CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: January 3, 1964
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CONTENTS HE
Cyprus: Situation report. (Page 1)
2. USSR: Khrushchev's new proposal is variation
on standard Soviet non-aggression pact. (Page 3)
France-Cambodia: The French say Armed Forces
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Ghana; Kashmir; Com-
munist China;
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Arab States: Nasir may adopt a conciliatory
position at the impending meeting of Arab chiefs
of state. (Page 6)
6. Ethiopia: Certain officials claim Ethiopia will
recognize Communist China. (Page 7)
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*Cyprus: 1 January proposal by the Turkish
Government 4o Greece and Britain, providing for
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risons ono Cyp us, reinforcement tresu t dl in feverish diplo-
matic activity in Athens, London and Paris
ccording to the Greek Ambassador in Ankara,
haotictoaGreece, and termed the situ-
the Turks, on Cyprus their
ation
blamed the British
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a separate note to the State Department, the
Turkish Government noted that the commander of
the tripartite-, force had admitted.
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were insufficient to ree.stablish order throughout
the island
claimed that the lives of Turkish
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riots were in serious danger, and proposed that
the three guarantor powers reinforce their troops,
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&he Greek Government regarded the Turkish
proposal as a prelude to unilateral military inter-
vention on Cyprus and immediately called in the
British
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means. It also asked for an emergency meeting of the NATO per-
manent Council in yesterday afternoon,the Greks charg edgTurke `
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with concentrating troops and naval units in the area
near Cyprus and called on the NATO powers to pre-
vent "any unilateral Turkish action" directed toward
Britain has officially requested both Greece and
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Turkey to refrain from sending reinforcements to
Cyprus. Simultaneously, London announced that
more British troops would be sent to the island.,
bringing to nearly 2, 000 the total number of British
servicemen dispatched to Cyprus in little over a
eanwhile, a British proposal to convene a con-
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ference in London to examine the future of Cyprus
has been accepted by the Greek Cypriots. The Brit-
ish have proposed that Britain, Greece, Turkey and.
both Cypriot communities be represented. While
Athens is receptive to this plan, the Turkish Gov-
ernment has termed the proposal "premature," has
made the restoration of order on Cyprus a prereq-
uisite to any conference, and has expressed the view
that 1 the three guarantor states should be re-
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*USSR: (hrushchev's proposal for an international
agreement t renounce the use of force in settling ter-
ritorial disputes probably was timed to take advantage
of the exchanges of cordial New Year's greetings: to
draw the West into a discussion of non-aggression ar-
rangements
Berlin
he Soviet leaders in the past have indicated that
they o not attach great importance to the form of such
an agreement. Khrushchev's proposal, which incor-
porates the main features of Moscow's long-standing
formula for a NATO-Warsaw Pact non-aggression
treaty, appears designed to circumvent Western ob-
jections that such a treaty would involve at least tacit
recognition of East Germany. It is also an extension
of Moscow's offer to the US and Britain last fall of a
unilateral Soviet statement, to accompany a non-
aggression pact, renouncing the use of force in all
interna Tonal questions, including Germany and West
tions of the Federal Republic
he provision that the absence of recognition or
diplomatic relations should not be used as a pretext
for violating the "territorial integrity of another state"
is clearly aimed at affording increased protection for
East Germany against the alleged "revanchist" ambi-
In addition to injecting a divisive issue into NATO
discussions, Khrushchev's proposal probably is a cal-
culated attempt to place the Chinese Communists on
the defensive in both the Sino-Indian and Sino-Soviet
border questions. Moscow charged last September
that Chinese "servicemen and civilians" had "system-
atically violated" the Soviet frontier since 1960 and
warned Peiping that "artifical creation" of territorial
disp-tes would mean "embarking on a very dangerous
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France- Cambodia: Tench Armed Forces Min-
ister Messmer's visit to -Cambodia, scheduled for
4-7 January, is being billed Foreign Office offi-
cials as primarily exploratory
he main purpose of Messmer's visit, according
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and will be allowed "to play much by ear
to the'e officials, is to prepare dossiers on economic
matters involving France and Cambodia. Messmer,
however, will be authorized a wide lat'ti?e of action
LVessmer will be prepared to discuss various
mean of guaranteeing Cambodia's neutrality, in-
cluding Prince Sihanouk's call for an international
conference, which France favors. Messmer will re-
portedly make it clear that Paris is not prepared to
serve as the sole counterweight to China in keeping
Cambodia "balanced in neutrality," although it is
doubtful he will do much to improve the US position
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Arab States: Nasir may use the Arab chiefs of
state meeting which opens in Cairo on 13 January
to display a new posture of conciliation and coopera-
tion with all his Arab neighbors.
Nasir called for the conference in a speech on
23 December. A confidant of the Egyptian Presi-
dent has said that this was the beginning of an effort
to work more closely with other Arab regimes. A
ranking Egyptian official has made a similar state-
ment.
Apparently in preparation for the meeting, Egyp-
tian radio and press propaganda has at least tempo-
rarily halted its attacks against Arab leaders at odds
with Nasir.
Ambassador Badeau comments that there have
been indications of pressures within the Nasir re-
gime to abandon Egypt's costly and largely fruitless
activist policies, but that much more evidence must
come in before a drastic shift in Eavotian outlook
policy can be accepted,
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will retaliate by recognizing Communist Chi
*Ethiopia: thiopian officials, frustrated over
US unwillingne to meet requests for increased
military assistance, are threatening that Ethiopia
oth Defense Minister General Merid Mengesha
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pia would recognize Peiping "within a week
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pressed bitter disappointment on 31 December over
the US refusal to supply such items as rations and
POL. Ketema is said to have exclaimed that Ethio-
Ketema, who is des-
ignat d acting foreign minister because Emperor
Haile Selassie retains the foreign affairs portfolio,
had instructed officials of the Foreign Ministry to
compile "papers concerning" Ethiopian relations
with Communist China by 1 January. Ketema is
also said to have asked for, tlle African itinerary of
Chinese Premier Chou En-
my Haile Selassie could make a decision of
this magnitude, and there is no indication that Merid
or Ketema have actually approached him with such
a proposal. Both of these officials probably fear
the Emperor's wrath when they report to him the
failure of their negotiations with the US and are
using a standard tactic in an effort to pressure the
US into meeting their requests. Merid is also under
fire because of the poor performance of the Ethio-
pian Army against the Somali dissidents in the coun-
try's Ogaden re io .
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Ghana: The -attempt on Nkrumah's life on 2 Jan-
uary is likely to unsettle the Ghanaian leader in much
the same way as did the assassination attempt in
1962. Nkrumah's conviction that "imperialists" are
out to get him will almost certainly be strengthened,
and, at the least, there are likely to be frenzied new
attacks on the US in Ghana's controlled press. The
attack may also make Nkrumah more susceptible to
pressure from pro-Communists for a purge of 11un-
EN reliable" elements and for a "renovation" of the rem-
nants of democracy inherited from British practice.
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Fuslim demonstrations continue over
Kashmir:
the Theft-from local mosque on 26 December of a
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hair which by Popular belief belonged to the prophet
Mohammed. Although there has not yet been any
significant agitation between Muslims and. Hindus in
Kashmir, Pakistani propagandists. are trying to ex-
njoit the affair. The Indian Government, while show-
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to conduct a large-scale "socialist education" move-
a New Year's Day statement that the regime intends
tion for its domestic problems was underscored by
on la-rge doses Of Political indoctrination as a solu-
Communist China: Peiping's tendency to rely
ment in,1964. A similar movement in 1963 failed
to inspire much enthusiasm. The statement indi-
cates that agriculture will continue to receive high
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