CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1957/06/16

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2019
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2019
• Publication Date: June 16, 1957

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CONTENTS
1. NEW MILITARY REGIME IN HAITI SURVIVES SERIOUS
VIOLENCE (page 3).
, 2. SOVIET SUBMARINES ARRIVE IN EGYPT
(page 4).
3. SAUDIS TO REMOVE EGYPTIAN MILITARY PERSONNEL
FROM SAUDI MILITARY COLLEGE (page 5).
V 4. SITUATION IN INDONESIA
5. LEBANESE ELECTION STRIFE
(page 6).
(page 7).
6. SUHRAWARDY SCORES VICTORY OVER LEFTIST OPPO-
NENTS IN EAST PAKISTAN (page 8).
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1. NEW MILITARY REGIME IN HAITI SURVTVES
SERIOUS VIOLENCE
Comment on:
The military government of General
Antoine Kebreau, who ousted Provi-
sional President Fignole on 14 June,
faces the difficult task of pacifying
Fignole's supporters, who went on an
orgy of rioting and arson in the capital
city during the night of 15-16 June.
Many were killed by army rifle and
mac ine gun ire, and travelers reported violence in other
parts of the country. Fignole, whose greatest strength is
among the slum dwellers of the capital, arrived in New York
on 15 June, an exile.
The army and police have arrested num-
erous leaders of the mobs, but renewed violence is feared.
a plot by Fignole's
supporters among army enlisted men was thwarted by Kebreau
shortly before the outbreak of violence.
Kehreates government
is composed largely of politically
independent officers. If Kebreau can survive the next few
days, his government may give greater hope for a period of
relative political stability than have previous governments of
the past six months.
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2. SOVIET SUBMARINES ARRIVE IN EGYPt
The Soviet naval force consisting of
two long-range W-class submarines
and one short-range M-class sub-
marine escorted by a T-43 minesweeper
arrived in Alexandria, Egypt on 16 June. This force left the
Baltic Sea on 30 May. The submarines made the entire jour-
ney on the surface.
Comment
navy.
It is probable that one or more of these
units will be transferred to the Egyptian
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3. SAUDIS TO REMOVE EGYPTIAN MILITARY PERSONNEL
FROM SAUDI MILITARY COLLEGE
Comment Cairo's military and civilian instructors
have been a potent source of antimonarchi-
cal Egyptian influence in Saudi Arabia. They have recently be-
come an even greater security problem for King Saud because
of his growing estrangement from Nasr.
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4. SITUATION IN INDONESIA
Comment on:
President Sukarno has won a signifi-
cant political victory by gaining the
cabinet's approval for the 45 appointed
members of his national council, but
its establishment may usher in a new
critical period in Indonesia. The Moslem
Masjumi Party and the disaffected prov-
inces, particularly those in Sumatra, have
consistently opposed both the creation of the council and Pres-
ident Sukarno's concept of "guided democracy" involving Com-
munist participation in the government.
In Sumatra the deposed rebel commander,
Colonel Simbolon, is making plans for a bloodless coup in the
Medan-Siantar area of North Sumatra, the only part of that is-
land where the central government retains control. He plans
to commence military and political activity toward this end
early in July. Army chief of staff General Nasution is believed
to be aware of Simbolon's strength, and appears to be trying
feverishly to solve military problems in East Indonesia, another
disaffected area, in order to devote his full attention to Sumatra.
Within the realm of Djakarta politics, a
three-cornered battle for political supremacy is reported under
way among President Sukarno, Prime Minister Djuanda, and
General Nasution. President Sukarno is in the ascendancy.
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5. LEBANESE ELECTION STRIFE
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The renewal of an old family feud ac�
centuated by political rivalry reportedly
ended in more than 20 dead and 30 wounded
in a village near Tripoli, Lebanon. The
clash occurred at a funeral attended by the Frangiyah clan,who
support the pro-Egyptian National Front, and the Duwayhis,
whose candidate is on the progovernment list. Lebanese army
units suppressed the fighting and arrested members of both
clans. Such a gun-battle is not unusual for a Lebanese elec-
tion and cannot be considered as serious an affair as the anti-
government rioting in Beirut on 30 May. The clash on 16 June
should be viewed as part of a vendetta.
Meanwhile, the elctions in the Mount Leb-
anon district were carried out peacefully and resulted in the
election of at least 16 progovernment candidates.
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6. SUHRAWAFtDY SCORES VICTORY OVER LEFTIST
OPPONENTS IN EAST PAKISTAN
Comment on:
Pakistani prime minister Suhrawardy's
victory over pro-Communist opponents
of his foreign policy on 13 June at a con-
vention of the East Pakistan Awami
League has strengthened him in rela-
tion to subversive Oements in, East Pakistan. The meeting
in Dacca of the party's 800 .man council had been anticipated
as a critical test of strength between the pro-American prime
minister, who heads the national Awami League, and Maulana
Bhashani, the president of the East Pakistan Awami League who
is closely affiliated with Communist and Indian agents.
After hearing Suhrawardy and Bhashani
defend their opposing views on such issues as Pakistan's par-
ticipation in SEATO and. the Baghdad pact, the party councilors
endorsed Suhraward:y's policies, with only 46 in opposition. The
council also ratified the expulsion of ten leaders of the Bhashani
faction.
After defeating the Bhashani faction on
these issues, the councli unanimously passed a resolution urg-
ing Bhashani to withdra.w his resignation offer of last March.
Suhrawardy hopes to keep Bhashani. in a Suhrawardy-controlled
Awami League, lest Bhashani organize a leftist party which
would threaten the Awami League in East Pakistan and which
might unite with the pro-Communist Pakistan National Party
of West Pakistan.
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