OPINIONS ON POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF CEASE FIRE IN KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001000430009-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 2009
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 20, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SECURITY INFORMATION
Opinions on Possible Consequences
of Cease Fire in Korea
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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DATE DISTR.
20 April 1953
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1. It is hoped in Peiping that the following will be the result of the cease fire
in Korea:
a. Military spending and military support for the Far East by the United
States will be curtailed.
b. The Chinese Communist Government will enter the United Nations.. The
Chinese are.said to have already saunded out Asians and other neutrals
regarding support for entry into the United Nations. Political gossip
in Tientsin and Peiping is already speculating on who is to be selected
as the best qualified Chinese to match Vishinsky in the United Nations. It
is hoped that a person will be selected who can capitalize on China's stronger
position to take over the Asian spokesmanship from India. When the Chinese
Communist regime is admittod.to the United: Nations it is hoped that
Taiwan's position will be neutralized and that Taiwan will become a trustee
of the United Nations.
c. The embargo by the, West will be relaxed
e USSR and Czechoslovakia cannot supply material in
sufficient quantity. The possibilities of. barter trade are limited because
of the small number of exchangeable commodities and by`the complications of
three-way exchanges.
d. The tension which is hindering the internal,economic stability will be
relaxed. The North China businessmen feel that with peace the whole country
can settle down and devote itself to reconstruction.
it is extremely difficult to carry on 25X1
reconstruction while pouring all available resources into the Korean war.
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3. There was a rumor in Peiping and Tientsin, following CHOU En-lai's return
from Moscow, that the Chinese have been given the direction of Communist
activity in the East'and in Southeast Asia, except that North Korea will
keep control of the Koreans
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