CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: December 18, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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Israel: Prime Minister Ben-Gurion, whose Mapai party
increased its plurality in the 3 November election, has suc-
ceeded in organizing a broad coalition, on terms which in-
crease his control over the cabinet. The same parties par-
ticipated in the previous coalition, and no new policy trends
appear likely. The new government's offer of nonaggression
pacts to the Arab states and its proposal for regional disarma-
ment are certain to be rejected by the Arabs:
Morocco: strains between the royal palace and the left-
ists wh d ina a Morocco's cabinet have been brought to a
head by the suspension earlier this week of the principal left-
ist newspaper and arrest of two of its editors for criticizing
the police and persons close to King Mohamed V. Efforts will
probably be made to avoid a showdown until after President
Eisenhower's visit, but Premier Ibrahim, who presumably
sanctioned the press campaign against the palace, has been
placed in a difficult position
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ruary 1960. Further negotiations will probably take lace while
King Baudouin is in the Congo.
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Belgian Como: Brussels' announced willingness to ac-
celerate the formation of a federal Congolese government may
provide the basis for a compromise with nationalist leaders
who are currently boycotting local elections in the Congo. Lo-
cal demands for "immediate" independence, however, have
prompted a warning by one group that the lower Congo may at-
tempt to secede from the colony on 1 January unless elections
for a Congolese assembly are moved up from August to Feb-
establishment of diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia
within two weeks, Relations with Malaya will be announced
at the same time. The move apparently reflects Prime Mini
ter Koirala's policy of expanding Nepal's foreign relations and
maintaining a balance between Western and bloc contacts. Until
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Nepal's only bloc ties were with Moscow and Peiping. Re-
lations with Czechoslovakia will give the bloc an additional
channel for further economic aid to Nepal; F7 I
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ter a hewed discussion over an internal jurisdictional prob-
lem. The resignations have been accepted by President Du-
valier. This cabinet crisis is symtomatic of the problems
facing the weak regime of dictator Duvalier. There is as et
no information on the composition of a new cabinet. is
IV. SIGNIFICANT INTELLIGENCE
REPORTS AND ESTIMATES
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Prospects for Iraq. SNIE 36,2-5-59, 15 Dec 594
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11. ASIA-AFRICA
Coalition Government Organized in Israel
The government coalition which Prime Minister Ben-
Gurion has presented to the Israeli Knesset, following six
weeks of negotiation, includes the five parties in the previous
coalition. The left-wing Achdut Haavoda and Mapam parties
were included at the last minute after they reached a compro-
mise with the prime minister on the issue of collective cab-
inet responsibility.
Ben-Gurion has resented independent stands taken in the
past by these left-wing partners, and last July he dissolved the
coalition when Achdut Haavoda and Mapam members refused
to resign after opposing the government's decision to sell arms
to West Germany. As presented by Ben-Gurion on 16 Decem-
ber, the new coalition agreement stipulates that an opposing
vote or an abstention on a government motion is tantamount
to resignation.
This automatic procedure for dealing with defections, to-
gether with the coalition's broad base of support, increases
the prime minister's control over the cabinet. His government
would not necessarily fall even if both left-wing parties should
oppose him on an issue; Together they command only 16 of
the 86 Knesset members who support the coalition, while the
total number of seats in the assembly is 120. Ben-Gurion's
moderate Mapai (labor) party increased its plurality from 40
to 47 seats in the 3 November election.
No radical change in either domestic or foreign policy is
likely. Israel has announced that it plans to propose regional
disarmament and substitution of nonaggression treaties for the
armistice agreements with its Arab neighbors. The Israeli ro-
posals are certain to be rejected by the Arabs.
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New Political Crisis May Be Imminent in Morocco
Strains between the royal palace and leftists in the
Moroccan cabinet who are backed by the National Union of
Popular Forces (UNFP) have been brought to a head by the
arrest of the director and editor of the UNFP's daily news-
paper At Tahrir for criticizing the police and persons close
to King Mohamed V. The paper has been indefinitely sus-
pended, but the UNFP--formed last September as a patriotic
movement and not a political party- -apparently is preparing
to issue another Arabic-language daily under the name of
Er Rai Alam,
The press campaign was part of the UNFP leaders'
long-standing effort to have army and police forces sub-
ordinated to the appropriate ministries. rather than to the
palaces an issue underlying the fall of the rightist Balafrej
cabinet last year. The campaign presumably was sanctioned
by Premier Abdallah Ibrahim, who is strongly supported by
the UNFP but whose connections with the organization are not
yet clear.
UNFP leaders apparently were encouraged last fall when
the King did not endorse recommendations of the crown prince,
who is also army chief of staff, and other rightist groups that
the army be used to suppress the leftists. Having created
five battalions of elite troops, which he hopes to have equipped
with American.arms, the crown prince asked last week for a
clandestine shipment of $600,000 worth of American arms to
be distributed to loyal elements of the population. This plea
was subsequently strongly endorsed by the King.
Efforts will probably be made to avoid a showdown until
after President Eisenhower's visit to Casablanca on 22 Decem-
ber, but Ibrahim- -whose government was installed a year ago
as a stopgap measure--has been placed in a difficult position.]
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 New Moves in Belgian Congo Political Crisis
Brussels' announced willingness in principle to accel-
erate the formation of a federal Congo government may pro-
vide the basis for a compromise with nationalist leaders on
a timetable, for Congolese independence. In Leopoldville,
however, a spokesman for the Abako party stated that unless
the date of elections for a Congolese assembly is moved up
to this coming February, the Abako-dominated Lower Congo
area will attempt to secede from the Congo on 1 January.
While the threat may represent a bargaining position rather
than an ultimatum, it underscores the gulf which remains
between Brussels and the nationalists. Tension will con-
tinue high unless a compromise is reached, and further vio-
lence could result from local elections which are being held
over nationalist opposition.
Belgium's Congo Minister de Schrijver- -following recent
consultations with Congolese leaders- -announced on, 16 Decem-
ber several significant shifts from Brussels' earlier declara-
tions. He assured Congolese political leaders that they would
be included, along with representatives of the Belgian parlia-
ment and other Congolese elements, in the round-table confer-
ence scheduled for mid-January. The purpose of the confer-
ence would be to achieve general agreement on institutional
structure, powers of the institutions, and the electoral system
at the provincial and national levels.
Meanwhile, Belgian concern over the Congo situation is
also pointed up by King Baudouin's sudden departure for the
Congo on 16 December. He was well received there during
a tour in 19559 and Brussels apparently hopes that his pres-
ence there now will help ease the tension, at least for the re-
mainder of the election period. F7 I
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Chairman, Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities
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The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
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