CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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CIA-RDP79T00975A002100410001-1
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7
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December 20, 2016
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January 31, 2007
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1
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August 9, 1955
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REPORT
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0' r I~ 2007/01/31: CIA-RDP79T009;5 q0 4 1-1 TOP SECRET ~ 100 I 1 9 August 1955 1 i;t Copy No. CURRENT INTE LLIGENCE . BULLETIN DOCUMENT NO. NO CHANGE IN CLASS. 1 ! DECLASSIFIED CLASS. CHANGED TO: TS S C NEXT REVIEW DATE: .eQ.LU---- AUTH: HR 70-2 DATE: _ all,9 7__ REVIEWER: Office of Current Intelligence CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 99 ~fp Vzx,00ffx,-~ff,004w11.00 TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2007/01/31 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO02100410001-1 Approved For Release 2007/01/31 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO02100410001-1 Approved For Release 2007/01/31 : CIA-RDP79T00975AO02100410001-1 Approved For Rel ase 2007/01/31: CIA-RDP79T00975 002100410001-1 SUMMARY SOUTHEAST ASIA 2. Thai premier makes further cabinet changes aimed at Phao (page 3). SOUTH ASIA 3. Comment on changes in Pakistani government (page 4) EASTERN EUROPE 4. East Germans reported disappointed with outcome of Geneva conference (page 5). 9 Aug 55 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 2 Approved For Releake 2007404CIA RDP72T009TaA002100410001-1 Approved For Relea FAR EAST SOUTHEAST ASIA 2. Thai premier makes further cabinet changes aimed at Phao: Premier Phibun is apparently deter- mined to strip Police Director General Phao and his followers of their administrative posts within the government and their control of lucrative monopolies. 9 Aug 55 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 3 25X1 Approved For Releasle 2007/01/31 : CIA-RDP79T0097hA002100410001-1 Approved For tow~l se 2007/01/31 : CIA-RDP79T00975 002100410001-1 He is said to feel confident that these changes will not result in open conflict and bloodshed. Phibun's actions over the week end included the ouster of Phao as deputy minister of finance, in which capacity he had left for the United States on 1 August to undertake. informal aid discus- sions. It is not clear how this will affect his authority to conduct these talks. Last week the premier had as- sumed the Ministry of Interior, thus depriving Phao of the control he has exercised over that ministry as deputy. The Phao faction apparently has been outmaneuvered by Phibun. SOUTH ASIA 3. Comment on changes in Pakistani government: as president of the Moslem League earlier the same day, poses an immediate problem to the government on the choice of Ali's successor. The resignation of Mohammad Ali as prime minister of Pakistan on 7 August, following his refusal to continue in office after his ouster Finance Minister Chaudri Mohammad i, who was elected presi- dent of the Moslem League, is the choice of Acting Gover- nor General Mirza and the ruling clique. Despite this, however, Law Minister H. S. Suhrawardy, an experienced politician who has been seeking the premiership since he 9 Aug 55 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 4 Approved For Relea Approved For Rele se 2007/01/31 : CIA-RDP79T00974AO02100410001-1 25X1 Wk- joined the cabinet last October, may be given the op- portunity to form a government. Suhrawardy would be a reluctant choice of Mirza and the ruling clique in the government but may become prime minister because the support of his Awami League is needed to form a new government. For the present at least9 regard- less of who assumes the premiership, power in Pakistan may be expected to remain in the hands of Mirza and his group, who are strongly pro-American. Should Suhra- wardy become prime minister, however, a conflict be- tween him and the present ruling group would eventually develop F77 EASTERN EUROPE 4. East Germans reported disappointed with outcome of -??-- Geneva conference: the populace is generally disappointed with the out- come of the Big Four conference at enevao A feeling is prevalent that because of its "trust- ing nature,' the West was misled by the Soviet Union, and confidence in the United States has decreased. People generally believe that the Russians gained all their obj ec- tives without making any concessions and that a relaxation in tensions will help the USSR repair its economy, with the result that it will be less ready in the future to con- cede on the German question. Earlier hopes that Chancellor Ade- nauer's visit to Moscow would work a "miracle" have now been replaced by resignation. Some people feel that pros, pects for reunification were dimmed at Geneva, and that therefore his visit to Moscow will be barren of results 9 Aug 55 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 5 Approved For Rele4se 2007/01/31 : CIA-RDP79T00975A0D2100410001-1 Approved For Relebse 2007/01/31 : CIA-RDP79TOO975A42100410001-1 25X1 There is also a tendency to accept the Communist allegation that the chancellor is an enemy of reunification. 9 Aug 55 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 6 Approved For TaIaacP 2nrr7tnl/*Il - ('1A-RnP7ATnf97SAnm2100410001-1