FAR EAST/PACIFIC BRANCH OFFICE OF REPORTS AND ESTIMATES CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WORKING PAPER WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE HIGHLIGHTS NO. 68

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• Publication Date: September 20, 1949
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OFFICE OF .R?, ORTS AND ESTIMAT5, CIA
FAR EAST/PACIFIC BRANCH
INTELLIGENCE HIGHLIGHTS No. 68
14 SEPTF,,MBEE - 20 SEPTEMBER 1949
SECTION I. SUMMARY OF FAR EAST TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS
The Rhee-CHIANG conversations are alleged to have resulted in
tentative agreement for the exchange of Nationalist ships, aircraftp
arms,, and ammunition for Nationalist use of Korean ports and airfields.
(p. 3 ).
Public disclosures of large-scale arms smuggling from the Philip
pines may have unfavorable repercussions on Philippine relations with
Southeast Asia and may be a source of considerable embarrassment to
the US (p. 4 ) .
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A major policy speech by the North Korean Premier indicates an
indefinite continuation of present "peaceful" tactics (p. 6 ). The
Korean food situation is still believed to be serious despite recent
reports that the 1949 food crop will reach 95% of the 1948 crop (p. 6 ).
The Chinese Communists scored no major advances on the military
front last week (p. 7 ). Meanwhile the CCP has begun to lay the ground-
work for its "peacetime" army (p. 7 ). This year's Manchurian harvest
will be extremely short and will at best provide only a small exportable
surplus (p. 8 ).
The marginal notations used in succeeding Sections of this Weekly
("A"s F,gn,, or "C") indicate the importance of' the items in B/FE opinion
with "A" representing the most important.
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