CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 10, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 15, 1961
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE. BULLETIN
CONTENTS
5. Monrovia conference takes usual African nationalist
line on Angola and South Africa, cautious line on
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Congo and Algeria. (rage M)
Iran: Several high-ranking officers arrested. (rage it)
6. Austrian Government expanding purchases from the
bloc. (rage tv)
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Iran: Former Prime Minister Eqbal has been sum-
moned by a government investigator for questioning in con-
nection with the rigging of last year's elections. Other
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finance as well as the former director of the fisheries ad-
ministration were also reported arrested. The fisheries ad-
ministration oversees the export of Iranian caviar and is,
therefore, a lucrative source of graft. Those arrested have
long been identified in the public mind with some of the more
flagrant abuses of position, and the Shah probably estimated
that the favorable public reaction would more than offset
their influence in the army or political circles. The arrests
also provide Prime Minister Amini with the first of the "spec-
tacular" moves he hopes to make to im ss the public with - I
his determination to be PffPrtiyt-_
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rican states ended on 12 May after agreeing to reconvene in
Lagos soon--possibly before the next UN General Assembly
session, where they intend to present a united front. The
meeting's final communique' adopts the standard African na-
tionalist lines on Angola and South Africa;` however, since
many of the participants are sympathetic toward France and
Katanga, it takes a cautious line on the Congo and Algeria.
The participating countries have agreed in principle that at
the next meeting in Lagos they will set up an "African co-
operation organization" which would include machinery for
settling disputes among members. The conference also
agreed to establish a body for economic and cultural coopera-
tion. The refusal of the radical African states--Ghana,
Guinea, Mali, Morocco, and the UAR--to attend has strength-
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Austria-USSR: The Austrian Government has been ex-
panding its purchases from the Soviet bloc at the insistence
of Austrian manufacturers who are eager to increase their
sales to the bloc. Soviet propaganda does all it can to en-
courage and strengthen this pressure for more trade with
the. bloc. The main areas of discrimination against US im-
ports appear to be in certain agricultural imports and coal
--products which are controlled by state trading companies
or state monopolies.
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Austrian Trade Discrimination Favors Soviet Bloc
Because of the essentially barter nature of the trade with
Eastern Europe, the volume of trade between Austria and the
Soviet bloc is dependent ultimately on the volume of bloc sales
in Austria. Austrian trade with the bloc has increased stead-
ily over the last five years, but in 1960 seemed to level off at
about 15 percent of total trade. Austrians have long hoped to
expand this figure to 20 or 25 percent. Khrushchev raised
Austrian hopes during his visit to Austria last year by stating
that he was prepared to buy everything Austria produced pro-
viding Austria was willing to buy an equal amount from him.
Austria recently placed grain imports under a state trad-
ing system in the belief that grain is one of the few products
it needs which the bloc can readily supply. In September 1960
a contract for 45,000 metric tons of corn was awarded by this
semiofficial Grain Board, which, in contrast to previous prac-
tice, stipulated the Soviet Union as the sole source of supply.
Subsequent contracts, with the same stipulation, were placed
for 50,000 metric tons of corn and 30,000 metric tons of bar-
ley. At the same time, feed corn could have been bought from
free world sources--including the United States--at prices
14 to 18 percent lower.
The US share of the Austrian tobacco market, a state
monopoly, has been declining, while leaf tobacco imports
from the bloc have increased from 6 percent of Austria's
tobacco imports in 1958 to 14 percent in 1960. US coal im-
ports have also been declining, while bloc exports have risen
from 37 percent of Austria's bituminous coal imports in 1958
to 52 percent in 1960.
The embassy has reason to believe that the Austrian
Government does request and exert pressure on private busi-
ness organizations to purchase certain commodities from the
bloc rather than from free world sources. This pressure on
private firms, as distinguished from nationaliz d firms. is
exercised through import licensing controls.
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THE PRESIDENT
The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
Special Counsel to the President
The Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
The Scientific Adviser to the President
The Director of the Budget
The Director, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
The Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Chairman, Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities
The Department of State
The Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State
The Director, International Cooperation Administration
The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
The Counselor and Chairman of the Policy Planning Council
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Department of Defense
The Secretary of Defense
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)
The Assistant to Secretary of Defense (Special Operations)
The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
Chief of Staff, United States Army
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
U.S. Rep., Military Committee and Standing Group, NATO
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
The Director, The Joint Staff
The Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff
The Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army
The Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy
The Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
The Department of Justice
The Attorney General
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Director
The Atomic Energy Commission
The Chairman
The National Security Agency
The Director
The United States Information Agency
The Director
The National Indications Center
The Director
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