CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1952/12/05

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• Document Creation Date: June 6, 2019
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2019
• Publication Date: December 5, 1952

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5 December 1952
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
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1. Soviet Union advocates Pole as Secretary General of `11.W (page 3).
SOVIET UNION
2. Radar coverage on Sakhalin Island possibly improved (page 3).
FAR EAST
3. IL-28's probably flying to Peiping (page 4).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
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NEAR EAST - AFRICA
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6. Iraqi Army blames Communists for violence in recent riots
(page 5).
WESTERN EUROPE
7. Comment on the postponement of West German treaty ratification
(page 6).
8. Crippling protocol to EDC gaining support hi French parliament
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GENERAL
1. Soviet Union advocates Pole as Secretary General of UN:
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the Soviet
Government has decided to present the can-
didacy of Stanislaw Skrzeszewski, Minister
of Foreign Affairs and head of the Polish
Delegation to the General Assembly, for the position of the Secretary
General of the United Nations.
Comment: This statement underlines the
likelihood of an East-West stalemate over a successor to Trygve Lie.
In a conversation with the American delegation two years ago, Gromyko
indicated a willingness to consider qualified people from any area, but
early last month he said that "the situation was different." Skrzeszewski
was a high official in the Lublin Committee.
SOVIET UNION
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2. Radar coverage on Sakhalin Island possibly improved:
a possible CPS-6 type radar at Shaktersk
airfield on the west coast of Sakhalin Island.
Comment: A possible CPS-6 type radar was
previously identified in the vicinity of Korsakov in the southernmost
part of Sakhalin. Thes,-..-! two installations would give the USSR improved
GCI and early-warning coverage over most of Sakhalin, the northern tip
of Hokkaido and a portion of the Maritime Military District on the main-
land.
This installation would bring to six the total
of possible CPS-6 type radar sites in the Soviet Far East; the other
four are in Southern Maritime area.
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FAR EAST
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3. IL-28's probably flying to Peiping:
Comment: The ferrying of these jet bombers
to Peiping supports previous indications of their planned transfer to
the Chinese Communist Air Force and would be the first appearance of
IL-28's in China proper.
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6, Iraqi Army blames Communists for violence in recent riots:
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The Iraqi Army blames the Communists for
the violent character of the recent Baghdad
disturbances, stating that the arrested mob
leaders were known Communists, who carried
bottles of gasoline and maps of the city with
ate arge s. The Baghdad military governor believes they
attempted to subvert the army.
Comment: Reports immediately preceding
the recent disturbances in Iraq had noted an increase in Communist
activity. Their strength is estimated at 12,000 and their potential
for violence remains high.
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WESTERN EUROPE
7. Comment on the postponement of West German treaty ratification:
On the eve of final Bunde stag action on the
Bonn and Paris treaties, with a substantial majority in support of
the treaties assured, Chancellor Adenauer suddenly decided to post-
pone forther parliamentary action until mid-January. He apparently
feared that the opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) would peti-
tion the SPD-dominated first panel of the Constitutional Court for a
ruling on the treaties following the final balloting.
By thferrirxg the Bundestag vote, the Chan-
cellor has effectively blocked such action. He will presumably so
frame his own petition to the court that it will be heard by the second
panel, most of whom are Christian Democrats.
In the la t,1 week, Bonn politicians have be-
come pessimistic regarding the court's forthcoming advisory opinion
on the treaties which had been requested by Federal President Heuss.
This was partly due to the activities of the vice president of the court
who, favoring the Social Democratic Party, was successfully influencing
judges to render a decision unfavorable to the government
8. Crippling protocol to EDC gaining support in French parliament:
The French delegates to the EDC Interim
Commission in Paris state that an increasing
number of deputies in the National Assembly
now incline toward modifying the EDC treaty
along the lines proposed recently by the pro-government Paris daily
Le Figaro. The proposal suggests the addition of a protocol to the
treaty providing that the EDC's executive authority would defer all pol-
icy questions to the unanimous decision of the Council of Ministers
representing the six member states for an unspecified transitional
period. By this means France woul.d remain free to apportion its
military resources between Europe and overseas, areas.
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Comment: This is the first firm indication
that the National Assembly and the Pinay government may agree on
a treaty modification that would drastically weaken the character of
EDC and not merely postpone its implementation.
The suggested protocol would initially de-
prive the EDC of its supranational character and lead to serious delays,
if not inaction, on steps needed to support the NATO build-up.
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