CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1957/08/04

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• Publication Date: August 4, 1957

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CURRENT
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OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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CONTENTS
ANIAN ULTIMATUM TO SYRIA
(page 3).
tip 2. THE OMANI REBELLION
(page 5).
AID 3. TURKEY REPORTEDLY MODIFYING ATTITUDE TOWARD
CYPRUS SETTLEMENT (page 7).
tit) 4.
OPPORTUNITY SEEN FOR SOVIET EXPLOITATION OF
SUDANESE COTTON SLUMP (page 8).
())50 BULGANIN DROPPED FROM SOVIET DELEGATION TO
EAST GERMANY (page 9).
/16) 6. SOVIET PARTY SHAKE-UP UNDER WAY IN LOWER
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ECHELONS (page 11).
KHRUSHCHEV- TITO MEETING IN RUMANIA
(page 12).
0/4,r 8. OUSTER OF CUBAN PRESIDENT PLANNED
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1. JORDANIAN ULTIMATUM TO SYRIA
if Syrian press attacks against King
Hussain and the Jordanian government did
not cease, Jordan would break diplomatic
relations and use armed force against
Syri4
The Damas-
cus radio made the ultimatum public on 3
August and declared that it had been rejected.
Comment
Jordan has become increasingly sensitive to
the threat of isolation posed by signs of rapprochement between
Saudi Arabia and Syria, and by rising Egyptian and Syrian prop-
aganda attacks coincidental with the current trials of antimon-
archical Jordanian officers.
Hussain may be fearful because Nasr has
ignored his recent attempt to seek reconciliation and has in-
creased his attacks on Jordan.
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Egypt and Syria continue to
engage actively in covert political action against Jordan in
cooperation with refugee Jordanian leftists and Palestinian
groups. One recent report suggests that the wave of prop-
aganda attacks on King Hussain may culminate in his assassi-
nation. Hussain is also disturbed by reports that Egypt is
preparing to support revolutionaries in West Jordan who would
declare their independence and supportfor the ex-Grand Mufti
of Jerusalem. The Jordanian government has increased secu-
rity precautions as a result of an outbreak of sabotage and dis-
tribution of leaflets in West Jordan.
Cairo radio on 4 August denounced Rifai's
warning as having been inspired by an American, British and
French plot against the Arabs. Accusing Rifai of "high treason"
against the Arab cause, the broadcast issued an exhortation to
rebel, stating that by his action Rifai "has opened the way for
the Jordanian free Arab people to destroy the walls of the prison."
Syria on 1 August announced the recall of its
charge from Jordan. The United States army attache in Damas-
cus on 1 August reported evidence of above-normal military
movements in the Damascus area and greatly increased secu-
rity measures at Arab Joint Command Headquarters While
this may be a reaction to the temporary damming last week of
the Jordan River by Israel, it may also bear relation to new in-
ternal political maneuvering,
The Israelis may be expected to take precau-
tions against contingencies which might develop from the situa-
tion in Jordan and Syria.
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2, THE OMANI REBELLION
Comment on:
me aecision m tne Macmillan government
to commit British ground forces in action
against the Omani rebels underlines its anx-
iety to restore the Sultan of Muscat's control
quickly before his difficulties have repercus-
sions in other Persian Gulf states and before
Saudi Arabia becomes publicly involved. RAF
Operatipns to date have failed to end the rebel-
lion, and London apparently believes that if
the Sultan's forces were to suffer a second re-
verse, liquidation of the rebellion would be long
drawn out. Meanwhile aerial reconnaissance
indicates that the area in revolt is enlarging
and now includes three villages in Sharqiya
Province which have displayed Omani colors.
Detachments of the British Cameronian bat-
talion are being moved to Ibri and several
other points on the northern and western periphery of the dissi-
dent area. The British troops will give direct support to native
forces of the Sultan and the Trucial Oman Scouts in converging on
the rebel-held highlands. The Cameronians will be reinforced by
a small armored car force which is being brought from Aden, and
by additional military specialists and weapons from Cyprus. At
least one company of another British unit is being flown from East
Africa to Bahrein.
London's decision to employ British troops
came only a day after the commander of British land forces in
the Middle East arrived in the Persian Gulf to assess the situa-
tion. Prime Minister Macmillan had earlier stated he
was determined that British ground forces not become involved.
The RAF has concentrated on efforts to para-
lyze all activity on the ground within the rebel area. The inhab-
itants are in the midst of gathering the date harvest, which is
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almost their sole source of income, and it is hoped that loss
of the harvest will turn the population against the rebel leaders.
Meanwhile, what appears to be the first
significant oil discovery in the Sultan's territory has been pub-
licly announced by the American Cities Service Oil Company.
The strike was made in Dhofar Province, over 400 miles south-
west of the Omani rebellion. Preliminary tests reportedly indi-
cate a producing capacity of 2,000 barrels a day from a depth of
3,200 feet. The well site is said to be about 35 miles inland
from Salala. If true, this would appear to be south of the bor-
der area which has been in dis ute between Saudi Arabia and
the Sultan of Muscat.
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