CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1952/12/17

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02050105
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• Document Creation Date: June 6, 2019
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2019
• Publication Date: December 17, 1952

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
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1. Japanese Government facing decisive tests in Diet (page 3).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
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3. Moroccan Sultan reportedly expects to be deposed by the French
(page 4).
4. Turkey to begin military talks with Yugoslavia (page 5).
EASTERN EUROPE
5. Hungary asks reduction in food exports to Czechoslovakia (page 5).
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FAR EAST
I. Japanese Government facing decisive tests in Diet:
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Ambassador Murphy states that in the remain-
ing few days of the Diet session the Japanese
Government is faced with a number of severe
tests which may be decisive for the Yoshida
cabinet. He believes that a series of recent compromises by Yoshida
�with his opposition may enable the government to survive.
Murphy also reports that the combined attacks
of the opposition parties, the Hatoyama faction of the Liberal Party,
and labor groups have so weakened the government that neither Yoshida
nor any other Liberal Party leader can now effectively manage public
affairs. He believes, therefore, that a new alignment of conservative
political forces is inevitable.
Comment: Diet controversy, which might
force a change in government, centers around the bills relating to the
US loan of naval vessels, the supplementary budget, and the Socialist
motion of no confidence in Foreign Minister Okazaki, as well as on
new demands for governmental intervention in the coal and electric
power workers' strikes.
During the past few days, Yoshida has belatedly
recognized the weakness of his position by accepting opposition amend-
ments to the ship transfer and budget bills, and by meeting with repre-
sentatives of the Hatoyama faction.
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3. Moroccan Sultan reportedly expects to be deposed by the French:
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Sultan of Morocco on 13 December informed
nationalist supporters in New York that he
was in grave personal danger. On 15 De-
cember, he notified them that he was
"threatened with deposition" and was being
held "incommunicado" by the French. He
added that he had refused to sign the "old
and known reform program," and had conditioned further negotiations
with the French on prior restoration of Morocco to normalcy and the
release of prisoners.
The secretary general of the Istiqlal party
on 14 December asked the American UN delegation in New York to
request US intercession on behalf of the Sultan.
Comment: In February 151 the French
made an attempt to depose the Sultan, who is a rallying point for
moderate nationalism in Morocco. The French Resident General
is now in Paris for consultation. The strong repressive measures
against the moderate nationalists which he has recently employed
have tended to heighten tension and pave the way for eventual ex-
tremist control over the nationalist movement.
In Tunisia, a Residency spokesman stated
on 15 December that the Resident General was leaving for Paris
with a plea to have the Bey removed.
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4. , Turkey to begin military talks with Yugoslavia:
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Turkish military mission to Yugoslavia,
scheduled to leave on 17 December, had
been directed to define the objectives of
Turkish-Greek-Yugoslav military cooperation. Subsequently, the
delegation would discuss various hypothetical defense situations. It
was not empowered to make any commitments and was advised to
remember that Turkey's military plans must be viewed within the
framework of NATO.
Comment: Despite Yugoslavia's recent
interest in promoting defFrige�p-Talning with Greece and Turkey, the
Turkish emphasis on the primary importance of NATO suggests that
progress may be slow.
EASTERN EUROPE
5. Hilngary asks reduction in food exports to Czechoslovakia:
Comment:
Hungary's poor harvests this year have affected its
foreign trade potential. Hungary already has announced that its
1953 over-all industrial expansion will be reduced by about six per-
cent because of poor crops. The Hungarian Government has taken
severe police measures to curb hoarding and it may be forced to
restore rationing.
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