CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1955/06/24
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
GENERAL
1. Comment on Bulganin-Nehru statement (page 3).
SOVIET UNION
2. Soviet participation in Swiss air show canceled (page 3).
FAR EAST
3. USSR continues evasion on Japanese repatriation issue (page 4).
4. South Korea continues to violate aid understanding with United
States (page 4).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
5.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
6. Syrian chief of staff ready to oust anti-Western clique (page 6).
LATIN AMERICA
7. Comment on the Argentine situation (page 6).
8. American plane shot down in Bering Sea area (page 7).
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GENERAL
1. Comment on Bulganin-Nehru statement:
The statement made by Premier Bul-
ganin and Prime Minister Nehru on
22 June serves to re-emphasize a
number of points often enunciated from Moscow and New Delhi,
most of which Molotov included in his speech at San Francisco
on the same day. It has provided the USSR with another oppor-
tunity to reaffirm its support for the Sib-Indian "five princi-
ples" and to endorse them in a formal statement, thereby par-
tially filling a gap left by its nonparticipation at the Bandung
conference. The Soviet Union will undoubtedly make effective
propaganda use of the joint statement. In South Asia, however,
the statement will probably be interpreted as a victory for Nehru.
Nehru's public endorsement of a ban on
atomic weapons and his agreement that satisfaction of Commu-
nist China's "legitimate rights" in regard to Formosa should be
sought by peaceful means are somewhat more strongly worded
than has been the custom in official Indian pronouncements.
SOVIET UNION
2. Soviet participation in Swiss air show canceled:
Swiss sponsors of the Geneva air show
have written off any idea of Soviet par-
t' ipation, according to Ambassador
Willis in Bern. The USSR will, how-
ever' e representea by its minister of civil aviation and four
air force officers.
Comment: Soviet officials had earlier
indicated interest in matching American participation.
The USSR may have decided that techni-
cal difficulties in connection with the Geneva air show precluded
a favorable display of its advances in air power. A display of air
strength is still scheduled for the Soviet Aviation Day show in
Moscow, which is expected to be held in July.
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FAR EAST
3. USSR continues evasion on Japanese repatriation issue:
In the fourth meeting of the Soviet-
Japanese negotiators in London on
21 June, Soviet delegate Malik pro-
posed that the question of the repatri-
ation of Soviet-held Japanese, which Japan has demanded as a
prerequisite to further negotiations, be settled simultaneously
with the restoration of normal relations.
Malik also complained that Tokyo's
"unfair and twisted" publicity on the previous meeting was con-
trary to the joint understanding to avoid publicity.
Comment: Matsumoto's strong stand
at the previous meeting regarding the repatriation of Japanese
detainees has been supported by Japanese popular opinion.
Malik had previously insisted that the
repatriation question could not be discussed before establishment
of hormal relations. His reluctance to furnish names of priso-
ners suggests that the USSR desires to delay the actual return of
the prisoners, agreeing only to the principle of repatriation. It
probably hopes to use the repatriates to get concessions from the
Japanese in future negotiations.
His remarks concerning secrecy of the
talks appear to reflect Moscow's sensitivity to the unfavorable re-
action *itch the Soviet position at the 14 June meeting evoked in
Japanese official circles and the press.
4. South Korea continues to violate aid understanding with United
States:
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The South Korean government is intensi-
fying its covert efforts to block the pro-
curement of aid goods from Japan,
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according to Ambassador Lacy. It has been making arbitrary
decisions to disqualify Japanese suppliers on technicalities, and
intimidating Korean importers and foreign businessmen who
represent the Japanese,
Lacy met with a group of Korean import-
ers who stated that they had been warned not to complain to the
American authorities.
Comment: One of the key points in the
US-South Korean minute of understanding which Rhee signed last
November forbade discrimination against any non-Communist
nation in the procurement of aid goods. Since that time, the
Koreans have attempted to ignore or evade the provisions in the
agreement to which they originally objected, particularly those
relating to the exchange rate, the use of Korea's foreign ex-
change earnings, and the purchase of goods from Japan.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
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NEAR EAST - AFRICA
6. Syrian chief of staff ready to oust anti-Western clique:
Syrian chief of staff Shawkat Shuqayr is
ready to "get rid" of Foreign Minister Khalid
al Azm, remove Communists and members
of the Arab Socialist-Resurrectionist Party
from the army, and set up a new government in collaboration with
the pro-Iraqi Populist Party, according to Nazir Fansa, co-owner
of a prominent pro-Western Syrian newspaper.
Shuqayr told Fansa on 19 June that his
change of policy is made necessary by the increasingly bad situa-
tion in the army as well as in Syria itself. Fansa is now arrang-
ing a meeting between Shuqayr and the leader of the Populists.
Comment: The anti-Western clique, with
Shuqayr's support, has dpminated Syrian policy since February.
Shuqayr's shift could be a most serious setback for them.
Shuqayr and the Populists, however, have
yet to work out an accord. Negotiations between them are likely to
be difficult, and unless they are kept secret, younger anti-Western
army officers may be moved to act ti the disadvantage of both
Shuqayr and the Populists.
LATIN AMERICA
7. Comment on the Argentine situation:
In accordance with the top military author-
ities' efforts to persuade the public that
"normalcy has returned," General Peron
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was publicized on 22 June under his full
title of president and commander in chief
of the armed forces for the first time _
since the 16 June revolt. At the same
time Minister of the Army Lucero stated
that the army, which had defended the
"legitimately established authorities,"
was returning to its normal activities. Military control of the
Argentine government, however; appears to continue. No prog-
ress seems to have been made in reported negotiations with the
rebel navy.
Opposition to ousting Peron has been voiced
by three top army generals including Lucero, according to informa-
tion from usually reliable sources of the American embassy in
Buenos Aires. These generals are said to fear a general strike,
and to doubt whether any action against Peron would be countenanced
by the professional noncommissioned officers, who have been favored
by him.
the army wishes to retain Peron until arms have been taken from
the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) and the Nationalist Lib-
erating Alliance, a pro-Peron rightist pressure group. CGT lead-
ers, disturbed by rumors of Peron's resignation, are reported plan-
ning a gener41 strike and a counterrevolution if necessary. ,
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8. American plane shot down in Bering Sea area:
n 22 June, an American Neptune naval
econnaissance plane was attacked by
oviet jet fighters approximately 30 nau-
'cal miles south of the Chukotsk Penin-
la. According to the Neptune pilot's
rep wo e s volved in the attack, which severely dam-
aged the plane, forcing it to crash land on the northwest tip of
St. Lawrence Island (see maps, pp. 9 and 10).
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The American aircraft was engaged in
a routine shipping reconnaissance flight from Kodiak Island over
the Bering Sea between St. Lawrence Island and the Soviet main-
land.
Comment: During the past week there
have been indications of considerable Soviet activity in the Chukotsk
area. On 15, 18 and 21 June, the routine Neptune shipping recon-
naissance flight in this area resulted in
scrambling of jet fighters based at Providemya.
Continued sensitivity in the Chukotsk
area was indicated seven hours after the Neptune was shot down
when a Soviet fighter was scrambled apparently in response to
of a US aircraft flying a few miles north of
St. Lawrence Island. Such flights do not generally stimulate
Soviet fighter reaction.
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