CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: December 14, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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planation so far for the move, nor have the instigators been identi -
fiedo' No violence or crowd reaction was reported, and local
business activity remained normal. The Emperor, who has
been away from Ethiopia for several. weeks on a tour of West Africa,
is now in Brazil, and the government is nominally in the hands of
the inexperienced crown prince.
The Bodyguard's action appears to be primarily a demon-
stration of its long-standing dissatisfaction with present salaries
and privileges rather than an effort to overturn Emperor Haile
*Ethiopia (As of 0500 EST)., The Ethiopian Imperial Body-.
guard, in a surprise move early this morning sealed off the palace
and key transport and communications installations in Addis Ababa.
Leaders of the 6, 000-man elite military force have given no ex-
Selassie's regime or to forstall a possible coup by others against
the throne. However, the Bodyguard's action may _ have serious
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There is intense rivally among Ethiopia's Bodyguard, 24, 000-man
army and 35, 000-man security forces as well as friction within
each service between older officers who support traditional
leaders and theyounger men who have attended foreign or Ethiopian
military schools. Furthermore, there is no suitable substitute
for the Emperor who could hold the disparate country together.
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any significant political strength, and the following of any other
important political leader is limited to provincial or factional
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE. BULLETIN
14 December 1960
DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
IL ASIA-AFRICA
Somali Republic - UAR: The UAR, which is engaged in an
extensive campaign to extend its influence in the Horn of Africa,
apparently has offered substantial military and financial assist-
ance to the Somali Republic. Somali Premier Abdirascid stated
to parliament on 6 December that Nasir .had offered to give a
"certain number" of aircraft and other military equipment, to
grant loans for public works totaling eleven to fourteen million
dollars, and to guarantee a market for Somali exports. The
UAR may also have agreed to subsidize up to seven Somali dip-
lomatic missions.
Central African Republic - USSR: The announcement by
the Central African Republic CAR) and the USSR that they have
agreed to exchange ambassadors "in the near future" marks the
Soviet bloc's first diplomatic breakthrough in former French
Equatorial Africa. It is also the. first formal. commitment by
any African state of the French Community to accept a Soviet
embassy. The economic weaknesses of the CAR and the other
three now independent states of former French Equatorial Africa,
along with the inexperience and instability of their governments,
offer possibilities for a rapid expansion of activities throughout
.the area. The CAR's proximity to the Republic of the Congo--
particularly Orientale Province--and the existence of considerable
pro-Lumumba sentiment in the CAR could facilitate contacts be-
tween the bloc andLumumba supporters in Stanlevville. F_
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Algeria- France: An uneasy calm prevails in Algiers and
Oran after four days of rioting. Army commanders have made
plain their determination to put down any further disorders, and
De Gaulle reportedly intends to punish severely the European
leaders of the riots. The funerals of those killed during the dis-
turbances are being held and could spark further violence. The
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killing of Moslems will accelerate Afro-Asian efforts to secure
UN intervention in Algeria. Rebel Premier Ferhat Abbas has
sent a protest to Secretary General Hammarskjold, and the
Moroccan Government has officially protested to Paris. A
sense of shock was evident in metropolitan France over the
intensityof the Moslem demonstrations. De Gaulle returned
to France last night, and reportedly will make a speech to the
nation this morning.
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Ill. THE WEST
be Included in the new three-year trade pact with the USSR has
resulted in a categorical rejection by the Soviet ambassador.
?Although Bonn has from the beginning requested that the USSR
include West Berlin, only at the last minute did Bonn appar-
ently make the signing of the agreement conditional on this de-
mand. According to press reports, the Soviet trade negotiators
are preparing to leave Bonn, and Foreign Minister Brentano
stated on 12 December that the Federal Republic would continue
to try to reach agreement through diplomatic channels. Mean-
while, Bonn has also been insisting that West Berlin and West
Germany be treated as one "currency area" in present nego-
West German USSR: Bonn's insistence that West Berlin
talks within this framework.
tiations with East Germany on a new interzonal trade agreement,
and the East Germans', have not to date refused to continue the
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UAR Extends Aid to Somali Republic
The UAR, which is engaged in an energetic campaign to
extend its influence in the Horn of Africa, apparently has of-
fered substantial military and financial assistance to the So-
mali Republic, Somali Premier Abdirascid told his parlia-
ment on 6 December that during his recent visit to Cairo,
Nasir offered to give a "certain number" of aircraft and other
military equipment and to grant loans for public works total-
ing eleven to fourteen million dollars. According to a formal
accord published on 11 December, the UAR has also agreed
to guarantee a market for bananas and other Somali exports
in exchange for a Somali commitment to purchase various
manufactured goods in Cairo. In addition, the UAR reported-
ly offered to pay the costs of up to seven diplomatic missions
for the poverty-stricken Somalis.
The agreements with Cairo will provide the Somali Re-
public with its first aid from a non-Western source. Hereto-
fore, assistance has been furnished by the.'United'.States ,r Britain,
and Italy--the latter having committed itself to increased short-
term financial support only last month. The accords with the
UAR are a further indication of the Somali willingness to seek
assistance from all sources and will furnish Cairo with an en-
larged foothold in the area.
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Uneasy Calm in Algeria
An uneasy calm prevails in Algiers and Oran after four
days of rioting. Public transportation is beginning to func-
tion again, and some downtown shops are open. Army com-
manders have made clear their determination to put down any
further disorders, and a 13 December attempt by Europeans
to march on the Moslem sector of Oran was repulsed by secu-
rity police. Army units in the city of Algiers have been rein-
forced and now.number approximately 259000. Some 40 Euro-
peans arrested during the first day have been brought before
an Algiers court.
The funerals of those killed during the disturbances are
being held, and further violence might erupt among either the
Moslem or European crowds attending. The killing of Moslems--
Delegate- General Morin has admitted that at least 45 were
killed in the Algiers area--will accelerate Afro-Asian efforts
to secure UN intervention in Algeria, and the support shown
for the National Liberation Front by the Moslem rioters will
no doubt be used to undercut the' long-standing French argu-
ment that the front represents only a small minority, of the
Moslem population.
Rebel Premier Ferhat Abbas, in a 12 December press con-
ference, again rejected De Gaulle's plan to reorganize the pub-
lic powers in Algeria, and soon afterward he sent a protest to
Secretary General Hammarskjold regarding the killing of Mos-
lems. The Moroccan Government has also sent a formal pro-
test to Paris.
A sense of shock.is evident in metropolitan France following
the Moslem demonstrations in Algeria. French security forces
continue to round up known rightist supporters to prevent trouble
in France on eturn of President de Gaulle.
I I said. De Gaulle cut one day from his Algerian
trip to make a "solemn appeal" to the nation and Algeria this
morning. There is no indication that De Gaulle has been dis-
suaded from his earlier plan for a national referendum on 8 Jan-
uary and the creation of an interim Algerian government with
local autonomy, but he is reportedly angry over the rioting and
may crack down on the leaders of both European and Moslem
demonstrations.
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Bonn-Soviet Trade Talks Collapse
Bonn's insistence that West Berlin. be included in the new
three-year trade pact with the USSR has resulted in a cate-
gorical rejection by the Soviet ambassador. Although Bonn
has from.the beginning requested that the USSR include West
Berlin, the decision to make signing of the agreement condi-
tional on this demand apparently was made only at the last
minute. According to press reports, the Soviet trade nego-
tiators are preparing to leave Bonn. Foreign Minister Bren-
tano stated on 12 December that the Federal Republic would
continue to try to reach agreement through diplomatic channels.
(Bonn's chief negotiator, Hilger Van Scherpenberg, told
American officials that Soviet negotiators had countered his
attempt to include Berlin--either by an exchange of letters or
by an oral statement--by arguing that Moscow had not author-
ized discussion of political questionsT The three-year trade
pact concluded in 1958, which expires.on 31 December, did not
specifically include West Berlin, but the USSR has tacitly al-
lowed the city's trade to be treated as part of the West German
"currency area:'
LDonn was earlier reported to favor dragging out negotia-
tions as long as possible in the belief that the Soviet desire to
sell large quantities of oil and other products to West Germany
in return for German industrial goods would facilitate the in-
clusion of Berlin in the treaty. Van Scherpenberg reportedly
told members of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee on
1 December that if the USSR threatened to break off negotiations
over the Berlin issue, Bonn would have to back down. 0 In late
October, however, Brentano indicated that at the last minute
Bonn would demand that the agreement also apply to West Ber-
lin and would insist on. new negotiations if the USSR refused,
Berlin leaders are strongly urging Bonn not to yield to the
USSR on this issue. West Berlin Mayor Brandt stated on 11
December that "a failure to clarify Berlin's part in the new trade
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agreement would signify German agreement to a substantial
part of the Soviet free-city proposal," Brandt stressed that.
"prestige" issues such as a formal "Berlin clause" in the
treaty itself are not important as long as the present method
of handling. the city's trade .is not changed. Bonn has announced
that lack of an. agreement would not preclude, trade between the
two countries, which can continue, on the. basis of individual or-
ders,
Meanwhile, Bonn has also been insisting that West Berlin
and West Germany be treated as one "currency area" in pres-
ent negotiations with East Germany on a new interzonal trade
agreement, and the East Germans have not to date refused to
continue the talks within this framework,
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