CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1952/07/04

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02017999
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6
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June 6, 2019
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June 27, 2019
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July 4, 1952
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Approved for Release: 2019/05/28 CO2017999 N�1110P SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION 4 July 1952 3 5(j).5(c) Copy No. 5 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 3.5(c) DOCUMENT NO. NO CHANGE IN CLASS. DECLAWIFIE.0 CLASS. CHANGED TO: TS S C NEXT REVIEW DATE: At.TH HR 70-2 DATE:)lk,REVIEWER: 3.5(c) Office of Current Intelligence CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 3.5(c) TOP SECRET SECURI FORMATION Approved for Release: 2019/05/28 CO2017999 Approved for Release: 2019/05/28 CO2017999 TOeSECRET SUMMARY SOVIET UNION 1. Anti-American posters in Moscow defaced (page 3). FAR EAST 2. 3. 4. Death of Thai Commander in Chief reported (page 4). Tibetan dissatisfaction with Chinese Communists grows (page 4). NEAR EAST - AFRICA 5. Mossadeq to present his case to Parliament (page 5). 6. Iraqi Foreign Minister apprehensive over Jordan-Israel tension (page 5). WESTERN EUROPE 7. Disruption of De Gaulle's party may be imminent (page 6). * * * * -2 TOP SECRET Approved for Release: 2019/05/28 CO2017999 Approved for Release: 2019/05/28 CO2017999 SOVIET UNION I. Anti-American posters in Moscow defaced: 2. 3.5(c) Ambassador Kerman in Moscow reports 3.3(h)(2) that between 29 June and 1 July nearly all the hate-America wall posters in Moscow were defaced. The faces of American soldiers and capitalists, which had been drawn as Jewish caricatures, were either torn out or scratched until they were hardly identifiable. The Ambassador considers this an "extremely interesting and curious development" in the anti-American campaign. The extent and uniformity of defacement, as well as the location of some of the posters involved, leads the Em- bassy to believe that this apparent vandalism was perpetrated by the regime to lend an air of popular enthusiasm to its anti-American campaign. �FAR EAST 3.3(h 3-. TOP ,SECRET )(2) 3.5(c) Approved for Release: 2019/05/28 CO2017999 3.5(c) Approved for Release: 2019/05/28 CO2017999 TOriShCRJT 3. Death of Thai Commander in Chief reported: General Phin, Commnder in Chief of the Thai armed forces, died on 30 June, The Thai Government is attempting to suppress the news of his death. Comment: Phin has been the key supporter of his son-in-law, Police Director General Phao, who has been maneu- vering for control of the ruling clique. The government's suppression of the news might be an attempt to prevent open conflict in Bangkok. In any case, Phin's death is likely to cause a change in the tenuous balance of power among the rival military leaders. 4. Tibetan dissatisfaction with Chinese Communists grows: 3.3(h)(2) 3.3(h)(2) 3.3(h)(2) 3.3(h)-(2-)")(2) )pposition to the Chinese Communists is widespread in Tibet. Many Tibetans believe that the Chinese will be ejected eventually. The "People's Party," an opposition group, has much hidden support. The Dalai Lama to inform the Ameri3 3(h)(2) can Government that when the time is propitious for the liberation of Tibet, he hopes that the United States will give material aid and moral support. a serious food shortag13 3(h)(2) in Lhasa where 10,000 Chinese troops are stationed. Of these, 9,000 are poorly fed and badly clothed conscripts. 4 TO2-EL