CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1953/11/25

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03003747
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• Document Creation Date: July 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2019
• Publication Date: November 25, 1953

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SUMMARY
GENERAL
I. Finnish vessel reportedly delivering tanks to Communist China
(page 3).
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SOVIET UNION
Comment on 24 November Pravda article (page 3).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Viet Minh may intend thrust into Laos (page 4).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
Compensation reportedly major Libyan consideration in US
trpatv ntarrntiatinns (nage 4).
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I. Finnish vessel reportedly delivering tanks to Communist China:
/While in Gdynia he observed
trucks, trailers and tanks being loaded
aboard the Finnish vessel Korsholma for
China.
Comment: This is the second recent
report that Finnish vessels under Satellite charter are delivering
arms to Communist China. In October the Herakles was observed
unloading six-inch guns from Gdynia in Canton's port of Whampoa.
The Korsholma left Suez on 30 October for China.
In most cases the terms of Finnish
charters to the bloc exclude transport of arms and ammunition,
but some shipowners are willing to overlook the charter limita-
tions in view of the profitable nature of this trade.
SOVIET UNION
2. Comment on 24 November Pravda article:
As a possible forerunner of a new Soviet
propaganda emphasis, a 24 November Pravda article points to "normal
relations" and "cooperation" with the United States as a major condi-
tion for easing international tension. The timing suggests it may be
intended to encourage British and French pressure at Bermuda for a
more conciliatory attitude regarding the Soviet position on such issues
as China's admission to the United Nations.
Consistent with long-standing propaganda,
however, the article alleges that Secretary Dulles is not interested
in normalizing relations and maintains that "the activity of subverting
peaceful states is inseparably bound to the aggressive policy of US
ruling circles."
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Continued adherence to this anti-American
theme and the omission of a specific proposal which might lead to co-
operation suggest that the Pravda article on "normal Soviet-American
relations" is simply a new turn of an old wheel.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
3. Viet Minh may intend thrust into Laos:
The concentrating of Viet Minh regular
forces in the Vinh area of northern Annam
as a result of current troop movements
places the enemy in an excellent position
to move southwestward into Laos to threaten
French communications with Saigon along the Mekong River, according
to the US army attache in Saigon (see map, p. 5).
One regiment of the 304th Division has
already reportedly moved southward from Thanh Hoa to join the 325th
Division at Vinh, while a regiment and the headquarters element of the
320th Division have moved from Phu Nho Quan to Thanh Hoa.
The southward movement of elements of the
304th and 320th Divisions may reflect a reallocation of defensive re-
sponsibilities in the Thanh Hoa-Vinh base area, which would become
necessary if the 325th Division were committed to offensive action in
Laos.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
4. Compensation reportedly major Libyan consideration in US treaty
negotiations:
The amount of compensation is the principal
Libyan consideration in negotiating the base
agreement with the United States,
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