CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1957/02/05

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• Publication Date: February 5, 1957

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CURRENT
INTELLIGENCE
BULLETIN
5 February 1957
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CONTENTS
1. NASR REMAINS ADAMANT ON SUEZ ISSUES
(page 3).
2. USSR APPROVES NEW EGYPTIAN ARMS REQUIREMENTS
(page 4).
3. CRISIS IN JORDAN MAY FOLLOW KING'S CHALLENGE
TO CABINET (page 5).
4. SOVIET MINISTER SEEKS EARLY VISIT TO YEMEN
(page 6).
5. ATHENS WARNS OF ANTI-GREEK RIOTS IN TURKEY
page 7).
6. FORMER OPPONENTS OF ULBRICHT ADMITTED TO EAST
GERMAN PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE
(page 8).
7. KREMLIN BACKS ANTI-GOMULKA ELEMENTS IN POLAND
(page 9).
8. PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT OF HAITI REPORTEDLY RESIGNS
(page 10).
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1. NASR REMAINS ADAMANT ON SUEZ ISSUES
Comment on:
President Nasr-
reply to a 27 January request from UN
secretary general Hammarskjold to give
"positive co-operation" and to separate
the canal issue from the problem of the Israeli withdrawal--
has indicated that the Egyptian position on control of the canal
and on toll collection remains essentially unchanged.
In regard to canal toll collections, Nasr
said there is "no question that all ships which pass through
the canal must pay the tolls to the Egyptian Suez Canal ad-
ministration!' He stated that Egypt would welcome co-opera-
tion in obtaining a settlement which would enable him to focus
his efforts on raising his country's standard of living. How-
ever, he emphasized that Egyptians "will not agree under any
circumstances that the price of this co-operation contain any
trace of international control or collective colonialism!'
Nasr said that Egypt is prepared to dis-
cuss Suez Canal issues "as soon as the withdrawal of Israeli
forces has been completed:'
Although Nasr has left little room for nego-
tiations, Hammarskjold plans to go to Cairo in the near future
to talk with him about a Suez settlement as well as the future
deployment and legal status of UN forces.
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2, USSR APPROVES NEW EGYPTIAN ARMS REQUIREMENTS
Comment on:
the USSR had agreed to provide at least 50 aircraft in addi-
tion to those already shipped or contracted for. New Soviet-
Egyptian arms contracts for long-term requirements prob-
ably will now be negotiated.
Preliminary Egyptian proposals pre-
sented to the USSR "as a guide" called for establishing an
Egyptian air force of up to 32 squadrons, replacement and
reinforcement of antiaircraft and field artillery units, re-
placement of medium tanks lost in Sinai, and additional sup-
plies of radar, radio equipment, submarines, subchasers
and vehicles.
Some military equipment is still being
shipped to Egypt under the April 1956 contract. In late
December and early January, Egypt called for the dispatch
of tank spare parts and a step-up in truck deliveries.
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3� CRISIS IN JORDAN MAY FOLLOW KING'S CHALLENGE
TO CABINET
Comment on:
A political crisis may develop in Jordan
following the refusal of Prime Minister
Nabulsi and his cabinet to heed King
Hussain's demands for measures designed
to curb anti-Western influence,
the king asked the prime minister to suspend the
ommunist newspaper Al-Jamahir; appoint the cabinet rep-
resentative of the leftist Arab Socialist Resurrection Party,
Rimawi, as minister of justice instead of minister of foreign
affairs; remove both Rimawi and the representative of the
Communist-front National Bloc from the delegation negotiat-
ing termination of the Anglo-Jordanian ',treaty; and to agree
to make no change in Jordan's election law.
the majority of the cabinet was unwilling to resign and
favored forcing the king to dismiss the government--a move
which would be unacceptable to the public. When confronted
with the cabinet's refusal to comply, the king was reported to
have "laughed and stated that he did not insist on his demands
and that he would consider the whole affair as not having hap-
pened!'
The Egyptian attach�eported that large-
scale demonstrations were expected to take place if the king
attempted to dismiss the government.
Hussain has previously indicated his desire
to replace the Nabulsi government at the earliest opportunity
with more conservative and responsible leadership� By chal-
lenging the cabinet and then backing away from a showdown,
Hussain has alerted Jordan's anti-Western forces who may be
able to rally majority support against him.
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4. SOVIET MINISTER SEEKS EARLY VISIT TO YEMEN
� Soviet ambassador to Egypt Kiselev,
who is accredited to Yemen, sought
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His request
Was made through the Yemeni minister in Cairo,who stated
that "he would like to hear from us immediately:'
the Chinese Com-
munist ambassador in Cairo is also about to depart for
Yemen.
Kiselev sought permission to "exhibit
a type of Russian plane which would be safe since it can take
off and land with one motor!' Referring to Kiselev's request,
the Yemeni minister advised that "perhaps he and his gov-
ernment do not think it safe to ride in our planes...and perhaps
there would be no risk in approving his wishes!'
Comment Soviet-Yemeni contacts have become
more frequent since the first arrival of
Soviet arms in Yemen last October, and recently there has
been increasingly close co-ordination in Cairo between Egypt,
the USSR and Yemen in their campaign against the British po-
sition in Aden.
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5. ATHENS WARNS OF ANTI-GREEK RIOTS IN TURKEY
Under instructions from Prime Minis-
ter Karamanlis, Greece's acting foreign
minister has told Ambassador Allen that
the Greek government is "greatly wor-
ried" over the possibility of anti-Greek disturbances in
Istanbul during the UN debate on the Cyprus issue. Athens
is anxious, according to the minister, that Ankara "know in
advance such disturbances are expected so that the Turkish
government cannot say that the police in Istanbul were taken
by surprise:'
Allen comments that Karamanlis is now
in an angry mood and may take some drastic anti-Turkish move
if trouble recurs in Istanbul.
Comment
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A similar warning was given by the Greek
government just before the Istanbul riots
of September 1955.
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6. FORMER OPPONENTS OF ULBRICHT ADMITTED TO
EAST GERMAN PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE
The admission to the central committee
of the East German Socialist Unity
(Communist) Party (SED) of three for-
mer opponents of First Secretary Walter
Ulbricht% policies may be designed to
appease the restive intellectual ele-
ment by giving it greater representation
in high party circles. The most promi-
nent of the three is Franz Dahlem, for-
mer politburo member who was once regarded as Ulbricht's
principal opponent in the party. The other two are Hans
Jendretzky, former Berlin party boss, and Alexander Abusch,
leading East German intellectual. All three men were pub-
licly criticized by the party in 1952-53.
These appointments do not necessarily
presage any fundamental concessions to dissident elements
demanding more freedom, as Dahlem, at least, appears to
have been intimidated into supporting Ulbricht% policies.
Ulbricht, in his speech to the central committee meeting
last week, sharply rejected the concept of national Commu-
nism, once'espoused by Dahlem, and declared that East
Germany would not follow the Yugoslav pattern.
The ferment among intellectuals and stu-
dents and their demands for more freedom are causing the
regime serious concern. One group, led by a university pro-
fessor who was arrested in late November 1956, reportedly
had contacts with intellectuals in Hungary and Poland and with
Social Democrats in German with a view toward encouraging
changes in East Germany.
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7. KREMLIN BACKS ANTI-GOMULKA ELEMENTS IN POLAND
The Russians, through their ambassa-
dor in Warsaw, have been financing and
organizing anti-Gomulka Stalinist ele-
ments in Poland,
Gomulka had not
realized until recently that the Stalinists were backed by the
Kremlin and "were really out to cut his throat!' Now that
the elections are over, Gomulka "will go after them"
and will try to get rid of those holding government and party
offices and replace them with his own people. Gomulkais
attitude toward his "comrades" was changing and that he "is
beginning to see who are his friends and who are his enemies
in the party!'
Comment Gomulka will probably act to remove the
Stalinists, but at the same time will prob-
ably try to prevent the press from voicing anti-Soviet senti-
ments and student and youth groups from making extreme de-
mands,
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8. PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT OF HAITI REPORTEDLY RESIGNS
Comment on:
Provisional President Pierre-Louis of
Haiti is reported to have resigned in the
face of a general strike, cabinet resig-
nations, and increasing criticism of his
government. A meeting of presidential
candidates and army leaders reportedly
decided to set up an interim revolutionary
government. It is possible that a junta
will assume power.
The question of legal succession is unclear.
The American embassy believes that Pierre-Louis, who be-
came chief executive following the ouster of dictator Magloire
on 12 December 1956, could be followed constitutionally by
J. B. Cineas, a senior judge of the court of appeals. Cineas
is reported acceptable to several presidential candidates and
a majority of the interested public.
Opposition to Pierre-Louis had developed
over his delay in setting a date for elections and his failure
to obtain enactment of electoral reform laws and laws seques-
tering the assets of members of the Magloire administration.
The financial and economic situation of
the country is serious and political unrest can be expected to
continue,
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