CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1953/09/24

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02869414
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: July 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2019
• Publication Date: September 24, 1953

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SUMMARY
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. Presence of MIG's in North Korea confirmed (page 3).
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Ve, Burmese prime minister says Chinese Nationalist problem is
undermining his government (page 3).
3. Burmese UN delegate recommends further negotiations for
evacuation of Chinese Nationalists (page 4).
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4. Pakistani army chief's American trip is not a policy mission
(page 4).
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15or Iran seeks to improve press relations in Arab states (page 5).
� Egyptian vice premier sees hope for Anglo-Egyptian agreement
(page 5).
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1. Presence of MIG's in North Korea confirmed:
Comment: This is the first clear indi-
cation that North Korean jet aircraft 3.3(h)(2)
are now operating from North Korean airfields. Photo reconnais-
sance at the time of the armistice revealed that no jet aircraft
were present on these fields, which are all within 75 miles of
Pyongyang.
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2. Burmese prime minister says Chinese Nationalist problem is
undermining his government:
Prime Minister Nu told the American
ambassador in Rangoon on 21 September
that his government's stability was being
undermined by popular indignation over
the Chinese Nationalist problem. He and other cabinet members
fear the government may have to accept the local Communists'
demand to form a coalition government to lead a united effort
against the Nationalists.
Nu said that, as a counter to Communist
charges that the government was doing nothing to expel the National-
ists, almost the entire Burmese army was being redeployed against
them. Operations against insurgent Communists and other rebel-
lious groups would have to be left to the military police.
Comment: There are important elements
in the Burmese government who are neither as level-headed nor as
anti-Communist as Nu, and who might be susceptible to such Com-
munist offers to help solve the Nationalist problem.
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3. Burmese UN delegate recommends further negotiations for
evacuation of Chinese Nationalists:
Comment: There is considerable
evidence that Burmese leaders in Rangoon believe that further
talks patterned after the Bangkok discussions would be useless.
The Burmese ambassador to Thailand, however, recently stated
that his government is willing to participate in any negotiations
which might prove fruitful and suggested that the matter be taken
up among the interested parties in New York.
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4. Pakistani army chief's American trip is not a policy mission:
The Pakistani prime minister on 22
September told the American charge
in Karachi that General Ayub, Pakistani
army commander in chief, has no policy
mission to carry out for his government when he visits Washington
on 28 September. The prime minister merely wishes Ayub to be-
come acquainted with American officials and to exchange ideas
with them.
Comment: On 13 September General
Ayub had stated that he would discuss a bilateral military pact
and had implied that Pakistan would make Military bases available
to the United States, thereby raising the question as to whether or
not he was speaking for his government.
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5. Iran seeks to improve press relations in Arab states:
Comment: Former prime minister
Mossadeq was a symbol of successful resistance to Britain and
colonialism, and the new Iranian regime has met increasing
criticism in the Arab press.
The Arab attitude has probably been
reinforced by activities of several Iranian diplomats who were
dismissed by Prime Minister Zahedi and who are residing in
these countries. The recent rumor that the Qashqai tribe was
plotting to secure Mossadeq's release possibly originated with
this disgruntled group.
60 Egyptian vice premier sees hope for Anglo-Egyptian agreement:
Egyptian vice premier Nasr has indicated
that the latest British proposals on the
Suez base, including a seven-year dura-
tion of the agreement, are "not too bad"
and offer a basis for "serious talk."
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Nasr expressed some concern, however,
over Britain's introduction of the issue of freedom of transit of the
Suez Canal and of the use of Egyptian ports in the event of hostili-
ties.
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