CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 19, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONTENTS
1. VETO THREATENED ON UN MEMBERSHIP ISSUE (page 3).
2. SOUTH KOREA'S THREAT TO FIRE ON JAPANESE
FISHING BOATS (page 4)
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
(page 6)
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1. VETO THREATENED ON UN MEMBERSHIP ISSUE
The Chinese Nationalist government
has threatened to use its veto in the
UN Security Council if the admission
of Outer Mongolia to the United Nations
is brought to a vote. In this event, Taipei
says it will vote against the four East-
ern European Satellites.
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A great majority of UN members ex-
pect a solution to the membership prob-
lem at this General Assembly session and would resent any
action preventing a solution.
The British delegate has declared that
Taipei's veto might lead to a violent reaction against Nation-
alist China and reopen the whole question of Chinese repre-
sentation in the UN. The Chinese Nationalists apparently
estimate that damage to their position in the UN resulting
from an unpopular veto would be little worse than the long-
run effect of admitting Outer Mongolia.
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The statement issued by the South Ko-
rean Joint Chiefs of Staff on 17 Novem-
ber, threatening to sink any Japanese
Is violating the Rhee line, appears
primarily a propaganda move.
The South Korean chief of naval opera-
tions has told American
officials that he does not
plan any change of patrols
or any drastic action, and
would advise them if he re-
ceives orders to interfere
with Japanese fishing boats.,
The South Korean maritime
police, however, are not
under UN operational con-
trol and have a limited
capability for interfering
with Japanese vessels on
the high seas off Korea.,
South Korea's willingness
to provoke Japan has been
illustrated in the past by
firing on Japanese vessels
and by the recent seizure
o of two Japanese fishing
D 4 / boats 30 miles outside of
775-= the Rhee line. While the
Japanese government has maintained a conciliatory attitude
in the past, it has expressed serious concern over the pres-
ent threat. A Japanese naval official told the embassy he
"would request ammunition and permission to use it" if the
South Korean threat is actually carried out.
There are indications that South Korea
may attempt to patrol the Rhee line north of the 38th parallel,
thus raising the possibility of an incident with North Korea
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2. SOUTH KOREA'S THREAT TO FIRE ON JAPANESE
FISHING BOATS
as well as Japan.
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
(Information as of 1700, 18 November)
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Israeli prime minister Ben Gurion, in a
lengthy interview with Ambassador Lawson on 16 November,
emphasized the seriousness of Israel's security position, which
he said becomes more dangerous every day. Ben Gurion stated
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that British prime minister Eden's speech had greatly strength-
ened Egypt's intransigeance, and that he thought the speech was
a move to isolate Israel in the area as well as within the West-
ern world. Israeli leaders apparently feel that Eden's speech
indicated a British decision that Israel must sacrifice some ter-
ritory in order to preserve Western interests in Arab oil and
in the Arab states' strategic position. As a result, Israel can
be expected to concentrate its diplomatic pressure on the United
States and France, while it seeks to develop domestic pressures
in Britain to influence the London government.
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