CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1957/04/09

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• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2019
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2019
• Publication Date: April 9, 1957

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OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
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CONTENTS
1. INDONESIAN CABINET ANNOUNCED BY SUKARNO
(page 3).
'#`1')2. PRO-NASR LEBANESE POLITICIANS DISCOURAGED
(page 4).
?3. NASR KING'S CONFIDENCE IN PRIME
MINISTER (page 5).
44. TURKISH POSITION ON CYPRUS
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(page 6).
LE POLITICAL SITUATION IN PAKISTAN
(page 7).
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1. INDONESIAN CABINET ANNOUNCED BY SUKARNO
Comment on:
President Sukarno's 23-member "emer-
gency extraparliamentary business
cabinet" contains at least four well-
known fellow-travelers, including a
recipient of the Stalin "peace prize" as
on. The remainder are either non-party
technicians or second-rate political leaders. The Commu-
nist Party promptly welcomed the new cabinet and praised
it as "politically appropriate and reliable."
Sukarno announced his cabinet after meet-
ing with, and presumably gaining the approval of, the pros-
pective ministers, the chiefs of staff of the three armed
services, the chief of police, the president of the supreme
court and the attorney general. The fact that members of
the Masjumi and the Nandlatul mama (NU) are included re-
flects the effectiveness of Sukarno's pressure tactics.
The prime minister-designate and act-
ing defense minister is Raden Djuanda, a non-party man
who has been director of state planning since 1953. Djuanda
is non-Communist and technically competent, but is not a
strong personality and is likely to be easily manipulated by
Sukarno. The foreign minister-designate, Subandrio, has
been secretary general of the Foreign Ministry. He is a for-
mer ambassador to the USSR, and has been chiefly responsi-
ble for Indonesia's acceptance of a large-scale Soviet aid
agreement.
The non-Javanese areas probably will be
highly dissatisfied with the new cabinet. Although at least four
members were born in the "outer islands;' none is known to
be a champion of local autonomy. Moreover, no provision ia
made for the participation of former vice president Hatta.
Sukarno can be expected to continue efforts to undermine au-
tonomous movements, as is indicated in his reported call for
"volunteer battalions" throughout Sumatra to "defend justice
and fight for the right:'
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2. PRO-NASR LEBANESE POLITICIANS DISCOURAGED
Pro-Egyptian opposition politicians in
Lebanon have almost lost hope of revers-
ing the country's pro-Western policy.
He added that, unless immediate Egyptian assist-
ance were forthcoming, the position of the "free elements"
would become hopeless, and suggested that the Egyptian press
and radio give support to the opposition.
Comment On 6 April the pro-Western Lebanese prime
minister received an overwhelming 30-to-1
vote of confidence for his foreign policy based on adherence to
the American proposals for the Middle East. Seven pro-Egyptian
opposition deputies resigned from parliament just before the vote.
Both the Egyptians and the Syrians have spent much money and
effort to cause the fall of the present government and its replace-
ment with a pro-Nasr one; they are likely to increase their ef-
forts in connection with the parliamentary elections scheduled
for June.
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3. NASR SHAKES LIBYAN KING'S CONFIDENCE IN
PRIME MINISTER
Comment on:
Egypt, which in recent years has exerted
considerable influence in Libya, appar-
ently is carrying out a major effort to re-
coup its losses suffered there in recent
months. Egyptian president Nasr appears to have success-
fully discredited pro-Western prime minister Ben Halim in
the eyes of King Idris by sending the king "documentary evi-
dence" that Ben Halim and his family have been implicated
in illegal transfers of money from Egypt. The king, who is
suspicious of his advisers, might dismiss the prime minister,
according to the American ambassador in Tripoli.
Ben Halim has been under Egyptian attack
since last November, when he became alarmed at the extent
of Egyptian penetration and influence in Libya and ousted the
Egyptian military attach�or subversive activities. Ben Halim
has given Libya a stable government and has recently sought to
restrict Soviet influence.
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4. TURKISH POSITION ON CYPRUS
Comment on:
The Turks view recent developments
in the Cyprus controversy with increas-
ing alarm, and consider them to be det-
rimental to Turkish interests. A 4 April
aide-memoire setting forth their views is "more threatening"
than anything previously, according to Ambassador Warren.
The document, drafted after consultation
between the Turkish authorities and Dr. Gazil Kuchuk, leader
of the Turkish Cypriots, denounced Archbishop Makarios and
the Greek government and re-emphasized the "vital importance"
of the Cyprus issue to Turkey. It warned that the reaction in
Turkey and among Cypriot Turks which would follow any future
negotiations with Makarios "should be carefully and seriously
thought overr
The Turks firmly oppose any negotiations
between Makarios and the British, even if held concurrently
with tripartite negotiations among Britain, Greece and Turkey.
According to the aide-memoire, the Turks no longer consider
self-government or any other provisional arrangement possible,
but demand partition of the island as the only acceptable solu-
tion.
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5. UNSTABLE POLITICAL SITUATION IN PAKISTAN
Comment on:
The opening of a new session of Pakistan's
National Assembly on 8 April finds the po-
litical situation in the country extremely
unstable. President Mirza and Prime Min-
ister Suhrawardy cannot agree on a chief
minister for a new government in West
Pakistan, and until they do they cannot end
President's Rule in the province and restore
democratic government. Continued failure to achieve a stable
provincial government in West Pakistan would prevent the Na-
tional Assembly from functioning effectively, since a workable
coalition in the National Assembly depends on settlement of
the Republican Party-Moslem League rivalry at the provin-
cial level.
Suhrawardy is also finding it difficult to
maintain control of his own party, the Awami League, in East
Pakistan, where he is still challenged by the pro-Communist
Maulana Bhashani. The East Pakistan Awami League has
failed at two meetings either to make a clean break with Bha-
shani by accepting his proffered resignation as party president
or to get him to remain within the party on Suhrawardy's terms.
Bhashani's continued influence is indicated by the passage on
3 April by the East Pakistan assembly of a resolution demand-
ing autonomy for the province in all matters except defense, for-
eign affairs, and currency.
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