CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1953/02/20

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02050122
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• Document Creation Date: July 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2019
• Publication Date: February 20, 1953

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2. Soviet official expects US pressure for Arab neutrality in
Israeli dispute (page 3).
SOVIET' UNION
3. Early Soviet maneuvers in occupied Europe suggested (page 4).
WESTERN EUROPE
4. Early West German action on Bonn and Paris treaties seen
possible (page 4).
5. Dutch opposition to French .EDC protocols seen growing (page 5).
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2. Soviet official expects US pressure for Arab neutrality in Israeli dispute:
the United States will bring pressure
on the Arab countries to adopt a neutral posi-
tion toward the Soviet-Israeli dispute at the
coming meetings of the General Assembly,
Comment: This approach probably represents
Moscow's first step to align Arab support behind the Soviet anti-Israeli
moves in the General Assembly meetings which resume on 24 February.
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In the earlier meetings of the Seventh
General Assembly, there were indications that the Arab-Asian
bloc was ready to accept Soviet support.
SOVIET UNION
3. Early Soviet maneuvers in occupied Europe suggested:
Comment: Similar activity was noted
in 1952, beginning two to three weeks later, prior to the departure
of combat troops to their field training areas.
Soviet ground force elements in Germany
and Austria, lend credence to the possibility that field training may
begin earlier this year.
WESTERN EUROPE
4. Early West German action on Bonn and Paris treaties seen possible:
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High West German officials indicate that 3.3(h)(2)
Chancellor Adenauer, in the event of a
Constitutional Court refusal to accept the
government's petition for an opinion on the
legality of the Bonn and Paris treaties, is determined to press for
final Bundestag approval of the treaties between 10 and 14 March.
The court's attitude is expected to be known by 25 February.
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If the government's petition is accepted,
Adenauer will postpone Bundestag action until April, in the expecta-
tion that the court's opinion on the treaties' legality would be favorable.
Comment: The Chancellor recently stated
that the French protocol delis might cause further delay. His
coalition supporters are now urging rapid ratification without any
treaty changes. They suggest that the protocols might later be ne-
gotiated and approved by executive action.
5. Dutch opposition to French EDC protocols seen growing:
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Ambassador Chapin at The Hague reports 3.3(h)(2)
that the Dutch Government is evidently
seriously concerned over the implications
of the EDC protocols proposed by the French.
A Dutch Foreign Ministry official stated that the ambiguities of the
French texts necessitate further study and emphasized that the govern-
ment feels unable to urge speedy parliamentary ratification of the
treaty.
Comment: Earlier, it had been expected
that the Netherlands would be one of the first countries to ratify the
treaty, and the initial Dutch reaction to the protocols was "not un-
favorable."
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