CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: December 12, 1956
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12 December 1956
SC No. 05771/56
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OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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CONTENTS
4. HUNGARIANS LAUNCH GENERAL STRIKE (Confidential)
(page 6).
5. SZCZECIN RIOT (Confidential) (page 7).
6. POLITICAL SITUATION IN HAITI (Confidential) (page 8).
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4,, HUNGARIANS LAUNCH GENERAL STRIKE
The general strike launched by Hungarian
workers on 10 December apparently is
almost completely effective in both Buda-
pest and the provinces. Although initially
scheduled to end after two days, the strike
may be extended if the regime continues
to refuse the workers' demands. Accord-
ing to press reports, regime-controlled
Radio Budapest has admitted that the strike
is the "most complete" to date and that transportation is at a
standstill. Hungarian police have been almost totally unsuccess-
ful in their attempt to round up weapons.
The Soviet Union apparently still hopes that
the Hungarian police will be able to restore order with only a
minimal commitment of Soviet forces. It also apparently hopes
to avoid a complete Soviet military dictatorship. But the re-
gime's imposition of martial law and dissolution of the regional
workers' councils has strengthened the determination of the
workers to resist and may make inevitable the large-scale com-
mitment of Soviet forces to support the relatively weak security
units of the regime. (CONFIDENTIAL)
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5. SZCZECIN RIOT
The 10 December riot in Szczecin
(Stettin), climaxed by an attack on
the Soviet consulate, demonstrates
that the Gomulka regime is prepared
to act quickly to prevent situations
that might provide the USSR a pretext for intervention.
This incident points up the problem confronting Gomulka
in maintaining an alliance with the USSR in the face of a
deep-seated hatred of the Russians which has been inten-
sified by the Kremlin's suppression of the Hungarian up-
rising.
A Radio Warsaw broadcast on 11 Decem-
ber warned that the rioters would be punished with the
"full severity of the law" and that."public opinion" would
not "tolerate any leniency" toward them. This announce-
ment continued the hard line the regime adopted toward
public demonstrations after the Bydgoszcz disturbances
on 1.8 November. (CONFIDENTIAL)
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6. POLITICAL SITUATION IN HAITI
The "palace revolution" of 6 December
in Haiti by which the army returned Pres-
ident Magloire to power shortly after his
resignation has caused a sharp increase
in unrest in the country. A successful
general strike against the regime is re-
ported to be in effect in the capital city.
If the strike continues there may be con-
siderable bloodshed, and a serious at-
tempt may be made to oust. Magloire.
Magloire is authorized in his new role
as "chief of the executive power" to take "exceptional meas-
ures" to restore order, These may well include an attempt
to break the strike by strong-arm tactics. Constitutional
rights are suspended, and many oppositionists including a
leading presidential candidate have been arrested since
6 December,
The army, a key factor in the situation,
is supporting Magloire, but disagreement and disaffection.
among members of this force were reported in November.
Army chief of staff General Levelt is apparently under ar-
rest.
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