CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1957/12/30

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2019
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2019
• Publication Date: December 30, 1957

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CONTENTS
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� US ANNOUNCES NEW SOVIET NUCLEAR TEST
(page 3).
V,12. BORNEO TAKES NEW STEPS TOWARD AUTONOMY
(page 4).
3. USSR OFFERS TO BUY CEYLON'S TOTAL RUBBER OUTPUT
(page 5)
A64. GOVERNOR OF CYPRUS MAY END STATE OF EMERGENCY
(page 6).
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1. US ANNOUNCES NEW SOVIET NUCLEAR TEST
Comment on. -
The Joint Atomic Energy Intelli-
gence Committee reports that the
latest Soviet nuclear test occurred
in the Semipalatinsk proving ground
at 0720 GMT on 28 December. According to preliminary
estimates, the device yielded from 10 to 100 kilotons.
The test was the 43rd nuclear experiment detected by the
US and the 15th known to have been conducted by the Soviet
Union in 1957.
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2. BORNEO TAKES NEW STEPS TOWARD AUTONOMY
Comment on:
Civil and military officials in Borneo
on 24 December signed a regional char-
ter which places that area in a position
of autonomy similar to Sumatra and
Celebes. The ceremony folIbwed shortly on the local army
commander's decision to institute barter trade with Singapore
to ensure an adequate rice supply for the area. Both moves
apparently have the approval of and may have been directed
by Indonesia's second deputy prime minister, Idham Chalid,
who is from Borneo and is a leader of the orthodox Moslem
party, the Nandlatul Ulama.
Developments in Borneo can be attributed
to Djakarta's inability to meet Borneo's economic needs and to
Chalid's recent interrogation in Djakarta as a subversive sus-
pect. Chalid had earlier told American officials that regional
feelings were strong in Borneo and that he could take the area
into the rebel camp at any time. Borneo has operated under a
locally proclaimed council since last March, but it has largely
cooperated with Djakarta.
Borneo has important oil reserves and ex-
ports significant amounts of rubber and copra.
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3, USSR OFFERS TO BUY CEYLON'S TOTAL
RUBBER OUTPUT
Comment on:
The Soviet trade delegation now in
Ceylon has offered to purchase Ceylon's
entire rubber output--approximately
100,000 metric tons--at well over market
prices tor the next 10 to 15 years, according to a Ceylonese
press report of 28 December. In return, Ceylon would pur-
chase Soviet products. Ceylonese officials, however, are
said to be balking at the barter aspects of the Soviet proposal.
The USSR has previously offered to help improve Ceylonese
rubber plantations and to purchase any increase in their out-
put.
Ceylon, a high-cost rubber producer, has
had difficulty since World War II in marketing its output. Dur-
ing the last five years, Communist China purchased 50,000 tons
annually at premium prices, but in the new five-year agreement
signed last September, China agreed to purchase only 30,000
tons at world market prices. Ceylon may therefore be inter-
ested in a purchase or barter deal with the USSR for at least
20,000 tons of rubber. Ceylon at present would probably be
receptive to the Soviet offers of food.
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4. GOVERNOR OF CYPRUS MAY END STATE
OF EMERGENCY
Comment on:
Governor Foot's serious consideration
of possible termination of all emergency
regulations on Cyprus over a three-month
period reflects his desire to maintain the
good will which has begun to build up since his arrival less
than a month ago. Foot told the American consul at Nicosia
that he does not believe a long-term settlement is possible at
this time and that he therefore proposes to concentrate on
making progress on the local scene in order to build confi-
dence. This stand evidently forms part of the proposals which
Foot will try to "sell" to London next week.
The governor's belief that an international
agreement on Cyprus need not necessarily be reached before
direct Anglo-Cypriot discussions conflicts with London's long-
established position. Foot probably will propose that Arch-
bishop Makarios return to Cyprus for talks there Foot's rec-
ommendations may be adopted if the British can be persuaded
to disregard Ankara's adamant stand against anything which
might conceivably lead to union of Cyprus with Greece.
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