CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1952/10/18

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• Document Creation Date: June 6, 2019
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2019
• Publication Date: October 18, 1952

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18 October 1952
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
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I. China receives heavy power plant equipment from the USSR
(page 3).
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2. General Nagib states opposition to Moslem Brotherhood (page 3).
3. Socialists reportedly plan armed revolt in Syria (page 4).
4. Communist strength and activity in Iraq increasing (page 4).
EASTERN EUROPE
5. Yugoslavia presents bleak picture of food needs (page 5).
WESTERN EUROPE
6. France opposes Austrian Foreign Minister's visit to Bonn (page 5).
7. De Gasperi expected to make strong pronouncement on Trieste
issue (page 6).
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1. China receives heavy power plant equipment from the USSR:
Comment: There has been little evidence of
imports of heavy power plant equipment from the USSR. The shipments
mentioned suggest that a significant increase in China's power-generating
capacity is taking place, probably in Manchuria. The latter area's
power supply was reduced one fourth by the UN bombing of the Suiho
power plant in June.
NEAR EAST AFRICA
2. General Nagib states opposition to Moslem Brotherhood:
General Nagib has expressed
his opposition to the Moslem
wilLuh he labelled "fanatic."
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Nagib also
w u ace gyp on the side of the West because it was impossible
to be neutral in the present world situation.
Comment: This is the first clear-cut
statement of opposition to the anti-Western Moslem Brotherhood
attributed directly to Nagib, whose relationship to the Brotherhood is a
highly controversial issue.
The views expressed are generally consistent
with Nagib's current conduct of foreign affairs.
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3. Socialists reportedly plan armed revolt in Syria:
Akram Hawrani, leader of the Arab Socialist
Party of Syria, is planning with other parties
an armed revolt against Colonel Shishakli's
military regime, which the Socialists believe
is weak and ready to fall.
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revolt is to begin with a student strike and demonstration on 1 November,
to be followed shortly by armed resistance.
Comment: There is no other evidence of
any Hawrani-sponsored coup. Although Shishakli can probably still
deal effectively with any disorders that may develop, he is aware of
increasing opposition and appears anxious to return the cloak of con-
stitutional government to Syria.
Shishakli's emissaries had made repeated attempts at a reconcilia-
tion with the politically powerful Hawrani. Hawrani refused to collab-
orate unless Shishakli withdrew completely from political activity and
permitted him a free hand to implement his reform program.
4. Communist strength and activity in Iraq increasing:
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Factions within
the party are
on recruiting
'low coordinated,
concentrating their efforts
students.
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of the Iraqi Communist
the present strength
Party is estimated at 12, 1:10.
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Comment: The Communist Party has been
outlawed in Iraq since 1938. However, in 1947 a well-organized covert
party was discovered and suppressed.
The activities described in this report closely
follow the pattern of operations of other Soviet missions.
EASTERN EUROPE
5. Yugoslavia presents bleak picture of food needs:
ccording to an official report presented to
he American Embassy, the Yugoslav Govern-
ment needs to import 1,180,000 tons of grain
nd is unable to pay for 680,000 tons of this
total. The report shows corn production as only 71 percent of that in
the drought year of 1950, and only 37 percent of that in the normal year
of 1951.
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Comment: The need, as presented, is approx-
imately 2. 5 times the amount received under the 1950 food aid program.
From available information, both the crop loss and the import rieedA
are much exaggerated in the Yugoslav figures, with even the government's
own previous figures showing a far less pessimistic picture.
WESTERN EUROPE
6. France opposes Austrian Foreign Minister's visit to Bonn:
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courage Austrian Foreign Minister Gruber
from making his proposed visit to Bonn.
The British Foreign Office is inclined to agree
that the visit at this time would be "highly
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American officials in Vienna believe that in
going to Bonn Gruber expects to "steal the thunder" of extreme
rightists whose pan-German line is endangering the position of the
conservative People's Party in western Austria.
Comment; This French move presumably
reflects the chronic concern in Paris over closer Austro-German
relations. Gruber's tendency toward independence in conducting
Austria's foreign relations may be contributing to this concern.
7. De Gasperi expected to make strong pronouncement on Trieste issue'.'
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Premier de Gasperi is "taking a serious risk"
in continuing to absorb public criticism on
the Trieste issue. He will probably feel
impelle&to make a strong statement along nationalistic lines at the
conclusion of the current parliamentary debate on the Foreign
Ministry's appropriation bill.
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