technical experts to govern
Turkey until a new constitution
can be drawn up and elections
held. The cabinet has several
capable and experienced members,
none of whom has been active, in
Turkish politics in recent
years. The new foreign minister,
Selim Sarper, is a former Turk-
ish diplomat at both NATO and
the UN; he is regarded as very
pro-American.
According to Gursel,
elections will be held in about
three months. He has stated
that he will step down as soon.
as elections are held and has
denied he will be a candidate
for any office. The new con-
stitution, being prepared by
a committee of legal experts ..
from the universities, will pro-
vide for a bicameral legislature,
to replace the dissolved Grand
National Assembly, and a judicial
system similar to that in the
United States to review the
constitutionality of legislation.
For the present, all political
party activity is prohibited.
The::ne.y;..government ,immediate-
ly sought to assure its allies--
particularly the United States--
that it would continue to observe
all treaty and economic obliga
tions. The new government has
been recognized by all major
Western powers and by the Soviet
Union. The Greek Government
has been informed that Turkey
will continue to seek a'Cyprus
settlement in line with the
agreements-negotiated by the
previous government.
Nearly all leaders of the
deposed government are under
detention and, according to
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 reports, are being well treated.
The new government has appointed
a committee to investigate the
activities of these leaders to
determine if there is a basis
for a trial before civilian
courts.. Charges are being cir-
culated.'that members of the
previous administration were
engaged in corruption and were
planning illegal moves against
the opposition. Gursel orig-
inally indicated that such
trials would not take place
until after elections, but they
are likely to be moved up.
The Democratic party, with
most of its leaders detained,
now must rO?organAze,., .p 9bably .
under the leadership of those
The US service attachds
in Havana have a reliable re-
port that only four Soviet
technicians now are advising
the Cuban Air Force, and that
air force personnel have been
told that MIG aircraft are due
to arrive in Cuba in late June
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who actively opposed the re-
pressive policies of Menderes.
Gursel has stated that the
Democrats will be permitted to
participate in the elections
but has indicated that those
convicted of "unconstitutional
acts" will not be allowed to
run as candidates.
The Republican People's
party, meanwhile, appears likely
to regain power after ten years.
Its leader, Ismet Inonu, who
apparently had no.direct role.
in the coup but whose advice
has been sought by members of the
new government, has urged that
there be,no vindictive measures
against the ousted Democratic
leaders.
or July accompanied by Soviet
pidbts:. and .technicians.. Pos-
sibly in a prior moue to purge
the air force of personnel whose
loyalty to the Castro regime
is in doubt, Raul Castro is
reported to have arrested 23
pilots and 22.enlisted men on
.;..:trumped-up charges in the past
few days.
The expected establishment
of relations between Cuba and
Communist China may come in
June. The Peiping Opera Com-
pany will spend most of the
month in Cuba as the highlight
of a long-planned campaign em-
phasizing cultural ties between
the two countries. The newly
formed Cuban-Chinese Friend-
ship Association, headed by pro-
Communist Cubans who have re-
cently visited Peiping, will
probably play a prominent role
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