CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1953/08/28

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• Document Creation Date: July 15, 2019
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• Publication Date: August 28, 1953

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SUMMARY
SOUTHEAST ASIA
1. Vietnamese to demand transfer of French military authority
(page 3).
2. Indonesian cabinet's initial policy statement avoids controversial
Issues (page 3).
SOUTH ASIA
3. Nehru refuses to supply assurances required by Battle Act
(page 4).
WESTERN EUROPE
4. Western powers reconcile views on four-power conference on
Germany (page 4).
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SOUTHEAST ASIA.
1. Vietnamese to demand transfer of French military authority:
Defense Minister Quat will present a plan 3.3(h)(2)
during his forthcoming trip to Parts for
the transfer of military authority in Indochina
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reliable source. Specifically, he will ask for the creation of a combined
general staff subordinate to a Vietnamese high command, the transfer of
all native troops now under French command to Vietnamese control, and
the withdrawal of all foreign troops by the end of 1954.
Quat hopes, however, to retain a large number
of French officers, perhaps even one in the position of commander in
chief.
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2. Indonesian cabinet's initial policy statement avoids controversial issues:
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A moderate policy statement presented to the 3.3(h)(2)
Indonesian parliament on 25 August by Prime
Minister All avoided or compromised on ques-
tions likely to provoke vigorous parliamentary
opposition. Significant omissions included the controversial issues of
Soviet bloc trade, foreign investment, foreign aid, and the split in the
army.
The embassy comments that these issues
appear to be waning in political importance, as the chief purpose for
their exploitation was to bring about the fall of the former moderate
government.
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Comment: Had so moderate a program
been proposed during the cabinet negotiations, the Masjumi-National
Party coalition, on which former cabinets were based, could easily
have been reconstructed.
The avoidance of sensitive policy questions
may be continued by the new government in order to maintain itself
In office. Such a stand might well also be intended to permit the
inconspicuous infiltration of pro-Communist elements throughout
the government, the army and the police. The trend now appears
to be toward such dangerous penetration rather than a sudden Com-
munist take-over or the early imposition of extreme leftist policies.
SOUTH ASIA
3. Nehru refuses to supply assurances required by Battle Act:
In response to a direct question by Ambas-
sador Allen on 25 August as to whether
India would inform the United States in
advance of its intentions to trade with Orbit
countries in commodities barred by the Battle Act, Indian prime
minister Nehru replied that India could not undertake to consult
with the United States on every export application which might be
affected in some way by the Battle Act,
Comment: India will probably continue
Its past policy of strictly limiting the export of strategic commodities
to Orbit countries through administrative controls, though these con-
trols may be relaxed somewhat as a result of the armistice in Korea.
It is unlikely, however, that India will provide the United States with
firm assurances or prior notice of its intentions in this regard.
WESTERN EUROPE
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4. Western powers reconcile views on four-power conference on Germany:
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Agreement has been reached among the
United States, Britain, and France on a
compromise text for a reply to the Soviet
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notes of 4 and 15 August on Germany. The 3.3(h)(2)
Soviet Union will be asked to attend a for-
eign ministers' conference in Lugano on 15
October for discussion of the German and
Austrian problems, the solution of which might pave the way for
fruitful discussion of other world problems.
Although Chancellor Adenauer has previously
insisted that the Western reply be withheld until 4 September, two days
prior to the West German elections, the Western powers hope he will
agree to delivery by 1 September. This would show the West's confi-
dence in the strength of its position.
Comment: The agreed note represents a
reconciliation of diverging Western views, particularly regarding
British desires that the door not be closed to the discussion of gen-
eral world problems. Although conceding to the Soviet view that the
question of a German peace treaty may be discussed, the Western
powers assert that the conference should concentrate first on the
question of free elections and the status of any future all-German
government.
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