CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: April 17, 1959

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 Soviet internal propaganda suggests
concern over impact of American ex-
hibition in Moscow this summer.
 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
17 AprilI959
DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
*Ehrushchev: Ehrushchev fainted at a reception in East
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10 Ma
Beri'l-n
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Khrushchev was said to be I
and trembling as he left the building some time later.
six:days earlier., in Leipzig,
Ebrushchev looked "old., sick., and had a very pale complex-
ion 9 11 and that his chin trembled constantly when he was not
talking. Ehrushchev, 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing 220
pounds,, is 65 years"' old today, 17 April. He apparently has
a chronic kidney ailment., but is not known to have had faint-
ing spells in the past-,-Ehrushchey has been on vacation
since about 25 March.]
usba: mrusnen v-4pears - to ue carrying nis quiet
shake--up of Soviet officialdom into the highest levels of the
party. TASS has announced that N - G. Ignatov,, a member of
both the party presidium and secretariat, has been given an
inconsequential job in the Russian Republic., probably signify-
ing the eclipse of his high party career. The Ignatov shift
follows closely behind the demotion of several second-echelon
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officials including 1. 1. Kuzmin., Soviet planning boss.
East Germany - Berlin: Speaking to the East German. par-
liament on 16 April, Premier Grotewohl categorically rejected
any solution of the Berlin problem: which would include East
Berlin in a free city under international control. Acceptance
of such proposals., he said, would violate the sovereignty of
the GDR. Grotewohl emphasized that a German peace treaty
is more important than reunif ication, but suggested that nego-
tiations between the two German states prior to the foreign
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 ministers' conference could pave the way for a confederation
which might sign a peace treaty. Grotewohl set the level of
East German participation in the foreign ministers' conference
with the announcement that Foreign Minister Bolz will be the
East German regime's "repre ivee'
USSR propaganda: A recent burs o propaganda in the USSR
on US economic prob ems is related, in the opinion of the Amer-
ican Embassy in Moscow, to Soviet concern over the potential
impact of the American exhibition scheduled to be held. in Mos-
ual ef-
th
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cow this summer. The embassy expects, beside
fort to discredit the capitalist system, a growing volume of
propaganda designed. to convince the Soviet citizen that what he
will see at the exhibition are the fruits enjoyed by the favored
orker
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can w
few at the expense of the exploited Amer
17 Apr 59 DAILY BRIEF ii
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DAILY BRIEF iii
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III, THE WEST
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growth o 'Communist influence in Iraq as well as over the
harassment of the Iraq Petroleum Company Londnn is rE~--
examining its decision to sell Iraq a j
arms to be delivered in mid-1960
0 ME
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r,rance: (a r- ran n s ry otticiai now says a j Gaul eFwants g obal French-British-American cooperation to
j go beyond consultation and include fixed decisions even on
specific questions of strategy. He also wants a division of
geographic areas of responsibility--with Africa going to j
(} France. This statement suggests that Paris will soon re-
new its demand for blanket endorsement of France's North
j African policies
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 I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Top Soviet Leader Apparently Demoted
The shake-up of Soviet party and government officials
which has been proceeding quietly for several months ap-
pears now to be reaching into the top levels of the party.
The announcement on 16 April that Nikolay Ignatov, a mem-
ber of both the party presidium and secretariat, has been
appointed chairman of the presidium of the Russian Replib-
lic's Supreme Soviet, probably signals a sharp political de-
cline for him. The post, which makes Ignatov titular presi-
dent of one of the USSR's 15 republics, is largely ceremonial
and without political significance. It was previously occupied
by low-ranking Mikhail Tarasov.
Ignatov, now 58, has been at or near the top of the party
hierarchy for many years. He was brought into the presidium
from a leading provincial party post in tune 1957, following
the removal of the "antip'arty group," and became a party
secretary in December 1957. Although he has remained rela-
tively inconspicuous, there are indications that he has had
some responsibilities in agriculture. He still retains his
party posts, but removal from them may follow.
Since last December, a number of second-ranking figures
have lost their jobs. These include party and government lead-
ers in the Turkmen, Uzbek, and Belorussian Republics, and
Moscow Oblast, as well as Soviet planning chief I. I. Kuzmin.
Although not completely similar in detail, all of these cases
are apparently part of a drive, lead by Khrushchev, to replace
inefficient or rnrrunt lparlarc without rPCnPrt to issues of po-
litical loyalty.
CONFIDENTIAL
17 Apr 59 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 1
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II, ASIA-AFRICA
Kuwait to Reorganize Armed Forces
A reorganization and consolidation of Kuwait's military
units'-is scheduled to take place about 1 May. It appears mo-
tivated principally by the growing internal and external threat
from Iraq, and should materially improve the effectiveness
and control of Kuwait's forces)
These forces at present consist of three separate entitles
in control of all the forces)
--a`l,000-man state police, 1,200-man public security force,
and a 1,000-man frontier force--with little or no.. effective co-
ordination among theme The reorganization will create a
1,500-man army from the old frontier force augmented by 500
personnel from the public security force. The army will con-
sist of three battalion-size,- units, partly mobile and equipped
with light armored vehicles. The remainder of the public secu-
rity force will be united with the police into a force of about
1,700 men. One member of the ruling Subah family will be given
a post in each major unit in an attempt to assure its loyalty to
the ruler. Sheik Abdulla Mubarak, the deputy ruler, will remain
ers were '!foolhardy enough" to invade Kuwait.
In a statement to the press on 13 April, UAR Minister of
State Kamal Rifat, who directs clandestine activities, declared
that the UAR would stand by the "Kuwaiti peop]!P" if Tra&a lead-
17 Apr 59 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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 Paris Wants Tripartite Areas of Responsibility
Winch President de Gaulle's objective in pressing for
French-British-American discussions on global policy is de-
scribed. by a Foreign Ministry official as "not consultation,
but decisions:' The official said De Gaulle wants the three
powers to agree on a joint strategy to be followed in specific
situations and also wants a division of geographic areas of
respon ability in which "France would be responsible for
Africa.'
Several months ago the French position was presented as
invo wing common decisions on matters of world-wide impor-
tance through the process of organized consultation, Later
French statements, such as that made to General Norstad by
Chief of Staff General Ely in March, centered more on the de-
sirability of the three powers' making national interests and
policies known so s to enable them to refrain from acting
against each other
je views now attributed to De Gaulle, however, suggest
that Paris may next demand a blanket US-British advance en-
dorsement of and support for its policies in Africa, particu-
larly North Africa, as regards both objectives and implemen-
tation.
SE#-RE
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 Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
Scientific Adviser to the President
Director of the Budget
Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization
Special Assistant for Security Operations Coordination
Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities
Special Assistant for Foreign Economic Policy
Executive Secretary, National Security Council
The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Department of State
The Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary for Administration
The Counselor
Director, International Cooperation Administration
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Department of Defense
The Secretary of Defense
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
The Director, The Joint Staff
Chief of Staff, United States Army
Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
Assistant to Secretary of Defense for Special Operations
Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army
Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of the Navy
Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
The Department of the Interior
The Secretary of the Interior
The Department of Commerce
The Secretary of Commerce
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Director
Atomic Energy Commission
The Chairman
National Security Agency
The Director
National Indications Center
The Director
United States Information Agency
The Director
THE PRESIDENT
The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House