CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1956/02/07

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03179139
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• Document Creation Date: October 25, 2019
• Document Release Date: October 31, 2019
• Publication Date: February 7, 1956

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CURRENT
INTELLIGENCE
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NEXT REVIEW DATE: 2.010
AUTH: HR 70-2
DATE: ILM'VI CO REVIEWER
7 February 1956
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3.3(h)(2)
3.5(c)
OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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CONTENTS
1. CHINESE NATIONALIST EVACUATION OF WITCHTTT
ISLANDS REPORTED IMMINENT
(page 3).
2. FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS DISARMAMENT
MOST IMPORTANT ITEM OF POLICY (page 5).
3. BULGANIN SUGGESTS MEASURES TO IMPROVE SOVIET-
PAKISTANI RELATIONS (page 6).
THE ARAB-ISRAEI SITUATION
(page 7)
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1. CHINESE NATIONALIST EVACUATION OF WUCHIU
ISLANDS REPORTED IMMINENT
The American naval attach�n
Taipei believes Chiang Kai-shek
will approve Chinese Nationalist
plans for an "imminent" evacuation
of the 480-man guerrilla force from
tif6 Wuchiu filds, midway between Matsu and Quemoy.
The Nationalist source who reported plans for the evacu-
ation says an evacuation of the Yinshan Islands, 30 miles
northeast of Matsu, has also been discussed, The Yin-
shans will be held, however, since they lie well offshore
and it would require a major Chinese Communist amphib-
ious effort to take them.
The attach� source also reported
that the White Dog Islands, 10 miles south of Matsu,
are a "real worry" and that the Nationalists "never should
have attempted to defend" them.
Comment The leaking of this information suggests
that Taipei is probing for American re-
action to withdrawals from the smaller islands, Without
an American commitment to help defend the islands, the
Nationalists may eventually abandon both the Yinshan and
White Dog groups, in addition to the Wuchius.
While withdrawals of Nationalist garri-
sons from any of the offshore islands will be exploited to
the maximum by Communist propaganda, the Yinshans,
White Dogs and Wuchius are highly vulnerable to Commu-
nist strikes and are of little military value to the National-
ists.
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2. FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTE:R SAYS DISARMAMENT
MOST IMPORTANT ITEM OF POLICY
Disarmament is the most important
item in the present French govern-
ment's foreign policy, Foreign Min-
ister Pineau told Ambassador Dillon
in Paris on 4 February. Pineau said that the Western
governments must maintain the initiative on disarma-
ment, and that the search for a general agreement must
be given priority over German reunification.
The French delegate to the UN Disarma-
ment Commission, Jules Moch, has received new instruc-
tions to "aggressively respond to every Soviet gambit,"
Pineau added.
Pineau told British ambassador Jebb
that during the electoral campaign he was much struck by
the fact that the majority of French workers and less-well-
educated people sincerely believed that the USSR was work-
ing for peace. They blamed the cold war on Western powers
which by contrast to the Soviet Union are considered favor-
able to or willing to accept war. Pineau found this particu-
larly true of feeling toward the United States. It is to coun-
teract this sentiment that the Mollet government plans to
place such great emphasis on disarmament.
Ambassador Dillon has the impression
from his talk with Pineau that Moch's position is consider-
ably enhanced under the present French government and
that there is increased danger of the French putting forward
publicly disarmament ideas which have not been thought
through.
Comment Moch, who is senior to Pineau in the
Socialist Tarty, in UN disarmament dis-
cussions,has always taken the lead in exhaustive exploration of
Soviet disarmament proposals for possible areas of agree-
ment with Western positions.
Pineau's statements acknowledge a shift
in French foreign policy emphasis which became apparent prior
to the two Geneva conferences last year but in the interest of
Western solidarity was subordinated to German reunification.
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3. BULGANIN SUGGESTS MEASURES TO IMPROVE SOVIET-
PAKISTANI RELATIONS
Soviet premier Bulganin, in replying on
6 February to questions on Soviet-
Pakistani relations submitted by the
United Press of Pakistan, outlined a
series of measures for improving relations between the two
countries. He recommended a trade pact and suggested that
the USSR might provide Pakistan with atomic knowledge for
peaceful use and technical assistance. Although Bulganin
stated that the USSR opposed Pakistan's membership in
SEATO and the Baghdad pact, he did not make withdrawal a
condition for improvement of Soviet-Pakistani r,71-Tons.
Bulganin's remarks follow hard upon
Soviet overtures to two other "northern tier" countries, Iran
and Turkey, for closer ties with the Soviet bloc. They also
coincide with the reported conclusion of a Polish-Pakistani
trade pact.
Bulganin's reference to the "five principles"
- - regarded by ...Pakitanis as Indian-insiAred .z.gaLe.
to Soviet-Pakistani relations is apt to be distasteful. State-
ments by Soviet leaders during their recent Asian tour support-
ing India and Afghanistan in their quarrels with Pakistan still
rankle in Karachi.
Nonetheless, Bulganin's statement repre-
sents a major bid to fortify growing neutralist sentiment in
Pakistan and probably will have considerable popular appeal.
It is doubtful that the shaky Karachi government will be able
to ignore the Soviet advance.
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
(Information as of 1700, 6 February)
Egypt has announced it will form a "Pales-
tinian national guard" to protect Arab refugee camps and per-
form "other duties" in the Gaza strip, which is controlled by
Egypt. An Egyptian official said volunteers for the new unit,
to be recruited from among the 220,000 Arab refugees from
Israel who are now in the strip, will be trained with modern
arms by Egypt. Creation of this force seems intended to en-
courage better relations between the Egyptian army And the ref-
ugees, who have accused them of weakness in the face of Tsraeli
provocations.
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