CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1952/05/17
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17 May 1952
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
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1. Three more Russian fighter units located on Korea-Manchuria
border (page 3).
EASTERN EUROPE
2. Yugoslavia proposes military talks to Greece (page 3).
3. French report Bulgarian overtures to Yugoslavia (page 4).
WESTERN EUROPE
4. West Germans praise latest Allied note on German unification
(page 4).
5. France sees closer British association with Defense Community
(page 5).
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FAR EAST
1. Three more Russian fighter units located on Korea-Manchuria border:
Three additional Russian fighter units, probabl
regiments, became active on the ground
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Comment: The Chinese moved one or two
jet divisions to Antung in the past month. With these new Soviet units
the number of jets in the Yalu River area is estimated at 500. Since
13 April UN pilots have on several occasions observed 450-500 jets on
fields in this area,
EASTERN EUROPE
2. Yugoslavia proposes military talks to Greece:
The Yugoslav Deputy Foreign Minister has
informed the Greek Minister in Belgrade of
his government's willingness to begin military
talks with Greece. He stated that the Yugo-
Slav Ueneral Staff soon would present an agenda and proposed arrange-
ments for the talks to the Greek Military Attache in Belgrade, and that
Yugoslavia wished to conduct the discussions with the Greeks alone.
The Under Secretary of the Greek Foreign
Office has stated that his government will authorize its military attache
in Belgrade to proceed with the talks, and will not inform the Turks
"until the situation crystallizes."
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Comment: This is the first definite Yugoslav
approach to Greece on military talks, and apparently is in reply to a
recent request by the Greek Chief of Staff for immediate staff talks. The
Yugoslays wish to avoid any kind of formal military agreement that would
tie them to NATO, and probably will limit the talks to coordination of
Greek-Yugoslav plans for defense of adjacent areas of the two countries.
3. French report Bulgarian overtures to Yugoslavia:
The French Ambassador in Sofia has reported 3.3(h)(2)
that Bulgarians have been in clandestine contact
with the Yugoslav mission in Sofia in regardto
the formation of a "neutral south Slav bloc."
The French Ambassador to Belgrade has been unable to shed additional
light on the report.
Although considering it possible that the USSR
is trying to draw Tito into some sort of trap, the French Foreign Office
leans toward the view that the Bulgarian Government, or some element
in it, is trying to "do a Tito."
Comment: The report is not confirmed by
other sources. Although there haie been rumors of a schism within the
Bulgarian Communist Party, there has been no firm evidence of serious
unrest within the higher echelons since June 1951.
WESTERN EUROPE
4. West Germans praise latest Allied note on German unification:
High Commissioner McCloy reports that the 3.3(h)(2)
West German public is reacting very favorably
to the Allied note of 13 May. Coalition and
opposition leaders alike are hailing the note as
"very satisfactory" and "constructive."
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The opposition Social Democratic Party was
especially pleased that an Allied-sponsored UN investigation was not an
unalterable prerequisite to all elections.
Comment: The West German press has been
almost unanimous in stating that the Allies made precise proposals which
Moscow will find difficult to dodge.
5. France sees closer British association with Defense Community:
The chief French delegate at the Paris con1ei3.3(h)(2)
ence states that the recent discussions between
British Defense Minister Alexander and French
Defense Minister Pleven provided real evidence
of Britain's desire for specific arrangements to associate British forces
with the European Defense Force0
it was agreed that there should be common
instruction and training, and exchange of units and personnels beginning
with the air forces; and that a method must be found for the temporary
incorporation of British divisions into European army corps and European
divisions into British corps.
Comment: Although such arrangements would
n t entail closer political ties between Britain and the Defense Community
they might make French ratification of the EDC treaty more likely by
satisfying the French Socialists, The Socialistss whose support is
essential for ratifications have insisted that they would reject the treaty
unless the French Government made more forceful efforts to secure
British participation.
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