CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: April 14, 1956
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CONTENTS
2. PARIS TO PROPOSE MOROCCO AND TUNISIA FOR
MEMBERSHIP IN THE UNI (page 4)0
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4. JAPANESE-SOVIET DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS MAY
ARISE FROM FISHERIES NEGOTIATIONS II (page 6).
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6. NEHRU MAKES "FINAL OFFER" TO PAKISTAN ON
KASHMIR (page 8).
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
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:2. PARIS TO PROPOSE MOROCCO AND TUNISIA FOR
MEMBERSHIP IN THE UN
orocco an. unisia for admission to the United Nations.
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A public announcement will be made once the subject has
been discussed with these countries.
On 12 April, Secretary of State for
Moroccan and Tunisian Affairs Alain
Savary disclosed to Ambassador Dillon
that France has decided to sponsor
Paris probably estimates that this
move would counter any Arab-Asian
attack in the UN this fall on France's Algerian policy. It
would also forestall sponsorship of the countries by the
Soviet Union or a Moslem state, such as Egypt.
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4. JAPANESE-SOVIET DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS MAY
ARISE FROM FISHERIES NEGOTIATIONS
the restoration ion of diplomatic relations with Japan as the
price for a fisheries settlement. Ambassador Allison re-
ports that the Japanese believe they may be forced by both
Soviet and domestic pressure to resume diplomatic rela-
tions without first settling Japan's territorial claims, or at
least to reduce such claims to make a fishing settlement
possible.
Certain Japanese government leaders
have expressed themselves as fearing
that at the forthcoming fisheries nego-
tiations at Moscow the USSR will seek
Japan's top defense official told Allison
on 12 April that several members of the government party
are worried over the appointment of Minister of Agriculture
and Forestry Kono as chief Japanese negotiator since his
political ambitions might lead him to make "unwise conces-
sions:'
Comment Japan is highly vulnerable to Soviet
economic pressure on fishing activity,
and the present situation provides a good opportunity for
the views of those Japanese elements which favor a quick
peace treaty with the USSR to outweigh the influence of the
advocates of a strong stand. Soviet threats to the fishery in-
dustry reportedly are weakening popular support for a firm
position.
Kono is closely connected with the fishing
interests and is at present one of the most powerful men in
the government. His power appears to be declining, however,
and he probably believes that his prestige can be increased by
conclusion of a settlement with the USSR.
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6. NEHRU MAKES "FINAL OFFER" TO PAKISTAN
ON KASHMIR
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will probably be rejected outright by Pakistan, which has
just announced its decision to resubmit the Kashmir issue
to the United Nations.
Prime Minister Nehru's public offer
on 13 April to Pakistan to settle the
Kashmir dispute by making the present
UN cease-fire line a permanent border
Nehru described the offer as "the far-
thest India is prepared to go." He said that American mili-
tary aid to Pakistan had destroyed the "roots and foundations"
of a plebiscite in .Kashmir and "we have therefore to think
and solve this problem in a different way:'
Although Pakistani leaders have in the
past privately discussed various possible partitions of the
state, they have always insisted on either a plebiscite or
joint rule over the Indian-held Vale--the area centering on
Srinagar, which is the only economically important part of
Kashmir.
Pakistan's claim to all of Kashmir has
been kept alive in the Pakistani public mind since 1947, and
it is unlikely that the present government could accept the
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
(Information as of 1700, 13 April)
Only one incident, a minor skirmish on the
Israeli-Jordanian border, has been reported since the air battle
on 12 April. Despite subsequent claims that another Egyptian
and an Israeli plane were shot down in that action, there is no
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On 13 April, UN secretary general Hammar-
skjold asked the American embassy in Cairo to forward to the
Israelis a message stating that he is convinced Egypt wants to
avoid war and that "the estion of war and peace at present is
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working on a plan to restore some semblance of effectiveness to
the armistice agreements. He postponed his departure from Cairo
for 24 hours in order to talk further with the Egyptians. Hammar-
skjold also replied brusquely to Israeli prime minister Ben-Gurion's
message which denounced Nasr's agreement to cease fire as worth-
less and demanded assurances that Egypt would live up to the agree-
ment. The secretary general reminded Ben-Gurion that Israel had
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The first six of the twelve Mystere jet fighters
Israel has purchased left France on 11 April and arrived in Israel
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The first operational movement of
Egypt's newly acquired Soviet motor torpedo boats was noted
on 10 April when six of them left Alexandria harbor at dawn.
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of which four are believed operational.
On 3 April, the Saudi Arabian defense
minister ordered that the Saudi air force B-26 light bombers
be made combat-ready in 60 days. The Saudis have nine B-26's,
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