CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A000600580001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 9, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 1, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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SUMMARY
GENERAL
1. French airliner possibly flying out of air corridor (page 3).
2. Friction reported in Sino-East German commercial relations
(page 3).
FAR EAST
3. Indonesia proposes lifting embargo on rubber to China (page 4).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
4. Syrian officers on observation tour of Yugoslavia
(nave 4).
EASTERN EUROPE
7. Soviet twin-jet light bombers sighted in Hungary (page 6).
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GENERAL
1. French airliner possibly flying out of air corridor-
Although it has not been absolutely determined
whether the French airliner fired on by Soviet
MIG's on 29 April was in the authorized air
corridor at the time of attack, it was shown by
pilot, however, asserts that his aircraft was in the corridor throughout
the flight.
2. Friction reported in Sino-East German commercial relations-
of the corridor when first approached by Soviet aircraft. The French
The China Export Corporation, an East German
company engaged in selling Chinese products to
the West, reportedly lost 18 million dollars in
1951 because the merchandise received was of
inferior ,quality, the managing director
of the corporation was dismissed by East German authorities for hisfailure
to examine the Chinese goods on arrival.
The Chinese are now refusing to supply products
to the corporation pending the signing of a 1952 trade agreement. The USSR
is said to be bringing pressure on the East Germans to sign such a pact.
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3. Indonesia proposes lifting embargo on rubber to China.
The Indonesian Government has prepared for
circulation at the Ottawa Rubber Conference
in May a memorandum recommending termi-
nation of the embargo on rubber to China.
The United States is criticized for not absorbing the rubber surplus re-
sulting from the embargo, and its "price depressing policies" are blamed
for aggravating growing economic difficulties in Indonesia. These diffi-
culties are repeatedly linked with the problem of maintaining law and
order.
In conclusion, the memorandum asks why Indo-
nesia should not be "free to sell rubber to any country which is prepared
to buy it."
Comment: The Rubber Study Group, which
is holding the meeting in Ottawa, is not a policy-making body and iswith-
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out power to act on Indonesia's recommendations.
this memorandum is the first official admission of an intent
to break the embargo, and it is further evidence of the new government's
determination to return to a strictly "neutralist" foreign policy.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
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4. Syrian officers on observation tour of Yugoslavia:
Nine Syrian Army officers left Damascus by
air for Belgrade on 29 April. According to
the American Minister, the Yugoslav Govern-
ment invited the officers in order to counteract
propaganda stating that the Tito regime is
mistreating Moslems.
The American Minister believes that the chief
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reason for Syrian interest in the tour is to observe "Yugoslav military
training tactics and resourcefulness in obtaining foreign aids"
Comment:' Although recent reports have re-
ferred to Yugoslav and Albanian interest in Syria and Lebanon, there is
nothing to link these to this unexpected Syrian mission to Belgrade.
Yugoslavia has shown particular sensitivity to any criticism of its Moslem
minorities and it has constantly sought Arab as well as Moslem support
in the UN.
Syria's dominant political figure, Army Chief
of Staff Shishakli, has been trying for some time to obtain extensive
foreign military assistance and is reportedly ready to accept help from
almost any source. Syria has received small amounts of arms in the
past year from France and from private companies in Italy.
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EASTERN EUROPE
7. Soviet twin-jet light bombers sighted in Hungary:
The American Air Attache in Budapest observed
five twin-jet light bombers with Soviet markings
at Tokol airfield on 27 April. Three of the air-
craft were operational types and the remaining
two were trainers.
Comment: No light jet bombers have previ-
ously been identified in units of e 9th Air Army, based in Austria and
Hungary.
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The recent drop in conventional bomber strength
sugges the replacement o the
obsolescent PE-2 with high performance bomber aircraft.
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