CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: July 17, 1952
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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SUMMARY
SOVIET UNION
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1. Ambassador Kennan comments on Soviet policy in Rumania
(na#e 3)e
FAR EAST
3. Burmese Communist chief reported retreating- toward India
(page 4). ,
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EASTERN EUROPE
5. Tito desires strategic talks with the United States (page 6).
WESTERN. EUROPE
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7. French President makes unusual plea for American aid age .
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SOVIET UNION
1. Ambassador Kennan comments on Soviet policy in Rumania:
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shooter for the Satellite area. In the Ambassador's opinion, Ru-
mania's strategic position is the key factor. The Kremlin would
like to make the Dobrudja area a direct defensive responsibility of
the SovietArmy, but leave the Western area a Rumanian responsi-
bility in order to avoid Soviet military contact with the Yugoslavs.
Ambassador Kennan, in commenting on the
Bucharest assignment of A. I. Lavrentiev,
says that Moscow is placing the Rumanian
situation in the hands of its ace trouble
Ambassador Kennan feels that the appoint-
ment of Bughici as Rumanian Foreign Minister .signifies a virtual
Soviet take-over of the Bucharest Foreign Ministry and that Rumania
is quietly being changed into a Soviet constituent republic, although
for the present without formal incorporation. He notes that
Lavrentiev was previously assigned to Rumania in 1940 to arrange
for the separation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina and their
subsequent annexation by the USSR.
The Ambassador concludes by noting that.
while three Deputy Foreign Ministers have recently left Moscow,
only one replacement has been announced. In his opinion this may
presage a shake-up in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in which
Vishinsky's position will bear watching.
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FAR EAST
3.. Burmese Communist chief reported retreating toward India:
The leader of the Burma Communist Party,
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reliably reported to have crossed the
Irrawaddy River about 100 miles southwest
of Mandalay in late June. The report states that the Communists
have proceeded toward the mountains of Western Burma and that if
they are blocked in an attempt to escape by turning to the north, they
will try to reach Manipur Province in India. If not interned, they will
later infiltrate back into Burma. (See map on following page.)
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Comment:
he Burmese Army wring the past months has successfully
spersec large concentrations of Communists in their base area of
north-central Burma. The reported route of Than Tun's flight sug-
gests an intent to circle around Burmese forces and establish a new
Communist base in upper Burma near the China border.
Other reports, however, state that Than
Tun fled eastward into the Shan foothills after government forces
overran his headquarters in the Pyinmana area in May. Recent
Communist raids on towns and communications, in central Burma
.and elsewhere in the country, are evidence that the party still main-
tains organized forces.
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Tito desires strategic talks with the United States:
with an "organization."
desirable:' Tito. agreed that Britain and France should be included.
He added that his government also wished to consider the participation
of Greece and Turkey, but he stressed that he did not wish to deal
Marshal Tito has told Assistant Secretary
of Defense Nash and Ambassador Allen that
American-Yugoslav conversations on stra-
tegic and operational questions were "highly
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Comment.- Yugoslavia has clearly indicated
that it wishes to avoid direct contact with NATO. This is the first
Official Yugoslav statement of willingness to engage in talks which
presumably will lead to limited joint military planning.
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French President makes unusual plea for American aid:
President Auriol of France has strongly
urged that the United States reconsider its
decision not to finance French military
production to the extent requested by. Defense
Minister Pleven in May. He twice expressed his personal disappoint-
ment to Ambassador Dunn during the Bastille Day reception.
The Ambassador notes that the President
very rarely intervenes in matters of this nature and interprets his
action as an indication of the government's "serious concern."
Comment: President Auriol's intervention
highlights the French Governm n s reluctance to publicize its bad
budgetary position.
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