CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: August 29, 1959
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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Communist China - India: The border clashes between Chi-
nese Communist and InTi-antroops publicized by Nehru in the
Indian Parliament on 28 August occurred in areas of northeast
Kashmir and Assam which Peiping claims are Chinese Commu-
nist territory. Nehru, who is publicly committed to defense of
the frontier areas involved, has turned the Assam problem over
to military commanders. Indian armed forces in Assam will make
a determined effort to dislodge the Chinese from outposts in territory
which New Delhi regards as indisputably Indian. Chinese military
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activity against remnants of Tibetan rebel bands in the rugged
border country may lead to forays over the poorly defined boun-
and further clashes involving Indian outpost troops. II
dary
USSR-Morocco: here is accumulating evidence that the
USSR has offered to extend economic and technical assistance
to Morocco. Aid talks may now be taking place in Moscow and
Rabat, The terms of the offers reportedly vary from a Soviet
$100,0009000 credit for goods and technical assistance to small
amounts of aid to meet specific needs, such as Morocco's recent
requirement for foreign exchange loans. Moscow apparently
hopes that such offers will induce Rabat to take a stronger stand.
for evacuation of Western forces--articular) US bases--from
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with the pose of "responsibility" which the USSR has maintained
in its capacity as one of the Geneva cochairmen. There has been
Laos, while describing the aid as "oil on the fire," was consistent
proposal for a neutral observer in Laos, has countered with a
suggestion that the heads of the three delegations of the Laotian
ICC personally investigate the situation. This step would be re-
jected by Vientiane as tantamount to a return of the ICS. Mos-
cow's initial reaction to the US announcement of increased aid to
run tactics in scattered areas. A raid on a small, army post. 16
miles east of Vientiane on the nit of 27 August is the. closest ac-
tion to the capital yet reported. he USSR, rejecting the British
Laos: Communist insurgents are continuing their hit-and-
no official Soviet statement on Laos.
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Sino-Indian Border Clashes
The latest clashes between Chinese Communist and
Indian troops along the Assam border may be the result of
Chinese operations against remnants of Tibetan rebel bands
seeking refuge in the rugged hill country. The clashes oc-
curred in territory claimed by both Peiping and New Delhi;
the Chinese seem determined to stand firm on their claims
in this area, and further incidents are likely.
Reporting the incidents to the Indian Parliament on 28
August, Nehru said that an Indian outpost on the northeast
frontier was taken by the Chinese on 7 August. It was later
recovered, but 12 Indian soldiers were captured in a more
serious engagement on 25 August. In replying to New Delhi's
protest over these incursions, Peiping said the Indians fired
first and accused India of "collusion" with Tibetan rebels.
Nehru has declared repeatedly since 1950 that his gov-
ernment would defend the territory lying south of the Mac
Mahon Line in Assam in which the Chinese incursions have
taken place. He has placed the entire northeast frontier
area under military command, commenting that "there
could be no alternative policy for us but to defend the coun-
try's borders and integrity." He cautioned, however, against
panic and resort to any "wrong action."
The Indians have also reported Chinese troops in the dis-
puted Ladakh area of Kashmir. The Chinese have built a
road through the Indian-claimed portion. An Indian patrol
sent into the area was captured in July by Chinese troops
and later released.
Nehru's detailed account of the "continuing cases" of
"Chinese aggression" in Assam and Ladakh will be re-
garded by most Indians as confirmation of the recent spate
of press stories warning of Chinese "expansionist" aims.
The government is likely to be under heavy pressure from
Parliament and press to make good on its pledge to resist
any Chinese encroachment along the Tibetan frontier.
Nehru apparently is willing to negotiate minor questions
of border demarcation, but is not prepared to discuss the
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"huge chunks" of territory claimed by Peiping. Communist
China, which has been discussing a border controversy with
Burma since 1956, would probably agree to talks with the
Indians about the disputed territorial claims, but would pro-
tract the discussions without any real effort to reach a defini-
tive settlement,
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II. ASIA-AFRICA
Eommunist partisans continue guerrilla raids in scattered
areas of Laos. A 27 August raid on a government post only
16 miles east of Vientiane apparently was designed to sow con-
fusion and weaken morale in the administrative capital. Vil-
lagers along the Mekong River in central Laos are described
as extremely jittery over the prospect of Communist raids
the government has redeployed troops in an effort to check
dissident activity developing in an area northeast of Luang Pra-
bang, the royal capital. Several groups of armed Communists?
one totaling 300--are reported operating in central Laos
(The USSR, in a reply described by British officials as
"moderately worded," rejected Britain's proposal of 17 August
that the UK and USSR as cochairmen of the Geneva agreements
request the UN secretary general to appoint a neutral observer
to Laos. In a meeting with a high British Foreign Office official
on 27 August, Soviet Ambassador Malik proposed instead that the
heads of the three delegations making up the suspended ICC for
Laos--India, Poland, and Canada--plus some "auxiliary staff,"
investigate the causes of present tension in Laos and report to
the cochairmen. The Soviet counterproposal would pave the way
for a complete resumption of ICC activity'
Prime Minister Nehru's reaction to Secretary General Ham-
marskjold's proposal that India intercede with Vientiane and Hanoi
as a first step toward UN mediation indicates that New Delhi will
follow its usual policy of offering its "good offices" only if all
governments concerned agree on the nature and usefulness of such
an effort. Hammarskjold had written Nehru on 22 August suggest-
ing that India approach the Laotian and North Vietnamese govern-
ments to try to work out a "mediation formula" leading to the ap-
pointment of a "neutral"- -and probably non-Asian--mediator. In
his reply, Nehru expressed the view that assurances of "active
support" would be needed from Britain and the USSR, as Geneva
cochairmen,, and` from Poland and Canada, as members of the CC.
Nehru's desire for-an assurance of. "cooperation'-.' from Laos and
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(-North Vietnam indicates that he also wishes to be convinced that
any effort on his part will be politely received and hearcd3
Soviet propaganda, in addition to charging that increased "US
interference" in Laos--planes from Taiwan and additional US aid--
"only pours oil on the fire in Laos," stoutly maintains that only a
return of the ICC can normalize the situation, A Radio Moscow
broadcast in Vietnamese on 27 August charged for the first time
that US advisers are "actually taking command in the raids against
the Laotian people" and that "US pilots have been ferrying weap-
ons to Laos" in planes based on Taiwan?
Peiping is prepared to fight in Laos if the United States anon
Laotian governments do not agree to the "principles of the Interna-
tional Control Commission:' Communist China is
supporting the rebels with arms (an allegation which Peiping has
publicly termed "slanderous") but justified such action as legal in
view of the Chinese "duty" to maintain peace in Indochina and al-
low "no reactionary forces to prevail:' the
US did not intervene, "progressive" forces would be able to over-
turn the present government
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THE PRESIDENT
The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
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Scientific Adviser to the President
Director of the Budget
Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization
Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Special Assistant for Security Operations Coordination
Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities
Special Assistant for Foreign Economic Policy
Executive Secretary, National Security Council
The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Department of State
The Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary for Administration
The Counselor
Director, International Cooperation Administration
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Department of Defense
The Secretary of Defense
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
The Director, The Joint Staff
Chief of Staff, United States Army
Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
Assistant to Secretary of Defense for Special Operations
Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army
Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy
Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
The Department of Commerce
The Secretary of Commerce
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Director
Atomic Energy Commission
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National Security Agency
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