CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 30, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 11, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
GENERAL
1~, Comment on Soviet renewal of German peace treaty proposal
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20 comments on aim of BW propaganda campaign
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FAR EAST
3o Peiping rejects Indian proposal for investigation of BW charges
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SOUTH ASIA
5o Importance of Stalin-Radhakrishnan interview said to be exaggerated
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LATIN AMERICA
6, Bolivian Army Commander in Chief supports government (page 5)0
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1, Comment on Soviet renewal of German peace treaty proposal`
~ In its 9 April note, trr:~ Soviet Union for the first
tme erect y proposed four-power discussions of free all-German elections
and investigation of electoral conditions. The East German Government
made such a proposal last September with Soviet support9 and it was re-
jected by Chancellor Adenauer.
The note does not point to any forthcoming con-
cessions, but instead reveals all the weaknesses of Russia's German
policy, As a result, it is not likely to deflect the West German Govern-
ment from its present course of Western integration,
The USSR has attempted to devise a new approach
to appeal to West Germany and to convince the Western powers that further
negotiation would produce real concessions. It has been unable to make
effective proposals, however, for fear of further weakening its hold on
Germany.
The new proposal indicates that the USSR cannot
agree to free elections, which would result in the loss of East Germany,
fearing an ultimate westward orientation of a .unified Germany, Accord-
ingly, the note only proposes that the four powers discuss the question.
In answering the Western demand for UN investi-
gation of electoral conditions, the note suggests that such a check could be
carried out by a commission of the four occupying powers, presumably
operating under a Soviet veto threat, but does not propose the setting up
of such a commission.
The Soviet note essentially represents a legal-
istic attempt to delay developments in the West without committing the
USSR. Accordingly, it specifies neither a date nor an agenda far such
a meeting,
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The failure of the USSR to clarify its earlier
proposal for a German army confirms the impression that this offer was
made. primarily to increase Soviet influence among German nationalistso
By reaffirming the Oder-Neisse line, however, the USSR indicates that it
does not intend to make a drastic play for German opinion by offering to
take the former German territories away from Poland,
In a final attempt to appeal to West European and
German opinion, .the Soviet note concludes with the warning that the choice
is now being made between a united Germany, connoting peace, and a
divided Germany carrying with it a continuing threat of war in Europe.
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~COmments on aim of BW propaganda campaigno
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that the Kremlin achieved its goal in the bio-
logical warfare prapaganda campaign when the
Oslo appeal for an investigation sponsored by
the World Peace Council was issued on 1 Aprilq
contends that the crusade against bacteriological weapons is
eing added to that against atomic weapons in order to rekindle the enthu-
siasm of the signatories of the Stockholm Peace Appealo
Comment: This interpretation supports the belief
that the Soviet campaign on biological warfare is now tapering off and will be
handled in a routine manner as part of the Soviet "peace" campaign against
Western imperialismo
EAR EAST
3a Peiping rejects Indian proposal for investigation. of BW chargese
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The Secretary-General of the Indian Ministry
~rf External Affairs states that Chinese Commu-
nist Premier Chou En-lai "flatly rejected" an
~'ndian proposal for investigation of biological
be selected by Peiping, another by the United Natians, and a third to be
chosen by those two memberse
war are c argeso n iaTiad proposed athree-man body, ane member to
Ghou offered instead an investigation by the
World Peace Council, and also made a "most vague" suggestion that
Burma, Indonesia and India investigate Peiping's "evidenc~o"
Commenta After India's first offer. to investi-
gate the BW charges was rebuffed by one of Chou En-tai's deputies three
weeks ago, the Indian Ambassador was instructed to press the matter
with Chou himselfe
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SOUTH ASIA
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5. Importance of Stalin-Radhakrishnan interview said to be exaggeratedo
Secretary General Bajpai of the Indian Ministry
of External Affairs has told Ambassador Bowles
that he believes the importance of the 6 April
interview between Premier Stalin and Indian
mbassador Radhakrishnan in Moscow has been exaggerated out of all
proportion. The Secretary General stated that the conference had no
implication beyond the obvious desire of Stalin to convince India that the
Soviet Union was always ready to come to an understanding with the West,
LATIN AMERICA
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6. Bolivian Army Commander in Chief supports governmentm
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Colonel Mejia, Chief of Bolivian Army Intelli-
gence, -has told the US Air Attache that General
Torres, Commander in Chief of the Bolivian
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Army, is not backing the revolt led- by the
Nationalist Revolutionary Movement (MNR),
as claimed by broadcasts of the MNR-controlled
radio, Mejia stated that General Seieme,
is outside La Paz awaiting loyal troops which he will lead back into the
capital,
Minister o Government, is the only important defector, and that Torres
MNR broadcasts are still exhorting the public
to proceed to various points- to receive arms and to join in the fighto
Sporadic shooting continues in La Paz, and the situation in important
cities of the interior remains in doubto
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