CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A001300320001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 29, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 18, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
DOCUMENT NO_
NO CHANGE IN CLASS.
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CLASS. CHANGED TO: TS S C
NEXT REVIEW DATE: 21? O 9
AUTH: HR 70-2
DATE:120112/I9. REVIEWER:
Office of Current Intelligence
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Department review completed
TOP SECRET
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SUMMARY
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2, Chinese people being told Korean truce is temporary (page 3).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
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. Developments in the Israeli-Jordanian dispute (ppLge 5).
6. Israel pushes Jordan River diversion project (page 5).
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Chinese people being told Korean truce is temporary:
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Chinese Communist officials
ere are stating in public' that the Korean
truce is only temporary, as it will "in-
evitably be broken by Americans."
The American consul general in Hong Kong
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notes that according to the North Korean pilot who defected to
the West recently, military units in North Korea are being told
that the truce is merely a breathing spell. The consul general
believes that such statements may indicate a Communist intention
to break the truce, but that they are more probably intended to
keep the troops alert and to get the populace to perform tasks
set by the hate.
Comment: Communist internal propa-
ganda throughout the period of the truce talks followed a similar
line.
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5. Developments in the Israeli-Jordanian dispute:
The Israeli government apparently has
been both surprised and disturbed by the sudden violence of
Jordanian 'reaction and the: international condemnation of the
14 October attack by its forces on a Jordanian village. Under
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In an effort to avoid direct responsibility
for last week's incident, the Israeli delegate on the UN Mixed
Armistice Commission in Jerusalem offered on 15 October to
vote for the resolution charging Israel with the attack if there
was no mention of "Israeli regular army" involvement. Initial
public reactions of the Israeli government suggest that it will
seek to divert the current international focus from the specific
incident.to Arab-Israeli disputes in general.
There is-still no evidence that the incident
will lead to a breakdown of the Arab-Israeli armistice.
6. Israel pushes Jordan River diversion project:
Israeli work on the diversion of the
upper Jordan River in the demili-
tarized zone between Israel and Syria
is continuing on a three-shift basis
in an atmosphere of "feverish activity, " according to an
American official who visited the site on 15 October.
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Military police are reportedly constructing
defense installations at the scene.
Comment: On 23 September General
Bennike, chief of staff of the Truce Supervision Organization,
requested Israel to suspend work on diversion of the river.
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