CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1959/08/24

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• Publication Date: August 24, 1959

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24 AUGUST 1959
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Khrushchev assures Nasir he will
make no Middle Eastern agree
ments with President Eisenhower
behind Nasir's back; agreement on
additional Soviet arms for UAR
expected shortly.
Ulbricht meeting with Khrushchev;
East German officials allegedly
fear Khrushchev will concede too
much on Germany.
Hanoi broadcasts charge Saigon
with involvement in Laotian situ-
ation and carry Laotian Communist
call for realignment of Laotian for-
eign policy and for coalition govern-
ment.
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Nehru wishes to visit Tehran after
a scheduled three-day visit to Kabul
in mid- September .
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Iraq--US Embassy doubts that anti-
Communists or Communists feel
strong enough for coup now, but more
incidents of violence could force the
hand of either.
Ethiopia--Assassination of Haile
Selassie reportedly planned for 24
August.
III. THE WEST
De Gaulle, in talks with UN Secre-
tary General, ruled out political
negotiations with Algerian rebel
premier and gave no indications of
major change in France's Algerian
policy.
British-Maldivian negotiations at an
impasse over terms for key RAF
base on southernmost atoll.
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24 August 1959
DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
USSR-UAR:apersonal letter from Khrushchev to Egyp-
tian President Nasir on the forthcoming trip to the United
States was delivered on 15 August by the Soviet charg�n
Cairo, The Soviet premier
explained the purpose of his exchange of visits with Pres-
ident Eisenhower and offered assurances that he would make
no agreements behind Nasir's back. Khrushchev asked for
Nasir's views on probable American proposals for the Middle
East and expressed fear that President Eisenhower would sug-
gest an arms embargo for the area, opposition to which would
place the USSR in an awkward positioS
Negotiations now are in progress in Moscow concerning
the supply of additional arms to the UAR, and an official agree-
ment is expected to be concluded shortly.
USSR-East Germany! Ipast "Gerrman party leader Ulbricht,
who is conferring with Khrushchev at the Black Sea resort at
Sochi on current strategy, fears that the Soviet leader may not
hold to previously agreed positions on Germany and Berlin,
O Therefore, Ulbricht "intends to stay as close as possible" to
Khrushchev to keep him from wavering and may remain in the
USSR until the Soviet leader leaves for the United States, Other
East German officials also have expressed concern that Khru-
shchev may concede too much during his talks with the Pres-
ident. An East German party plenum scheduled for late August
has been postponed pending Ulbricht's return-1
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