CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1955/04/19

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• Publication Date: April 19, 1955

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
SOUTHEAST ASIA
1. Nehru and Nu said to consider Viet Minh domination of all of
Vietnam inevitable (page 3).
2. Comment on Pathet Lao-royal government talks (page 3).
SOUTH ASIA
3. USSR reportedly will not intervene in Afghan-Pakistani dispute
(page 4).
EASTERN EUROPE
4. Comment on purge of Hungarian party leaders (page 4).
WESTERN EUROPE
5. Austrian officials give further details on Austro-Soviet talks
(page 5).
LATE ITEM
6. Missing US RB-47 possibly intercepted by Soviet fighter off
Kamchatka (page 6).
THE FORMOSA STRAITS
(page 8)
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
1. Nehru and Nu said to consider Viet Minh domination of all of
Vietnam inevitable:
Comment: Nehru has frequently been
reported to hold the view that Vitinam lies within Communist
China's sphere of influence while Laos and Cambodia lie within
India's.
Nu's effusive praise of Ho during his
visit to Hanoi late last year, his subsequent refusal to stop over
in Saigon, and his friendly reception of Pharn Van Dong last week
Indicate that he considers the Viet Minh the power to be reckoned
with in Vietnam in future years,. Some of Nu's cabinet colleagues,
however, are troubled over the prospect of Communist control of
the south.
2. Comment on Pathet Lao-royal government talks:
There is little indication that the royal
Laotian government intends to take a more
vigorous line in renewed talks with the
Pathet Lao delegation which arrived in
Vientiane on 12 April. No important re-
sults have been reached since the talks
started in early January.
Nhouy Abhay, senior government nego-
tiator, plans to submit to the Pathet Lao a "reasonable proposal"
which he believes will be accepted if the Pathet Lao are "true
Laotians." But he states that in any case there is no need to hurry
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the negotiations, in view of the government's recent protest to the
International Control Commission and the fact that the problem
will be raised at Bandung.
The government is relying heavily on its
strongly worded complaint to the international commission to pro-
duce some action and a solution to the problem. There is little
reason to believe, however, that anything conclusive will result
from this tactic, and in fact further time probably will be gained
by the Communists in which to expand their organization and firm
their hold in the north.
Premier Katay in a talk with Ambassador
Peurifoy in Bangkok on 13 April maintained that the discussions
must continue until it is apparent to all Laotians that the Pathet
Lao are unreasonable and Communist-dominated.
SOUTH ASIA
3. USSR reportedly will not intervene in Afghan-Pakistani dispute:
According to the American embassy in
Kabul, the Soviet ambassador told the
Pakistani first secretary on 14 April
that the Soviet Union would not intervene
In the Afghan-Pakistani dispute unless
the Western powers did so.
4.
Comment: This is the first report of an
official Soviet statement of intentions regarding the Afghan-Pakistani
dispute. The ambassador presumably was trying to persuade Pald-
stan not to seek Western support against Afghanistan.
EASTERN EUROPE
Comment on purge of Hungarian party, leaders:
The expulsion announced on 18 April of
Premier Imre Nagy and fourth-ranking
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party member Mihaly Farkas from their
party and government posts is probably the
beginning of an extensive elimination of
."right-wing" elements by party first secre-
e ouster of Farkas, who has long been closely
associated with Rakosi, indicates that more than a struggle between
Rakosi and Nagy is involved. It is unlikely that the expulsion of the
two men will be sufficient to close the breach that developed within
the party during Nagy's roremiership.
A reliable source has told the American
legation in Budapest that Rakosi flew to Moscow on 14 April, ap-
parently immediately after the central committee's decision to oust
Nagy and Farkas. If true, this suggests that Rakosi is continuing
to face strong opposition within his central committee and felt it
necessary to get the Kremlin's approval before publicly announcing
an unpopular action against Nagy and his "right-wing" supporters.
Rakosi reportedly got the support of less than 20 percent of the
Hungarian central committee for his original attack on Nagy in
early March.
The new premier, 32-year-old Andras
Hegedus, has been first deputy premier since July 1953 and acting
premier in recent weeks. He, like Nagy, has been closely asso-
ciated with problems of agriculture, and has co-ordinated the re-
gime's agricultural policies since October 1954.
WESTERN EUROPE
5. Austrian officials give further details on Austro-Soviet talks:
Austrian foreign minister Figl and State
Secretary Kreisky told the Western am-
bassadors in Vienna on 16 April that
under the terms of a memorandum signed
by the Austrian delegation in Moscow, an Austrian declaration
would be issued after the conclusion of a state treaty pledging
Austria to behave "in a neutral manner comparable to Switzer-
land." The memorandum, which did not commit the Austrian gov-
ernment, also stated that the four occupation powers would be
asked to take some formal recognition of such a declaration.
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The Austrian officials on 16 April had
no clear idea of the next step and did not know whether the USSR
would send the West a note on the Austrian question. They now
tentatively plan to call for a four-power conference on 27 April.
Kreisky said he considered it important that the West react promptly
and in a "concrete" manner; he thought a call for a meeting of am-
bassadors in Vienna would be the best procedure.
Comment: The Austrian-Soviet communi-
qud issued following the Moscow tans revealed that Austria was
committed to a policy of "independence," but concealed the appar-
ent Soviet success in getting a pledge of "neutrality."
LATE ITEM
6, Missing US RB-47 possibly intercepted by Soviet fighter off Kam-
chatka:
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Comment: As of noon on 18 April, a
US Rl3-47, assigned to the Strategic Air Command, has been listed
as missing while engaged in an offshore photo-reconnaissance flight
from Alaska along the Kurils to a point 100 miles northeast of
Hokkaido and return. There is no direct evidence from informa-
tion now available to indicate Soviet interception and destruction of
the RB-4'7
The most recent Communist attempt to
intercept an American high performance aircraft occurred on 15
April,
chatka and Chukotsk coasts.
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THE FORMOSA STRAITS
Report of the IAC Current Intelligence Group
for the Formosa Straits Problem
This report is based on information received in Washington
up to 1100 hours 18 April 1955.
1. No significant activity has been reported.
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