CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1952/11/09

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02692642
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• Document Creation Date: June 6, 2019
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2019
• Publication Date: November 9, 1952

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SUMMARY
GENERAL
1. Brazilian resolution on Tunisian question in UN reportedly
unacceptable to France (page 3).
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5. Peiping plans to exploit capture of American pilot near Manchuria
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SOUTH ASIA
Appointment of new general secretary of Indian Communist
Party reported (page 6),
WESTERN EUROPE
7. British and French oppose proposals for unconditional withdrawal
from Austria (page 7).
8. Letourneau warns of growing French opposition to Indochina war
(page 7).
NORTH AMERICA
9, Need seen for increased Canadian contribution to NATO (page 8).
LATIN AMERICA
10, Prospects for ratification of US-Brazil military pact only fair
(page 8).
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GENERAL
1. Brazilian resolution on Tunisian question in UN reportedly unacceptable
to France:
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expressed his personal view that the Brazilian
draft resolution on the Tunisian question in
the UN is "shocking." The American Embassy
in Paris believes this view is representative of Foreign Ministry thinking.
The principal objection to the resolution lies
In its treatment of the Tunisian question as if the dispute were one be-
tween independent states.
Comment: The Brazilian resolution,
calls on both
parties to settle the dispute between themselves but to avoid any action
that might aggravate the situation.
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5. Peiping plans to exploit capture of American pilot near IVIanchuria:
The British Charge in Peiping reports
that the Chinese Communist press is playing
up the case of an American pilot, allegedly
shot down over Chinese territory, as
evidence" of American aggression against China.
The Charge believes that the Chinese intend
to publicize the case "to the utmost," probably with a "confession"
from the pilot.
According to Far East Air Force records,
the pilot was shot down over North Korea near the Manchurian border.
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Comment: A major theme of Chinese
Communist propaganda has been the violation of Chinese territory
by American planes. A "confession" from this pilot could be used
by Peiping to buttress claims of this type.
SC UT ASIA
6. Appointment of new general secretary of Indian Communist Party
reported:
Comment: A change in Communist
Party leadership was foreshaby a Politburo meeting in Madras
from 11 to 19 August, at which Dange was recommended for the
post of general secretary. The Politburo decided at the same time
to continue the use of parliamentary methods but to increase agitation
among peasant, labor, and student groups, and to make plans for
going underground if the party should be banned.
Dange, a Politburo member and veteran
Communist leader with wide experience in both political and organ-
izational fields, is probably better equipped to coordinate these
activities than any other candidate.
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7. British and French oppose proposals for unconditional withdrawal
from Austria:
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Britain and France accept the American 3.3(h)(2)
view that any proposal in the UN for the
unconditional withdrawal of troops from
Austria must be strongly opposed. The
British urge efforts toward preventing such
a resolution from being presented in the
General Assembly. Should one be presented,
they agree that it must be amended to require
prior four-power agreement on simultaneous withdrawal.
Both London and Paris, however, object to
the American view that withdrawal should be further conditioned on the
relinquishment by all powers of claims to German assets in Austria.
Comment: The Austrian Government has
stated that it will support the resaiition calling for resumption of
negotiations towa,rd a state treaty, but the American Embassy in Vienna
believes that the Austrians would support a simple evacuation proposal
should one be made.
Four-power agreement for a simultaneous
withdrawal would presumably include provision for a "waiting period"
until Austrian security forces are established.
8. Letourneau warns of growing French opposition to Indochina war:
Minister Resident lean Letourneau is dis-
couraged by the growing opposition in the
French National Assembly to the military
effort in Indochina. He fears that there is
strong sentiment for an armistice, and is not at all certain that the
necessary 1953 budget will be approved. He admits that a desire to
concentrate exclusively on the French position in Africa is gaining
ground.
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Comment: Last May Letourneau thought
that the Assembly would be�iTTrring to shoulder the financial burden
in Indochina for some time provided there was a steady return to
France of French troops and officer cadres. His present sentiments
tend to confirm Premier Pinay's recent warning that the government's
most difficult task is to reassure parliament that the financial drain
of the Indochina war will not now prevent France from competing
successfully with Germany.
NORTH AMERICA
9. Need seen for increased Canadian contribution to NATO:
The United States Special Representative
in Europe states that the Canadian sub-
mission to the NATO Annual Review
Committee shows the Canadian effort as
incommensurate With that of other countries.
Comment: The Canadian Cabinet has
already refused to approve any of economic and financial
aid. The United States Ambassador in Ottawa has suggested that
a NATO task force be sent to Canada to discuss the manner in
which production could be coordinated more closely with European
NATO needs. He felt such a procedure would strengthen the hands
of the two sympathetic cabinet members with their economy-minded
colleagues.
LATIN AMERICA
10. Prospects for ratification of US-Brazil military pact only fair:
The American Embassy in Rio de
Janeiro reports that the chief opposition
party in Brazil is now split on the
question of ratifying the military pact
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adds that prospects for ratification during the present session of
Congress, which ends in mid-December, appear improved, but
that it is not "all clear sailing."
Comment: This is the most pessimistic
estimate of prospects for ratification yet received, and the first
suggesting that the ratification is seriously in doubt.
Some misgivings regarding the pact which
were engendered in the course of political debate were reportedly
dissipated by a meeting of political and military leaders with Foreign
Office officials on 31 October.
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