CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1958/08/14

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• Document Creation Date: January 27, 2020
• Document Release Date: January 30, 2020
• Publication Date: August 14, 1958

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14 AUGUST 1958
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Chinese Nationalists claim three
Chinese Communist jet fighters shot
down east of Foochow on morning of
14 August; Foochow's Nantai is third
coastal airfield to become opera-
tional since 27 July.
Khrushchev said recently he intended
to vacation with Kadar.
Nasir says Chou En-lai will arrive
in Cairo "in several weeks."
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Lebanese Christians see their posi-
tion jeopardized by Arab political
successes; fighting possible.
King Husayn and Prime Minister
Rifai fear sacrifice of Jordan's in-
terests in context of any general
Middle Eastern settlement.
Indications are that the UAR is back-
ing Iraqi Deputy Premier Arif over
the long run against Prime Minister
Qasim,
0 Shah of Iran, who fears a coup,
continues to show signs of concern
about potential threats to his re-
gime.
0 Pakistan - Opposition exploitation of
popular discontent with government's
pro-Western stand may make this is-
sue a major feature of election cam-
paign.
0 Indonesian dissidents inflict severe
damage on large US-owned rubber
estate on Sumatra; government has
flown reinforcements to Medan area.
Morocco - Dominant Istiqlal party
appoints group to study foreign
troop issue; recommendation for
eventual total evacuation likely.
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L THE COMMUNIST BLOC
*Communist China - Taiwan: The Chine
claim to have shot down three Communist
dogfight over the Taiwan Straits, east o
morning of 14 August. The clash inv
MIG's and seven Nationalist F-86
tinnalist nlanps was damaged an
Nationalists
t fighters in a
Foochow, on the
ved four Communist
craft. One of the Na-
may have been lost.
Nantai is the third
previously unoccupie e Ast al airfield to have become opera-
tional since 27 July. The Communist jets
may have come to ntai from Luchiao, where,
there has been a recent build-up of jet
fighter strengtV
two other fields--
Lungtien a Huian--have been undergoing preparations for
operatio . Occupation of these coastal fields by MIG's would
give th Communists the capability to control the air space over
Fuki and the Taiwan Straits. (See map
on y�rse of page)
USSR-Hungary: Khrushchevis statement to Adlai Steven-
son on 5 August that he had "decided to spend his vacation
with Kadar" may indicate that Khrushchev continues to feel
that he must intervene personally to support Kadar in his
dealings with the Hungarian party and people. It is not clear
from Khrushchey's remarks whether he is going to Hungary.
Earlier he told the American ambassador he would be vaca-
tioning in Kiev from 16 to 20 August and would spend the re-
mainder of his holiday in the Crimea.
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Communist China - UAR: Nasir recently told a Japanese
Diet member that Chou En-lai will arrive in Cairo "in several
weeks." Such a visit would afford Communist China an oppor-
tunity to underscore its own interests in the Middle East and
support Peiping's pretensions to a "great-power" voice on ma-
jor international issues. (Page 2)
Watch Committee conclusion--Sino-Soviet bloc:
A. No Sib-Soviet bloc country intends to initiate hos-
tilities against the continental US or its possessions in the
Immediate future.
B. No Sino-Soviet bloc country intends deliberately to
Initiate direct military action against US forces abroad, US
allies, or areas peripheral to the orbit in the immediate future.
NOTE: Soviet forces in areas adjacent to the Middle East
appear to have ended their limited alert and have returned
to normal dispositions. Chinese Communist forces do not
appear to intend major action against the offshore islands
or Taiwan in the immediate future, although air clashes
involving numbers of aircraft in the Taiwan Strait area are
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Watch Committee conclusion�Middle East:
Although a deliberate initiation of open hostilities in
the Middle East is unlikely in the immediate future, the situation
remains highly unstable throughout the area, particularly where
US and UK interests or commitments are involved, and incidents
and coups could occur at any time.
NOTE: The survival of the Jordanian regime continues to
be threatened. If the regime in Jordan collapses, action
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by neighboring countries to take control of Jordanian
territory is likely. There are indications of closer
accommodation between Saudi Arabia and the UAR.
Lebanon: Militant Christian organizations are threaten-
ing to establish "closed areas" in Beirut and in the country-
side in opposition to army attempts to disarm their members.
These threats app'far aimed primarily at stiffening Shihab's
attitude toward the Moslem rebels. They also reflect Chris-
tian fears that Arab nationalist political successes endanger
the privileged position of the Christian population. Should
tension between the sects continue to grow, fighting is pos-
sible. (Page 3)
Jordan: King Husayn has stated he will reject any plan
to use a UN force to assist Jordan to maintain its independ-
ence. Although he would welcome a UN "guarantee" of Jor-
dan's frontiers, his government will continue in practice to
rely on American and British support. Husayn and Prime
Minister Rifai evidently suspect that the Western powers may
be tempted to sacrifice their position in Jordan in order to
nPhiPVP wider agreement on Middle Eastern problems
Iraq-UAR: The UAR ay have decided to back Iraq'sDep-
uty Prime Minister Arif as more likely over the longer term
to favor close cooperation with UAR policy than Prime Minister
Qasim, who is described as a "simple Iraqi nationalist."
Arif is the real organizer of
the Iraqi coup, and Nasir himself is reported to have said that
Arif is the outstanding personality in the new government.
Aril's recent activities, including tours to outlying areas in
Iraq, where he made a number of speeches attacking "imperial-
ism" and "feudalism," suggest that he may well aspire to play
the "Nasir role" in Iraq. (Page 5)
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