CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 6, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 23, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
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mmen on the death of the Ceylonese Prime Minister (page 4).
NEAR EAST -AFRICA
4. Jordan-Syria rapprochement isolates Iraq (page 5).
5. Political crisis in South Africa precipitated by court ruling (page 5).
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3. Comment on the death of the Ceylonese Prime Minister:
Prime Minister Senanayake's death re
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held together largely by the strong hand of the Prime Minister, his death may
leave the balance of power in the hands of small splinter groups. While
the Prime Minister's son, now Minister of Agriculture,is a likely suc-
cessor, other able but opportunistic and unreliable leaders will try to take
over and, if unsuccessful, may be expected to head strong opposition groups.
from South Asia one of the West's staunch friends making movee
possible the
development of the latent political trends unfavorable to American interests.
Since the present Ce lone
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A tense atmosphere in Capetown is reported
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Minister Malan's indication that he will try
by parliamentary means to reverse the Supreme
March ruling that a law placing mixed-breed voters on a sepa-
The Communists in Ceylon, although split into
three parties, have an exceedingly vocal representation in Parliament,
and may be expected to maneuver for more power.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
4, Jordan-Syria rapprochement isolates Iraq:
Arabia. It is generally believed that Jordan and Syria will soon establish
diplomatic relations and negotiate trade agreements.
Comment: This visit highlights the re-
alignment of the Arab states that has been taking. place since the assassi-
nation of Jordan's. King Abdullah on July 18, 1951.
Jordan and Iraq, once bound closely by
Abdullah's dream of a Hashemite dynasty in the Near East, are now
split because Abdullah's successor abandoned this ambition. Jordan's
rapprochement with Syria on the north, following that with Saudi Arabia
on the south, now leaves Iraq isolated,
Iraq's Prime Minister, moreover, is reported
to be dissatisfied with the Arab League; this attitude will further alienate
Egypt, which actively sponsors the League.
Top Syrian officials have concluded an extremely
cordial three-day visit in Jordan. The Syrian
Chief of State, Fawzi Selo, credited Jordan's
King Talal with bringing about this newfriendli-
ness between their two states as well as that between Jordan and Saudi
5, Political crisis in South Africa precipitated by court ruling:
rate electoral role is invalid.
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Comment: Malan had earlier told a political
intimate that this case, which involves the government's racial segregation
program, was the most serious political issue in his country's history.
Action against the court: by the Nationalist government, on the other hand,
would add to the fears of the large English-speaking minority that without
such judicial protection its own constitutional rights might be imperiled.
The crisis arises on the eve of the nationwide
demonstrations by non-Europeans scheduled for 6 April in protest against
the Nationalists' segregation policies.
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