CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A001800080001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 23, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 4, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
FAR EAST
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2. Japanese worried over effect of Communist Chinese Red Cross
mission (page 3).
3. New Peiping policy on Overseas Chinese citizenship reported
(page 4.)
SOUTHEAST ASIA
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south Vietnam factions seen w~lilling. to deal wi ie n age 5
SOUTH ASIA
6. Comment on Nehru's current views on Communist China (page 6).
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FAR EAST
2. Japanese worried over effect of Communist Chinese Red Cross
mission:
The Japanese Foreign Ministry is con-
cerned over the favorable impression
the Chinese Communist Red Cross dele-
gation headed by Madame Li Te-chuan
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is making in Japan, according to the American embassy in.Tokyo.
A ministry official told the embassy he believes little can be done
until the "fever" subsides to counteract the pressure for closer
relations with Peiping stimulated by this visit.
Comment. t: Japanese foreign minister
Okazaki has stated that he would. "not hesitate" to meet Madame
Li if the request were made through the Japanese Red Cross,
thus implying a modification of the government's hands-off policy
regarding the mission. In addition, a Foreign Ministry spokes-
man has indicated the government would decide on "humanitarian"
grounds how to deal with Madame Li's offer to allow Japanese to
settle in China. Acceptance of the offer would amount to de facto
recognition of Peiping,
3. New Peiping policy on Overseas Chinese citizenship reported:
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zenship of their countries of residence
would be deprived of their Chinese citi-
zenship under a new policy outlined by
Chou En-lai to Indian prime minister Nehru in .their recent talks
in Peiping. This is reported by, Raghavan Pillai, secretary gen-
eral of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
Comment: Chou has publicly declared
his willingness to settle the question of the citizenship of Over-
seas Chinese--who up to now have been regarded by Peiping as
Chinese citizens--and is currently discussing the matter with
Indonesian officials in Peiping.
Chou's reported plan does not appear to
be a significant compromise, however, as relatively few Chinese
would voluntarily acquire another citizenship and Chou could be
expected to obtain assurances that none would be forced to ac-
quire the local citizenship. Peiping would thus be free to con-
tinue to solicit the allegiance of the great bulk of Overseas
Chinese.
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
5. South Vietnam factions seen willing to deal with Viet Minh:
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his belief to the American consul on
28 October that General Hinh and the
leaders of the Binh Xuyen, Cao Dai, and Hoa Hao are "in the
market" as far as the Viet Minh is concerned. Referring to the
Sainteny mission, he said that if these South Vietnam leaders
sensed any French-Viet Minh deal in the making, they would be
likely to beat the French to it.
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believes that the oppor-
tunism of the sects and enera . Hinh already imperils French
economic interests in the south. He observed that the French
are not acting sensibly if they risk loss of their greater economic
interests in the south in trying to salvage their property in the
north.
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Comment: The leaders of the southern
sects are believed to be sincerely anti-Communist, but they
would probably feel no compunction about dealing with the Viet
Minh in anticipation of a French?-Viet Minh rapprochement.
General Hinh is in a different category
from the sect leaders. He apparently considers his influence
bound up with the maintenance of some degree of French control
in Vietnam and will act accordingly.
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6. Comment on Nehru's current views on Communist China:
Remarks made by both Prime Minister
Nehru and Raghavan Pillai, secretary
general of the.IndianMinistry of Exter-
nal Affairs, at the close of Nehru's visit
to Peiping indicate that neither man is
fully convinced of China's desire for
peace.
Nehru told American ambassador
McClintock in Phnom Penh that he believes China wants a long
era of peace. At the same time, he emphasized that he had told
Ho Chi Minh "bluntly', that if the Communists sought to extend
their present holdings in Southeast Asia, they would inevitably
"run into trouble."
Nehru also said that India would have
to reconsider its policy on the recognition of Laos and Cambodia,
which he considers are in India's sphere of influence. He added,
however, that .India probably would not revise its policy toward
Chinese-influenced Vietnam during the two years of the cease-
fire agreement.
Pillai, obviously impressed by the
closeness of Sino-Soviet relations, also spoke "with deep feeling"
about India's need for generous assistance from Britain in order
to avoid creating the impression in India, as in China, that the aid
and modern methods which make economic advancement possible
come from the USSR.
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