SIE-1: TERMS OF REFERENCE; CURRENT SOVIET ACTIVITIES WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE FAR EAST

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79S01011A000100010005-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 10, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 23, 1951
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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SYE~%s TERbdS OF' RH~'ERETIC~; CIIRRENT St~sTIET ACT%'~'ITIES
? WITH IPAItTICUTAR REFEREI~CR TO TFfE FAR EAST
I a 30t~IET ACT$'JITIF~S I1~ T1iH FAR EASx DURING `~H~ 1.~5?P T~iF~~ ~OI~
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. TEt~+r~e D~~~ee been no da8vlopmc~sat~ in Sovi~ po%itiast~g mctiviwy~ "
~ ink the past tl~r~e w~nth$ that i~d~.catc~ cQncY~a~i~s~f.y ~
S9ei~ i~~sat~.on to tad?a~a1s? e.ny ~e~r ~es~ciou in tlhee Fe.s~ F.ast~
~'it~i r?e~?t to ftoa~ea the S+o~.et position ~~ carnt~,r~taed t~ ~
they?~ ~~ is nc~t GifY'e~tly in~~i~d ~za the c?n4?lf.ct~ but ~,~ the ~J,~~a~~~
of she peace f3arap is 3.n'~eY'es~ed in th? rarsrthe~?n Kos?Qars crau~Qo D9a~?~.:~~ t~~
past th~?ee t~caar~hsD ?howr~?~~ the USSFf hne~ ~%~ cppaaed ~ oes.stiUfi~?~.aar'~
na~~s~iated ~ctt%em?nt o~ ax~y except OS~i~~e Co.~taof~t tg~a~g ~Z) ctir~dea~~aedn
axid ampliaitYy'~hre~af;cnad, tha UP3 f?~ its eact3.?rz ire ~nd,n~ Ce~rc3~t Cx~:i
~n a~~rroseoa?g ~3) 9.inke~d Japan Stith US "s~~r?assie~a~?' m~;r~.~.s~t C~.i~a in
~o~?oas atad ~~~ publicly cor~itted its ~~.,~, sta%i~i
tiaf,tirnat+~ tY?iu~nph ?~' i~o~h ~iarea~
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~~) Continued insistence on final. victory Soviet and Chinese
Communist propaganda continues to ma9.nta~rt that elf, of Rorea is the Casae~aan3st
objective. ?s1 e~ddition to his so1F??iantaviex in which he aommitfi,~3 his
prestige to .the Corrmstmist ~avee in Kama, Sta~.in in a sneser~~o to Rise Ia.song
oa M~rCh 1B ante more went o+n record for the North 8orean cause
~5~ aphasia on morale faatoro S~La13ri ort February 16 paid pares
tiat~i.ar attenfiion to the tham0 that morale tail.l ~ a decisive factor 3n thQ
Korean war end that UN forces suffer from their consciousness that ~Ehey ?~re
f~.ghtiag an ta~~ust warn The imabatsd hammering bcy soviet and Conmscra3~t
propapaaada on, alleged US atrocf.tiac~ .??? including resat rr~aently the charge
that the ti5 is wain pc~t~on gas in 8area ?.a is abviAUSly designed to aupptar^~
ent1~.05 feeling considered necessary in a r. rolonp~ed irate
Partly Sn consideratiaa of Poipin~*~s role in Rarae9 Moscow has gone
to considerat~le lgngthe to tmderscore its appreciation of that role and Sts
sol3dari$y with Conamm3.at China, In January, Bolehov3,3c repub2i.shad an old
theoretical article by Maa,,y~ and the Com~form ~aurnal gage it
latuiatery reviawaA and a Soviet publ~.ghin~; house reprinted it in thousands
of copies. During the same marithA Mascots ostvntatioass3y announoc-~d that it
had roturned to Commtmi~t Cbina htaadreds of item of pr?perty daze the
Chirege unc~?r the Februarg 1950 agree-.nents. i'h1,t~ moos woes guhlic3.zed izi
tfonaetstian with the first snnigersary of these s~~eements iJhich was cel~
orated with ma.~ch fanfare in both the CSR and Cosaoma~niat Chinaq
The IISSR and Ca~muniat Ch~.na havr~ steadily been ,mounting a propagandaa
campaign osY the issues of US intentiana regarding ~spattese rearriaaent sled a
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peaco treaty with Japan. Three ma3ar developments have m?irked~this campaig~as
(1) Heg3nning frith a Peiging editorial. on Januax~ 2$p Soviet and
Chinese Co~nisfi spokesmen have openlg invoked the threat of Sino~ovie~t
reprisal on the basis of their r.~utual ai~~# pact srauld Japan be rearmed sad
a treaty concluded ar3.thout Soviet end 'Chinese Com+manist par;cicipstion. The
USSR has also strongly re~aertad the demand .??? long since, re~~eeted by gther
interested nations -?? that the US, iTK, II55R, and Com4tunist China first draft
a treatya
(2) As a resu~.t of a fos?raal statenx~t by Malik on 1Karch 3a bilateral
aegatiations betw~len the 115 and USSR haeQ to all intents. and purposes- bet-
bxaken off, These talks had 'bmea and?r `ray ainae O~tobero
(3) The IIa;z'R ~.s mobilizing the world Communist movement tv supplement
~,ts propaganda campaign against 05 intentions in Japans Th? 4tPC on February
2b called for a p3ebisoite fn Asia, America, and Oceania on Japanes? rem
militarization sad a treaty as well es for a Cormnunist regional conference
regarding the Japanese problemo
With respect to Southeast Asia, there havo been few devalopiae~ts directln
involving the QSSR. So-;riat propaganda has echoed Chinese Co~raunist outcaries
particularly against Thailand and British policy in.Mal,aya, ~o*s forcer
attempted large-scale actions during January but were dri,een bank and despite
persistent rumors of increased-aid from~the outside try the 9ietnam Communist,
the situation does not seers to have changed radically in the past few months,
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Beg3,nning with the Paspelav apeeoh on Jenuttry 21, thQ annivepsary of
Lsnin as deaths the IISSR h~ greatly intensified its effor~.s to sho~r that th? I~
ooatinuas ~ h~rbor.~ggressive~des3gne on Savii~t territory. A5 Farr Eaatez~
po].iop ig interpreted as ats importan$ sspeot of thes? deaigtts. ~nphasie has
~n glared on the theme that the T3S is th? traditianni eziemy of the Soe~.et
people. This 1in0 has bey given ~ lacai tuiat by all the sute]lites inelud3zzg
Co~nuniat Chinao
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. Soviat go3itias,. activities u^it}~' respect tc Korea .ors of course without
~aru:J.lel 1n c~ay othQS patct of the world ei..Qe Aorea ie the onlg arr~a 3a which
hostilitios arc actually under way. .
Saviot political awtivities tdth respevt to the Ja~mnese rsarma~it
issue are closely parallelled by activities relative to tha German rearmeme~t
issuta. _ Hatrevar, traatront -off` Japan. has bean ua3,que 3n that a link has b~aen
ostablished better?n its rosilitarization ar-d actual t15 '~e,~sion" ire 8or?eaQ
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