CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: November 17, 1956
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CONTENTS
2. TENSION CONTINUES IN HUNGARY (Secret Noforn) (page 5).
3. VATICAN CIRCLES REPORTEDLY FEEL POLISH CHURCH
SHOULD BACK GOMULKA (Secret Noforn) (page 6).
4. INDIA ACCEPTS NEW $126,000,000 SOVIET LOAN
(Confidential) (page 7).
5. HANOI ADMITS NEW OUTBREAKS AGAINST THE REGIME
(Secret) (page 8).
6. "DEAL" ALLEGED BETWEEN LAOTIAN PRIME MINISTER
AND PATHET LAO CHIEF (Secret) (page 9).
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2. TENSION CONTINUES IN HUNGARY
Soviet tanks and armore<
ars resumed their "aggressive patrol?-
ing" of Budapest on the afternoon of
15 November, There were large crowds
in the streets protesting the deportations
o the USSR, according to press sources.
e American legation considers possi-
ly true a report that the USSR is bring-
ing in sizable numbers of infantry troops,
since the USSR has not been able to restore
order with mechanized units.
An attempt by the regime on 16 November
to begin a back-to-work movement--by
broadcasting a plea from the so-called
Central Workers' Council of Budapest for
an end to the general strike- -apparently
backfired when individual Budapest work-
ers' councils reportedly repudiated the
statement and "fired" the union officials
who had issued it. The vast majority of
workers apparently will refuse to work,
a._ _ a.^ _ until demands- -including a cessation of depor-
tations to the USSR--have been implemented, not just prom-
ised.
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The. Kadar regime continues to press for
wider domestic political support. In addition to expressing
willingness to talk with Nagy, Kadar has indicated a desire
to have three Social Democrats in the government
and is also reported seeking the
support of leaders of the Peasant and Smallholders Parties.
In an apparent effort to demonstrate na-
tionalist intentions, the Kadar-controlled Budapest radio
broadcast the full text of Tito's attack on the errors in the
Soviet system and mistakes of Soviet leaders which led to
the "Hungarian slaughter" (NOFORN)
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3. VATICAN CIRCLES REPORTEDLY FEEL POLISH
CHURCH SHOULD BACK GOMULKA
Vatican circles,
=ME believe the Polish
Church show ack the Gomulka re-
gime if it pursues a "nationalistic
and anti-Soviet" course, Cardinal Wyszynski, the Polish
primate., will soon visit the Vatican with the approval of
party first secretary Gomulka. (NOFORN)
Comment Gomulka's quick restoration of Wyszynski
to his office as primate reflects the new
regime's eagerness for the co-operation of the Polish Church.
As a further step, the government recently appointed a min-
ister to deal with church-state questions. Wyszynski in
public statements has already implied that he supports
Gomulka.
The backing of the regime by the Polish
Church would presume some concessions from the govern-
ment on such outstanding differences as the question of
religious instruction in state schools, the Vatican's insist-
ence that no bishops be appointed to the new dioceses formed
in the western territories of Poland until Germany's eastern
frontier has been finally established, and freedom of the church
in respect to publications and the operation of seminaries.
Vatican leaders have long disagreed over
the most effective method of dealing with the Soviet bloc. To
date the proponents of a consistently uncompromising line
have prevailed in forming Vatican policy.
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4. INDIA ACCEPTS NEW $126,000,000 SOVIET LOAN
India has accepted a new Soviet loan
equivalent to $126,000,000, repayable
in rupees, for industrialization under
its Second Five-Year Plano New Delhi
not only lacks $1,600,000,000 to finance
the plan, but its foreign exchange hold-
ings dropped abnormally by 20 percent
between April and September.
The press reports that the loan is to be
used for construction of a government-controlled oil re-
finery, a heavy machinery manufacturing plant, and fer-
tilizer plants, and to buy mining equipment and other ma-
chinery from the USSR, K. C. Reddy, India's production
minister, who presumably negotiated the loan during his
visit to the USSR in October, indicated before his visit that
a new shipbuilding yard might also be involved.
India obtained a $115,000,000 credit from
the USSR in March 1956 for construction of a new steel plant.
Terms of repayment of both loans are reportedly the same-
2.5-percent interest repayable in 12 annual installments.
Repayment of the Soviet credits will
probably necessitate a major increase in India's exports
to the USSR, which totaled only $5,000,000 in 1955.
(CONFIDENTIAL)
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5. HANOI ADMITS NEW OUTBREAKS AGAINST THE REGIME
In a Hanoi broadcast of 16 November,
the Viet Minh frankly admitted incidents
of open violence in North Vietnam and
the existence of widespread discontent.
The broadcast reported the use of troops
to put down a "counterrevolutionary up-
rising" in a Catholic area, and admitted
that there had been sabotage and ""confu-
sion" in a number of other regions.
The broadcast substantiates reports of
increasing pressure for reform in North Vietnam. Popular
demands for intellectual freedom, democratization of the
government and a slowdown in collectivization have recently
been reported. Reforms along these lines were announced
in an early November communique of the Council of Minis-
ters, and Hanoi now promises continuing efforts to "correct
mistakes" and to "satisfy the aspirations" of the people.
Despite these promises, growing dissi-
dence in North Vietnam, coupled with recent events in
Eastern Europe, will probably stiffen Viet Minh determina-
tion to move cautiously and to prevent its own "liberaliza-
tion" program from encouraging anti-Communist tendencies.
While paying lip service to freedom of speech, the Viet
Minh leaders have condemned "rightist attitudes favoring
the dissemination of reactionary thoughts and acts which
are harmful to the people's unity:'
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"DEAL" ALLEGED BETWEEN LAOTIAN PRIME MINISTER
AND PATHET LAO CHIEF
Souvanna.
and his half-brother, Pa:thet Lao chief
Souphannouvong, have bypassed the mixed
commission and reached private agree-
ment in secret on disputed factors of a political and military
settlement, that announcement will be de-
layed until a third brother, Prince Petsarath, returns from
self-exile in Thailand, so that he can use the political credit
in his bid for the premiership.
that an overwhelming majority of deputies and politicians fa-
vor Petsarath as prime minister and that the latter would
insist on Souphannouvong, whom he holds in high esteem, be-
ing included in the cabinet or given some other high post.
Comment Souphannouvong has been in Vientiane
since 7 November where he has been in
frequent contact with Souvanna Phouma, various leading
politicians, the international control commission, and the
king.
Petsarath, whose return is reported
imminent, regards the Pathets primarily as nationalists,
and his overriding personal ambition may lead him to co-
operate with the Pathets to further his own interests.
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