CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1952/08/16

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• Document Release Date: June 27, 2019
• Publication Date: August 16, 1952

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16 August 1952
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN.
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I. Comment on Soviet note regarding Austrian treaty (page 3).
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Iranian General Staff recommends request for US financial aid
(page 4).
Turkish Foreign Ministry favors American and British support
for Mossadeq (page 4).
General Nagib suspects Wald implication in recent Egyptian mill
riot (page 5).
Yugoslav official says no Greek-Yugoslav naval maneuvers
contemplated (page 5).
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7. Communists warn Sweden to avoid maneuvers with NATO (page 6).
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1. Comment on Soviet note regarding Austrian treaty:
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The USSR's note of 14 August to the Western
powers rejecting the proposal for an abbreviated Austrian treaty
again demonstrates that the Soviet Union has no intention of altering
the status quo in Austria.
While the Soviet Government reiterates its
readiness to conclude an Austrian treaty on the basis of the 1946
Foreign Ministers meeting and the Potsdam agreement, it continues
to couple the Trieste and Austrian issues, making any agreement un-
likely.
Apparently believing that the British, French
and Austrian Governments will settle on the basis of the treaty drafted
in 1949, the Soviet Government indirectly places the blame for delay in
concluding an agreement on the United States,
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3. Iranian General Staff recommends request for US financial aid: 3.3(h)(2)
The Iranian General Staff plans to recommend
that the government request financial aid from
the United States in order to maintain the
strength of the army.
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because of Iran's strategic position. The General Staff is consider-
ing plans to reduce the size of the army if aid is not forthcoming. 3.3(h)(2)
Comment: National Front leaders have been
demanding a reduction in the size of the armed forces. The General
Staff may hope that there would be less opposition to maintaining the
present army strength if it were not a drain on the Iranian budget.
4. Turkish Foreign Ministry favors American and British support for
Mossadeq:
The Turkish Foreign Ministry believes that
the United States and Great Britain must
support Mossadeq,
The Ministry considers Mossadeq
tl{e drily leader who has public opinion behind him and is not pawn of
the Tudeh, and hopes that the United States will ignore his demagoguery
and continue its aid. � The acid test of British and American high policy
will be "patience and tact," particularly in handling the oil issue.
Comment: The Turkish Ambassador in
Tehran had reported enthusiastically on Qavam's appointment as Prime
Minister and even claimed some responsibility for it. Mossadeq's
rapid return to office apparently has convinced Turkish officials that
there is now no alternative.
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5. General Nagib suspects Wafd implication in recent Egyptian mill riot:
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Military leaders believe the Wald was impli-
cated in the 13 August cotton mill riot and
have told American officials: "This does it
as far as top Wafd leadership is concerned;
are going to get them."
Secretary General Serageddin of the Wafd
Party, the Embassy has learned, is in Cairo secretly endeavoring to
convince Nagib that the Wafd was not involved in the disturbance and
to suggest Wafd-army cooperation in Egypt.
Comment: In connection with the riot, the
army set up a special military court, with powers of summary judg-
ment and sentence without appeal.
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6. Yugoslav official says no Greek-Yugoslav naval maneuvers contemplated
Admiral
Manola, has advised the US Naval Attache
in Belgrade that no Greek-Yugoslav naval
maneuvers are scheduled or contemplated.
Comment: The original propOsal for joint
de by the Yugoslav Minister in Athens, according
to the Greek Defense Minister. Either he acted without the authority
of his government, or the Yugoslays have reneged because Of internal
political opposition to any act which would make it appear that Yugo-
slavia is tied in with the area NATO command.
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A Swedish Communist protest at the schedul-
ing of Swedish military maneuvers next month
in the Baltic at the same time as NATO
maneuvers in adjacent waters may have been
drafted in Moscow as a serious warning to the
Swedish Government, in the opinion of Am-
bassador Kerman.
The statement, which was carried in Pravda,
pointed out that these maneuvers could lead to "frontier violations and
new incidents of the nature which caused such alarm among Swedish
people in lune."
Comment: Soviet sensitivity to what it con-
siders Sweden's growing Western orientation has been demonstrated
by press accusations that Sweden is secretly agreeing with the US to
cooperate with NATO.
Pravda has also criticized the Danish Govern-
ment for allegedly granting the United States facilities on Bornholm in
the forthcoming Baltic maneuvers.
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