CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/08/10

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• Publication Date: August 10, 1951

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SUMMARY
GENERAL
L Proposed Moscow trade conference allegedly.
Western Europe from US (page 3).
2. Poland demands embargo-sized ball bearings
not designed to alienate
in exchange for coal (narep 3).
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4. Quantity production of pulse jet engines in USSR reported ,(page 5
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aims (page 6).
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cr ic ze emp
asis on nationalist at expense of Soviet
SOUTH ASIA
7. Pakistan apparently waging an anti-Indian diplomatic campaign in Asia
(page 7).
EASTERN EUROPE
8. Polish Government orders closing of USIS (page 7).
WESTERN EUROPE
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LATIN AMERICA
10. Peron to make foreign intelligence activities an issue in Argentine
elections (page 9).
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e c alle edl not desi ned to alienate
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Western Europe from, US:. 3.3(h)(2)
Yves Farge, prominent French journalist
and president of the Communist-front French
Peace Movement, denied article publish-
ed in the fellow-traveling Liberation that the
proposed Moscow trade conference is intended to detach European countries
from the US. The promoters of the conference want to broaden East-West
trade contacts, specifically excluding political questions, he said, and have
requested business groups to fix the date and the agenda. Only trade ex-
changes on a reciprocity btsis will be discussed at Moscow.
Farge explained that the proposed conference
has been supported by meetings of businessmen in France, SWitzerland,
Italy, Belgium and Great Britain. He concluded with the statement that
Soviet and Chinese trade proposals would be "really sensational."
COmtnent: Various Communist parties and
Communist-dominated "peace'' organizations are concurrently being mobi-
lized by the USSR to bring strong pressure against the tightening of Western
economic restrictions of East-West trade. At the same time, Soviet propa-
ganda is concentrating on alleged US economic exploitation of Western
Europe and is portraying the benefits of East-West trade. This emphasis
may indicate that Western economic measures have made necessary some
alteration of Soviet tactics to obtain strategic materials from the West.
Arguments such as Farge's appear designed to
anticipate US warnings to its NATO partners that the USSR would use the
proposed conference chiefly to further cold war objectives.
. Poland demands embargo-sized ball bearings in exchange, for coal: 3.3(h)(2)
Although the new Austro-Polish trade agree-
ment was initialled on 2 August, Poland re-
fuses to sign the commercial contracts for the
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delivery of coal to Austria unless the latter agrees to deliver embargo-sized
ball bearings in exchange. The chief of the Polish delegation stated that
France was currently" � supplythg,bearings of this size to Poland, and he
declared that his country would not sign contracts for coal with. any nation
failing to agree to supply such bearings. The Austrians are asked to deliver
bearings for one year at a rate of 10,000 dollars per month. The Austrian
Government is very concerned over this situation, and US High Commissioner
Donnelly observes that apparently Austria must either deliver embargoed
goods, or the US must send goal from the US or the Ruhr.
Comment: Austrian industry and railroads
will be forced to reduce coal consumption next month if new coal deliveries
are not assured. Poland behaved in a similar intransigent fashion during
recent negotiations with Finland and Norway. In the talks with Finland, the
Poles showed a relative lack of interest in money but great interest in metals
and minerals, particularly aluminum and cobalt, in exchange for their coal.
Polish-Norwegian trade discussions were suspended indefinitely because of
Poland's unreasonable demands on Norway.
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4. Quaniity production of pulse let engines in USSR reported:
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early in 1950 as many as 104 pulse jet
engines were shipped daily out of Plant 393
Krasnogorsk to an unknown destination.
The
dimensions, weight and general configuration of the pulse je co orm c osely
to the Argus pulse jet engine used on the German V-1 typp guided miss11^
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Comment: This is the first
reasonable indication of possible V-1 type missile production in the USSR in
quantities sufficient for operational use. 3.3(h)(2)
Soviet
interest in the V-1 type guided missile; one cre.,141 e source s repo d that
the V-1 manufacturing machinery, which was moved from Germany to
Plant 456, Khimki� USSR, was duplicated and the whole V-1 Department with
its entire machinery was transferred "to an unknown destination" in the
middle of 1948. It is possible that the unknown destination of this machinery
was Plant 393, Krasnogorsk.
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6. Viet Minh leaders criticize em.his on nationalist it ex ense of Soviet aims:
A radio message from the Viet Minh Infor-
mation Office advises lower echelons that the
campaign for signatures of the World Peace
Council appeal for a Big Five conference is
lagrng.. The message charges negligence on
the part of the party's steering committees and front organizations, and
castigates officials who attach no importance to collecting signatures and
prefer to devote their attention to the military effort against the French.
Comment: The difficulties that the Communist
leadership of the Viet Minh have encountered in attempting to substitute
Moscow's world program for nationalism point up the fact that the dominant
motivation of Viet Minh adherents, including many nominal members of the
Lao Dong (Communist) Party, continues to be resistance to French "domina-
tion" rather than adherence to Communist ideals. The above message is a
sequel to one on 6 June which criticized Viet Mirth civil officials for "losing
sight of the fact that our resistance is integrated in the world movement for
peace."
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7. Pakistan apparently waging an anti-Indian diplomatic campaign in Asia:
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Australasia is trying to persuade New Zea-
land to offer its mediation of the dispute
between India and Pakistan. The New Zea-
land Government reportedly might be willing
to do so if it received a similar request from
India. Meanwhile, a well-known Pakistani
religious leader visiting in Iraq has publicly
suggested that mediation of the Kashmir
problem by the Arab League or by one of the
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�reign Broadcast
CIA/FBID
7 Aug 51
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Arab States would be
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Comment Judging from the above/
the Government of Pakistan appears to have embarked upon a campaign to
enlist the support of other nationg against India. Pakistan has already indi-
cated its sympathy for Australian, Indonesian, Burinese and Iranian offers of
mediation or expressions of concern over the Kashmir dispute, while India
has remained cold to these approaches. If Pakistan should succeed in stimu-
lating further mediation offers from Asiatic and Commonwealth countries, it
could obtain a distinct propaganda advantage by publicizing its own willingness
to accept them in contrast to India's refusal to do so.
EASTERN EUROPE
8. Polish Government orders closing of USIS:
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The US Ambassador in Warsaw was ordered on
8 August by the Polish Minister of Foreign
Affairs immediately to terminate the activities
of USIS in Poland. He stated that the decision
to close USIS was based upon the "whole policy" of USIS, to which he objected
strongly.
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For the past four years, the Polish Govern-
e 't has been protesting against the "unfriendly policy and editorial content"
of the US Embassy's News Bulletin, most recently on 5 May 1950. The
embassy notes that the Foreign Minister's conaplaint against USIS was
couched in general terms and made no great effort to present a particularized
and argumentative justification for the closing of USIS.
Comment: The USIS office in Warsaw was the
last one operating in Eastern Europe. Two years of secret police terrorism
against the P lish employees and patrons of USIS in Warsaw had failed to
prevent the successful functioning of this program. The closing of the
Warsaw office follows the elimination of USIS from Hungary in July.
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10. Peron to make foreign intelligence activities an issue in Argentine election:
Peron is reportedly planning action against
foreign intelligence services, with the object
of making Espionage an important issue in the
final stage of his campaign for re-election in
November. He will reportedly declare two members of the British Embassy
personae non gratae and attempt to connect officers of the US Embassy with
espionage and intervention in the internal affairs of Argentina.
Comment Peron believes that his charges
of US interference in Argentine internal affairs assured his election in 1946.
Argentina's continuing anti-US press campaign along these lines has proven
somewhat disappointing to the Perons, since the US has largely ignored it.
Peron therefore may think it necessary to produce a few "imperialist spies"
to lend dramatic substance to his story.
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