CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1952/06/01

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• Document Creation Date: May 24, 2019
• Document Release Date: May 30, 2019
• Publication Date: June 1, 1952

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I. Moscow Embassy comments on Soviet treatment of Koje incidents
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4. South Korean Army move against Ehee suggestea wage
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5. Wafdists may try to force reopening of Egyptian Parliament on 3 June
(page 5).
6. French reform program for Tunisia ready for initiation (page 5).
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7. Trieste Stalinists reportedly to adopt vigorous anti-fascist policy
(page 6).
8. West German Government believes Allied-Russian talks unlikely
(page 6).
9. French press for assurances on military production finances (page 7).
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1. Moscow Embassy comments on Soviet treatment of Koje incidents: 3.3(h)(2)
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Ambassador Kennan expects Soviet propaganda
regarding alleged US atrocities on Koje to
parallel the BW propaganda campaign. He
points out that a mass meeting held in Moscow
on 29 May to protest the "bloody outrages" of Americans in Korea is
obviously only the first of country-wide meetings which willbe designed
to inculcate hatred toward Americans on the Soviet populace.
The vituperation showered upon the United
States at the Moscow meeting, according to the Ambassador, surpassed
that used against the Germans during the height of the last war, and, by
its constant repetition, cannot fail to have an effect on the Soviet people.
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4. South Korean Army move against Rhee suggested:
Former South Korean Prime Minister Chang 3.3(h)(2)
Myun told American Charge Lightner on 29 May
that Chief of Staff Lee and many other ROK
Army officers have concluded that President
kthee is "a menace." Chang added that if General Van Fleet would un-
officially permit the movement of one Korean division to Pusan, the
military would "put things to right."
Lightner comments that Chang has been isolated
in a US army hospital for several months but adds that former Defense
Minister Yi Kipong is reportedly considering a similar plan, and his con-
nections with General Lee and other military leaders are far closer than
Chang' S.
Comment: President Rhee told General Van
Fleet on 27 May that Lee was icated" in a plot against the govern-
ment and would have to be removed, but as yet no action has been taken.
Lee's close relationship with the former Defense Minister is the probable
motive for Rhee's action.
The ROK national police attempted on 31 May
to arrest Chang Myun as the "number one Communist" but were thwarted
by US military police guarding the hospital.
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5. Wafdists may try to force reopening of Egyptian Parliament on 3 June:
ThE influential Wafd has been spreading
rumors that it has decided to revive its
antigovernment activities. It says that it
will have deputies march to Parliament on
3 June, which it claims is the last day under the Constitution by which
the now-dissolved Parliament must be called into session by the King.
The American Embassy in Cairo comments
that the Egyptian police and army seem capable of handling any Wafdist
challenge to the government's ability to maintain law and order.
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Comment: A new wave of unrest provoked
by the Wafd would adversely affect the Egyptian-Sudanese talks scheduled
to begin 31 May. Sudanese delegates, already hostile to Egypt and sus-
picious of Egyptian intentions and political ability, might become more
intransigent in their opposition to Farouk as King of the Sudan if they be-
tame first-hand witnesses of Egyptian political disturbances.
6. French reform program for Tunisia ready for initiation:
According to the French Resident General,
France's reform program for Tunisia has
been drafted and can be put into operation
within ten days, if both the French and
Tunisian Governments act promptly. American officials comment
that the reform program is apparently the same as last March. The
Resident General hopes actually to launch the reform program before
the end of Ramadan on 23 June.
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Comment: The reform program of last March,
if not drastically amended by the French Cabinet, probably would be ac-
ceptable to most Tunisians. It provides for some increase in Tunisian
autonomy, with France reserving absolute control over finances, defense
and foreign affairs.
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7, Trieste Stalinists reportedly to adopt vigorous anti-fascist policy:
On the basis of fears of resurgent fascism,
Moscow has reportedly ordered the pro-
Cominform Communist party in Trieste to
abandon its defensive policy and adopt an
offensive one. In preparation for this more
positive campaign against the neo-fascists, a strong nucleus within the
party is to be organized into action squads along military lines.
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Comment: The recent strong electoral
showing of the neo-fascists in both Italy and Trieste may have produced
this Moscow reaction. From a tactical standpoint, however, the Commu-
nist position in Italy and Trieste would be strengthened by Christian
Democratic defections to the right-wing parties.
8. West German Government believes Allied-Russian talks unlikely:
Leaders of all factions in the West German
coalition now say that there is little possi-
bility for any four-power talks at this time.
According to one leader, the note is receiving
scan a en ion .ecause Moscow has killed the subject by repetition.
No informed German official believes that
either the note or recent Soviet moves indicate that a war is imminent.
Comment: Recent statements by coalition
leaders, together with the continued embarrassed silence of the opposi-
tion Social Democrats, are evidence that the Western powers have gained
the initiative in the battle of notes.
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9. French press for assurances on military production finances:
French Defense Minister Pleven has told
Secretary Acheson that the National Assembly
would open its military debate on 10 lune
under "very unfavorable conditions" unless
the government can present some idea of the level of American credits
for military production in France in 1952-53.
Pleven fears that the Assembly might transfer
funds to armament production to the detriment of other parts of the defense
effort such as NATO installations because it is politically "inconceivable"
that France should close armament plants just as German plants reopen.
Comment: The total appropriation for the
French military budget has been voted, but the Assembly has yet to
decide on its allocation.
American officials in Paris think that defense
production in France is not only vital to the total NATO potential, but is
also important if France is not to be deperident indefinitely on the United
States.
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