CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1953/04/01

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• Document Creation Date: July 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2019
• Publication Date: April 1, 1953

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
GENERAL
SOVIET UNION
3. Moscow Embassy comments on Soviet amnesty decree (page 4).
4. Transfer of Soviet economic activities from MVD indicated (page 4).
FAR EAST
5. Chiang Kai-shek again offers to send troops to Korea (page 5).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
6. Burmese Ambassador to Peiping reportedly influential in recent
Burmese moves (page 5).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
rdan seeks immediate recall of UN truce supervisor (page 6).
Egypt considers British proposals for defense talks unacceptable
(page 6).
WESTERN EUROPE
9. Adenauer views problems on eve of Washington visit (page 7).
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1. Soviet UN official says Chinese proposal is "real thing":
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The senior Soviet member of the UN
Secretariat, Kassaniev, told a member of
the Norwegian delegation on 30 March that
Chou En-lai's statement about nonforcible re-
patriation of prisoners was "the real thing"
and that only "technicalities" remain to be worked out.
Kassaniev then referred to the possibility of
an Eisenhower-Malenkov meeting, and said that his government under-
stands "the Americans may wish Churchill to attend and perhaps also
the French." In reply to a question regarding the agenda, Kassaniev
stated that Korea is "not the only hot spot in the world" and also
suggested that bilateral talks might include control of atomic energy
and disarmament.
The Norwegian gained the impression that
Kassaniev was speaking under instructions from the Soviet delegation,
which must have had prior information about Chou's statement.
Comment: This is the firmest indication
yet noted that the USSR may favor ending the Korean war. The
reference to big-power negotiations may result from a desire to
pursue a more cautious foreign policy and reduce the risk of new
American pressures.
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Comment: Despite these instructions, the
Burmese delegate to the UN, while in Rangoon on 30 March, publicly
assigned to the United States moral responsibility for the presence
of the Nationalists in Burma. His military adviser is reported to
be taking to New York a captured document from Chiang Kai-shek
promising increased assistance to Li Mi.' s troops "now that Taipei
is receiving ample American aid."
The more moderate members of the Burmese
Cabinet, including the Premier and Foreign Minister, are under
pressure from certain of their colleagues to take actions progressively
more inimical to the United States.
SOVIET UNION
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the local population is showing a lively
interest in the amnesty decree, which the
Embassy assumes will directly affect from one
o wo m he omission of any reference to Stalin in
Soviet news coverage of this development is apparently designed to
give the new regime full credit.
. Transfer of Soviet economic activities from MVD indicated:,
Dalstroi,
the Soviet agency responsible for the
development of northeastern Siberia, is
eTngrraisrerreturnmi the MVD to the Ministry of Metallurgy, and
that the Chief Directorate of Camps, which is concerned with forced
labor, is being transferred to the Ministry of Justice. Other eco-
nomic activities are also being removed from the MVD' s jurisdiction.
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Comment:
the recent Soviet government reorganization was considerably
more than a paper change.
As it loses its economic functions, the
MVD may become primarily a police organ, such as the former
MOB.
FAR EAST
5. Chiang Kai-shek again offers to send troops to Korea:
Chiang Kai-shek told General Clark on 26
March that he was prepared to send two
divisions to Korea at any time on short
notice. General Chase, chief of MAA.G
on Formosa, comments that the Chinese could readily spare two
divisions, armed with only light infantry weapons. Heavy
equipment would have to be supplied from outside Formosa.
Comment Although Chiang's 1950 offer
to send troops to Korea was never withdrawn, he told American
officials in late 1952 that he would prefer to save his forces for
the defense of Formosa and for operations against the mainland.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
6. Burmese Ambassador to Peiping reportedly influential in recent
Burmese moves
The Burmese Ambassador to Peiping, who
allegedly believes he has convinced the
Chinese that Rangoon is determined to
remain neutral and prevent northern Burma
from being used as a base for operations against China, was
reportedly influential in Burma's decision to terminate American
aid.
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Ambassador may be attempting to promote a friendship treaty
between Burma and Communist China.
Comment: The Ambassador, who is
an apologist for Communist China, was an early advocate of a
compfaint to the United Nations on thr Chinese Nationalist situation.
Several recent Burmese moves indicate that the government may be
giving increasing weight to his views, regarding them as representa-
tive of Peiping's desires.
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of the government party had left Rangoon on 3 March for Peiping to
negotiate a "Sino-Burmese treaty."
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
7. Ionian seeks immediate recall of UN truce supervisor:
j ordan has asked the United States to bring
about the immediate recall of General Riley,
chief of the UN Truce Supervision,Organiza-
tion, because he is no longer acceptable to
the Arab states. The Prime Minister declared that unless Riley
were recalled soon, Jordan woUld prohibit his entering the country.
Comment: The maintenance of Arab-
Israeli peace depends largely on finding an effective successor to
Riley. The Arabs have declared their opposition to another
American and prefer either a Belgian or a Dutchman.
8. Egypt considers British proposals for defense talks unacceptable:
Egypt considers unacceptable the British
proposals to begin defense talks on the
basis of the five-point package deal for
British evacuation of the Canal Zone area
and Egyptian participation in a Middle East defense organization.
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Members of the Egyptian Revolutionary
Command Council told a US Embassy official that Egypt cannot agree
to military cooperation as a condition for British evacuation. They
also indicated suspicion of British good faith and said that Colonel
Nasr, number two man in the council, was the only member urging
continued efforts to reach a negotiated settlement with Britain.
Comment: This is the bluntest statement
to date on the reaction of General Nagib's regime to the British pro-
posals.
The British have been equally firm in
maintaining their position that agreement must be reached on all
five points before a final settlement is signed.
WESTERN EUROPE
9. Adenauer views problems on eve of Washington visit:
Chancellor Adenauer, in discussing his
forthcoming trip to Washington, expressed
to US High Commissioner Conant anxiety
lest he fail to secure some positive
acknowledgment of the restoration of German sovereignty prior to
the German elections this fall. He suggested that the American
mission in Bonn be elevated to embassy status and that more war
criminals be released.
The Chancellor also expressed concern
over the "extremely high" defense contribution soon to be asked
of West Germany and hoped that no final agreement would be
reached which might interfere with Bundesrat ratification of the
Bonn and Paris treaties late in April.
Adenauer refused to recognize a Saar
solution as a necessary condition for treaty ratification, and bitterly
criticized French Foreign Minister Bidault for departing from the
earlier agreement with Schuman on the main lines of political
and economic settlement.
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