CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1953/05/24

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02901118
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• Document Creation Date: July 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2019
• Publication Date: May 24, 1953

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SUMMARY
SOUTHEAST ASIA
1. Burmese reportedly issue licenses for export of rubber to China (page 3).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
2. Iran reportedly threatened with 'reign of terror' (page 3).
3. Israelis may be exploiting ineffective UN border supervision (page 4).
EASTERN EUROPE
A/Buying panic noted in Prague (page 5).
WESTERN EUROPE
5. Gaullists may insist on new EDC treaty protocol (page 5).
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
1. Burmese reportedly issue licenses for export of rubber to China:
The American embassy in Rangoon reports3 3(h)(2)
that two local firms have obtained
licenses for the export of rubber to Communist
China. The embassy comments that if this information is accurate, the
Polish ship General Walter may be expected to call at Rangoon on its
next voyage between Ceylon and China.
Comment: On 1 April, the Burmese decided
to place strategic goods under Erport controls, declaredly in deference
to the UN embarmand indicated that these controls would be used to
prevent further shipments of rubber to China.
In late March, the General Walter had loaded
a cargo of rubber and scrap steel in Rangoon for Communist China. The
United States protested this shipment to the Burmese government.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
2. Iran reportedly threatened with "reign of terror":
Mullah Kashani and leaders of the Fedayan
Islam, the Moslem terrorist organization,
are reportedly joining forces against the
Mossadeq government in opposition to its
alleged alliance with the Tudeh.
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is seriously concerned
over widespread rumors that these readers are planning the assassin9tihn
of a number of his key officials, including Foreign Minister Fatemi,
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Comment: Navab Safavi, fanatic Moslem
leader, was convicted for the assassination of Prime Minister Razmara
in 1951. When pardoned last February, Safavi announced that his
"Crusaders of Islam" would continue its terrorist program. The press
has carried a photograph of Mullah Kashani bestowing his blessing on
the admitted assassin following the latter's release.
The current reports regarding Kashani, if true,
suggest that he may be reasserting himself in Iranian politics after three
months of comparative inactivity.
3. Israelis may be exploiting ineffective UN border supervision:
American ambassador Green in Amman believUh)(2)
that the Israeli attacks against five Jordanian
border villages on 21 May indicate that the
Israelis are confident the ineffective UN Mixed
Armistice Commission supervision machinery enables them to continue
armed raids with impunity. He reports that despite the restraint of the
government in Amman, popular indignation in the region near the armi-
stice lines may encourage Jordanian national guardsmen to retaliate.
Comment: Circumstances surrounding the
recent resignation of General Riley as chairman of the UN truce super-
vision organization, and the problem of appointing a satisfactory suc-
cessor, have undermined the already weakened border supervision
machinery.
The continuation of such incidents, particularly
along the Israeli-Jordanian frontier, has been a major factor in hardening
Arab and Israeli attitudes, and makes less likely the negotiation of any
peace settlement.
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EASTERN EUROPE
4. Buying panic noted in Prague:
A buying panic set off by rumors of an imt3.3(h)(2)
monetary reform is under way in Prague. Some
minor riots have been reported, and many stores
have ben depleted of textiles, leather goods,
mechanical appliances and other durable consumer goods.
The American embassy gives some credence to
the rumors of a currency reform even though it believes that this is not
economically necessary. The embassy suggests that the reform may be
coupled with the end of rationing, which reportedly is set for 1 July.
Comment: The buying wave to date has ap-
parently been highly selective and is similar to an earlier one in January
1952 which was set off by unfounded rumors of an impending currency
reform.
Buying waves preceded monetary revaluations
carried out in Rumania and Bulgaria during 1952.
WESTERN EUROPE
5. Gaullists mai insist on new EDC treat/ protocol:
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The American embassy in Paris warns that t3.3(h)(2)
price of Gaullist participation in a new coalition
government may be acceptance of a proposed
additional protocol to the EDC treaty. The
aullists previously sought a protocol allowing the treaty to come into
force only gradually, and are already claiming that the Mayer govern-
ment promised to push this proposal.
These demands might lead to revival of Social-
ist leader Jules Moch's similar proposal that each EDC country except
Germany retain exclusive control of its armed forces during a transitional
period. In that case, France's prospective partners would probably con-
clude that Paris was clearly refusing to proceed with EDC.
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