CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/11/14

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02739309
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• Document Creation Date: April 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2019
• Publication Date: November 14, 1951

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SUMMARY
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1. Communists press air activity in Korea southwards (page 3).
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4. Iranian political intrigues increasing (page 4).
5, Egyptian Prime Minister reportedly considering Western defense
proposals (page 5).
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1. Communists press air activity in Korea southwards: 3.3(h)(2)
Photo reconnaissance on 9 November of Uiju
airfield, on the Korean side of the Yalu River,
revealed 26 MIG-15 jet fighters in revetments or
in pre,paration for flight. This is the first con-
firmed sighting of enemy jets on a Korean field.
On the same day, a UN reconnaissance jet
bomber was attacked by three enemy jets southwest of Pyongyang. The Com-
munist aircraft, believed to be elements of a flight of 40 to 50 other MIG-15's
sighted by the bomber south of Pyongyang, pressed their attack southwards
for 12 minutes, breaking off over a Yellow Sea island almost due west of Seoul.
The Far East Command believes that this new
phase in enemy operations indicates a "definite" southward expansion of Com-
munist counter-air activities.
Comment: Further evidence of the Communists'
intention to expand their air opeia.-"Ti.5-1.- in Korea is seen in the continued strenuous
enemy efforts to ready the three-airfield complex in northwestern Korea --
Namsi, Taechon and Saamcham -- for operations, and in recent additions to the
already heavy antiaircraft defenses of these fields.
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4. Iranian political intrigues increasing:
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The continued absence of Prime Minister Mossadeq
has led to growing restiveness and indecision on
the part of Iranian National Front leaders. Per-
sonal rivalries and ambitions reportedly have
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created dissension in the Cabinet. In this atmosphere of general political un-
easiness and confusion, the opposition has been quietly maneuvering to gain
more support for the replacement of Mossadeq by Ahmad Qavam.
Comment: Mossadeq's failure to achieve any
solid results from his long negotiations abroad will undoubtedly add to the
strength of the opposition, but there is no evidence that it will be able to re-
move him.
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5. Egyptian Prime Minister reportedly considering Western defense proposals:
One of King Farouk's advisers has informed the
British Ambassador in Cairo that Prime Minister
Nahas Pasha "is extremely unhappy over the
present state of Anglo-Egyptian differences" and
wou e "disposed to negotiate on the defense proposals" if the UK could offer
some compromise on the Sudan. The King's adviser hinted that the Egyptian
Foreign Minister might even be dropped if that proved necessary. The British
Ambassador, on his part, is asking London to give immediate serious study to
the Sudan question.
Comment: The Egyptian Prime Minister may
now be recognizing that, while the disturbances and incidents of the past few
weeks have made the British position in the Canal area more difficult, their
continuation, uncontrolled, would threaten the existence of his own Cabinet.
While the Prime Minister may be having second thoughts about the value of the
Western defense proposals, it is difficult to see how he or any successor at the
present time could reverse Egypt's previous rejection of the proposals.
There seems little scope for further British com-
promise on the Sudan, nor has there been any indication that the new Churchill
government is in a yielding mood.
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