CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1952/04/04

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02692617
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• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: May 24, 2019
• Document Release Date: May 30, 2019
• Publication Date: April 4, 1952

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4 April 1952
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
FAR EAST
1. Chinese Nationalists threaten to oppose termination of Allied
Council for Japan (page 3).
2. Burmese plan to capture Chinese Nationalist airfield reported
(page 3).
3. Karens in southeast Burma planning attack on Moulmein (page 4).
EASTERN EUROPE
4. Western export controls "threaten" Czech power industry (page 4).
5. Trieste seen jeopardizing Tito's relations with West (page 5).
LA TIN AMERICA
6. Czechoslovakia requests permission to establish a commercial
office in Panama (page 6).
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FAR EAST
1, Chini.lse Nationalists threaten to oppose termination of Allied Council
for Japan:
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�Washington has informed American officials
that his government is considering opposing
the dissolution of the Allied Council for Japan
when the San Francisco peace treaty comes into force.
The Chinese official pointed out that the peace
treaty negotiations between japan and China have reached a stalemate,
and his government believes that it will have "little leverage" to apply
to Japan after the multilateral treaty becomes effective.
Comment: The Chinese Nationalists are
unlikely to take this extreme action, and they have undoubtedly advanced
this suggestion to reinforce their recent requests for United States inter-
vention in the Sino-Japanese treaty talks.
Taipei is well aware that its proposed action
would be favorable to the USSR, which is officially represented in Japan
only through membership in the Allied Council.
2. Burmese plan to capture Chinese Nationalist airfield reported:
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the army has asked the Union
of Burma Airways to transport 1400 troops
from Rangoon to the town of Kengtung in
northeast Burma over a ten-day period beginning on 27 March0
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the objective of this operation is the capture of the Chinese National-
ist airfield at Mong Hsat, 60 miles southwest of Kengtung.
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Comment: Previous Burmese military
operations against the Chinese Nationalists have been unsuccessful.
the Nationalists
around Mong Hsat are well-equipped and far outnumber the Burmese
force being flown to Kengtung.
3. Karens in southeast Burma planning attack on Moulmein:
Karen forces in southeastern Burma are re-
ported to be planning a 13 April attack on
Moulmein, Burma's third largest port.
These troops, numbering about 9,000 well-
equipped men, recently received two air-drops of arms. They believe
that their arms, which have been obtained in Thailand in exchange for
tungsten, originated from American sources, and their morale is high.
Comment: Information
exaggerates the size of Karen armed forces
in southeastern Burma. There is no evidence of air-drops in the area,
and although the trading of tungsten for arms by the Karens has been
reported on.a number of occasions, the source of these arms has never
been deterrriined.
The Karens have been more aggressive in
southeastern Burma recently, but there is no reliable evidence that they
are prepared to attack the comparatively large garrison at Moulmein.
EASTERN EUROPE
4. Western export controls "threaten" Czech power industry:
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Comment: Silicon carbide, which in certain
forms is on the US Security Export Control List, is used in the manu-
facture of lightning arresters and grounding devices essential to prevent
burning out of generators and transformer equipment. Czech industry
would probably require only a small amount of this substance per year
for this purpose. Silicon carbide is also used as an abrasive in the
machine tool industry.,
5. Trieste seen jeopardizing Tito's relations with West:
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The American Charge in Belgrade states that
if developments with regard to Trieste continue
to .be unfavorable to Yugoslavia, the current
campaign against the influences of Western
re may e ensified. In any event, he believes, the Trieste situ-
ation has aided Tito in his efforts to restore national unity under party
leadership.
The Charge warns that Yugoslav relations with
the United States and Italy may worsen as a consequence of the growing
impression in Belgrade that the West may sacrifice Yugoslav interests
in order to ensure continued Italian support for NATO.
Comment: Acquiescence in a greater Italian
role in Trieste would run counter to the Yugoslav Government's policy of
demonstrating its independence from foreign pressure and interference,
as well as its contempt for the Tripartite Declaration of 1948.
The anti-Western aspect of the campaign to
revitalize the Communist Party as a control mechanism is well illustrated
by a report that Belgrade municipal authorities are warning the general
populace, as well as party members, against using United States Infor-
mation Center reading facilities.
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LATIN AMERICA
6. Czechoslovakia requests permission to establish a commercial office in
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The Czechoslovak Minister to Venezuela has
asked the Panamanian Foreign Minister for
permission to establish a commercial office.
He assured the Foreign Minister that the office
would not be headed by a Communist and that it would deal only with com-
mercial affairs.
According to Ambassador Wiley, the Foreign
Minister believes that he disposed of the question by replying that Panama
would want a similar office in Prague.
Comment: A Czechoslovak commercial firm,
Kotva, was established in Panama in 1948; it was used as a contact point
by emissaries of the Czechoslovak Government passing through Panama.
However, no connection between this establishment and the Panamanian
Communists was noted at any time. Kotva was being closed out in late
1951 and was reportedly to be replaced by another Czechoslovak agency.
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