CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1953/08/16

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02872258
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• Document Creation Date: July 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2019
• Publication Date: August 16, 1953

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/Comment on the Iranian situation (page 3).
EASTERN EUROPE
/ % . Special measures ordered to suppress rural uprising in
eastern Czechoslovakia (page 3).
WESTERN EUROPE
I. Britain considering modification in NATO defense goals (page 4).
4. Allied and West German officials agree on plans for food program
(page 4).
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1. Comment on the Iranian situation:
The failure of the attempt to remove
Prime Minister Mossadeq and the flight of the shah to Baghdad
emphasize Mossadeq's continued mastery of the situation and
foreshadow more drastic action on his part to eliminate all
opposition. The prime minister can utilize the situation to
generate more popular support for himself at a time when he
is facing the problem of how to secure the election of a new
and more amenable Majlis. While in the past Mossadeq had
not been very aggressive in his efforts to remove his enemies,
this incident will reinforce his recent tendency to proceed
arbitrarily.
The shah's flight, the involvement of
the commander of the imperial guards, and the royal decrees
to remove Mossadeq and appoint General Zahedi prime minister
present Mossadeq with the opportunity of reducing the shah's
position still further or attempting to eliminate the monarchy
altogether.
The Tudeh has already come out against
the shah and is charging American involvement. It may be expected
to give full support to Mossadeq in any drive against the court.
EASTERN EUROPE
2. Special measures ordered to suppress rural uprising in eastern
Czechoslovakia:
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Comment: This is the first confirmed
� instance of organized resistance in Eastern Europe since the June
demonstration in western Czechoslovakia and later uprisings in East
Germany. It is also the first apparent instance in several years of a
Satellite regime being required to mount a major security operation
against peasant resistance.
WESTERN EUROPE
3. Britain considering modification in NATO defense goals:
The British government is reconsidering
its approach to Western European defense
requirements and NATO force plans, accord-
ing to a Defense Ministry official. Britain
will recommend shifting emphasis from NATO's "forward" defensive
strategy to a more modest "deterrent" force, the size of which would be
within the present capabilities of NATO members and West Germany.
One purpose of this change would be the
elimination of NATO's concern caused by the gap between theoretical
requirements and existing forces.
Comment: There is little prospect of
any substantial increase in the NATO defense effort for 1954. The
proposed modification of strategy would be a further step in the pro-
cess, begun during last year's annual review, in which the NATO mem-
bers' political and economic capabilities were given precedence over
the military requirements for the security of the entire North Atlantic
area.
4. Allied and West German officials agree on plans for food program:
In .�a meeting of Allied representatives with
West German and Berlin authorities, it was
tentatively agreed that the second round of
food distribution would begin as planned on
27 August but would taper off with the approach of the harvest season
on about 1 October.
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The Federal Republic representative stated
that the government has an understanding with charitable organizations
aimed at a 20 to 50 percent increase, without publicity, in the mailing
of food packages, which now run up to 2, 000, 000 monthly.
Comment: Chancellor Adenauer has sug-
gested privately that the food program be followed by a clothing dis-
tribution program this coming winter.
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