CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1953/03/25

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02050143
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• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: July 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2019
• Publication Date: March 25, 1953

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25 March 1953
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
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1. Soviet submarine believed sighted off South Africa (page 3).
FAR EAST
. South Korea seeks substantial American aid to offset budget deficit
(page 3).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
3. Burmese Government reportedly splitting over Chinese Nationalist
problem (page 4).
SOUTH ASIA
4. Comment on the new Chief Minister of the Pakistani Punjab (page 4),
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1. Soviet submarine believed sighted off South Africa:
The submarine sighted by a South African p11013.3(h)(2)
off Natal on 12 March is believed to have been
a Soviet "L" Class type, according to a Union
Intelligence officer.
He also states that on 24 February a Soviet tanker
sailed from Cape Town allegedly to refuel Russian whaling vessels in the
Antarctic.
Comment: The circumstances of this sighting
suggest that it is reliable. Soviet submarines of the "L" Class are ca-
pable of long-range operations; they do not normally operate without
some kind of support.
FAR EAST
12. South Korea seeks substantial American aid to offset budget deficit:
Acting Prime Minister Palk Tu-chin, in a no13.3(h)(2)
delivered to the American Embassy on 21 March,
declares that substantial outside aid will be re-
quired to cover Korea's 1953-54 budget deficit
of 43 billion hwan. The South Korean official states that his country's
financial situation is so desperate that "it is difficult, if not impossible,
for us to support our armies in the field." The note indicates that the
South Korean Government can meet its ordinary nonmilitary expenditures
plus only about 25 percent of planned military commitments.
Comment: The South Korean budget is predicated
on an increase in the armed forces from 443,000 to 600,000 men. At the
official exchange rate, the budget deficit would amount to $715,0007000;
in terms of actual purchasing power it amounts to $238,500,000.
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
3. Burmese Government reportedlysplitting over Nationalist
problem:
There is evidence of divergent views at the top3.3(h)(2)
level of the Burmese Government on how to handle
the Chinese Nationalist problem, _ 3 3(h)(2)
They believe
a further deterioration will split the cabinet into pro-West and pro-Com-
munist factions.
It is believed that Defense Minister Ba Swe may
have an understanding with Burmese Communist insurgents permitting him
to concentrate his forces against the Nationalists.
Comment: The Burmese Government is faced
with a highly vocal opposition on the Nationalist problem.
Another report, two weeks ago, stated that Ba Swe
was harboring two Burmese Communist leaders.
SOUTH ASIA
4. Comment on the new Chief. Minister of the Pakistani Punjab:
The resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Daultana
on 23 March, reportedly at the request of the Pakistani Prime Minister,
apparently Was brought about chiefly by his inability to control religious
rioting aimed at ousting Foreign Minister Zafrullah Khan.
His successor, Malik Feroz Khan Noon of the
Punjab Moslem League Assembly party, has been Governor of East Pakistan.
A personabl official, who generally delegates his authority, ii3.3(h)(2)
may nevertheless be expected to follow the orders of the Moslem League
high command and to bring a measure of stability to the Punjab.
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