CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: February 17, 1960
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
17 February 1960
DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
USSR-Germany: [At the recent meeting of bloc leaders in
Moscow, Khrushchev is reported to have put forward a new 25X1
formula--subsequently outlined publicly by East German Pre-
mier Grotewohl on 10 February- -calling for two basically sim
liar German peace treaties, one between the Western powers
and Bonn and the other between bloc governments and East Gerl
many. Grotewohl explained that this procedure would "do away
with objections" to signing a single treaty with both German 25X1
states and lead to the "same results:' Khrushchev ma elab-
orate on this modification at the May summit meetinz
r ommission meeting on 16 February, which dealt with recent
ighting along the Israeli- Syrian border, may lead to UN Security
Israel-UAR-UN: Israel's boycott of the UN Mixed Armistice
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Belgian Como: Brussels' recent announcement that inde-
pendence with full sovereignty will be granted the Congo on 30
June has caused widespread anxiety among the Congo's 100,000
Europeans, and may lead to a substantial exodus. Europeans
Council consideration of the border Israel's antag-
onism is directed toward the UN Truce pSupervision Organiza-
tion
claim to sovereignty over ver in this case the demilitarized both oppose Israel's
gnY arized zone in which the
fighting occurred. A clash with Syrian forces in the central sec-
tor of the zone on 12 February, when two Israelis were killed,
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tion of a substantial cadre of Belgian civil servants. The mainte-
nance of the Force Publi ue at its Present strength would a
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feel that Brussels is surrendering to virtually every African de-
mand in the current round-table talks, and fear that Belgium will
be unprepared to protect its nationals in the Congo during the
post-independence period, which may well be chaotic. The pre-
vailing feeling could strengthen secessionist sentiment in mineral-
rich Katanga Province, where the Europeans are politically well
organized. The Consulate General in Leopoldville observes that
an orderly transition period after 30 June will depend on the reten-
ister, but in this case another extreme leftist, Minister of Plan-
Iraq: A cabinet change announced in Baghdad on 16 Feb-
ruary appears to be a jolt for Communist influence in the Iraqi
Government. Following a struggle of some weeks over control
of the agrarian reform program, the anti-Communist minister of
interior, Brigadier Yahya, has been made acting minister of
agrarian reform in addition to his other duties, while the pro-
Communist former minister, Ibrahim Kubbah, has been relieved.
Kubbah has also been dismissed from his post as acting oil min-
ning SQaybani, has taken over the portfolio on an acting basis.
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Cuba: ff~he American Embassy in Havana believes that
the most serious results of Mikoyan's visit to Cuba are the
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collaborate actively in the UN and the offer of technical as-
sistance by the USSR. Embassy officials state that the Cuban
Government has taken a long step toward putting itself def -
initely in the Soviet camp, that there is little possibility that
the United States will reach a satisfactory relationship with
the present regime, and that 11time.is working against us" as
Castrols, control over Cuban public opinion tighte~s
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*USSR - Geneva Test Talks: trhe Soviet offer on 16 Febru-
ary to accept a set of temporary standards for detecting under-
ground nuclear explosions, provided the West agrees to Ehru-
shchev's plan for a fixed number of on-site inspections each
year, is designed to further the USSR's objective of a treaty
banning all tests and to undercut the recent American proposal
for a limited treaty. An obvious move to divide the Western
delegations, the Soviet plan adopts suggestions along these lines
put forward by the British delegation on 15 January. An agree-
ment on temporary control measures,, which would obtain during
the "approximately two- to three-year" period while a perma-
nent control system was being installed, would also include a
joint research program to perfect methods of detecting under-
ground explosions. Moscow probably believes that this new
concession, which in effect accepts the Western contention that
almost any unidentified seismic event should be eligible for an
on-site inspection, will make it increasingly difficult for the
United States to continue its opposition to the Soviet scheme for
an annual quota of inspections--a concept first advanced by Prime
Minister Macmill
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I.. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Moscow Meeting of Bloc Leaders Discusses Pre-Summit Strategy
During the recent meeting of bloc leaders in Moscow, Khru-
shchev reportedly made several proposals designed to strengthen
Soviet efforts at the summit to persuade the West to ne otiate 25X1
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In a move to make
imss e u to e es the standard _ Soviet proposal for a
peace treaty with both German states, the Soviet premier put for
ward the formula--subse
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Premier Grotewohl on 10 February- -calling for two basically
similar treaties, one between the Western powers and Bonn and
the other between bloc governments and East Germany. Grotewohl
explained that this procedure "would lead to the same result" and
"do away with objections raised by some governments." Pravda
emphasized these aspects of Grotewohl's speech on 11 February.
[Khrushchev and Ulbricht are reported
ize the division of Germany as one of their basic objectives in
forthcoming East-West talks. Ulbricht was to take the initiative
to have agreed on a peace treaty which would legal-
in proposing that the four powers establish a commission to ne o
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rushchev plans no basic concessions on Germany or Berlin
a e summit, but will urge that the West agree to all-German
negotiations]
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II. ASIA-AFRICA
Israeli-Syrian Border Dispute May Go to UN Security Council
Israel's boycott of the meeting on 16 February of the Is-
raeli-Syrian Mixed Armistice Commission (MAC) to consider
recent fighting in the demilitarized zone along the Israeli-
Syrian border may lead to UN Security Council consideration
of the dispute. EUN Secretary General Hammarskjold has ex-
pressed readiness, if necessary, to call a council meeting
on his own authority. Prior to such a meeting, however,
there probably would be a "reaffirmation" of the UN position
regarding the status of the demilitarized zone, perhaps in
the form of a stern letter from Hammarskjold to Israel and
the UAR]
The Israeli claim to sovereignty over the demilitarized
zone has become a central issue in the dispute and was the
reason for Israel's refusal to attend the MAC meeting. The
Israelis deny that the MAC has any authority to discuss an
issue involving Israeli sovereignty. The UN and the UAR,
as well as the US Government, hold that the 1949 General
Armistice Agreement between Israel and Syria left the sta-
tus of the zone in abeyance pending a final Arab-Israeli set-
tlement.
Israel has offered to meet separately with the Arab in-
habitants of Tawafiq, the focal point of recent fighting with-
in the zone, to discuss measures to enable them to cultivate
the land they claim. The Israelis also have said they are
willing to meet the Syrians "anytime and anywhere" to dis-
cuss peace and means of preserving order along their com-
mon border, while insisting that there be no discussion of the
demilitarized zone.
A clash on 12 February in the central sector of the de-
militarized zone, 25 miles north of Tawafiq, has again
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raised the prospect of Israeli reprisal action. The Syrians
apparently fired first, and two Israelis reportedly. were
killed in the two-hour fight. Israeli Chief of Staff Laskov
is quoted. as threatening new reprisals if the Syrians "start
anything else."
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