CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/05/23

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• Publication Date: May 23, 1951

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4. Egypt and Jordan concerned over Iraq's air assistance to LC; Syria (page (page 5).
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Alleged US hostile activity linked to Oatis case (page
WESTERN EUROPE
6. French want to delay German defense agreements (page 6) Fr5-a-Pr
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7. Prospects for Brazilian military aid to Korea favorable 5P12-11-.))1i
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Egypt and Jordan concerned over Iracf $ air assistance to
Syria:
US Ambassador Caffery in Cairo
reports that top Egyptian officials
have expressed their concern over
Iraq's dispatch of planes and troops
to Syria. Moreover, several of the �
officials believe (a) that the British
were behind the Iraqi move, and (b)
that this action was a step in the
direction of a British-sponsored Syria-Iraq union. At the
same time, US Charge Fritzlan in Amman reports that the
Jordanian Prime Minister indicated his surprise over Iraq's
dispatch of air assistance to Damascus and his belief that the
move was unwise as long as the Syria4-Israeli border dispute
is under consideration of the UN Security Council.
Comment: Egyptian allegations that
the UK is responsible for Iraqi's recent dispatch of air as-
sistance to Syria are apparently false in view of the fact that
the UK urged Iraq not to send any military aid to Damascus
and then urged Syria to get rid of the Iraqi planes it had re-
ceived. The Egyptian charges probably resulted (a) from
Egypt's concern that Iraq's air assistance to Damascus might
serve as a means for promoting an Iraq-Syria union and (b)
from the Egyptian belief that Iraq could not attain such a
union without British support. Jordan's concern over.lraq's
aid to Syria, on the other hand, is probably due' not to the
fear of a "Greater Syria," which King Abdullah has long
favored, but to the Jordanian fear that such a union might
occur under the aegis of Iraq rather than Jordan.
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5. Alleged US hostile activity linked to Oatis case:
The most recent Czechoslovak note
regarding the imprisonment of US
press correspondent Oatis states
that the Czechoslovak Government
"sees no reason for the Oatis case, which is under the con-
sideration of the appropriate Czechoslovak judicial authori-
ties, to be the sullject of any further discussion. " The
Czechoslovak Government arrives at this conclusion because
of allegedly malevolent and untruthful American broadcasts
"that the Prague government is willing to release American
AP correspondent Oatis from prison if the broadcasts of
station Free Europe will be stopped. " In a follow-up not e
the Czechoslovak Government protests the increase of hostile
activity carried out by the United States against "peace-loving"
Czechoslovakia, specifically citing the activity of EMI� Free
Europe as well as an alleged penetration of the Czechoslovak-
Bavarian border by a US military group on 4 May,
Comment: Czechoslovak Foreign
Minister Siroky had previously reiterated to US Ambassador
13riggs that "US-sponsored" emigre broadcasts as well as
the alleged border incident formed an unpropitious atmos-
phere for further discussion of the Oatis case. The strongly
worded note against Radio Free Europe suggests that the
Czechoslovak Government may atteMpt to force the US into
prohibiting these broadcasts in return for Oatis release.
WESTERN EUROPE
6. French want to delay German defense .greements:
German Affairs Director
Sauvagnargues of the French
Foreign Office has indicated that
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objections and misgivings of a policy nature may delay a
decision on the contractual relations now under discussion
between the Germans and the Western allies. Sauvagnargues
believes that the draft declaration to be submitted to Bonn
approximates too closely an eventual peace treaty, and that
the formulation of Western intentions should not be discussed
with the Germans. The question of German sovereignty is
still the major French preoccupation in connection with the
contractual arrangements, and the French are concerned
lest the presence of Western forces in Germany be dependent
on German consent, whether implied or explicit Sauvagnargues
prefers not to go beyond a general statement of intention now
In order to avoid a detailed declaration which would "discount"
the effect of the contemplated arrangements.
Comment: The French Foreign
Office wants to avoid disclosing the Allied position too soon,
because the French have been anxious to obtain first a German
proposal on contractual arrangements to serve as a basis for
a tripartite statement on the question of sovereignty. The
French believe that the Germans will make their military
contributi n depend less on Allied political concessions than
on a build-up of Allied strength in Germany.
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7. Prospects for Brazilian military aid to Korea favorable:
General Goes Monteiro, Chief of
Staff of the Brazilian Armed Forces,
has advised US Ambassador Johnson
that he is certain that the Brazilian
Foreign Office proposal to send a mission to Korea would be
"useful," Ambassador Johnson feels as a result of the con-
versation that, in the General's mind,* the sending of the
mission has been decided, and that the General agrees that
the mission must be followed by "concrete action.
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