CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A000700560001-2
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• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 6, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 18, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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18 July 1952
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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Office of Current Intelligence
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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State Department review completed
TOP SECRET
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SUMMARY
GENERAL
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1. Britain still opposes American position on Far East trade
controls (page 3).
4. Karen and Chinese Nationalists reported cooperating in burma.
8. Comment on Iran's new Prime Minister designate (page ts).
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GENERAL
1. Britain still opposes American position on Far East trade controls:
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Western trade control machinery in advance of the negotiations with
Japan beginning on 28 July.
The Foreign Office called attention to the
generally favorable reaction to Japan' s request for, full membership
in COCOM. According to the Embassy, the Foreign Office also
indicated that even if Japan were persuaded to accept the American
proposal for a separate Far Eastern organization, Britain would be
most reluctant to participate.
In a strong demarche to the American Em-
bassy in London, the British Foreign Office
has urged the United States to, take the initi-
ative in getting a quadrilateral agreement
with France and Canada on the method for associating Japan with
Comment: Britain's position on this issue
is influenced by its desire to protect the British economic position in
South and Southeast Asia by deflecting Japanese competition toward the
Chinese mainland, and also by its intention to relax restrictions on
trade with China in the event of a Korean settlement.
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4. Karen and Chinese Nationalists reported cooperating in Burma:
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The American Embassy in Rangoon is
disturbed by the increasing reports of
cooperation between Karen and Chinese
Nationalist forces in Burma
According to the Embassy, the Burmese
Government has thus far treated the Chinese Nationalist problem
with great restraint despite the widespread belief of US involvement.
Chinese complicity with the Karens could seriously undermine Ameri-
can relations with Burma.
Comment: Reports of Karen-Chinese
Nationalist cooperation are supported by the appearance of newly-
acquired military equipment in the hands of Karen forces in eastern
Burman
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8. Comment on Iran's new Prime Minister designate:
The appointment of former Prime Minister
Ahmad Qavam as the new Prime Minister suggests that Iran may
adopt a more reasonable attitude on the oil issue. Friendly to Britain
and pro-West in attitude, octogenarian Qavam is one of the most astute
politicians in Iran.
If he is confirmed, he will be hampered by a
long-standing antipathy of the Shah, the country's near bankruptcy,
continued British intransigence on the oil issue, and strong national-
ist opposition. Even Qavam, who has indicated a willingness to com-
promise on the dispute with Britain, has insisted that no prime minister
who agreed to return the British to a controlling position in the oil
industry could remain in off ice.
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