CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1954/02/04

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02993971
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• Document Creation Date: August 20, 2019
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2019
• Publication Date: February 4, 1954

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SUMMARY
GENERAL
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FAR EAST
2. South Korea planning to demand criminal jurisdiction over UN troops
(page 3).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
3. Opposition Indonesian army commanders reportedly asked to resign
(page 4).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
4. Comment on the Syrian crisis (page 4).
WESTERN EUROPE
5. France reportedly sounds out Spain on Moroccan compromise (page 5).
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2, South Korea planning to demand criminal jurisdiction over UN troops:
Public statements by Foreign Minister
Pyun in the past few days confirm that
the Rhee government is now drafting an
administrative agreement covering the
s us o S orces in South Korea and giving the Rhee government
criminal jurisdiction over them, according to the American embassy
in Seoul. The draft aims at arrangements comparable to those pro-
vided under the NATO, US-Japan and US-Philippines agreements.
Comment: Some UN members probably
will prefer to withdraw their troops from Korea rather than to sub-
ject them to Korean justice.
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Rhee is motivated principally by a desire
to gain equal treatment with Japan in all his relations with the United
States. There is neither popular pressure in South Korea for such
arrangements nor political opposition to exploit the issue.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
3. Opposition Indonesian army commanders reportedly asked to resign:
The Indonesian government reportedly has
asked the two leading anti-Communist
territorial commanders, Colonels Kawilarang
and Simbolon, to resign in order to avoid
dismissal and disgrace. Their reply is not
yet known.
Comment: Kawilarang and Simbolon have
been leaders of the army opposition to the policies of the pro-Communist
defense minister. Their removal would pave the way for the government's
use of the army for political purposes as a preliminary to the elections
scheduled for 1955.
A demand for the colonels' resignation might
result in open resistance by antigovernment army commands.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
4. Comment on the Syrian crisis:
Syrian president Shishakli remains in
control of the country) thanks to his hold on the army, but his posi-
tion has been seriously weakened by the current unrest.
Shishakli has failed in a major effort,
undertaken last July, to sell his military dictatorship as a consti-
tutional regime. He is faced with opposition from old-line politi-
cians, left-wing radicals, ex-army officers, fanatical religious
leaders and the Druze tribesmen in the south. He must rely in-
creasingly on inexperienced administrators, incompetent army
officers and many opportunists in parliament.
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In this situation Shishakli must rely on
severe repression to preserve his regime. Fear of popular opposi-
tion lessens his ability to cooperate with the United States on an eco-
nomic agreement, on resettlement of Arab refugees, and on the
development of the Jordan River valley.
WESTERN EUROPE
5. France reportedly sounds out Spain on Moroccan compromise;
On 1 February the Spanish charg�n
Tangier confirmed to the American
minister that France has sounded out
Spain on a compromise proposal to re-
place the present sultan of Morocco with the second son of the
former sultan. He stated that Spain is more interested in a
"positive reaffirmation" of its rights in Morocco than in who
occupies the throne.
The American minister believes the
French proposal could be an "all-around face-saver" if Spain can
be persuaded that France is genuinely interested in settling out-
standing problems and willing to reaffirm Spanish rights.
Comment: Previous reports indicated
that Paris was marking time on the dispute pending an answer to
its protest over Madrid's Moroccan policy.
While the present sultan has wanted to
abdicate, the French might have difficulty in persuading the former
sultan's son to accept.
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