CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A000500520001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 13, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
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1.
FAR EAST
2. Vietnamese Government reportedly bankrupt (page 3).
3. Chief of US military mission reviews Tonkin military situation
(page 4).
4. King of Thailand threatens abdication (page 4).
NEAR EAST- AFRICA
5. Existence of Egyptian Cabinet depends on solution to Anglo-Egyptian
dispute (page 5).
EASTERN EUROPE
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FAR EAST
2. Vietnamese Government reportedly bankrupt:
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Vietnamese Premier Huu, at a cabinet
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the bankruptcy of his government and its
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Comment: Despite the urging of French
and American officials, the Vietnamese Government has never pre-
pared a budget, and accurate assessment of its fiscal status is
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Since its creation the Vietnamese Government
has been obliged to resort to deficit financing which has been covered
regularly by advances from the French Treasury. However, Sao Hai
said on 28 January that the French had not promised to meet expected
deficits in 1952 arising from military expenditures and had been
threatening to cease other financial aid.
3. Chief of US military mission reviews Tonkin military situation:
He states, however, that the political situation
and the loyalty of the population are uncertain and that this could
well neutralize the military effort.
some observers.
The Chief of the US military mission in
Indochina, General Brink, who has just
returned from Hanoi, estimates that the
"strictly military" situation in Tonkin is
not as alarming as has been pictured by
General Brink believes that the Tonkin
delta can be defended, albeit with some difficulty. On the other
hand, he sees a growing threat to the main communication line
between Hanoi and Haiphong. In addition, French troop strength
is inadequate to meet any new Viet Minh attacks on the defense
perimeter and simultaneously to prevent infiltration of the delta.
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King of Thailand threatens abdication:
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Thailand would become a republic if the King does not accept the
1932 Constitution as amended.
The King of Thailand reportedly is threaten-
ing abdication in protest against the usur-
pation of his powers by the military clique
which controls the government. The Chief
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Comment: Other reports indicate that the
King is using the threat of abdication as a weapon in his controversy
with government leaders over his constitutional powers and probably
has no real intent of stepping down. Although veneration of the
monarchy is widespread in Thailand, no effectively organized force
has yet come forward to support the King in his struggle with the
military leaders.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
5. Existence of Egyptian Cabinet depends on solution to Anglo-Egyptian
dispute:
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Amr Pasha, recently Egypt's Ambassador
to London and now political adviser to King
Farouk, believes that the government of
Prime Minister Ali Maher will not last
long unless progress is made toward solution of the Anglo-Egyptian
dispute. He insists that discussions regarding the proposed Middle
East Command will be in vain if Great Britain fails to recognize
Farouk as King of the Sudan.
According to the American Ambassador in
Cairo, while Amr Pasha recognizes social reform as. the only ade-
quate weapon against the spread of Communism in Egypt, he believes
that reform in Egypt will not be possible until a solution of the Anglo-
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to recognize the title recently assumed by King Farouk.
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