CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1956/04/11

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• Document Release Date: October 31, 2019
• Publication Date: April 11, 1956

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CURRENT
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11 April 1956
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CONTENTS
1. DUTCH DENY DIFFERENCES WITH US IMPLY SUPPORT
FOR FRENCH "NEUTRALISM" ( page 3).
2. LYSENKO RESIGNATION
:page 4).
3. GROWING NUMBER OF MIG-17 JET FIGHTERS IN CHINA
(page 5).
4. USSR AGREES TO NEGOTIATE FISHERIES ISSUE WITH
JAPAN page 6).
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
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1. DUTCH DENY DIFFERENCES WITH US IMPLY SUPPORT
FOR FRENCH "NEUTRALISM"
The French Foreign Ministry, the Dutch
believe, is apparently interpreting
Netherlands-American difficulties as
an indication of Dutch support for French
views as outlined in Foreign Minister
ineau n e Minister Mollet's recent speeches. On
the contrary, according to the secretary general of the Dutch
Foreign Ministry, the Dutch view with considerable anxiety
recent French policies. They fear Mollet and Pineau plan
some dangerous move during their forthcoming visit to Mos-
cow.
The Dutch have emphasized to the French
ambassador at The Hague that they continue to support NATO
and that differences with the United States over Indonesia do
not imply approval of French neutralist or third-force efforts.
Comment This is the first indication, though indirect,
that the French may be angling for support
within NATO for their recent policy statements criticizing the
rigidity of Western policy toward the USSR.
Although the Dutch have expressed dissatis-
faction with the United States for not supporting them in their
disputes with Indonesia, the Netherlands is unlikely to alter
its present foreign policy.
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2. LYSENKO RESIGNATION
Comment on:
The resignation of T. D. Lysenko
from his post as president of the
All-Union Academy of Agricultural
Sciences "at his own request" is
another step in the removal of Stalin's
favorites as well as a repudiation of the Lysenko theory
of genetics. The best known of his theories was that
changes in environmental conditions could alter hered-
itary characteristics of plants. This hypothesis has never
been accepted by reputable geneticists and has been offi-
cially discounted in the Soviet Union since Stalin's death.
Lysenko himself has been the target
of frequent Soviet criticism over the past three years but
appeared to be surviving the downgrading of his theories.
Lysenko's doctrines have had a consider-
able influence on Soviet biological and agricultural research
for more than a decade, and serious harm has been done to
the generation of scientists trained according to his pre-
cepts. Soviet geneticist N. P. Dubinin recently blamed
Lysenko for blocking earlier Soviet attempts to carry out
�a hybrid corn breeding program, and the application of his
theories undoubtedly hindered the development of improved
varieties of other agriculturally important plants. His re-
moval will probably accelerate a return by Soviet scientists
to research by established techniques in the fields of biology
and agriculture. (Prepared jointly with
OSI; concurred in by ORR)
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3, GROWING NUMBER OF MIG-17 JET FIGHTERS IN CHINA
Chinese Communist jet fighter
strength, which now totals about
1,100 planes, is being increased by
the transfer of additional FRESCO
(MIG-17) aircraft from the USSR.
The FRESCO is an improvement of
the FAGOT (MIG-15), and is regarded
as more nearly comparable in per-
formance to the American F-86, of
which the Chinese Nationalists now
have more than 100.
Until recently, official estimates car-
ried only about 40 FRESCOS in China--all in the general
Shanghai area. This figure now has been revised to.at
least 100.
The distribution of these aircraft has
not been fully determined.
their presence at several bases in
Manchuria, in the Peiping area, at several locations in
East China, and at Canton on the South China coast.
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4. USSR AGREES TO NEGOTIATE FISHERIES ISSUE
WITH JAPAN
Comment on:
Soviet ambassador Malik informed
his Japanese colleague in London on
9 April that in response to the Japa-
nese request, the USSR is willing to
negotiate the salmon fishing issue
either in Moscow or Tokyo, according to a press state-
ment made by Foreign Minister Shigemitsu.
�The USSR precipitated the North
Pacific fishing crisis by announcing unilateral restric-
tions to go into effect on 15 May. The political purpose
of this economic pressure was evident in the timing of
the announcement of the decree, which was made on the
same day that the London talks were suspended. It is
possible, therefore, that the USSR will make the settle-
ment of the restrictions problem conditional on Japanese
agreement to immediate establishment of diplomatic rela-
tions.
Japanese foreign minister Shigemitsu
has said he prefers to hold the negotiations in Moscow, a
choice apparently dictated by the desire to avoid accord-
ing to the unrecognized Soviet mission in Tokyo any offi-
cial status. Shigemitsu has asserted that the entire fishery
problem will be discussed rather than just the restriction
of salmon catches. Tokyo probably wishes to settle this
problem, on which Japan is economically vulnerable and
which the USSR could use as pressure to force concessions
on issues related to negotiations on a peace treaty.
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
(Information as of 1700, 10 April)
Egyptian foreign minister Fawzi has
avoided a direct reply to Israel's demands for cessation of
hostile acts by noon on 10 April.
has, with only partial success, a emp e o suspen
Datch of raiders into Israel from Syria and Lebanon.
Egypt
dis-
Israel has claimed, meanwhile, that
Egyptian-sponsored terrorist operations continued inside Israel
during the night of 9-10 April. Ten settlements are reported
to have been attacked, resulting in one Israeli killed and the
sabotage of water installations and rail lines. Israel claims a
total of ten terrorists killed in the Inc+ +11,7n rinVg (Press)
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