CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/10/31

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02008386
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• Document Creation Date: April 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2019
• Publication Date: October 31, 1951

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SUMMARY
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1. Antagonism seen between Chinese Communists and Viet Minh (page 3).
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q. Iranian Foreign Minister asserts that Iran's stand on the oil dispute re-
mains unchanged (page 4).
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. French Parliament reported hostile to German NATO membership
Wage 6).
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1. Antagonism seen between Chinese Communists and Viet Minh:
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The US Legation in Saigon estimates that the
Chinese Communist relationship with the Viet
Minh is not the perfect association which has
often been pictured. Evidence is available that
e overw e m g majon y of Viet Minh adherents dislike and fear the Chinese
Communists a d that the Viet Minh leaders have resented the interference of
political advisers and "administrators" through whom the Chinese have attempted
�to guide Viet Minh policy. The Legation warns against the conclusion that a
serious rupture has already taken place, but comments that current friction
may assume serious proportions more rapidly than has heretofore bee*,
possible.
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4. Iranian Foreign Minister asserts that Iran's stand on the oil dispute remains
unchanged:
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The Iranian Foreign Minister informed the US
Ambassador in Iran on 29 October that there had
been no change in his government's attitude on the
oil dispute. The Minister reiterated that the only
points on which Iran would negotiate with the British were those concerning the
future allocation of oil to Britain and compensation due the AIOC for the
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nationalized properties. The development, extraction and processing of Iranian
oil were internal matters and not subject to negotiation with Britain.
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8. French Parliament reported hostile to German NATO membership:
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If the French National Assembly suspects that
German accession to NATO is implied in French
ratification of the European Defense Forces, the
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government will suffer a severe defeat when this question is debated in the
near future, according to the US Embassy in Paris.
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Comment: While .the attitude of the French
Foreign Ministry on this issue has changed completely in the past two years,
popular opinion is still violently opposed'to German participation in NATO. '
The government hopes to sidestep the question
during the forthcoming foreign policy debates in parliament and thereby to
gain time for a gradual conversion of public opinion.
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