CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1956/10/14

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• Document Release Date: October 31, 2019
• Publication Date: October 14, 1956

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CURRENT
INTELLIGENCE
BULLETIN
14 October 1956
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OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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CONTENTS
1. SOVIET ARMS MAY HAVE ARRIVED IN YEMEN
(page 3).
2. DUTCH OPPENAUER'S PLAN TO EXPAND WEU
FUNCTIONS (page 4).
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�THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
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1. SOVIET ARMS MAY HAVE ARRIVED IN YEMEN
Comment
This shipment may be an initial consign-
ment of the arms Yemen has been attempt-
ing to obtain from the USSR since March.
Yemeni contacts with the Soviet bloc have
been encouraged by Cairo in order to undermine the British
position in the Aden protectorate. Soviet co-operation was il-
lustrated by the reception of the Yemeni crown prince in Moscow
in June when the Russians offered agricultural; and well-drilling
equipment and assistance in constructing port facilities.
According to the Cairo press, the �Yemeni
minister met separately on 12 October with the Soviet and Czech
ambassadors, who "will leave shortly" for Yemen to present
their credentials to the king as ministers to Yemen in addi-
tion to their Cairo posts.
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2. DUTCH OPPOSE ADENAUER'S PLAN TO EXPAND
WEU FUNCTIONS
The Dutch Foreign Ministry informed
Ambassador Matthews on 11 October
that the Netherlands opposes Chancellor
Adenauer's proposal of 1 October to use
the Western European Union (WEU) as
a vehicle for European integration. Netherlands diplomatic
missions abroad have been instructed to "play down" the
WEU development idea.
Using WEU as the focus for European
integration, the Dutch feel, would be "sham integration"
since WEU lacks supranational features, was not intended
for this purpose, would compete with NATO and thus alie-
nate the Scandinavian countries, Greece, Turkey, Canada,
and the United States.
Comment Dutch foreign policy continues to be
based on NATO through which the Nether-
lands hopes to retain American interest and co-operation in
Western Europe.
Chancellor Adenauer, who called for in-
creased co-ordination of the policies of the European nations
in a speech in Brussels on 25 September, has since concen-
trated on achieving this through an expansion of the functions
of WEU. He thus hopes to encourage British participation.
The chancellor stated on 12 October that his Brussels appeal
"has a certain connection with the bitterness and disappoint-
ment" felt by certain European nations over American policy.
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
(Information as of 1700, 14 October)
Israeli foreign minister Meir, in a letter
to Ambassador Lawson in Tel Aviv on 12 October, stated that
Israel had not received adequate assurances regarding the en-
try of Iraqi troops into Jordan and was "strongly opposed" to the
move. Mrs. Meir asked the United States' urgent intervention
to prevent the Iraqi entry. The letter stated that Israel con-
sidered the move a "grave infringement of the status quo in the
area and a serious threat." Mrs. Meir had earlier expressed
strong resentment at the implied "threat" in the British charg�
statement of 12 October that Britain would be forced to aid Jor-
dan under the terms of the Anglo-Jordanian defense treaty, should
Israel take action against Jordan over the entry of the haat troops.
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