CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: February 17, 1961
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CONTENTS
2. Communist China: Regime forced to slow down
industrialization program. (Page t)
4. Burma: Chinese Nationalist plane shot.down over
northeast Burma. (Page it)
6. Iraq: Baghdad press attacks Moscow in strong-
est terms since 1958 Iraqi revolution. (Page i t t)
7. Union of South Africa: Government anticipates
new native disturbances during Commonwealth
Prime Ministers' Conference in early March.
(Page ttt)
8. Western Europe: Adenauer believes "real prog=
ress toward European integration" resulted from
Common Market "summit" meeting on 1011 Feb-
ruary. (Page tv)
9. Addendum to Congo Conclusion of Watch Com-
mittee. (Page tv)
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Communist China: Recent statements from Peiping rein-
force the previous conclusion that the regime has been forced
to slow down its industrialization program as a result of eco-
nomic dislocation, the withdrawal of Soviet technicians,and a
reduced ability to import industrial equipment. A People's
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Daily editorial of 11 February, probably reflecting Peiping's
reduced import capabilities, emphasized the need to pro-
duce domestically complete sets of industrial machinery..
Economic planner Po I-po, perhaps referring to the Soviet-
aided projects, has called for particular attention to finish-
ing partly completed plants, maintaining those already in
operation, and correcting supply "discrepancies" which now
keep these facilities from functioning as complete units. He
implied that new co
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place in Rangoon in the past two days and feelings will be in-
tensified by the air engagement on 15 February in which three.
Burmese fighter aircraft shot down a Chinese Nationalist P4Y
over northeastern Burma. Taipei
ids to e the public position that
it was on a "mercy mission" for the relief of Chinese refugees
in the area. This incident, in which one of the Burmese fight-
ers was also destroyed, follows a government-sponsored press
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its desire for Soviet diplomatic support on "anti-imperialist"
issues. F
Iraqi Communists, they are unlikely to affect Iraq's reliance
on the Soviet Union for military and economic assistance, or
cludes charges that the Soviet Union is interfering in Iraqi
internal affairs and for the first time labeled Iraqi Commu-
nists as Moscow's agents. While this Soviet campaign may
lead Qasim to take additional repressive measures against
_ raq: The press in Baghdad, inc u ing a government-
controlled paper, has attacked Radio Moscow in the strong-
est tones since the 1958 Iraqi revolution. The press attack,
which followed Soviet broadcasts in Arabic of 11 February
protesting ? the Qasim regime's treatment of Communists, in-
Union of South Africa: The South African Government
anticipates new native disturbances which may be timed to
coincide with the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Confer- O
ence in early March in London. Such disorders--intended to
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attract world-wide attention to the situation of non-=whites
in the Union-would probably center on the rural areas in
the southeastern part of the country where agitators have
been calling for a violent struggle against all whites. Afri-
can exile groups in London also reportedly plan to organize
demonstrations there during the conference. The American
Embassy at Capetown believes that police reserves and troops,
maintained in a state of emergency in the rural section, will
deal ruthlessly with any outbreaks, but there would almost
certainly be international repercussions, probably including
agitation .to expel the Union from the Commonwealth.
Western Europe: [Adenauer has said that he believes "real
progress. towards European integration" was made in his talks
with De Gaulle and four other heads of government in Paris on
10-11 February. He said his personal relations with De Gaulle
were restored to their former cordiality, and that he is con-
vinced De Gaulle is now prepared to accept a step-by-step ap-
proach to closer political ties among the six Common Market
countries. Only the Dutch seem to have offered serious oppo-
sition to De Gaulle's concept of political cooperation "among
national entities," and the language of the communique leans
in the direction of endorsing his idea of "confederation:'
Nevertheless, there is likely to be continued argument a-
mong the six over the meaning of "confederation" in the high-
level discussions which will take place before the next '. um-
mit" meeting of Common Market countries, now set for 19
May (Backup, Page 6)
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CONGO CONCLUSION OF WATCH COMMITTEE
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SELECTED INTELLIGENCE
REPORTS AND ESTIMATES
(Available During the Preceding Week)
lite Radio Coverage of the Kennedy Administration's First
Two Weeks in Office. F. B. I. S. Radio Propaganda Report,
Current.Developments Series CD. 183. 13pp. 3 February 1961.
Initial Bloc Treatment of the New US Administration:
Divergencies Between Moscow and Peking- A Comparative
Study of Moscow, Peking, and European and Far East Satel-
61-C. 52pp. 9 February 1961.
Military Build-up in Cuba: Extent of the Sino-Soviet Bloc
Military Collaboration With the Castro Regime, Examination
of the Cuban Military Build-up Since Castro Came to Power,
and the Intentions of the Castro Regime With Regard to This
Build-up; Chronology of Events, January 1959 m January 1961.
Map, Tables, U. S. I. B. Ad Hoc Committee. OCI No. 0592/
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Anti-American Sentiment in Burma
he issue of the Chinese Nationalist irregulars in north-
eastern. Burma threatens to return US-Burmese relations
to the low point they reached in 1953. At that time the Bur-
mese took the Chinese irregular problem to the United Na-
tions, demanding that the Chinese Nationalist government
be branded an aggressor. Simultaneously Rangoon canceled
American economic aid projects and by implication charged
the United States with tacitly approving Taiwan's resupply of
the irregulars. Only after extended negotiations in Bangkok
and the evacuation of some 7,000 irregulars to Taiwan in
1954 did relations begin to improv
he current development comes at a time when many
senior pro-Western officers have been removed from influ-
ential army posts for antigovernment plotting, and the US
military aid. program in Burma is in jeopardy. The Burmese
and English-language press in Rangoon have claimed that
some of the equipment captured at former bases of the ir-
regulars was more modern than any made available to the
Burmese Army,. and newspapers of 15 February carried
pictures of the ICA handclasp symbol, allegedly taken from
an air-dropped box of ammunition. On 15 February some
forty leftists from the Communist-dominated Burma Trade
Union Congress pelted the US Embassy with tomatoes; the
next day some 500 persons gathered there inapro-Lumumba
demonstration. The Burmese police intervened tardily in
both cases 1
(Burmese Vice Chief of Staff Brigadier Aung G i is mak-
.ing a personal investigation of the shootdown.
Aung Gyi also has mentioned the possibility that Burma may
again take the problem of the irregulars to the United Nations,
in order to prevent the Burma border area from becoming
"another Laos.?
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Native Groups Planning. Disorders in South Africa
Prime Minister Verwoerd told parliament on 10 Febru=
ary that the government has information that dissident groups
are planning disorders around the time of his trip to London
in early March. Similar demonstrations are being organized
by leftist organizations in London.
In South Africa many of the former leaders of the Afri-
can National Congress such as Chief Luthuli, Doctor Matthews,
and Doctor Zuma have been superseded by younger activists--
often Communist .oriented--who are preaching a doctrine
violent struggle against the whites.
believes that the natives in the rura reserves of the Transkei
and Pondoland in the southeastern part of the country would be
willing to suffer many casualties in order to publicize their
case before the world. The rival native organization- -the Pan-
Africanist Congress which was instrumental in organizing the
.Sharpeville demonstrations in late March last year--reported=
ly does not at present plan to foment any trouble in urban areas
of the Union in March but will participate in demonstrations in
London.
Pondoland has been a special security problem for several
months. Tribesmen have refused to pay taxes and have en-
gaged in killings and hut burnings as a protest against the chiefs
appointed by the government under its "Bantustan" policy of
creating self-sufficient native areas. Last December mobile
army troops were sent into the area to reinforce some 300 po-
lice already there and were granted sweeping powers to make
on-the-spot arrests without fear of legal punishment.
Ct the Commonwealth prime ministers' conference which
opens in London on 8 March, South Africa hopes to gain Com-
monwealth acceptance in its new status as a republic. Recent-
ly,reports have indicated that it may be successful despite
earlier opposition from several states including Ghana, Ni-
geria, Canada, and Malaya. However, an outbreak of native
rioting, probably leading to African loss of life at the hand
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of the South African police, might induce several states to
oppose the Union's continued membership in the Common-
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European Confederation Talks
[The results of the top-level talks in Paris last week end
on closer political ties among the six Common Market (EEC)
countries were apparently predetermined in large part by
Adenauer's meeting with De Gaulle on 9 February. Accord-
ing to Netherlands Foreign Minister Luns, De Gaulle opened
the "little summit" meeting by renewing his proposals for a
loose European confederation, with provision for quarterly
heads-of-government meetings, ministerial committees for
foreign and cultural affairs, and a permanent secretariat. De
Gaulle also referred to the need for defense coordination, but
did not pursue this poi!!
In the subsequent discussion, De Gaulle's proposals were
endorsed by the prime ministers of Italy, Belgium, and Lux-
embourg, and only Luns declared his complete opposition.
Adenauer thereupon also supported De Gaulle and, apparently
to Luns' surprise, took no cognizance of the Dutch opposition.
De Gaulle kept stressing
the necessity for "Europe of the Six" to speak with one voice,
and argued that a "strong Six" would eventually attract East-
ern Europe since "Communism would not last, God is too
high, and the United States too far away." In later discussions,
strong pressures were exerted on Luns by both De Gaulle and
Adenauer, the latter reportedly having observed at one point
that the Netherlands' reservation "at most had deserved only
a few minutes interruption in the historic proceedings.'
CThe objections by the Dutch reflected in large part their
continuing belief that the creation of new institutions will
weaken the existing institutions of the Common Market, and
that De Gaulle's plans for political cooperation will deepen
the rift between the Common Market and the British-led Out-
er Seven and prove divisive in NATO. They think De Gaulle
still is interested only in a Continental alliance and that his
thinking is based on "unrealistic assessment of the centers
of world power." Dutch concern on these points does not ap-
pear to have been shared to any extent by the others, with the
possible exception of Fanfani. A West German official has
attributed Dutch resistance mainly to a desire to have Britain
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Caissociated with any political arrangements on the Continent
and to Luns' "character:
tdenauer's optimism about the talks apparently reflects
in part DeGaulle's agreement not to push the idea of defense
coordination at this time as well as pledges of "loyalty to
NATO"
The chance or may also be anticipating that in the high-level
committee which will be discussing concrete measures before
the next "little summit" meeting on 19 May, De Gaulle. can be
induced to make further concessions toward a more supra-
national arrangement. The communique itself refers to the
necessity of "laying the basis of a union that will develop pro-
gressively," and pro-integration leaders like Jean Monnet have
argued that confederation should be considered the first step
toward federation.
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