CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 2003
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• Publication Date: May 11, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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S U s MARY
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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).
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Chine e 'ommunists di rniss high officials:
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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
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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
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5. Ceylon opens credit for Soviet rubber deal:
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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-
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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,
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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, "
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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
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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.
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9, Netherlands will not present obstacles to signing of Defense Community
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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.
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