CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: January 17, 1959
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- Economic results: Gross industrial output in 1958
USSR
increased 10 percent over 1957 and the grain harvest was the
biggest in Soviet history, according to the official, year-end
statistical statement issued. in Moscow on 15 January. This in-
dustrial increase is identical to that reported last year over 1956
and is higher than the average annual increase--8.8 percent--
necessary to meet the Seven-Year-Plan (1959-1965) goals.
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Ivory Coast: C opposition appears to be mounting tote con-
servative, pro-French leadership of the territory's political
boss, Houphouet-Boigny, who is also a minister of state in the
French Government. Disorders similar to those which occurreU
L last October could materialize in the near future. Such a devel-
opment might lead to the early collapse of Houphouet's domestic
L) I position. His control over one of the area's two leading inter-
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Laos: India, as chairman of the International Control Com-
mission ICC) for the Indochinese states, has taken a step toward
reactivating the.ICC in Laos. It apparently plans to convene a
"Laos committee" in Saigon in response to Communist charges
.of American and Laotian violations of the 1954 Geneva Accords.
Prior to its adjournment in July 1958, the ICC in Laos limited
the government's freedom of action and was often ineffective in
checking Communist violations of the Geneva Accords.
gerous" step.
*Iran-USSR: Top Iranian officials are reassessing Iranian-
American relations and what they believe to be US policy toward
the Baghdad. Pact area. Ambassador Wailes in. Tehran feels
there is a real question in Iranian minds regarding US policy
toward Iran. The concern voiced by these officials over the ex-
tent of American economic support is greater than in past years
and may be due in part to the steady Soviet pressure campaign
against Iran, the latest move of which is a 16 January note call-
ing the proposed US-Iranian defense agreement a,"rather dan
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SOVIET PRODUCTION OF SELECTED ITEMS
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Pig Iron (million metric tons)
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39.6
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Crude Steel
51
54.9
53.6
102
Rolled Steel
4.0.2
42.9:
41.7
77.6
Coal
463
496 4
88.9
470
Petroleum
98.3
113 1
12.6
355
Electric Power (billion K. W. H.)
210
233 23
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Natural Gas (billion cubic meters)
20;
29.8 3
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Soviet Economic Report for 1958
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Soviet gross industrial production increased 10 percent in
1958, according to the official year-end statistical statement
issued in Moscow on 15 January. This is identical with the in-
crease reported for 1957. The 11-percent rise in producer7
goods is also the same as in 1957, but the increase in con6um-
er goods was only 7 percent, compared with 8 percent in 1957.
In the case of consumer goods, while the category of light in-
dustry showed a greater growth than in 1957, the increase in the
food industry category was smaller than in the preceding year.
Rates of increase reported for the major branches of
heavy industry were virtually identical to those reported for
1957. The 6-percent rise in industrial labor productivity con-
tinues the recent trend of a diminishing rate of increase
(8 percent in 1955, 6.9 percent in 1956, 6.5 percent in 1957).
This decline largely reflects the acceleration of the program
for reducing the workweek.
Total capital investment increased more than 11 percent
over 1957 to 235 billion rubles. While the Soviet summary did
not mention specific shortfalls, earlier information indicates
that shortfalls, though small in total, were concentrated in
critical areas such as chemicals and ferrous metallurgy. Ur-
ban housing construction increased by approximately one third;
rural housing construction fell off somewhat.
In 1958 the number of livestock continued to increase as
did also the output of livestock products. The increase in meat
and milk production in 1958, however, was roughly half as
great as the increase during 1957. According to the plan-ful-
fillment report, the Soviet union surpassed the United States
in total milk production in 1958. The original goal was to sur-.
pass the United States in per-capita:. production in 1958, but
the USSR still has a long way to go to achieve this. Further-
more the announced Soviet total includes milk other than from
cows, and in any case it is not clear whether the Soviet method
of reporting milk production is the same as that used in the
United States.
Record crops of grain, sugar beets, and sunflower seeds
were harvested, but the production of cotton, potatoes and veg-
etables in 1958 was either about equal to or somewhat less than
in 1957.
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Position of Pro- French African Leader T reatened in
Ivory oast
jpposition appears to be increasing in the vory Coast,
one of 11 autonomous "republics" in French West and Equa-
torial Africa, to the conservative, pro-French leadership
of Houphouet-Boigny, the territory's political boss. He is
also a minister of state in the French Government and the
long-time president of the African Democratic Rally (RDA)--
one of the two leading interterritorial political parties in
French West and Equatorial Africa
[ouphouet's domestic position seemed virtually im-
pregnable until October, when his prestige was severely
jolted by his inability to deal effectively with apparently
politically inspired rioting among Africans in Abidjan.
Since then there have been reports of new violent incidents
and--for the first time--of vocal criticism of Houphouet's
policies and tactics among politically conscious natives of
the Ivory Coast
[alike other area leaders, Houphouet recently stated
that he had no further political claims to present to France--
an indication that he did not plan to exercise the territory's
constitutional option to evolve to complete independence.
This attitude is contrary to the desires of an apparently
growing number of younger and more radically inclined
elements in the Ivory Coast. These elements, along with
most RDA groups outside the Ivory Coast, also appear to
have become increasingly aroused by Houphouet's refusal
to merge his relatively rich territory with a new West
African federation having genuine supraterritorial institu-
tions
e situation thus appears to be building up toward new
disorders in the Ivory Coast which might involve the small
and increasingly nervous European population. Such a)
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Lvelopment..-possibly in connection with the local legislative
elections scheduled for ? March--could lead to the early termina-
tion of Houphouet's rule in the Ivory Coast. It would almost
certainly end his alread ak control over the RDA's inter
territorial mechanism.
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Possible Reactivation of International Commission to Laos
The Indian Government may have taken a step toward
reactivating the International Control Commission (ICC) for
Laos. This unit was adjourned in July 1958 at the request
of the Laotian Government, and a "Laos committee" under
the aegis of the ICC for Vietnam was charged with main-
taining a watch over developments in Laos. India, as chair-
man of the ICC, has requested Canada to appoint a delegate
to the Laos committee, apparently so the group can consider
Communist charges of American and Laotian violations of
the 1954 Geneva Accords.
Canada's position has been that it would oppose recon-
vening the ICC for Laos and that, in any event, Laotian
Government approval would be essential prior to reactiva-
tion.
Communist pressure for the reactivation of the ICC
for Laos has mounted steadily during the past few weeks
in response to rumors that a rightist power move and sup-
pression of the Communist-dominated Neo Lao Hak Zat
(NLHZ) are imminent. Pressure has included an NLHZ
propaganda campaign, North Vietnamese complaints to
the ICC regarding alleged Laotian military encroachments,
and the military occupation of a disputed frontier area by
Viet Minh troops.
Earlier activity by the ICC in Laos had the effect of
limiting the freedom of action of the Laotian Government
without effectively checking Communist violations of the.
Geneva Accords. The Polish delegation served the NLR:Z
as a communication channel and a source of advice and
logistic support.
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Iran Reassessing Relations With US
[The shah is reassessing Iranian- American relations e-
cause of disappointment over US lack of support to Iran and
the Baghdad Pact. Two of the Shah's advisers have informed
US Embassy officials that he sees many indications of Wash-
ington's "pulling away from firm backing of both Iran and the
Baghdad Pact. J
CAmong the signs which Iran regards as ominous are the
"emasculation" of Iran's counterdraft of the proposed bilateral
defense agreement with the United States and the American
Secretary of State's intention to send a subordinate to lead the
delegation to the Baghdad Pact Ministerial Council meeting at
Karachi on 26 January. Other disappointments include Amer-
ican opposition to creation and deployment of additional Iranian
divisions to defend northwestern Iran and US unwillingness to
underwrite Iran's budget deficit. Iran is also suspicious of
Soviet Deputy Premier Mikoyan's talks with US officials and
suspects there may be decisions made involving Iranian inter-
ests]
an is currently exerting every effort in its perennial
campaign to obtain substantial increases in US aid, and, seems
to be voicing deeper concern than in previous years, which may
be in part a reflection of the strain imposed by the recent Soviet
campaign of diplomatic and propaganda pressure. In a note of 16
January, the latest in a series of threatening messages to Tehran,
Moscow charges that Iran is following a "policy directed against
the USSR" and warns that conclusion of the US-Iranian defense
agreement would be a "rather dangerous" step. The USSR has
also exerted pressure on the Iranian Government by propaganda
attacks in Soviet broadcasts to Iran and. by means of direct con-
tacts by Soviet Embassy personnel in Tehran with Iranian off icials
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