CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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CIA-RDP79T00975A000600670001-1
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May 11, 1952
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REPORT
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25X1 Approved For Rp#eaLOP1118EiCRE9t009751 40600670001-1 11 May 1952 25X1 Copy No.: 53 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN DOCUMENTNO. NO CHANGE IN CLASS., I i DECLASSIFIED CLASS. CHANGED TO: TS NEXT REVIEW DATE: DATE. Office of Current Intelligence CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY State Department review completed 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 TOP SECRET Approved For Rel ase 2003/11/04: CIA-RDP79T009 5A000600670001-1 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/11/04: CIA-RDP79T00975A0(T0600670001-1 25X1A S U s MARY FAR EAST 4. 5. Ceylon opens credit for Soviet rubber deal (page 5). NEAR EAST - AFRICA Chinese Communists dismiss high officials (page 5). SOUTH ASIA 6. Iranian Parliament rejects credentials of opposition and government leaders (page 6). King Farouk rejects British proposal on Sudan (page 6). WESTERN EUROPE . Indications seen that East Germans are tightening security (page 7:). ; Netherlands will not present obstacles to signing of Defense Com- munity treaty (page 8). 25X1A 25X1A Approved For Release 2003/11/04: CIA-RDP79T00975AOQ0600670001-1 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/11/04: CIA-RDP79T00975A000600670001-1 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2003/11/04: CIA-RDP79T00975A000600670001-1 Approve 25X1A Chine e 'ommunists di rniss high officials: 25X1A The Central People,',-, Governn _Mt of China announced on 6 May the removal ?of :1:4 officials including a deputy director of the ? Ministry of Public Security, the Director of Public Security in East China, the two ranking officers of the Department of North China Affairs, eight governors or deputy governors of provinces, and the mayors of Tientsin and Anshan. Comment. Although certain of the removed off icials may be reassigned lo-important posts, the pattern of removals suggests that Peiping is dissatisfied with the work of its governing appartus in several regions and provinces, particularly in the North China area.' These dismissals do not appear to be connected with the "San Fan" campaign which was directed chiefly against bourgeois elements. SOUTH ASIA 25X1A Conference. It is the first Soviet purchase of Ceylonese rubber since 1946 when 3,000 tons were bought. The transaction further emphasizes the official Ceylon policy of selling to all comers. The Foreign Department of the Bank of Ceylon states that a credit of 200,000 pounds sterling has been opened in favor of R. Wanigatunga and Co.., for shipment in June of Ceylonese rubber to the US R via otterdam. Wanigatunga recently returned from the Moscow Economic Conference through Hong Kong. The American Embassy in Colombo believes this credit is the first installment of an anticipated one million pound sterling Russian credit. Comment: This deal is in a more advanced stage than any which appear to have resulted from the Moscow Economic 25X1A 5. Ceylon opens credit for Soviet rubber deal: ApprovediFor Release 2003/11/04: CIA-RDP79T00975A00P600670001-1 Approved 25X1A NEAR F3T AFRICA 6. Iranian Parliament .,e rcts credentials of opposition and, govp )rnment leaders: In a stormy session on 8 May, the Majlis re- 25X1 AI I fused to seat 22 of the 70, deputies who have re ti l d h s we en a ose cre been electecL Those w rejected include several of the most important leaders of the conservative opposition. The conservatives, however, succeeded in obtaining rejection of ten of the twelve Tehran deputies, all of whom are members of the National Front, 25X1A and they are making a determined effort to have the Tehran elections an- nulled altogether. Comment. Conservative success .in obtaining rejection of the Tehran deputies represents a considerable set-back for the Prime Minister, who reportedly hoped to purge the opposition from the Majliso Confirmation of the rejections, which are now being reviewed by a Parliamentary board, would further postpone fall convocation of the Majlis. Rejection of the Tehran deputies would permit some Communist- sponsored deputies to be seated unless the Tehran elections are annulled. 7. King Farouk rejects British proposal on Sudan. In rejecting the latest British proposal on the Sudan, King Farouk stated, that if he started full-scale negotiation without a prior Anglo- Egyptian agreement on this issue, he might be faced with Prime Minister Hilali's resignation. He emphasized that he had no one in mind to succeed Hilalio Farouk also said that "under no circumstances" could he or any Egyptian Government agree to prior con- sultation with the Sudanese before Britain recognizes his new title as "King of the Sudan, " 25X1A Approved For Release 2003/11/04: CIA-RDP79T00975A0g0600670001-1 Approved 25X1A The , n;; bitterly crit:i.cized the Pi ish and warned that he might bol-- forced tai b ,te. u c thj,-,j.n publicly I.n ur .er protect his own position. Comment,. This is the strongest warning of possible internal disturbances in ypt that Farouk has given to the Ameri- can Ambassador since the time of the Cairo riots in late January. WESTERN EUROPE 25X1A 8, Indications seen. that East Germans are tightening security, for increased internal and external security measures rather than a true reflection of sabotage in East Germany, They feel this belief is supported by other East German press releases on Western "military provocations" on the interzonal border and on the "da.ngerousY4 smuggling of East German goods into West Berlin, American representatives in Berlin believe that the 8 May East German press announcement of the conviction of fifteen persons as foreign saboteurs is more likely to be a preparation The suggested East German security measures may be related to recent threats by Gr. otewohl and Pieck to "organize the armed defense of the homeland" if Bonn goes ahead with the program of Western integration. Comment. Suggestive that new security measures are being prepared. n Eas$ Germany is the unexplained detention of American and British military patrol vehicles on the Berlin-Helmstedt autobahn starting on the evening of 8 May. 25X1A Approved For Release 2003/11/04: CIA-RDP79T00975A00p600670001-1 Approved F 25X1A 9, Netherlands will not present obstacles to signing of Defense Community trey p 25X1A even though the problem of the German financial contribution is not solved. The cabinet, however, is likely to take the position that a satisfactory settlement must be reached before the treaty can be ratified by the Parlia- ment. Foreign Minister Stikker of the Netherlands believes that the cabinet, which meets 16 May to discuss the European Defense Community treaty, probably will agree. to sign the treaty Because the Netherlands is reluctant to commit itself for a fifty-year membership in the Defense Community, Stikker is considering proposing as a prerequisite of signature that it have the right to withdraw from the Community should the British defense guarantee be discontinued. 25X1A Approved