CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: April 1, 1953
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
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Aoyiet UN official says Chinese proposal is "real thing" (page 3).
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SOVIET UNION
Moscow Embassy comments on Sov t amnesty decree (page 4).
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5. Chiang Kai-shek again offers to send troops to Korea (page 5).
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seeks immediate recall of UN truce supervisor (page 6).
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Egypt considers British proposals for defense talks unacceptable
(page 6).
WESTERN EUROPE
9. Adenauer views problems on eve of Washington visit (page 7).
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GENERAL
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1. Soviet UN official says Chinese proposal is "real thing"-,
ancl. that only "technicalities" remain to be worked out.
The senior Soviet member of the UN
.Secretariat, Kassaniev, told a member of
the Norwegian delegation on 30 March that
Chou En-jai's statement about nonforcible re-
patriation of prisoners was "the real thing"
Kassaniev then referred to the possibility of
an Eisenhower-Malenkov meeting, and said that his government under-
stands "the Americans may wish Churchill to attend and perhaps also
the French." In reply to a question regarding the agenda, Kassaniev
stated that Korea is "not the only hot spot in. the world" and also
suggested that bilateral talks might include control of atomic energy
and disarmament.
The Norwegian gained the impression that
Kassaniev was speaking under instructions from the Soviet delegation,
which must have had prior information about Chou's statement.
Comment- This is the firmest indication
yet noted that the USSR may favor ending the Korean war. The
reference to big-power negotiations may result from a desire to
pursue a more cautious foreign policy and reduce the risk of new
American pressures.
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3. Moscow Embassy comments on Soviet amnesty decree.
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The American Embassy in Moscow notes that
the local population is showing a lively
interest in the amnesty decree, which the
Embassy assumes will directly affect from one
to two million people. he omission of any reference to Stalin in
Soviet news coverage of this development is apparently designed to
give the new regime full credit.
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5. Chiang Kai-shek again offers to send troops to Korea,
Chiang Kai-shek told General Clark on 26
March that he was prepared to send two
divisions to Korea at any time on short
notice. General Chase, chief of MAAG
on Formosa, comments that the Chinese could readily spare two
divisions, armed with only light infantry weapons. Heavy
equipment would have to be supplied from outside Formosa.
Comment-. Although Chiang's 1950 offer
to send troops to Korea was never withdrawn, he told American
officials in late 1952 that he would prefer to save his forces for
the defense of Formosa and for operations against the mainland.
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7. Jordan seeks immediate recall of UN truce supervisor.,
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Jordan has asked the United.States to bring
about the immediate recall of General Riley,
chief of the UN:Truce Supervision,Organiza-
tion, because he, is no longer acceptable to
the Arab states. a rime Minister declared that unless Riley
were recalled soon, Jordan would prohibit his entering the country.
Comment: The maintenance of Arab-
Israeli peace depends largely on finding an effective successor to
Riley. The Arabs have declared their opposition to another
American and prefer either a Belgian or a Dutchman.
. Egypt considers British proposals for defense talks unacceptable.,
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Egypt considers unacceptable the British
proposals to begin defense talks on the
basis of Ithe five-point package deal for
British evacuation of the Canal Zone area
and Egyptian participation in a Middle East defense organization.
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Members of the Egyptian Revolutionary
Command Council told a US Embassy official that Egypt cannot agree
to military cooperation as a condition for British evacuation. They
also indicated suspicion of British good faith and said that Colonel
Nasr, number two man in the council, was the only member urging
continued efforts to reach a negotiated settlement with Britain.
Comment: This is the bluntest statement
to date on the reaction of General Nagib's regime to the British pro-
posals.
The British have been equally firm in
maintaining their position that agreement must be reached on all
five points before a final settlement is signed.
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9. Adenauer views problems on eve of Washington visit:
acknowledgment of the restoration of German sovereignty prior to
the German elections this fall. He suggested that the American
mission in Bonn be elevated to embassy status and that more war
criminals be released.
Chancellor Adenauer, in discussing his
forthcoming trip to Washington, expressed
to US High Commissioner Conant anxiety
lest he fail to secure some positive
The Chancellor also expressed concern
over the "extremely high" defense contribution soon to be asked
of West Germany and hoped that no final agreement would be
reached which might interfere with Bundesrat ratification of the
Bonn and Paris treaties late in April.
Adenauer refused to recognize a Saar
solution as a necessary condition for treaty ratification, and bitterly
criticized French Foreign Minister Bidault for departing from the
earlier agreement with Schuman on the main lines of political
and economic settlement.
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