INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS GROUP WEEKLY SUMMARY NO. 5

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01090A000100020047-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 13, 2000
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: February 1, 1949
• Content Type: PERRPT

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AF'T'
' a ing 1 l-bx .ry 1949
Volume UI
abooth i stage in t~hei dx vei.cpi ttt :x of Western European cooperat on
roa:hed lea Week r111an th s i tacit p girt agreed in principle dui
"eunci l of Este. is tide, {' ti- pe . 3 she four--powe rt solution
r,s fishing a tfi*table for tramrnr of sovereigaty in Indonedia. With
RhOc es armistice talks still c" cl0okecla the prEspestivc inclusion
-i 14--ansiordan may introduce now ox.jAinations,
csible COmvliicAt .pun a. ~ c * bbi a the Rhodes -armistice talks
.1-pi wwAn Israei. and Egypt raaalf c iidl oe , poseaible entry of 2'r*na O! das
ea jo the nagotiations migla w p 1w i srael in the position of being
r, e to play of - the two Arab oo=& .ea a pai:wv each other. King Abdullas
is rn!portedly anxLcua to se?' tlen da 'irittW y Spa frontiers with Israel; ho
dm yircas to put in a tu.aim `or -41.(? da a ste,3.p notr held by Egypt. The
would ssrobab1y ra+ :' bav, '.re 3oraan in this area than Rapt,
i h rormer is not only the wns& er state but ale* the one c vn which #a:.?ael
x, :ss it could get along batter,, 6huw d "x raus3cwdan be invited to Rhodes
.:- rrenent a claim for the Gasa arc;t, it t '4d have the siaiultszsouc
a:ect of shifting the foaur~ of t1 talks t'rora amnietice ~.erina to telrritc'lal
--, ;t,,.--i.,vat end of enattting ?erani to beat down the rptians by tbreateni g
back Abnulleh.. Fears of being plscbd in an isdlated position via?a-vie
rest of the Arab states Ta +i, Ove vir, cause Abdu1iah to hesS.tat-i Over
lid too far.
t FcAra~ ,n_ yeas inteaTvi.z3t~ die, f'silttrA oi` 5talin In his
to me rtion br ctttrency eap,~ets of the &r1in dispute
t trthpr emphasises that this ieysue th whi.ch the wlx-pcwer caeR 4ttee of 3C
llV 9. gals" has Noon otruggi.ti ie no sc r avast cumin J.],y the z a c the
.vatrovp?rav. btalin?s uttez'ence sbo ra zat the currency issue has now
a k n i.ts olaw along with star for grp. wutticas of "toohnieal" transpotts-
i.on 6 fticult3.es as a Patent Soviet px? .c:x~r. fcr blockading Der13n and re-
4 fi- that what, the USSR rr~ally co ka i; a nait in the unification of
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?t:jthorn West rr gtlLi4b (if LLV.Iu.:a %
fir: tO.J'1
ti e s on allow'' 0
is seriously lookiDf for
th14 j .fting of the
.ii si,i20 't#+tk"3 in the propagnI da
, si17 cr d on F3I(l23ridment to
Jn :cr 1,91jitants of trust
or their "social, cultural.
TG discussions ccncernin'
:'s C, un st spckosmon of
M 4a3,, at FTC roptingg[ prepared
rr.r paea= thus lightening
the j Ea"' Pr rc%'%' f,'l?'"%
at prpeant by the Saviet
=r }tt@rYI Y~l30fC Ptai Y~ ,,,,Y~BC i. .j ;. 3z Ea ?1S 1i I1 8t~i@1tiU$~r of
}cc ,3 ' os 2R. a olio ix ~;ne~; r ~r~,ea ion prom they World l edcration of
a ?lions, the B2 ttashs U6 and D ch national unions have induced the
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af v~ =rsa diac~n r Trade Nion ,dvis0ry C miteee to; (1) circulate a
01 c ::? Oil the y F U flp.6i 4 w tlt3idF' v~tn"YU'~ it .. 4 national onions p asking their
. ;j v a, (2) prepare the { rowid or a =a labor inkrnational by discusniena
th a2copective mom-be-:s. rite : ?0uch turf italisn non-Communist
_-r ioU 3 to consolidate 'Llhalr 1i.c,x' i L ~itia, urge prompt
coularencn to eala3b i, ! A iii ii s ''0 3 ~ a V Mae and .i. band .n l an
=..a .ons, aatlwugh sympa vatic tc 554 ii ea of a new federation, mill probably
sus a - it-ante-secs" course untj co rete proposals are advanced. Of
A lip. non-G et iiuucoaj. Unici 1 o'lid .ng is the WFIU, only the Bclgien
_ r !wish have ao far p ec -u ;+a :fives ? o follow the three wedtorn groups
4,40 iu i~3?2UU'4 S mmx stac, patting without thn throe
d~ci ~~a
disaideuts, a'i L. a ;ta pt to cc~un,:nruat their oebession by ng
;be vote on W?.`U s1sapens)iof "illegal" *U1( by creating sixteen na'e "trade
Apartments" in a preitcnse vi epree:eu 4ion for, thb international craft
? nior..s.. U nn inctuwiori of l fv-siifg UM and VX unions in these
=rate departments and the avaC iceu MU intention of maintaining rulati c'ns
_with trade unions in all acKtric a AS no excepti.onsh suggest that the
ei v11A attempt to go over the bed of the dissident rational organizstioU$
=nn frPPeM.3. directly to rcanv*~and- to i+c s e an labor. It is reported that the
.Fru intends to participate ac7,ive1,4>~ in she current ,soviet "pasta oi'i'on 3ve'
-~raa at xelationo with the Us tatui ,} t unions are to be maintained throb h
Kr& i union, councils fon? pr:acc. 013 C .~a~ tubs : WFTU leadership may also
ittmrant to ofs$et the t,h&A*a !1 o t ho :,iota western orgy zntions by
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,biting the recent admiaaton of Coactun3at?approved labor groups in Chile,
the Philippines, Siam, Southern Rhades1t, Tunisia and Malta and the continued
adhOtAn6ft to WF7U of the labor movements of Australia, _..tiie PPr rRet and the
colonial arenas. 8boh moves will be raped on to r inforon the. flotfon that
the &FTU Is thA an1g braadIp based arm gonuin61y r!preeentative international
Mrkers, organization.
a2 am r01tsMtq ds6a!'tI}P7+twatil n11 atra.;:; t?22!!!L` 7-j?3'CJU68Al8 d$ parr Or
Tho 5oviot roquest for a wookf as pbstpo nt cn SC ooneider=
a it~n of` the 611 dill&rm"ni r 112ticct I.M. Banc eredranc to tyre press 4%
ore..
cas1 that the USSR may rapept ita prcpa~ndat poaa1o for at" c energy
control and a a t}s~lrci Sig eve dicta r nt, Such a move Mould be in
compll6 accord rrit1t the Cta'rent 6ovint peata effenpi.Vbq" The USSR gained
a certain pxopaganda advantage inn both pitsposale despite their resounding
doA at at thq recant *C,& and, although they .stand no better chance of SC
aaeeptanDe, the USSR has everything to gain fran r verting to them.
Sirmifxcc ce of L 1 ~n1~ ~n I .r.,~?x W SC passage of the Indonesian
reeoltatic mks a new developmc nt in V,1 polifiical aet$vi
intervention in the aglonial problem. t -- active
to r.edipts anca part 06 . The UN has intervened in = attempt
arching conflict between the European colonial
po'w:ra and tho vigorous nationatiamts of their dependencies, a conflict
which the parties thomselvee are in mate cases unable to resolve. This
now type bf UN political activity Is !ncbiced by the following factors:
(I) gr oraing world intoreagt in the colonial pro1b1om, pi r'"4icitl.sa'ly on the
part of the ever more important bloc of nsiatib anti-colonial posters; (2)
open conf is