CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/12/06

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02739324
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• Document Creation Date: April 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2019
• Publication Date: December 6, 1951

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SUMMARY
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MacDonald's policy toward Malayan Chinese criticized (page 4
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4. Opposition parties pressing for Iraq's intervention in Syria (page 4).
5. Comment on possible sale of Iranian oil to the Soviet bloc (page 5).
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6. French Union policy not affected by High Council meeting (page 6).
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3. MacDonald's policy toward Malayan Chinese criticized:
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General Briggs, who recently retired as
Director of Operations in Malaya, sharply
criticized Commissioner General MacDonald's
Ivo-Chinese" domestic policy in an interview
with the US Consul in Kuala Lumpur. Briggs is
convinced that the Chinese in Malaya will never
cooperate voluntarily with the government
against the Communist guerrillas. Furthermore,
he feels that M Donald's conciliatory attitude toward the Chinese permits
and encourages aid to the rebels.
Meanwhile, the US Consul in Penang confirms
earlier reports of widespread criticism of MacDonald's administration, and
submits his personal belief that the Commissioner General's attempt to win
the support of the local Chinese through political concessions is a futile one.
Comment: The Chinese are the largest of allthe
Sithnicgraupsiry.Malaya includl-Vtre Malays. Their support, is necessary
to stamp out the� rebels; who ate'alinast entirely Chinese.
Whether to rely mainly on severity or Suasion
as a means of obtaining the cooperation of the Chinese has been the perennial
problem of the British administration in Malaya. The British Government is
now reassessing its policy, which is based on a compromise between the two.
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. Opposition parties pressing for Iraq's intervention in Syria:
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The Iraqi Prime Minister has informed the
Counselor of the British Embassy in Baghdad
that the opposition has brought considerable
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pressure to bear on the Iraqi government to intervene in Syria.
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The Prime Minister stated that if certain Syrian
political leaders requested it, he would personally appeal to the Syrian Army
Chief of Staff, pointing out the adverse effect of the latter's actions both on
Syrian politics and on the stability of the Middle East in general. The
Prime Minister emphasized that he would take no action against Syria
without obtaining a request for support from Syria's political leaders and the
concurrence of Saudi Arabia.
Comment: Iraqi opposition to the Syrian Army
Chief of Staff; Colonel ShishinCiTT�ho engineered the recent coup d'etat in
Damascus, is primarily due to his hostility to Iraqi-Syria union proposals.
While there is substantial sentiment in Iraq favoring Iraqi intervention in
Syria, the Iraqi Government will hesitate to take any positive action since
Egypt and Saudi Arabia have long viewed an Iraqi-Syria union with suspicion
and disfavor.
5. Comment on possible sale of Iranian oil to the Soviet bloc:
Recent speeches of Iranian National Front
leaders suggest that the government is preparing the public for the sale of
Iranian oil to the Soviet bloc. Nationalist leaders have recently become in-
creasingly insistent that Iran should _sell its oil to any available purchaser,
,and the economic difficulties created in Iran by Britain's sanctions cause
further pressure in this direction.
This campaign also represents an effort to
force the West into opening its markets to Iran's oil. A National Front
paper recently urged that the oil nationalization law be amended to require
former customers of AIOC to apply for oil within two weeks or forfeit their
right of priority.
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6. French Upion policy not affected by High Council meeting:
The first conference of the High Council of the
French Union (ctonsisting of a delegation of the
French Government and representatives of the
Associated States) has ended without clarifying
e ro e o igh Council or the nature of the Union
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No change in policy is involved in a High Council
communique referring to the possibility of an international conference to end
"foreign intervention in Southeast Asia." This statement was meant for
domestic consumption as evidence of the French Government's desire to
reach a solution and prevent Chinese Communist aggression.
Comment: The need to offset the bad impression
that French policy in Indochina and North Africa has made on world opinion
probably forced the French to end their procrastination in convening this
consultative body.
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