CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A001000140001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 30, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUMMARY
SOVIET UNION
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
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Libyan King reportedly favors alliance with Egypt
rather than West (page 4).
5. Greece again seeks participation in MEDO to protect
interests in Cyprus (page 5).
WESTERN EUROPE
6. Comment on arrest of East German Foreign Minister
(page 5).
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NEAR EAST - AFRICA
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4. Libyan King reportedly favors alliance with Egypt rather than
West:
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According to French Minister Dumarcay
in TripoiUXing Idris of Libya recently
instructed his Prime Minister to drop
negotiations with the Western powers in
favor of an immediate alliance with Egypt. Dumarcay told the
American Minister he believed King Idris had come under Egyp-
tian influence during his prolonged 'visit to Cairo.
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Comment: British Minister Kirkbride
reported that the Prime Minister threatened to resign on 10
January following a request from Idris to negotiate a treaty with
Egypt.
An Egyptian-Libyan alliance at this
time would further delay and complicate negotiations between
Libya and the Western powers for military bases.
5. Greece again seeks participation in MEDO to protect interests
in Cyprus:
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at Cyprus. He insisted that if this takes place without Greek repre-
sentation, his government will be placed in an embarrassing position
and the opposition will make it a major issue,
Greek Prime Minister Papagos recently
told Ambassador Peurifoy that he was
disturbed over reports that a Middle East
defense planning board will be established
Papagos also stated that the participation
of even one Greek officer as an observer or liaison representative
would offset the criticism of the opposition.
Comment: The Greek Government has
previously tried unsuccessfully to obtain full membership in the pro-
posed Middle East defense organization. This is the first suggestion
that Greece might be satisfied with anything less.
WESTERN EUROPE
6Q Comment on arrest of East German Foreign Minister;
There is no evidence that the arrest of
the East German Foreign Minister, Georg Dertinger, will have
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 any important effect on East German relations with either Western
Germany or the Soviet Orbit. His removal, however, is in line
with the current reduction of non-Communist representation in
the East German Government, which reflects present emphasis
upon the rapid communization of East Germany.
Dertinger, a member of the East Zone
Christian Democratic Union, has exercised little influence on
the conduct of affairs in the' Foreign Ministry. His Communist
deputy has been the real authority, and his own activities have been
subjected to constant surveillance.
The defection last year of Dertinger's
press secretary, Gerold Rummler, may prove to be the primary
basis of the charges now levelled against him, and his arrest will
provide ample reason for the elimination of any other officials
who may be considered part of his entourage.
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