CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1954/01/14

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• Document Creation Date: August 20, 2019
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2019
• Publication Date: January 14, 1954

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
FAR EAST
1. British doubt Chinese Communists are colonizing North Korea
(page 3).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
2. Closer collaboration of Indonesian government leaders with
Communists noted (page 3).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
3. Iran forbids Orbit diplomatic missions to distribute propaganda
(page 4).
4. Zahedi reportedly orders Qashqai chiefs to leave Iran (page 5).
5. Replacement of Resident General Guillaume in Morocco expected
(page 5).
EASTERN EUROPE
6. Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia resisting regime (page 6).
LATIN AMERICA
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FAR EAST
1. British doubt Chinese Communists are colonizing North Korea:
The British Foreign Office believes there
is insufficient evidence to conclude that
the Chinese Communists are colonizing
North Korea. It notes that Chinese civ-
ilians traveling to Korea for even short visits normally take bedding
aid packs with them, and suggests that the 4,000-man Chinese "dele-
gation" which toured Korea last October or Chinese civilian techni-
cians may have been mistaken by Western observers for permanent
settlers.
Comment: The presence in North Korea
of Chinese 6onstruction workers and technicians to assist in. recon-
struction has been well established, but there is no firm evidence
that any of them are actually settling in the area.
In spite of China's increasing importance
in the conduct of Korean affairs, the Soviet Union still retains a
dominant position through Soviet-trained Koreans who occupy most
of the top party and government posts, and through Soviet advisers
in all the ministries and important industrial installations.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
2. Closer collaboration of Indonesian government leaders with
communists noted
The parliamentary leader of the Indonesian
Communist Party has become President
Sukarno% chief adviser,
The
chairmen of the National and Communist parties are said to be meet-
ing more frequently now, and Prime Minister Ali is completely under
their control.
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Comment: President Sukarno's recent
moves indicate a determined effort to prevent the downfall of the
present National Party government. Although he is not believed
to be pro-Communist, by siding with the pro-Communist defense
minister in a recent dispute with anti-Communist army commanders,
he dealt them a heavy blow. At present, these commanders not only
lack the political support necessary for a successful coup but are also
faced with disunity in their own commands.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
3. Iran forbids Orbit diplomatic missions to distribute propaganda:
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has formally
requested the Polish minister to stop
porting Communist literature into Iran,
The
ministry also asked the Rumanian and Czech legations to stop pub-
lishing their daily Persian-language news bulletins. Iran based its
request on the grounds that the Iranian legations in Rumania and
Czechoslovakia are not permitted to publish news bulletins.
The Soviet embassy may also be requested
by the Foreign Ministry to cease distributing news bulletins if the
Iranian embassy in Moscow is not allowed similar privileges. Postal
authorities in Iran have intercepted shipments of Polish-language
Communist propaganda leaflets destined for the Polish legation in
Tehran.
Comment: This is the first direct step
the Zahedi government has taken to limit the distribution of Orbit
propaganda. This action, together with the recent rudeness of the
Soviet ambassador to the Iranian foreign minister and Moscow's
protest against recent anti-Soviet articles in the Tehran press,
suggests that relations between Iran and the Soviet bloc are becoming
increasingly strained.
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4. Zahedi reportedly orders Qashqai chiefs to leave Iran:
Comment:
the Qashqai chiefs proposea a common WW1 uppubL-
tion leaders Baghai and Makki. This proposal and the tribe's adherence
to Mossadeq are probably the immediate causes for the government's
decision to exile the chiefs.
The exiling of the Qashqai leaders could
heighten tribal opposition to Tehran. This in turn might encourage
local army commanders again to undertake armed action against
the tribe.
5. Replacement of Resident General Guillaume in Morocco expected:
French officials in Morocco told the British
consul on 11 january that Resident General
Guillaume will be replaced in the near future
by General Pierre Koenig. They also stated
that important and far-reaching changes in the residency government
could be expected within three months.
Comment: The appointment of Koenig,
a rightist deputy who is close to General de Gaulle, probably would
be the result of a political deal in France. It would not represent a
change in French policy in Morocco. His intimate connection with
Marshal ruin, foremost backer of El Glaoui, powerful chieftain of
the Moroccan Berbers, also presages a continued influence for Juin
on Moroccan affairs.
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EASTERN EUROPE
6. Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia resisting regimeg
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Some of the Sudeten Germans who were
moved into the interior of Czechoslovakia
in 1945 "are even refusing to register for
military service,"
They are also demanding the right to return
eir iormer homes in connection with the government's operation
"for founding settlements in the border territory."
Comment g This is the first reliable report
of overt resistance to the regime by elements of the German minority.
Efforts to placate the Sudetens, including the restitution of Czechoslovak
citizenship last April9 have apparently met with little success.
The Sudeten Germans have been particularly
anxious to return to their homeland since Premier Siroky announced in
September that the government would take special steps to revive the
economy of the border areas.
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