CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1954/10/10

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03000835
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6
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August 20, 2019
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August 30, 2019
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October 10, 1954
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN DOCUMENT NO. law rtg,_ NO CHANGE IN CLASS X, H DECLASSIFIED CLASS. CHANGED TO: TS S C NEX f REVIEW DATE: 19 ( 0 AUTH: HR 70-2 DATE: 7 3";10-fo REVIEWER Office of Current Intelligence CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY CRET Aproved for Release: 2019/08/13 CO3000835. 7.2r-SECRET � 10 October 1954 eip/b..ijee/04 Copy No, 3.3(h)(2) � //// /41 i+4$ Approved for Release: 2019/08/13 C03000835 TC)P SVera7T Approved for Release: 2019/08/13 C03000835 Now SUMMARY SOVIET UNION 1. USSR moves long-range submarines to Far East (page 3 FAR EAST 2. South Korea to issue dissent on 16-nation report to UN (page 3). 3. Comment on Chinese Nationalist protests against American "restraints" (page 4). NEAR EAST - AFRICA 4. Two issues continue to block final Suez agreement (page 4). 5. Libyan king reported considering abdication (page 5). WESTERN EUROPE 6. Adenauer's coalition partners reluctantly support London agree- ments (page 6). * * * * 10 Oct 54 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 2 ToP ZCPPT Approved for Release: 2019/08/13 C03000835 PrilD emer6E'T Approved for Release: 2019/08/13 C03000835 - SOVIET UNION 1. USSR moves long-range submarines to Far East: According to the Office of Naval Intelligence, at least five submarines, probably boats of the two new long- range classes, have transited the northern sea route and, on 2 October, were on a southerly course along the east coast of the Kurile Islands. These are the first improved postwar submarines to arrive in the Far East and the first submarines since 1950 to be moved to Far Eastern waters via the northern sea route. Comment: The deployment of five submarines from western USSR via the difficult northern sea route increases long-range submarine strength in the Soviet. Far East by 25 percent. It may also reflect a Soviet plan to increase offensive naval strength in the Pacific Ocean Fleet more rapidly than production facilities in the Far East will allow, FAR EAST 2. South Korea to issue dissent on 16-nation report to UN: 10 Oct 54 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 3 PrID LDP Approved for Release: 2019/08/13 C03000835 rrnr� ors�trf