CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 3, 2003
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• Publication Date: May 27, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

004/0J1(6P JVEW097
27 May 1953
Copy No. 67
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
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GENERAL
Comment on Soviet refusal to resume Austrian treaty talks (page 3).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Negotiations for evacuating Nationalists from Burma may soon
be stalled (page 4).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
5. Arab Legion reported regrouping on Israeli frontier (page 5).
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GENERAL
1. Comment on Soviet refusal to resume Austrian treaty talks
The Soviet rejection of a bid for four-power
discussion of an Austrian treaty appears to be primarily a delaying
action. By emphasizing the futility of further discussion on the deputies'
level, the USSR may be attempting to retain its bargaining position for
higher-level talks where broader issues can be negotiated. The USSR
may also be hoping through a prolonged exchange of notes to promote
further dissension among the Allies.
Pravda recently stressed that the Soviet Union
could not accept any preconditions to discussions of major world issues.
The Soviet refusal, therefore, also reflects the new government's sensi-
tivity to being "forced" into negotiations.
The Kremlin may consider that it can conduct
its present "peace offensive" by a continuation of minor conciliatory
gestures; and. through the Korean negotiations, without making major
concessions in Europe.
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4. Negotiations for evacuating Nationalists from Burma may soon be stalled:
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foreign minister, General Li Mi ref uses to order his troops to cooperate in
any evacuation before a general cease-fi.re
can charge that it is impossible for the mixed committee to visit. Mong Hsat
until the Burmese order a general cease-fire. In addition, according to the
Chinese Nationalist foreign minister George Yeh
has termed "absurd" the Burmese plan for estab-
lishing a temporary safety zone for Nationalist
troops in the Mong Hsat area. He told the Ameri-
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Yeh also made it clear that both he and Chiang
Kai-shek shared Li Mi's views, explaining that it would be impossible
for Mong Hsat to be "isolated" in a safety zone while the Burmese con-
tinued to attack subordinate units elsewhere.
Comment-. According to reports from the
American embassy in Bangkok, there is very little more the committee
can do until the Nationalists arrange for it to proceed to Mong Hsat.
The Burmese have steadfastly refused to con-
sider a general cease-fire, although they have agreed to one in the
evacuation areas.
NEAR: EAST - AFRICA
5. Arab Legion reported regrouping on Israeli frontier-.
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informed that Arab Legion units on the border are being reinforced and
regrouped in preparation for any eventuality.
Ambassador Green reports that the situation
along the Israeli-Jordanian border is "more
potentially explosive" now than at any time in
the past 10 months. He has been authoritatively
The ambassador warns that his counsel of
moderation may fall on deaf ears because the Jordanian prime minister
appears to lack his predecessor's restraint.
Comment. In the past the presence of the
Arab Legion, which is under -British control, has been a moderating
influence in Jordan's relations with Israel. This fact, along with the
superior strength of the Israeli forces, suggests that the legion's moves
are precautionary,
On the diplomatic front, the Jordanian govern-
ment has asked the United States, as a guarantor of the status quo, to
take steps against Israel's "aggressive activities:'
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