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• Publication Date: August 15, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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15 August 1951
CIA No. 49306, Copy No.
DAILY DIGEST
Office of Current Intelligence
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This summary of significant reports has bn preared of Current IntellPg n e. primarily lt does
for the internal use of the Off ice
all
not represent a complete coverage
Comments represent the
or in the Office of Current Intelligence.
immediate views of the Office of Current Intelligence..
OSD, DOS and DPMO review(s) completed.
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formed regarding high-level policy,, withthe result that often they are
er The Soviet-decision .to .attend.the.Japanese peaoe,conference is
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an indication of concern over Western plans to proceed without the USSR
if necessary. It is also a sign of Soviet inability to hinder the con
elusion of the treaty and to prevent widespread adherence to, it. The
conference will offer the USSR the opportunity to exploit objections to
the joint US-UK sponsored draft held mainly by Far Easter nations over
questions such as reparations, rearmament and Chinese representation,
Past Soviet criticisms of the US draft treaty'hav emphasized the
absence of guarantees against a resurgence of Japanese aggression;,
including future Japanese adherence to regional secl=ity arrangements,,
and the treaty's -implicit sanction of the retention of U troops and
bases in Japan? The USSR has also charged that Japan is:being prevented
from establishing normal economic relations with neighboring states and
developing its peacetime economy,
TTP C nent on Soviet narti ipation In the at~a ese aeac treaty cones
draft were being requested of the Soviet Goverhmentp, which probably fore.-
shadows Soviet circulation of draft.proposals for conference consider--
Moreover, the USSR has objected to US prooedureomaintaining that
the treaty should be prepared by the Big Four and that a?multilateral
conference should then be held to .consider "available. treaty draftss
On 20 Julys, Gromyko asked Ambassador Kirk whether comments on the US
ation,
scion In Japan uninformed regarding USSR attendance
eat, conference z According to Tokyo Central News:, a spokesman for the
Soviet Mission in Japan declined comment on USSR attendance at San Fran-
cisco conference saying that he had not received any official n0tice fa?om
Moscow and had heard the news only over. the Japaneseadio0.,
e it is not unusual for Soviet. officials abroad to be unim
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caught unaware by moves such as this,
New USSR Railroad Journal nubl shedz 'The first nxer of a new
industrial-technical journal Rai wa Construct?on-has recently appeared
in Moscow. Published by the Ministry of Transport,, its main task is
said to be to spread knowledge of advanced methods of railway construo-
tion,, to recount the experiences of individual Stakhanovite~btxildersp
and to consider questions concerning mechanization and the formulation
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of new projects. The first issue contains articles on the "successes"
of railway construction in the USSR, and reportedly devotes considerable
space to the problems of railway transport connected, with the construes
tion of the " antic' h7dro-eleatric power stations and irrigation
canals.
Co nto The appearance of this journal is of interest because of
the considerable stress that has recently been placed in the Soviet press
on the need for railroad improvements, It is possible that the USSR
transportation system is presently- overburdened by shipments of?arious
materials from factories to the building sites of the grandiose post-war
construction projects,
EASTERN EUROPE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Further harassmIent of? US missio t'
The Czechoslovak. Governmexxt . has . recently ref used to clea?' some
.unaccompanied US diplomatic pouches unless they were opened. Ambassador
Briggs reports from Prague. The US Embassy has refused to allow any of
its pouches to be opened,. Briggs states that similar Czechoslovak action
has been taken against the diplomatic pouches of other Western countries,,
A meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministry personnel. responsible for customs
matters was scheduled for 13 August to establish future procedures for
handling diplomatic pouches,. Ambassador Briggs will recto miend reciprocal
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Cole to The inviolability of. diplomatic pouches has-only the force
of an internationally respected custom and courtesy. Brazil recently
opened two Czechoslovak pouches to-intercept smuggled goods so that this:
move on Prague ? s part may be a fora, of retaliation or a warning to other
Western powers not to follow suit, The Italian Goverment recently closed
its Consulate General in Bratislava over a dispute involving a Czechoslovak
demand to open the Consulate's diplomatic pouches,
5. HUNGARY. Goverment demands end to Y oslav border rovocat ?ons The
Hungarian Government on.13 August delivered a note to the Yugoslav Legation
in Budapest demanding that QBorganized and systematic frontier provocations
cease without delay," The note warned the Yugoslav Government that responsi-
bility for the. consequences of border violations by Yugoslavia rested
exclusively on the Yugoslav Government, Attempts to infiltrate spies into
Hungary., the kidnaping of Hungarian citizens, and attacks on Hungarian ter-
ritory were alleged to have become more and more frequent? The note stated
that the aim of these frontier violations'was to disturb the peace in Hun-
garian territory with violent and aggressive acts. It accused the Government of hostile intentions toward Hungary.
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C s This is the 35th published note which the Hungarian Govern-
ment has sent to Yugoslavia regarding frontier-violations since the Tito-
Cominform break, It is the first, however, which has demanded a cessation
of the provocations; .A Rumanian note on 29 June-protested frontier vio-
lations by Yugoslavia and also demanded that Yugoslavia'"take the necessary
steps to prevent the occurrence of further provocations." The Hungarian
note followed by a few days Yugoslav notes to,H=gar
and Rumania protesting
Cominforri..instigated border incidents
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SECTION 2 (EASTERN)
1a INDIA. Comment on Nehrufl s possible resignation as Prime Minister of India:
The first oblique public reference to. the possibility that Nehru might
resign his post as Prime Minister has appeared in the Indian press..
Significantly., the suggestion is attributed to Congress Party President
Tandona with whom Nehru is currently at swords' points.
On 12 August, the newspaper Times of India reported Tandon's view
that Nehru should ease the current party crisis by taking over'both the
Congress presidency and the Prime Ministership or, as an alternative,
that he should assume the party presidency and resign as Prime, Minister
in favor of someone commanding his "loyalty and respectort
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INDONESIA. Government believes recent lawlessness was Commzznist-inspired;
A cabinet member told US Ambassador Cochran that the Indonesian Attorney
General has evidence that the scattered incidents during the weekend of
5 August--including the attack on Tandjong Priok--were Communist-inspired
and coordinated. He said the government had already made many arrests and
would make more if circumstances warranted. The official also stated that
an effort would be made to clean the Communists out of the Ministry of Labor.
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political suspects in Medan (North Sumatra).
c na lonals and most of the local Indonesian Communist Party leaders.
The majority will be released after 17 August (Indonesian iande endence
the prisoners are chiefly Chinese but include several
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day). a date for which the Co ?sts have planned widespread demonstrations,
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Coo rent; Indonesian officials have in the past defended the government
for taking no action against the Communists with the argument that the
government had to await an overt act by the Communists of sufficient
importance to justify a repressive policy,
Medan is the only city known to have undergone a wide "security
sweep", It is.not clear whether this was specifically ordered by the
central government or whether it was undertaken on the initiative of
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is generally credited with maintaining the most secure area in Indonesia,?
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6. CHINA. Hong Kohn restricts trade with Maaaoo Hong Kong is ncr requesting
written assurances from Macao that strategic items imported from Hong Kong
will not be transshipped. The US Consul General,, however,, points out that
no credence can be given any assurances from Macao officials. Petroleum,,
tires,, metals and other strategic goods continue to be shipped openly from
the Portuguese colony to China,, and the Coaimuni.sts- have .declared,that 100
trucks will be used to move goods over the new highway between Macao and
Canton.
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Comment- Hong Kong measures to restrict legitimate trade with Macao
will not curtail the smuggling traffic. It is this traffic,, rather than
the legal trade, which has become the principal channel for petroleum
and other strategic goods moving from Hong Kong through Macao to the
Coma nist mainland.. In the absence of more vigorous anti-smuggling
enforcement in Hong Kong, Macao will continue an important transshipment
point for strategic goods moving to Communist China.
American POWs re orted be hanahain
American POWs were held in ?a Shan hai camp in mid-July.
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Coa x Several-thousand VS P( o s are believed to-be in Chinese
Co is -. ndsd POW camps have been reported at Canton, Hankow and now
Shanghai in China., and in Mukden and Liaoyand in Manchuria. None of these
rep is hie been confirm"
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KO M. North Koreans to use civilians in POW returns t
North
rean au ra ies are gathering refugees and ordinary citizens together
in rear area amps. These people reportedly O ill be dazignated prisoners
of war and used in any exchange of prisoners gnmwi-nop out of the o
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Comnentt The great disparity between the large number of prisoners
of a V . -y the UN forces and the small number held by the Communist
forces may have induced the North Koreans to resort to such a subterfuge;
however, this activity is uncon?firmed,
12, ROK .1tary court seeks former Defense Minister as a witness; A ROK
mi,1it t,, currently . investigating ~ 0x acne
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vol d in the, nNational d Scandal (m3 pp o afi on ids d s .g
x3ated for d ?afte training and subs steUee) h .s . requested the WmistrY Of'
eat:: star' of Defense
Foreign Affairs- to'recall as a witness
.and present Ambassador to Japan e
0oa rb $ ?he expose of the Mati?nal Cad Scan-dal