CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1955/07/04

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• Publication Date: July 4, 1955

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4 July 1955
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
SOVIET UNION
Snvi pt Avintinn 'pay air show (page 3).
?iclisturbance" in Northeastern Siberia (page 4).
FAR EAST
3. North Korea calls for discussion of Korean question by Big Four
(page 5).
5. Hammarskjold.again advises Peiping to release American airmen
(page 7).
6. New Communist air force radio station established at Foochow (page 7)
SOUTHEAST ASIA
7, Viet Minh vice premier reported threatening "action" against South
Vietnam (page 9).
8. Solution to army-cabinet crisis in Indonesia may be delayed (page 9).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
9. Preliminary British views on proposed Cyprus talks (page 10).
WESTERN EUROPE
10. Bonn may consider reduction of military forces in unity negotiations
(page 11).
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SOVIET TJNION
1. Soviet Aviation Day air show:
A twin-jet transport was the only type
aircraft displayed at the Soviet Aviation
Day air show on 3 July not previously
observed in practice fly-bys.
More than 400 aircraft participated in
the show at Moscow's Tushino airport
under an overcast sky and threatehing
rain. The American embassy charac-
er ze e s ow as impressive;� both as a spectacle and
and as a display of strength.
The new plane, probably a medium trans-
port, has a fuselage resembling that of the British Comet, a tail
resembling that of the BADGER (jet medium bomber)� and slightly
swept wings. The engines are buried in the wings, well out from
the fuselage, and have round air intakes somewhat smaller than
those on the BADGER.
The show included 12 jet heavy bombers
(13ISONS) and 54 jet medium bombers (BADGERS), types which were
first displayed on May Day 1954.
Also included were the following types which
had been observed for the first time in practice fly-bys earlier this
year:
7 turboprop heavy bombers (BEARS)
50 twin-jet, probably all-weather, inter-
ceptors (FLASHLIGHTS)
47 day fighters, possibly supersonic,
(FARMERS)
4 large twin= rotor helicopters (HORSES)
The number of new-type planes did not ex-
ceed the number observed in previous practice fly-bys.
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"disturbance" in Northeastern Siberia:
Comment:
that the disorder was connected with a place of detention for prison-
ers awaiting trial
Verkhoya4k, situated in an isolated area
of Northeastern Siberia, is a supply point for the Ege-Khaya Mining
Directorate, an important Ain_ producing component of the Chief
Directorate of Far Northern Construction (Dalstroy). Increased
activity has been noted in this area since 1954, and additional num-
bers of forced laborers have probably been brought in.
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The last known active resistance in the
USSR occurred in the summer of 1953 when major strikes developed
at forced labor camps in the northern coal mining area near Vorkuta
and at the copper mining center of Norilsk.
FAR EAST
3. -North Korea ..,calls for discussion of Korean question by Big Four
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kold two Japanese newspapermen on 2July
that the settlement of the Korean question
should be discussed at the Big Four meeting, according to a radio
Pyongyang broadcast.
Two government-controlled North Korean
newspapers have also called for discussion of the Korean question
"without fail" at the July meeting. One of these papers observed
that "a series of gratifying facts, including the Austrian State Treaty
...have further enhanced the conviction that all international prob-
lems can be solved by way of negotiations. In this connection, the
Korean question cannot be an exception."
Comment: Recent North Korean propa-
ganda suggests that the USSR may call for a withdrawal of foreign
troops from Korea, possibly coupled with partial disarmament of
North and South Korea. However, references to solution of the
"Korean question" have been notably vague and fail to come to grips
with matters such as the timing of troop withdrawals and all-Korean
elections. Soviet references to the agenda for Geneva have included
"Asian peace and security" without further specification.
Although South Korea may be willing to re-
open talks on unification, neither side has significantly modified de-
mands which led to the breakdown of the talks on Korea at the Geneva
conference in the spring of 1954.
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5. Hammarskjold again advises Peiping to release American airmen:
UN Secretary General Hammarskjold has
telegraphed Chou En-lai that continued de-
lay in releasing the 11 American airmen
detained in China would be likely to hamper
a "constructive approach to wider problems. "
essage warned Chou that the question of releasing
the ail/nen-was not an appropriate matter for bargaining.
Hammarskj old expressed the hope that it
will be possible for him to avoid making to the UN a report of failure
in the airmen's case.
Comment:
6. New. Communist air force radio station established at Foochow.
the appearance of this station indicates an intention to deploy tacti-
cal aircraft into the area opposite Formosa and the offshore islands in
the near future.
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Comment: Runways at two fields--Nantai
and ljungtien�near Foochow are now considered serviceable,
Foochow will probably direct future :-,operations at these two fields
and at Chenghai near SwatoW, which is also considered serviceable.
The latest photo reconnaissance suggests
thatmways at two fields near Amoy--at Chingyang and Lungchi,
which may also be controlled by Foochow, will be completed soon.
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
7. Viet Minh vice premier reported threatening "action" against South
Vietnam;
Viet Minh vice premier Pham Van Dong
Is reported to have told a British journal-
ist that unless the Vietnamese government
agreed to pre-election consultations on 20
Tu. let Minh would "take action." When asked to elaborate
on this point, Doug reportedly said that he meant there would be a
"popular uprising" in the south.
The French Fiareign Ministry fears that if
the 20 July deadline passes without some action by. South Vietnam,
the Viet Minh may indeed take serious action.
Comment: A French liaison officer in Hanoi
recently said that the Communist journalist Vialfred Burchett had
made a similar observation.
The French would be eager to inform the
United States of such threats in the hope of winning American sup-
port for pressure on the Diem government to accept the obligations
of the Geneva agreement.
Pro-Wet Minh sympathy in the south is not
believed to be strong enough to support a "popular uprising."
8. Solution to army-cabinet crisis in Indonesia may be delayed:
The army-cabinet crisis in Indonesia, which
developed on 27 June over the installation
of a new chief of staff, may be the subject
of protracted negotiations.
Senior Indonesian army officers issued a
communique on 3 July proposing that the
crisis e so ve y a conference of top army and government leaders
which would include the suspended acting chief of staff--ColonelLubis,
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President Sukarno, and Vice President Hatta, according to an Indo-
nesian news agency. Meanwhile the cabinet set up its own committee
on 2 July to deal with the situation.
In their proposal for a conference, army
leaders announced that the crisis should be solved "in accordance
with the constitutional position of the army which M normal times
is subordinate to the government." The army leaders are reported
to feel, however, that they are in a strong position since the govern-
ment has no armed force with which to oppose them, and there has
as yet been no break in their solid front.
Government spokesmen, have avoided com-
ment on reports that the newly-installed chief of staff was prepared
to withdraw voluntarily. A continuation of the crisis will tend to lower
thegovernment's prestige as well as that of President Sukarno.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
9. Preliminary British yiews on proposed Cyprus talks:
Britain seems to contemplate a "simple
exchange" of views with Greece and Turkey,
provided both accept its invitation to discuss
Eastern Mediterranean affairs, including
Cyprus. Turkey accepted on 2 July.
Working level British officials have indicated,
however, that Britain would be prepared to
discuss the "Cyprus constitutional issue" without making any commit-
ments. If pressed, Britain may propose a declaration promising
eventual self-determination and a constitution providing for a legis-
lature with an elected majority.
Comment: Britain is evidently most con-
cerned now to recover maneuverability on the Cyprus question, as well
as to reduce the present tension in the colony itself.
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The date of the proposed talks has not
been set. Britain may calculate that the atmosphere following
the Geneva meetings may be such as to improve the chances of
temperate conversations with Greece.
Greece probably will accept the invi-
tation, although it will be reluctant to associate itself with Turkey
on this issue. The Greek government is expected to insist from
the beginning of the talks on immediate self-determination for
� Cyprus. Popular demands for union of Cyprus with Greece will
make it politically difficult for Athens to compromise or accept
any delay.
WESTERN EUROPE
10 Bonn may consider reduction of military forces in unity negotiations:
number of
In future negotiations on German unity,
West Germany would be prepared to dis-
cuss reducing German forces below the 12
division limit and a reduction in the total
Allied forces stationed in the Federal Republic
Comment: This is the first time a responsi-
ble Bonn official has indicated that his government would consider re-
ducing military forces in Germany in the context of an East-West
agreement on security and German unification.
In the recent quadripartite discussions in
Bonn on a Western position on German unity at the summit meeting,
West Germany made it plain that it will continue to demand free elec-
tions and freedom of alliance in any unity formula.
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