CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1956/03/30

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• Publication Date: March 30, 1956

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CURRENT
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CONTENTS
MIKOYAN'S TALKS IN PAKISTAN AND INDIA
(page 3).
2. JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA AGREE TO RESUME TALKS
(page 4).
3. HUNGARY'S "REHABILITATION" OF LASZLO RAJK
(page 5).
4. SOVIET SECURITY CHIEF'S VISIT TO BRITAIN
(page 6).
5. USSR PROPOSES DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AND TRADE WITH
COLOMBIA (page 7).
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
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1. MIKOYANS TALKS IN PAKISTAN AND INDIA
In a meeting with Pakistan's Prime
Minister Chauciry Mohammad Ali on
24 March, Mikoyan strongly attacked
the Baghdad pact and SEATO, and
said the USSR was determined to main-
tain the "neutrality" of Afghanistan.
Mikoyan spoke confidently of Soviet
strength, and emphasized that the USSR feared no power
or combination of powers, and that the Soviet Union was
determined "to break" the pacts directed against it. While
Mikoyan apparently made it clear that Pakistan's member-
ship in the Baghdad pact and SEATO stood in the way of good
Soviet-Pakistani relations, he did not make Pakistan's with-
drawal from its Western commitments a condition for Soviet
friendship and assistance.
In India, Mikoyan made a major bid for
another Soviet-sponsored "show-project." He stated on 28
March that the USSR was willing "to share with India our ex-
perience in the creation of our oil industry. . and to co-
operate. . . in the delivery of oil industrial equipment, the
training of cadres, and so forth." He described the steel
mill at Bhilai, now being constructed with Soviet assistance,
as "an example of peaceful economic competition with the
Western powers in this sphere," and added, "Let our Indian
friends be the judge in this competition."
He said the USSR, in order not to burden
the trade and payments balance of India, would use the profits
from sales of Soviet goods to India to buy Indian goods.
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2. JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA AGREE TO RESUME TALKS
Comment on:
South Korea's consul general in Tokyo
has informed the American embassy
that Japanese foreign minister Shigemitsu
has agreed to hold exploratory talks as a
preliminary to reopening negotiations between Japan and South
Korea. Shigemitsu had previously told the American embassy
that if preliminary talks concerning the repatriation of detained
ationals provediniitiuk it might be possible to go on to other
subjects.
The South Korean consul general states
that Shigemitsu agreed to withdraw a statement made by Kubota,
the chief Japanese negotiator in the 1953 talks. The statement,
which was interpreted by the Koreans as disparaging of their
sovereignty, led to a breakdown of the talks. Both countries
have agreed that provision should be made at the earliest prac-
ticable date for the release of detainees held by each country.
President Rhee has insisted that Japan
also accept the Rhee Line fishing boundary and renounce its
property claims in Korea in advance of any talks. Although
his recent attacks against Japan have been fairly subdued in
tone, there is no direct evidence that he is willing to modify
his terms. It is quite possible, however, that Rhee is prepared
to negotiate the repatriation of foreign nationals, in view of re-
cent North Korean efforts to champion the cause of Koreans de-
tained by the Japanese.
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3. HUNGARY'S "REHABILITATION" OF LASZLO RAJK
Hungary's exoneration of former
minister of interior Laszlo Rajk
and seven codefendants who were
convicted on charges of "nationalist
deviation" in 1949 is the first reversal
,of a macor postwar purge trial by the Satellites.
Hungarian party leader Matyas Rakosi,
who had led the attack on Rajk, made the announcement
and placed the blame for the charges against Rajk on for-
mer police chief Gabor Peter, who was sentenced to life
imprisonment in 1954. Despite Rakosi's reversal, the ex-
oneration of Rajk will undoubtedly stimulate the active
anti-Rakosi and nationalist sentiment within the Hungarian
party.
Since the major part of Rajles trial was
aimed at proving him an agent of Tito, the Yugoslays will
interpret this development as a further vindication of their
position in the dispute with Stalin. They will also view it
as an important step toward permitting "independent roads"
for the Satellites.
It appears likely that a number of the
victims of the major Satellite postwar party trials and purges
in other Eastern European countries will also be restored to
grace. East German party first secretary Ulbricht announced
on 24 March that a commission was to be formed to "examine
cases of party members who have been punished...," and
there have been reports that a commission has been established
in Czechoslovakia to review the Slansky case.
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4. SOVIET SECURITY CHIEF'S VISIT TO BRITAIN
Comment
The appearance Serov gives of being a
member of the inner circle probably arises
from his close personal relationship with Party Secretary
Khrushchev and his position as head of the secret police. He
was promoted to full member of the central committee at the
recent 20th Party Congress, but was not included in the party
presidium, the top policy-making organization.
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