CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1955/04/22

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02062252
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• Document Creation Date: September 20, 2019
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2019
• Publication Date: April 22, 1955

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
FAR EAST
1. Chief Japanese delegate at Bandung talks with Chou on trade
(page 3).
2. Ogata seen replacing Hatoyama by July (page 3).
3,
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5.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Viet Minh strength in south (page 4).
Bao Dal reportedly requests funds from Premier Diem (page 6).
Comment on Afro-Asian conference developments (page 6)0
SOUTH ASIA
6. Afghan king reported seeking to replace Prime Minister Daud
(page 7).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
7. Comment on growing rift in Syrian army (page 8).
EASTERN EUROPE
8, East German cattle epidemic apparently not rinderpest (page 8).
WESTERN EUROPE
9. Bonn may ease pressure on East Germany for truck tax repeal
(page 9).
LATE ITEM
10. Molotov says atomic bombing of China would set off war (page 10).
THE FORMOSA STRAITS
(page 11)
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FAR EAST
1. Chief Japanese delegate at Bandung talks with Chou on trade:
Japan's chief delegate to the Afro-Asian
conference held a 30-minute conference
with Chinese Communist premier Chou
En-lai on 16 April. The two men agreed
to discuss Sino-Japanese trade during the course of the conference
and to reach an agreement, if possible, prior to its conclusion.
Comment: In Tokyo the Chinese Commu-
nist trade mission has been attempting to get the Japanese govern-
ment to accept responsibility for execution of aprivate trade agree-
ment. It has sought similar guarantees with respect to a private
fisheries agreement signed on 15 April in Pdiping.
These moves are designed to maneuver
the Japanese government into de facto relations with Peiping.
2. Ogata seen replacing Hatoyama by July:
Democratic Party secretary general Kishi
is confident that plans to replace Prime
Minister Hatoyama by Taketora Ogata,
former deputy prime minister and presi-
dent of the opposition Liberal Party, will be carried out following
passage of the budget in late June or July. Kishi told the Ameri-
can embassy that he has been entrusted with negotiations calling
for at least a partial merger of the conservative parties, with new
elections held in abeyance until the election laws have been amended
to undercut the left.
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If Ogata's 30-odd followers join the new
party, Kishi believes, an additional 40 "neutrals" among the Lib-
erals would follow, thereby assuring the party of a Diet majority.
Comment: Events thus far have reflected
Kishi's influence and strategy to a remarkable extent. His plans,
as revealed in considerable detail to the embassy last December,
entail the replacement of Ogata and the old politicians by a younger,
more dynamic set of leaders by 1957.
� The reported willingness of Hatoyama and
his top lieutenant, Bukichi Miki, to retire will greatly increase
Ogata's prospects. Mild had previously opposed Kishi's efforts
toward a Democratic-Liberal merger.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
3. Viet Minh strength in south:
Viet Minh strength south of the demarca-
tion line is concentrated largely in the
Kontum, Phan Thiet and Ca Mau areas
and small scattered sections of Cochin-
china, including the Plaine des Joncs,
(see map, p. 5). The equivalent of about nine
battalions�some 5,000 troops--are demobilized and scattered in
small outlaw bands, and the Viet Minh is principally engaged in
political activity and propaganda.
With little paramilitary activity now go-
ing on, the problem of eradicating Viet Minh elements is primarily
one of establishing an effective civil government. In the Nha Trang
area, however, disputes
between Vietnamese military and civil authorities have resulted in
limiting civil authority to an area not more than three miles beyond
the town limits. if South Vietnam villagers
could be assured of an effective administration and protection, they
would volunteer information on arms caches and individual agita-
tors. --(NCTFORN)-
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