CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1952/10/30

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• Document Creation Date: June 6, 2019
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2019
• Publication Date: October 30, 1952

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30 October 1952
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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I. Soviet Union and Iran to discuss, Caspian fisheries agreement
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3. Divided loyalty of army toward president heightens tension in
Indonesia (page 4).
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4. Jordanian Prime Minister may resign in November (page 5).
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6. East Germans appoint Chief of Staff and organize, new army
groups (page 6).
7. French may seek separate agreements before ratifying EDC
treaty (page 6).
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1. Soviet Union and Iran to discuss Caspian fisheries agreement:
Comment: This is the first indication
that the Soviet Union is willing to discuss the Iranian-Soviet accord,
which expires on 21 January 1953.
A cause of periodic friction between the
two countries, it has given the Soviet Union a virtual monopoly of
Caspian fishing and sources of caviar. The fisheries company has
apparently served as an important channel for Soviet espionage in
Iran.
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2. North Korean air unit demonstrates improved proficiency:
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3. Divided loyalty of army toward president heightens tension in
.Indonesia:
"real trouble" may be
expected in Indonesia due to the developing
conflict between President Sukarno and
the army clique which was responsible
for the 17 October demonstrations.
Certain army officers in East Java are
In what amounts to "outright revolt"
against their division commander, declaring their loyalty to
President Sukarno.
The American Embassy reports persistent
rumors of a split throughout the army.
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Comment: The Minister of Defense is
reported to have accepted Sukarno's decision that parliament should
be indefinitely recessed but not dissolved and that the cabinet should
remain in office. High army officers, however, are reportedly angry
that Sukarno refused them a mandate which would, in effect, have
authorized a military dictatorship.
Prime Minister Wilopo and other civil leaders
are reportedly working strenuously to avert a clash between the
opposing factions within the army and hope that they will neutralize
each other.
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4. Jordanian Prime Minister may resign in Novemberg
Jordanian Prime Minister Abul Huda may
resign after the parliamentary speech from
the throne on 1 November,/
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Comment g This information may be a plant
designed to obtain British support for the Prime Minister, against
whom opposition is increasing, particularly among the Palestinian
Arabs now included in the kingdom. Abul Huda's departure would
remove a dominant figure who effectively maintajlaed control at the
time of Talal's abdication last August and who withstood Iraqi
ambitions to annex the country at that time.
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6. East Germans appoint Chief of Staff and organize new army groups:
The US Army in Heidelberg reports that 3.3(h)(2)
two military headquarters in East Germany
have been established as Army Group
Central and Army Group South. Meanwhile,
American officials in Frankfurt report that
Vincenz Mueller, Deputy Minister of Interior,
now has the title of Chief of Staff as well.
Commelt: The headquarters of Army Group
North, which reportedly controls 50,000 men, has previously been
identified at Pasewalk, north of Berlin. No details of the organization
of the two new army groups have been reported.
Mueller, an acting army commander in World
War II, surrendered to the Russians and became a Communist. As a
top leader of the East German National Democratic Party, he has
campaigned energetically to convert former Nazis to the Communist
cause. Recently he was listed as a major general.
7. French may seek separate agreements before ratifying EDC treaty:
Herve Alphand, French Deputy to the North 3.3(h)(2)
Atlantic Council, recommended to Premier
Pinay and Defense Minister Pleven last week
that the government conclude certain agreements
with its defense partners before calling for National Assembly debate
on the EDC treaty.
The proposed accords would provide for
additional American aid for Indochina, enabling France's defense
contribution in Europe to balance Germany's; for permanent French
membership on the NATO Standing Group; for establishment of the
principles of a European political community; and for a two-year
transition period during which the French forces in Germany would
change from occupation to EDC status.
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The American Embassy observes that the
government seems already to be pushing these points whenever
possible.
Comment g Pinay had previOpsly invited
the National Assembly to recommend "additions" to the EDC treaty.
It is not yet clear whether he will seek a formal reopening of EDC
treaty negotiations or merely an exchange of letters to make the
treaty conform with any new agreements reached.
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