CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1952/04/30

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• Publication Date: April 30, 1952

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30 April 1952
Copy No, 52
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
SOVIET UNION
I. High level of air activity continues in Chukotsk area (page 3).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
2� Iranian religious leader threatens anti-American campaign if aid
is withheld (page 3).
3. Turkish Prime Minister interested in Greek-Yugoslav rapprochement
(page 5).
WESTERN EUROPE
4. Soviet officials in Austria interrupt telephone communications
(page 6).
5. Contractual agreement threatened by new West German Senate
line-up (page 6).
6. Italians consider American attitude at London talks on Trieste
unfriendly (page 7).
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SOVIET UNION
1. High level of air activity continues in Chukotsk area:
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the high number of air transport flights
from the Khabarovsk-Nikolayevsk area to
Povarny Krestik, unprecedented along this
route, continued through 26 April. Between
21 and 26 April, a total of 281 flights was noted. (See Map)
Comment: Although the purpose and signifi-
cance of this activity cannot as yet be determined, the number of flights
and pattern of activity suggest a shuttle-type operation, possibly intended
to provide logistical support for a redeployment of Soviet air units to the
Chukotsk area. It is also possible that the aircraft may have been trans-
porting supplies for some unidentified military or economic activity in
the area0
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2. Iranian religious leader threatens anti-American campaign if aid is with-
held
Mullah Kashani, influential Iranian religiou3.3(h)(2)
leader and supporter of Prime Minister
Mossadeq, threatened on 25 April to start an
extensive anti-American campaign throughout
Asia .if the United States did not immediately give Iran substantial finan-
cial and economic aid.
Kashani claimed that the United States was
backing France and Britain against Iran and was being exploited by these
nations. He insisted that unless Iran received United States aid, it
would have to turn to the Soviet Union. He made these threats in the
course of a lengthy conversation which he had requested with the Amer-
ican Ambassador.
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Comment: Kashani's remarks appear to be
part of the government's effort to stimulate American aid by arousing
United States alarm. The government itself, however, is unlikely to
initiate an anti-American campaign as long as it has hopes of procuring
financial assistance from the United States.
Iranian officials are currently promoting the
belief that the recent exchange of notes on American military aid fore-
shadows increased United States aid of all kinds.
3. Turkish Prime Minister interested in Greek-Yugoslav rapprochement:
The Turkish Prime Minister, now visiting 3.3(h)(2)
Athens, left the impression with Ambassador
Peurifoy that Turkey was "intensely interested
and keenly anxious" that the Greeks make a
real effort to engage in talks with Yugoslavia. The Prime Minister
thought the Greeks were deterred from reaching a basic military under-
standing with the Yugoslays because they thought that their NATO role
precluded bilateral agreements. Greek leaders also were dubious about
close relations with their Yugoslav neighbors because they did not know
what would happen in the event of Tito's overthrow.
Comment: The Turks, genuinely intgrested
in consolidating defense arrangements in the eastern Mediterranean, are
attempting in various ways to put pressure on Greece to achieve more
cordial relations with its northern neighbor.
There are indications that Yugoslavia now also
favors closer military ties with both Greece and Turkey. Talks have al-
ready been held by officials of Turkey and Yugoslavia with the aim of im-
proving political and economic relations between the two countries. The
Turkish Foreign Minister reportedly will visit Belgrade in May.
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40 Soviet officials in Austria interrupt telephone communications:
Austrian Minister of Interior Helmer reports 3.3(h)(2)
that Soviet officials have insisted on changes
in the Austrian communications net, and that
on 28 April telephone connections in the area
between Felixdorf an Wiener-Neustadt airfield were interrupted.
Simultaneous Soviet demands to establish direct
telephone connections between two barracks in the Klosterneuberg area and
between Vienna and Strasshof air base appear to confirm the suspicions of
Austrian officials that the interruption of service is due to Soviet military
requirements.
The Austrian cabinet is now considering a public
statement and a protest to Soviet officials.
Comment: Austrian Foreign Minister Gruber
recently reported that he had the impression that the Soviet officials in
Austria are "planning some kind of move" and are awaiting instructions
from Moscow.
Soviet forces are currently rotating into summer
maneuver areas, but there is no indication of a buildup of Soviet military
strength in Austria.
5. Contractual agreement threatened by new West German Senate line-up:
Chancellor Adenauer fears that instructions3.3(h)(2)
from the Social Democratic coalition govern-
ment 41 Germany's new southwest state may
block ratification of the contractual agreement
by the Federal Senate. He has therefore urged the Allied High Com-
missioners to frame the related c nventions to the agreement in such a
way that Senate approval will not be required.
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Comment: Although the Christian Democrats
won a plurality in the 9 March election in the new state, now called Baden-
Wuerttemburg, they were excluded from the state cabinet by a coalition
of Free Democrats, Social Democrats, and representatives of a refugee
bloc. This coalition will name the five representatives to the Federal
Senate, where Adenauer's government now holds a precarious majority.
Should the new delegation to the Senate join
the opposition, Adenaueris programs could be defeated or at least blocked
in part.
6. Italians consider American attitude at London talks on Trieste unfriendly:
Premier de Gasperi considers that the American
delegation to the London talks on Trieste is show-
ing an unfriendly attitude toward Italian desires
and exercising" a negative influence
disposed British."
\ the serious re-
action in Italy and "repercussions to the detriment of European integration
itself" that would result unless the United States and Britain agreed to
greater Italian participation in the administration of Zone A of Trieste.
Comment: This is the first official expression
of Italian bitterness toward the United States over the Trieste issue.
The Italians have heretofore consistently ac-
cused Britain of disregarding their interests in the area and have shown
particular hostility toward the British military commander of Zone A.
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