CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1953/09/03

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02872236
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: July 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2019
• Publication Date: September 3, 1953

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SUMMARY
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1. Albania moves to re-establish relations with Greece (page 3).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Le:Taipei seen hindering evacuation of troops from Burma (page 3).
SOUTH ASIA
3. Afghanistan may be willing to cease Pushtoonistan campaign
(page 4).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
4. Tribal unrest in Iran may pose problem for prime minister
(page 4).
Zahedi states requirements for friendly Soviet-Iranian relations
(page 5).
EASTERN EUROPE
6. Largest Rumanian electrical power project reportedly abandoned
(page 5).
Yugoslavia believed ready to abandon all previous proposals for
Trieste settlement (page 6).
WESTERN EUROPE
8. Reports of Italian troop movements toward Trieste held erroneous
(page 7).
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GENERAL
1. Albania moves to re-establish relations with Greece:
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government has made a demarche for
a resumption of "normal relations"
with Greece. The Greek Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, however, received the Albanian advances with
indifference.
Comment: Such a demarche at this time
would be in line with Soviet desires to ease Balkan tensions and to
mitigate any threat to Albania which may arise from the Balkan pact.
The American embassy in Athens believes
that the Soviet embassy there has indirectly intimated to the Greeks
that Bulgaria is also prepared to discuss the resumption of diplomatic
relations.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
2. Taipei seen hindering evacuation of troops from Burma:
The Chinese Nationalist representative to
the four-power committee in Bangkok has
proposed deleting from the evacuation plan
now under consideration the names of places
In Burma to be turned over to the Burmese army.
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The American embassy in Bangkok comments
that this development appears to implicate the Nationalist government
In a maneuver to stall or scuttle the evacuation effort, since its repre-3 3(h)(2)
sentative admittedly acted on specific instructions. The embassy fur-
ther states that this move also lends credence to reports
that General Li Mi intends to retain his Mong Hsat headquarters and
that Taipei plans only a token evacuation.
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Comment: This report is consistent with
other indications of Nationalist iVentions to remain in Burma and is
contrary to recent press reports that implementation of an agreed
evacuation plan is imminent. It also contradicts the Nationalist posi-
tion that Li Mi alone is responsible for obstructing the evacuation.
SOUTH ASIA
3. Afghanistan may be willing to cease Pushtoonistan campaign:
The Afghan government allegedly is willing
to cease further agitation for an independent
Pushtoonistan and to recognize the disputed
Pushtoon tribal area between Afghanistan
and Pakistan as belonging officially to the latter
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Aignan willingness, nowever, Is
contingent upon finding a face-saving formula, such as giving the tribal
territory a separate name.
Comment: These new suggestions for ending
the most important dispute-letven Afghanistan and Pakistan represent
a retreat from the usual Afghan position demanding public Pakistani
recognition that a problem exists and insisting that the tribal area
should be made independent.
It may also be significant that in August the
only independent Afghan paper, in which the Afghan prime minister
reportedly is interested, ceased printing Pushtoonistan propaganda,
which usually constitutes the bulk of Afghan news.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
4. Tribal unrest in Iran may pose problem for prime minister:
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Comment: The Iranian army can handle
isolated disorders createnii7 any of these perennially troublesome
tribes. However, concurrent unrest in the widely separated areas
inhabited by the Javanrudi, the Qashqai and Boir Ahmadi tribes would
strain army capabilities and present a serious problem to Prime Minis-
ter Zahedi, who is still consolidating his hold on the Iranian government.
5. Zahedi states requirements for friendly Soviet-Iranian relations:
On 31 August Prime Minister Zahedi told
Ambassador Henderson that, in reply to an
Inquiry from the Soviet embassy, he had
stated that Iran wishes to maintain normal
and friendly relations with the Soviet Union. Such relations would be
possible only if the USSR refrained from interfering in Iranian internal
affairs, particularly from giving material and moral support to the
Tudeh and other subversive organizations. He added that the USSR
must treat Iran as an equal and that relations between the two countries
must be maintained on a basis of mutual advantage.
Comment: The fact that Zahedi informed
the American embassy promptly and in such detail regarding his inten-
tions is a good indication of his desire to cooperate with the United
States,
EASTERN EUROPE
6. Largest Rumanian electrical power project reportedly abandoned:
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