CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1955/12/14

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• Publication Date: December 14, 1955

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CONTENTS
1. THE SOVIET-INDIAN DECLARATION AND TRADE
AGREEMENT (page 3).
2. USSR MAKES ARMS OFFER TO ECUADOR (page 4).
3. RHEE AVOIDS NEGOTIATIONS WITH JAPAN (page 5).
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THE ARAB--ISRAELI SITUATION
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1. THE SOVIET-INDIAN DECLARATION AND TRADE
AGREEMENT
The Soviet-Indian declaration, issued
In New Delhi on 13 December at the end
of the Bulganin and Khrushchev visit,
was made use of by Moscow to place Nehru on record once
more as agreeing with Moscow on a number of points with
reference to international affairs. The familiar "five prin-
ciples," are reaffirmed and UN membership and possession
of Taiwan are urged for Communist China. The absence of
anticolonial statements probably is the result of the restrain-
ing influence of Prime Minister Nehru. Some reports had
indicated that the Soviet lea,ders were pressing to include
statements on such issues as Goa and Kashmir.
The declaration takes cognizance of a
number of international events since the issuance of the
Bulganin-Nehru declaration in Moscow last June. It con-
demns the establishment of military blocs--a point not in-
cluded in the June statement and apparently aimed primarily
at the Baghdad pact. The talks between the United States
and Communist China in Geneva are favorably noted and hope
is expressed that talks on broader subjects will be held at a
higher level.
Along with the communiqu�a new trade
agreement was announced committing Moscow to supply India
with 1,000,000 tons of sfeel over the next three years. Mos-
cow's intention to alleviate the severe Indian steel shortage at
the expense of Soviet domestic steel requirements underlines
the Kremlin's desire for India's good will.
The USSR also agreed to sell India oil,
mining and other equipment and to increase Soviet purchases
of raw materials and manufactured goods. The oil and mining
equipment purchases are probably the result of negotiations
prior to the visit. 7,1oncurred in by ORR)
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2. USSR MAKES ARMS OFFER TO ECUADOR
Comment
Whether or not the Velasco government
intends to accept these offers at this time
is not known. Ecuador is now engaged in an arms race with
its neighbor Peru, with which it has a long-standing boundary
dispute.
During the past year the Velasco regime
has been negotiating with Czechoslovakia for arms. It now
appears, however, that Quito may sever relations with Prague
because of Velasco's strong belief that the Czech legation was
deeply involved in the recent student riots, which for a period
threatened the stability of his government.
Ecuador has ordered its dip-
lomatic and consular offices abroad to suspend the granting of
visas to Czech diplomatic couriers, oncurred in by
ORR)
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3. RHEE AVOIDS NEGOTIATIONS WITH JAPAN
Comment
South Korean propaganda in the last
few days has closely followed the line
reported ordered by Rhee.
The Japanese government has expressed
the hope that the United States will mediate in the fisheries
dispute. Rhee's primary objective is to undermine Japan's
special position in Asia. Ambassador Allison notes that
previous conciliatory efforts by Japan have been contemptu-
ously dismissed by Rhee as "tricks," and that strong pres-
sures would be necessary to induce Rhee to negotiate with
Japan on reasonable terms.
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
(Information as of 1700, 13 December)
No significafiriniti ry activity has been
reported, and there are no indications of imminent Arab
retaliation for the Israeli raid against Syria on 11 Decem-
ber. Syria has formally requested a meeting of the UN
Security Council to hear complaints on the incident. Pop-
ular demonstrations have occurred in Syria protesting the
Israeli action and the "lenience of the West." No official
statement has yet been made in either Damascus or Cairo.
The American charg�n Tel Aviv suggests
that Israel may have wanted to test the new Syro-Egyptian
military pact, either to prove to Syria and the other Arab
states that the Egyptians cannot be relied on for assistance,
or to provoke Egyptian forces into overreaching themselves
In the south.
UN truce chief General Burns, who con-
ferred with Israeli prime minister Ben-Gurion on 11 Decem-
ber, thinks the Israelis will not wait indefinitely for agree-
ment on the UN proposals for the El Auja demilitarized zone
and believes that they may soon engage in some new act of
retaliation.
An additional Soviet freighter, the Admiral
Ushakov, docked at Alexandria
This makes three Soviet vessels which apparently
delivered military equipment to Egypt at that time. The other
two were the freighter Alexander Nevsky and the tanker Gregory
Vakulentchuk. The size of crates observed on the Nevsky and
Ushakov suggests that they carried disassembled jet aircraft
as well as other types of arms. The Vakulentchuk evidently
carried a limited amount of military equipment as deck cargo.
On 10 December the US air attach�aw 12
BEAGLES (IL-28jet light bombers) at Cairo West military air-
field. He had seen only five BEAGLES there on 8 December
and believes the others must have been flown in from the assem-
bly airfield at Dikheila west of Alexandria.
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