CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1956/06/27

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• Publication Date: June 27, 1956

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CURRENT
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3.3(h)(2)
3.5(c)
27 June 1956
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CONTENTS
1. SOVIET LEADERS EMBARRASSED BY KHRUSHCHEV'S
BEHAVIOR AT RECEPTION (page 3).
2. COMMUNISTS OUTLINE TACTICS FOR SUBVERSION IN
SOUTH VIETNAM (page 4).
3. BURMESE PREMIER MAY ATTEND NEHRU-TITO-NASR
MEETING IN BELGRADE (page 5).
4. CHINESE NATIONALISTS PLAN TO GARRISON SPRATLY
ISLAND O (page 6).
5. IRAQ AND TURKEY REPORTED PLANNING COUP IN SYRIA
(page 8),
6. JORDANIAN LOWER HOUSE DISSOLVED
(page 9).
7. SOVIET DIFFICULTIES IN CONSTRUCTION OF STEEL
NULL IN INDIA (page 10).
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
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1. SOVIET LEADERS EMBARRASSED BY KHRUSHCHEV'S
BEHAVIOR AT RECEPTION
Ambassador Bohlen reports that Khru-
shchev's behavior during the reception
given by Marshal Zhukov for the visit-
ing aviation delegations was "a most
unseemly performance and showed
Khrushchev at his very worst."
Khrushchev succeeded in offending about
every country represented. He dismissed the smaller pow-
ers as having no great importance in world .ffairs, implied
that France was only by courtesy a great power, and made
disparaging remaicks about British aviation. He made no di-
rect attacks on the United States, however, or said anything
that would have required General Twining and Ambassador
Bohlen to leave the reception.
Bohlen noted the embarrassment and even
disgust of other members of the party presidium which they
did not attempt to conceal in front of foreigners. Bulganin,
who was extremely intoxicated, and Mikoyan attempted to off-
set Khrushchev's remarks with friendly toasts and conversa-
tion. Kaganovich said to Molotov that Khrushchev's "remarks
are out of place and unnecessary:'
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2. COMMUNISTS OUTLINE TACTICS FOR SUBVERSION IN
SOUTH VIETNAM
Comment on:
instructed the cadres to
proceed cautiously so as to maintain their activities "over
a long period" because "the present phase of our struggle
is political; not yet military:' The cadres were told, how-
ever, to extend the revolutionary movement among the troops
"until the time when we need these forces to bring out their
guns to turn on and destroy the enemy."
The Communists' immediate objective
was described as subverting the South Vietnamese forces
and persuading them "to demand a consultative conference
and elections.." The message indicated an awareness of the
extensive difficulties faced by the subversives in the army,
especially as a result of South Vietnamese success in destroy-
ing their communication links with the "outside cadres:'
President Diem is well aware of the
Communist efforts to penetrate the military establishment
and has paid close attention to the political reliability of the
armed forces, especially the officers. Moreover, military
successes against the various sect forces have tended to
raise the morale and prestige of the troops, thereby mak-
ing Viet Minh subversion more difficult.
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3. BURMESE PREMIER MAY ATTEND NEHRU-TITO-NASR
MEETING IN BELGRADE
Comment
Nehru, Tito and Nasr are unlikely to
want to increase the number of par-
ticipants at their conference, particularly with a leader con-
sidered of lesser stature. It may be difficult, however, for
them to refuse to invite Ba Swe. The fact that the Burmese
ambassador made his recommendation would indicate that the
response of the Yugoslays in Moscow did not give the im-
pression they were opposed to Ba Swe's attendance.
Although Ba Swe would probably be re-
luctant, for domestic political reasons, to leave Burma at
this time, he may decide that by going to Belgrade he would
gain prestige, which would outweigh the disadvantages of his
being away from Rangoon.
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4, CHINESE NATIONALISTS PLAN TO GARRISON
SPRATLY ISLANDS
A garrison force of from 50 to 100
Chinese Nationalist marines is being
readied to sail to the Spratly Islands
by 26 June,
This force is to be relieved by another in two
to three months.
Comment.
The Spratly Islands were recently the
subject of discussion between the Philip-
pine and Chinese Nationalist governments following a claim
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to some of them made by a private Philippine citizen who
has announced he has placed men on one of the islands. The
Nationalist government, claiming the islands have been
Chinese for 300 years, sent two destroyer escorts on 2 June
to reconnbitet the islands. If Filipinos are on the islands, a
clash could occur when the Nationalists land their garrison
force.
The Chinese Communists have claimed
the Spratlys, but Peiping will probably not seek to prevent
the Nationalist landings. France and South Vietnam also
claim the islands, and President Diem may be expected to
protest strongly against the Nationalist action.
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5. IRAQ AND TURKEY REPORTED PLANNING COUP
IN SYRIA
Iraq, with the concurrence of Turkey,
is developing plans for a coup in Syria
to be led by General Adib Shishakli,
dictator of Syria from 1950 to 1954,
Some of the local army cliques would
probably support the return of Shishakli, but unless such
action were well supported from the outside and carefully
executed, a counter coup with Egyptian support would prob-
ably be precipitated.
Britain would be inclined to support ac-
tion in Syria which might expand Iraqi influence. France, on
the other hand, has been consistently fearful that Iraq might
come to dominate or absorb Syria.
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6. JORDANIAN LOWER HOUSE DISSOLVED
The dissolution of the lower house of
the Jordan parliament on 26 June by
royal decree must be followed, under
the constitution, by the appointment of
a caretaker cabinet within a week and
new elections within four months. As elections draw near,
occasions for demonstrations and disorders will arise, and
the country could be brought close to civil war if factions
in the Arab Legion decide to intervene.
Jordan's relations with the other Arab
states will probably be the basic issue in the new elections.
Egyptian agents and Saudi money will support extreme na-
tiortalist candidates.
The appointment of a caretaker cabinet
is a blow to Iraqi hopes for closer relations with Jordan,
since such a cabinet almost certainly will not feel able to
approve the military co-operation agreement made by Arab
Legion chief of staff Nuwar during his recent visit to Bagh-
dad.
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7. SOVIET DIFFICULTIES IN CONSTRUCTION OF STEEL
MILL IN INDIA
the situation
at the site of the Soviet steel mill at
Bhilai looked "very bad."
4,000 of the 9,000 Indian
workers originally collected at Bhilai had left because of
lack of housing.
Comment The good impression created in India
by the speed of negotiations with the
Soviet Union and the prompt beginning of work is likely to
be lessened as the Russians run into operational obstacles.
These problems are usual on develop-
ment projects in India and the lack of worker housing at Bhilai
is probably more the fault of the Indians than the Russians.
Nonetheless, the Russians will probably be blamed for it by
the Indians. The USSR is likely to find similar difficulties a
continuing source of concern since Soviet progress will be com-
pared by the Indians with that of Americans, British9 and West
Germans, who are also building steel mills in India.
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI,SITUATION
(Information as of 1700, 26 June)
The Israeli press is playing up, as a pro-
vocative action by Jordan, the incident on the Jordanian border
on 24 June, in which two Israelis were killed. The press com-
ments seem to have a sharper tone than those used in recent
weeks, and may reflect the tougher attitude of the Israeli
government since the resignation of Moshe Sharet
foreign minister.
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