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• Publication Date: September 27, 1951
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27 September 1951
CIA No. 49360
Copy No.
DAILY DIGEST
Office of Current Intelligence
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE: AGENCY
This summary of significant reports has been prepared primarily
for the internal use of the Office of Current Intelligence. It does
not represent a complete coverage of all current reports in CIA
or in the Office of Current Intelligence. Comments represent the
immediate views of the Office of Current Intelligence.
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SECTION 1 (SOVIET)
1. USSR. Soviet Mission in To tans
o reportedly has invited Kor to film
showings Leftist Korean organizations have scheduled national -
ventions to be held in Tokyo on 21-23 September and in November,conThe
Soviet Mission reportedly has invited the delegates to attend a showing
of propaganda films. CINCFE expects the conventions to be orderly in
view of the deportation legislation now being considered by the govern-
ment. Undoubtedl this will be the main t is discussed at the con-
ventions,
Comments The Soviet Mission has not generally identified itself
with the Korean minority group in Japan However, the Mission frequently.
shows propaganda movies which are attended by Communists and non-Communists,
including a few Diet members.
Belorussian MGB official receives tri le awards.- A newspaper an-
nouncement on 31 July revealed th
at MGB Minister L. F. Tsanava (of the
Belorussian SSR) was awarded the Order of Lenin for his achievements in
behalf of the nation and in honor of his 50th birthday, Tsanava received the fo In addition,
11o wing honors.- Order of the Red Banner in recog-
nition of his long and unblemished service in the ranks of the MGB; a
commendation "for outstanding achievements in the service of guarding the
national. borders of the USSR and in
of the Border Troops of +v, M connection with the 30th anniversary
G
Comments Awards to prominent individuals on the occasion of their
50th, 60th, or 70th birthdays are becoming a fairly frequent occurrence
in the Soviet Union. The simultaneous granting of two decorations and a
citation, however, is a fairly rare event, particularly when it concerns
the publicity shy MGB. It is possible that internal troubles within the
Belorussian SSR may have been the reason behind the awards.
3. CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Combined militar maneuvers underwa The Military
Attache in Prague has reported that, on the basis of observations during
three recent field trips to Western B h i
o
W B of the Belorussian SSR," L_ _= 25X1
em a, he is convinced that combined
military maneuvers on a diviai,,,, ,e-^
Comment.- Armies are more mobile while on maneuvers than while at
their barracks, and units of the Czechoslovak Army have been on maneuvers
in this area (near the US Zone border) all summer, The Czechs have not had
successful large-scale maneuvers since the end of the war,
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1. IRAN. M action order urges exemplary behavior in dealing with British
technicianss The official order expelling
was made British technicians from l
public in Tehran on 25 September. Besides stipulating that the
British must leave by 4 October" the order stated, "it is necessary that
the behavior of the authorities" Iranian employees and workers should
be of such a nature toward them that said persons will leave Iran with the
most friendly feelings. The attention of the temporary board of direct-
ors is particularly drawn to the necessity of carrying out the details of 25X1
this instruction.,
Comments The Iranian Government apparently wants to avoid giving
the Br t sh any possible justification for the landing of troops at
Abadan.
2. INDONESIA,. Dissident attacks coordinated in West Javas government re-
ve oweratione in East Indonesian Heavy and repeated attacks by appar-
ently coordinated bands Dunbar.ing from 20 to 50O occurred in West days
during the past week. Resurgence of such activity is probably the re-
sult of the withdrawal of three or more infantry battalions from West
Java for the Celebes campaign.
Meanwhile" the government has announced the commencement of large-
scale operations in the Celebes and has admitted recent action against
rebels on the island of Ceram in the South Moluccas.
Comments The government maintains very strict censorship on oper-
ations in ast Indonesia and in the South Moluccas. Its admission of
the Ceram action confirms persistent rumors that the army is still ens.
countering resistance from remnants of the insurgent South Moluccan
Republic.
3. INDOCHINA. Press in Sa on denies French move to repatriate Chinese
atilonalistss `-`
AU newspapers in igon carried an identical.' dispatch
dateliteliris denying that the French Government had any intention of
repatriating to Formosa the 309000 Chinese Nationalist troops now in-
terned in Indochina. All newspapers italicized the paragraph which
explained that repatriation would constitute a violation of interna-
tional law and a protext.for direct intervention on the part of the
Chinese Communists.
Comments The circumstances of this press announcement suggest
offic a inspiration, especially in view of the fact that the French
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authorities have for a long time Openly taken this position.
CHINE. Central-South area admits ?Achaotio situation in educations The
Department of Educatio~x cif the Ceratralcuth District of Communist China
has directed an investigation of the ?Qchaotic situation" in the area's
schools... This action follows similar admissions of ."chaotic conditions"
in education in the Southwest and East China Districts. Unplanned re-
cruitment of students for government and army work and arbitrary mobili-
zation of students by local or
ans f
g
been described as the rinc or carious political projects have
p s
October 1950 to wangtung in the period from
August 1951, The VicemChairma,nas report discloses that
909000 persons were arrested in that period as "countermrevolutionaries9e
and claims that effective action ha 1
nc
that$ 332 overnment has stated officially
persons were executed i
.
d
y no e 9 this problem is doubtless general
throughout Cox~rtunist China., and derive from the regime a s great need for
educated workers and its inordinate regard for purely formal political
activity. In order to help remedy the situation." the Communists must,
and probably will, compromise on the political schedule,
Comunists adroit 28 000 executions in Kwa tuns The Vice
Chairman of the 7waxngtig pro
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Comments As previ
ousl t
pa problems in all three areas,
and more than 000 QQ1o0-a1 d s can taken against 52.O00 "bandits"
among the235 11~A QUZAO OL .-Greasy executed were presumably
.,?00 listed in the three anti-Communist categories, As
Ewangtuag u s population is estimated at 30 million, these figures are
roughly consistent with those from other areas classifying about one
percent of the population as actively hostile and admitting the execu-
tion of about one-tenth of one percent. The true figure for executions
is believed to be at least twice as high in every area as the Communists
have admitted, and the figure for Communist China as a whole is expected
to exceed one million in 1951,
"spots in the countryside
Campaign against churches continueso
giving incoMplete A Peiping news release,
figures for the period kay August 1951. reports a
total of 113 foreign churchmen denounced in the accusation campaign,
while 33 others have been expelled, put under house arrest, jailed, or
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compelled to apologize publicly in lieu of i
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mpr
sonment. At the same
time Pei in is offering tax exemptions or deductions to the churches.
Comments Peiping is determined to
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reign influence from
Chinese churches, To that end, the regime on the one hand persecutes
foreign churchmen and Chinese associated with them, and on the other offers
temporary benefits to Chinese churchmen willing to be puppets of the Com-
munista. 25X1
Comments The USSR, which has had operational responsibility for the
port o a ren since 19).59 undoubtedly maintains a thorough air and naval
defense of the area.
erve a well camouflaged airfield in the
Sunchon area., north of Pyongyang. The prisoner stated he had observed
five USSR jet fighters., with a reported speed of 625 , stationed there
and that both Chinese and Soviet personnel with wings on their blouses
were observed shopping in a nearby villaee ~h~ ai c+raf+
operational only at "dawn and ri?~1-_ea reprted were 25X1
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k,& e o stational north of
ong a s recently interrogated omznunist prisoner of wa reported
that in-mid-June he had obs
8. KORRFA. Well=camouflaged Jet airfield re
t d
Comments While reports no airfield at the place identified by
the prisoner, an air eld9 capable when repaired of supporting jet air-
craft, is known to exist not more than 20 ?1 f
USAF
USAF
Re-
cent aerial observation has disclosed no aircraft on fieldsointthis area,
Although this report cannot be confirmed, frequent night intercep-
tion of UN aircraft has occurred in this general region. It is entirely
possible that a limited number of Jet fighters could operate undetected
from selected fields in the area.
J
Ira; APAN. Democrats withhold approval of security acts The Democratic
y cannot express approva or disapproval of the US-Japanese security
agreement until further details are made public, according to its
Secretary-General, The party, he said, wants details on how expenses
will be apportioned between the US and Japan, whether the US garrisons
will have extra-territoriality, and what benefits will be given to them.
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6, AUSTRIA, Soviet officials seek control of steel oducts distribution firma
Soviet occupation authorities are attempting to expand their nominal. control
over ESTAG, a steel-products distributing firanf, by forcing the resignation
of the Austrian director and his staffa and by concentrating power in the
Soviet director,, The ESTAG fi p now subjected to supervision by the
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Administration for Soviet Enterprises., is identified as a large importer
of West German steel and the largest distributor for Alpine--Montan. Company,
a steel-producing firm in the British zone.
25X1 __]Soviet control of steel scrap supplies originating in the Soviet zone
will force Alpine-Montan to continue to deliver stee products to ESTAG for
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Cow Early last spring, the Soviet headquarters made overtures
to the Austrian Government for a 50 percent increase in allocations of
iron, steel, nonferrous metals, and chemicalsto plants under the Admin-
istration for Soviet Enterprises. In spite of threats to reduce oil
allocations and to renew restrictions on Danube traffic, the Austrian Govern-
ment did not increase allotments at that time. Soviet pressure for direct
control over the distributing firm suggests that Soviet enterprises are still
suffering a. shortage of raw materials.
8. UR .& Ninth Cr iss of the Union Ealava opens. The Ninth Congress of
the Union Eslava. in UrugaV opened . in Montevideo on 22 September. Thus
far participits. in the congress apparently have devoted themselves to the
peace'? theme and to eulogizing the USSR.
Cot The Union Eslava has approximately 1,000 to 1,200 regular
dues-paying members., and a considerably larger number of sympathizers. It
acts as an orientation point for Conmrunist Slay groups, disseminates prop-
aganda to the Uruguayan interior and to other Latin American countries9 and
assists the Uruguayan-Cormwist Party,, 25X1
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Recently it was indicated that the Polish Cc unlst Party of Brazil
would send four members to the congress, and it is likely that delegates
from Argentina and Paraguay are attending,
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27 September 1951
CIA No. 49360-A
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TO THE DAILY DIGEST
Not for dissemination outside O/CI and O/NE.
Office of Current Intelligence
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This summary of significant reports has been prepared primarily
for the internal use of the Office of Current Intelligence. It does
not represent a complete coverage of all current reports in. CIA
or in the Office of Current Intelligence. Comments represent the
immediate views of the Office of Current Intelligence.
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SECTION 2 (EASTERN)
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1e BLqft,o Burmese to defer UN a al on Chinese Nationalist troop issue:
Burma has agreed to defer an appeal to the UN regarding Chinese Nationalist 25X1
troops in Burma, pending the reaction to its proposals that the US persuade
Taipei to recall Nationalist General Li Mi to Taiwan and to order his trop s
to leave Burma or sur for internment,
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The. US Embassy in Rangoon believes that the possibility still exists
that Burmars army commander,, General Ne Win, with the collaboration of the
newly'-appointed Burmese Ambassador to Peiping, might attempt a covert ar-
rangement givin the Chinese Communists a free hand to deal with the
Nationalists.
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