CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1953/06/09

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02929523
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: July 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2019
• Publication Date: June 9, 1953

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SUMMARY
SOUTHEAST ASIA
%/Burmese threaten early withdrawal from Bangkok talks (page 3).
SOUTH ASIA
2. Pakistan plans change in Commonwealth status (page 3).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
. Opponent of Mossadeq reportedly gaining strength (page 4).
Ambassador Caffery comments on British views on resumption of
Suez base talks (page 5).
EASTERN EUROPE
5. Polish government pursuing rigorous economy policy (page 5).
WESTERN EUROPE
6. Comment on announced lifting of restrictions in Austria (page 6).
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
1. Burmese threaten early withdrawal from Bangkok talks:
Burmese commander in chief General Ne Win 3.3(h)(2)
warned US embassy officials in Rangoon that
he would consider withdrawing Burma's delega-
tion to the mixed committee unless the Chinese
Nationalists agree within a week to concrete steps for the evacuation of
their troops from Burma. He stated that the Burmese representatives
were authorized to enter into any reasonable agreement, and might even
accept a general cease-fire if the United States could give assurances that
the Chinese troops would be controlled.
The embassy comments that it is essential for
the Chinese to realize that further stalling might cause the Bangkok talks
to collapse, and lead the Burmese to renew their charges in the United
Nations, which would place the blame squarely on the Nationalist govern-
ment.
Comment: To date the Nationalists have shown
little inclination to cooperate in attempts to arrange evacuation. Recent
press reports suggest that they will support a vaguely defined principle of
"voluntary withdrawal" from Burma.
SOUTH ASIA
2. Pakistan plans change in Commonwealth status:
The Ministry of Law has completed the prepw3.3(h)(2)
tion of a bill establishing Pakistan as a republic.
The proposed legislation will replace the present
governor general with an elected president and
elimin te the term "royal" from the titles of the military services. The
bill reportedly will be introduced in the July session of the legislature.
Comment: Pakistan apparently will retain a
Commonwealth status similar toIndia's.
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With the establishment of a republic in Pakistan,
the government will strengthen its internal position by making it difficult
for extreme rightist and Communist opposition to charge "British domina-
tion" of the country.
It is unlikely that Pakistan's relations with the
West will be materially altered, in view of the fundamentally pro-Western
attitude of the government and the country's close economic ties with the
West.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
3. Opponent of Mossadeq reportedly gaining strength:
Comment: The shah still appears to be the
determining factor in any plan to remove Mossadeq. If he lends his
support and helps unite some of Mossadeq's opposition, there is the
possibility that the prime minister could be ousted.
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There is no indication that the shah has changed
his belief that Mossadeq in time would be discredited and fall by his own
weight.
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