CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1953/10/22

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• Document Creation Date: July 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2019
• Publication Date: October 22, 1953

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
GENERAL
1. Comment on Peiping's acceptance of Nehruts invitation to discuss
Tibet (page 3).
SOVIET UNION
2. Pravda treats Vyshinsky's UN speech cautiously (page 3).
FAR EAST
3. Deterioration of Japanese-Korean relations seen embroiling the
United States (page 4).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
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NEAR EAST - AFRICA
5.�,Many Tudeh suspects believed gaining release by bribery (page 5).
Lie Arabs plan to adopt stronger anti-Western line (page 5).
7. Saudi Arabia and Britain near agreement on arbitration terms in
uraimi dispute (page 6).
deeIraqi prime minister will not officially receive Eric Johnston
(page 6).
EASTERN EUROPE
60k/American charge warns against Trieste proposal unacceptable
to Yugoslavia (page 7).
WESTERN EUROPE
Pella indicates qualified willingness to participate in five-power
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Trieste talks (page 7).
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GENERAL
1. Comment on Peiping's acceptance of Nehru's invitation to discuss Tibet:
Peiping's announced acceptance of Prime
Minister Nehru's invitation to discuss Tibetan matters is in contrast
to the cool reception given previous Indian demarches on minor points
of Sino-Indian friction. China's response appears to be part of a cam-
paign, following the Soviet lead, to improve relations with certain non-
Communist states. Other indications have been Peiping's recent insist-
ence on the participation of "neutral nations" Ttn the Korean political
conference and the current invitation to chiefs of mission in Peiping to
make a one-week tour of Manchuria.
SOVIET UNION
2. Pravda treats Vyshinsky's UN speech cautiously:
Ambassador Bohlen notes that the Pravda
text of Vyshinsky's 15 October UN speech
on Trieste fails to include his statement
that the USSR would not countenance a
ries e so u ion w ou oviet participation. The Pravda text did
state that it is impossible to agree to a Trieste solution which by-
passes and violates the peace treaty.
Bohlen believes this editing may indicate
a Kremlin desire to conceal from the public a categorical statement
on a point on which it may later back down.
Comment: Pravda's treatment of
Vyshinsky's speech conforms to the restrained attitude on Trieste
which has been noted in Soviet propaganda.
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FAR EAST
3. Deterioration of Japanese-Korean relations seen embroiling the
United States:
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Japanese foreign minister Okazaki claims
that the Japanese government is under in-
creasing popular pressure to dispatch armed
naval vessels to protect fishing operations in
waters off Korea. He adds that possible ensuing hostile acts might
seriously involve the United States, since American ships are used by
both Japan and Korea.
Comment: The breakdown in negotiations
between South Korea and Japan on 21 October leaves relations between
the two tenser than at any time since Japan regained its sovereignty in
1952. Both sides have sought on several occasions to have the United
States mediate the dispute.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
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NEAR EAST - AFRICA
5. Many Tudeh suspects believed gaining release by bribery:
Many Iranians arrested for Tudeh or
pro-Mossadeq.sympathies are buying
their way out of prison, the American
embassy reported on 19 October. Some
are using family position to gain release, and many others are
paying off the military governor's office or prominent individuals
capable of exerting influence.
Comment: There have been previous
reports that arrested Tudeh suspects were managing to regain
their freedom.
The Tehran military governor faces the
same problem that has made many previous crackdowns on the
Tudeh ineffective--corruption in the police and gendarmerie.
.roteve . Arabs plan to adopt stronger anti-Western line
Arab delegates to the United Nations
have recommended to their governments
that they adopt "a new manner" toward
the United States, Britain and France
with reference to the Palestine problem.
tial and continued Western assistance to Israel,
these powers should be considered as siding with Tel Aviv and ac-
cordingly "their opinion or mediation" should be rejected.
Arab tactics,
should also include an effort to keep
other Arab complaints sih as Syria's off the agenda and concentrate
on the Israeli attack on the Jordanian village of Kibya.
Comment Charles Malik's stubborn
insistence on 19 October that the UN Security Council address itself
to the specific Israeli violation and not to the larger issues seems to
reflect this recommendation. It probably foreshadows a bitter and
Intemperate Arab position in the forthcoming sessions.
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7. Saudi Arabia and Britain near agreement on arbitration terms in
Buraimi dispute:
Saudi Arabian and British negotiators are
near agreement on the terms for arbitration
of the Buraimi oasis dispute, according to
the deputy foreign minister in Jidda.
The terms, to be announced in a joint
communique, are said to include withdrawal of all forces by both
sides and their replacement by a limited number of guards to main-
tain order. The arbitral group will be composed of live members,
one British, one Saudi and three neutrals. Procedure for selection
of neutral members has not yet been decided.
Comment: Agreement to mutual with-
drawal of all forces represents a major concession by Saudi Arabia.
The established Arab practice of haggling over details, however,
may prove to be a major stumbling block at the last minute.
prime minister will not officially receive Eric Johnston:
Iraqi prime minister jamali said that he
will not officially receive Eric Johnston
during his Near East visit, according to
the US ambassador in Baghdad. Jamali
explained that reception of Johnston, known as a vice president of
the consistently anti-Arab American Christian Palestine Committee,
would make his position as prime minister untenable.
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EASTERN EUROPE
American charge warns against Trieste proposal unacceptable to
Yugoslavia:
Any proposal for turning over Zone A to
Italian civil administration under cover
of United States and British troops is
"demonstrably unacceptable" to the Yugo-
slav government, according to US charge Wallner in Belgrade. He
emphasizes that the next proposal must be one which has a reasonable
chance of acceptance by the Yugoslav government.
Comment: The authoritative Yugoslav
party organ Borba stated on 19 October that Italian occupation of
Zone A, witN7F7rithout troops, "is the same thing" and unacceptable
to Yugoslavia.
French foreign minister Bidault has agreed
with an Eden proposal to turn over the civil administration of Zone A
while retaining American-British forces. An initially favorable re-
sponse for this suggestion has been received from Italian officials.
WESTERN EUROPE
Pella indicates qualified willingness to participate in five-power
Trieste talks:
Premier Pella suggested to Ambassador
Luce on 20 October that the Trieste crisis
might be eased by setting an early date for
a meeting of an American-British-Italian
commission to discuss now Zone A is to be transferred to Italy and
by the simultaneous appointment of a five-power commission, in-
cluding Yugoslavia, to discuss an agenda for a conference to be held
at Tito's convenience. He also said that a date should be set now for
the actual transfer of Zone A, which he believes should occur between
three and six months from now.
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Pella was convinced that the Italian
public would accept a gradual transfer and the holding of a five-power
conference to discuss other problems, provided the dates were fixed
now and action on the 8 October Anglo-American declaration had begun.
Comment: These modifications in the
Italian position in no way meTtWoslavia's minimum conditions for
a five-power conference.
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