CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: October 20, 1951
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20 October 1951
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CURRENT INTEL LIGENCE,&UNCY.
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SUMMARY
GENERAL
1. Comment on Italian offer to mediate Anglo-Egyptian controversy
(page 3).
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3. Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood resolves to conduct campaign of violence
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Anglo-Iranian Oil Company plans construction of refinery at Aden (page 5).
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Yugoslavs dissatisfied with motives for Western ai age
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High Italian official discusses Communist strike and "peace"' plans
(page 8).
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GENERAL
1. Comment on Italian offer to mediate Anglo-Egyptian controversy:
Premier de Gasperi's offer of Italian good
offices to mediate the Anglo-Egyptian controversy stems from a desire to im-
prove Italo-Arab relations, to prevent further political instability in the
eastern Mediterranean, and to guard against the economic losses that Italy
would suffer from any prolonged closing of the Suez Canal.
De Gasperi stated that Italy could exert her best
efforts to conciliate the national aspirations of Middle Eastern peoples with
the necessity of defending the common Mediterranean civilization. This
championing of Arab nationalism is probably an attempt to gain support from
the Arab countries for Italian Peace Treaty revision, which the Arabs have
viewed with some suspicion. In addition, the Italians are anxious to allay
Egyptian hostility toward continuation of Italy's economic relations with the
former Italian colony of Libya, soon to become independent.
In this instance it is probable that de Gasperi's
stand is not as entirely favorable to the Egyptian position as would appear
from his statements.
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3. Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood resolves to conduct campaign of violence and
terrorism-,
According to information reaching the US
Embassy in Cairo, the fanatic Moslem Brother-
hood is planning to go ahead with a program of
violence and terrorism, regardless of Egyptian
for use against the British.
]Government policy. One Brotherhood group has acquired 25 machine guns
Comment: The Moslem Brotherhood was banned
in Egypt for two and one-half years for its terroristic activities, and is now
permitted a semi-legal existence. There is evidence that it has had contacts
with Communists. Its hard core membership may be only a few thousand;
its adherents under present conditions may be many times more.
Although the Egyptian Prime Minister has asked
his people to cease public demonstrations, and while the government may
take stronger control measures, reports indicate widespread and violent
popular attitudes which, under extremist guidance, may be uncontrollable.
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4. Anglo-Iranian Oil Company plans construction of refinery at Aden:
The US Consulate in Aden reports that the Anglo-
Iranian Oil Company will soon build a refinery
of approximately five million tons annual ca-
pacity in that British Crown colony at an esti-
mated cost of 40 to 50 million pounds sterling.
This project would take over two years to com-
plete and would necessitate improving the Aden
harbour and constructing loading and unloading
facilities for tankers.
Local AIOC officials believe that the construction
of a refinery at Aden reflects a change in British policy from refining at
sources in non-British territory, as in the case of Abadan, to refining within
British possessions.
Comment: The total production of the proposed
AIOC refinery at Aden would amount to approximately one-fifth of the capacity
of the large Abadan refinery. Since there are no proven oil fields in the
vicinity of Aden, crude oil for the refinery would come chiefly from Iraq and
Kuwait. With the Abadan refinery under Iranian control, the completion of a
refinery at Aden would help the British to service Africa and the Middle and
Far East more economically than from Western Europe.
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7. Yugoslavs dissatisfied with motives for Western aide
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present control of the Yugoslav Government by a small group as a temporary
necessity because of the inadequate political education of the masses.
me upu rather than on the social and industrial progress which the Yugo-
slav Government is attempting to achieve internally. Djilas justified the
During General Collins visit to Yugoslavia,
Party theoretician Djilas advanced the current
complaint that US support was based primarily
on Yugoslav political and military defiance of
Comment: Djilas' remarks were probably meant
as a warning that Yugoslavia will not tolerate any US or Western pressure to
change its internal system. They may also be a reflection of Yugoslav con-
cern that Western aid, disassociated from political support of the government,
is encouraging popular resistance to the regime's internal policies.
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9. High Italian official discusses Communist strike and "peace" plans:
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A "high official" of the Italian Mini st_Fv-,.dInterior
told US representatives in Rome a .K17 October
that leaders of the French an aiian Communist
Parties had recently plans for a series of
wide-scale strikes in both countries. The strikes ostensibly were to be
strictly economic in character..
The Italian official said there were as yet no signs
that the working class in general was prepared to undergo the serious sacri-
fices such strikes would entail. He further pointed out that the Communists
had not succeeded anywhere in putting on mass "manifestations" to step up the
"peace" campaign. He declared that the most dangerous and damaging aspect
of current Communist activities was the widespread house-to-house propaganda
to the effect that the Italian Government's support of American policies, and
particularly participation in the Atlantic Pact, meant war.
Comment: This is the first definite information
on Communist strike plans since midsummer when the Communists were
reported planning European-wide crippling strikes this fall against US aid.
There are no indications that such strikes are imminent in either France or
Italy.
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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The first sentence of article 9, page 8 should read:
A "high official" of the Italian Ministry of Interior told US
representatives in Rome on 17 October that leaders of the French
and Italian Communist Parties had recently drafted plans fora
series of wide-scale strikes in both countries.
Office of Current Intelligence
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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