CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1953/06/06

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• Publication Date: June 6, 1953

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SUMMARY
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Malenkov associate reportedly appointed to All-Union Secretariat
(page 3).
2. Unusual communications change in Eastern Europe (page 3).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
3. Thai military leaders favor early appeal to UN on Laos (page 4).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
4. Terrorists believed responsible for recent Israeli attacks on
Jordan (page 4).
WESTERN EUROPE
Leftward swing in French Assembly seen closer (page 5).
LATIN AMERICA
6. Argentine-Soviet trade talks to resume in Buenos Aires (page 6).
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1. Malenkov associate reportedly appointed to All-Union Secretariat:
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has been appointed to the All-Union Secretariat
in place of S. D. Ignatiev, who was dismissed
on 7 April for his connection with the incident of the doctors' plot.
Comment: This reported appointment would
support the thesis that Malenkov retains control over the appointments
of top-level personnel.
Ponomarenko was a member of the secretariat
and minister of agricultural procurement until the reorganization after
Stalin's death in March. He was then appointed head of the newly created
Ministry of Culture, which controls all propaganda media, and an alternate
member of the party presidium. He was associated with Malenkov in the
1943 committee charged with re-establishing Soviet control in the areas
liberated from the German occupation, and his appointment to the secre-
tariat following Zhdanov's death in August 1948 was the first of several
apparently sponsored by Malenkov.
2. Unusual communications change in Eastern Europe:
Comment No disciplinary action or severe
security measures apparently resulted from the defection of the first
Polish pilot, although pilots at a base in northern Poland were subse-
quently not allowed within twenty miles of the Baltic coast.
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As a result of the 20 May defection, however,
it is probable that more stringent security measures will be adopted and
the political reliability of Polish air force personnel re-evaluated.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
3. Thai military leaders favor early appeal to UN on Laos:
French For Min Thai military leaders in late May unanimously
Paris-London opposed Premier Phibun's proposal to postpone
26 May 53 indefinitely presentation of the Laos situation
CANOE to the UN, according to the British charge in
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action would result in suspension of American arms shipments.
Police Director General Phao took the position,
moreover, that it would be better to appeal to the UN now, before more
active Chinese Communist intervention in Southeast Asia would cause
Peiping to consider such an appeal as provocative.
Comment: It is believed that the Thai may
postpone presenting the Laotian problem to the UN until the French
government crisis has been resolved.
The extent of American military support has
always been a paramount consideration of Thai military leaders in formu-
lating their policies in the cold war. Phao's reported attitude is a clear
indication of how the Thai would waver in the face of serious Chinese Com-
munist pressure.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
4. Terrorists believed responsible for recent Israeli attacks on Jordan:
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26 May attacks on Jordanian frontier villages
were committed by members of the outlawed
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Israeli terrorist Stern gang. His belief is based on conclusions reached
by Glubb Pasha, British head of the Arab Legion, who conducted a thor-
ough investigation in Jordan and talked with the British service attaches
stationed in Tel Aviv.
Comment: American consul general Tyler in
Jerusalem previously reported an official Israeli investigation indicated
that Israeli terrorists might be trying to precipitate war between Israel
and jordan. These elements, not amenable to government control, have
long pressed for an expansion of Israeli territory and have been aided in
their activities by Tel Aviv's tendency to blame border incidents on the
Arabs.
WESTERN EUROPE
5. Leftward swing in French Assembly seen closer:
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the failure of Mendes-France to win the premier-
ship indicates that further search during the pres-
ent crisis will again have to be directed toward
the right center, probably enlarged to include a substantial number of
Gaullists.
Nevertheless, the embassy concludes, the time
of fundamental change in orientation to a left-center majority in the as-
sembly is closer than had been thought. A program capable of attracting
the rank and file of the Socialists and center party deputies now exists
for the first time. Its salient elements would include austerity, redistri-
bution of the economic burden, and emphasis on investment.
Foreign affairs were a prominent factor but EDC
played only a minor role. Special consideration was given to Indochina,
which will remain in the forefront of assembly discussions at least until
the current crisis is resolved.
Comment: Should the assembly reject Bidault,
who is Auriol's current choice, as seems more likely now because of
Radical Socialist pique over his refusal to support Mendes-France, ex-
Premier Edgar Faure has a good chance to be invested. He favors much
the same domestic economic program as Mendes-France, and while likewise
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"soft" on the Indochina question, escapes the liability of the latter's
earlier outspoken stand on withdrawal.
LATIN AMERICA
6. Argentine-Soviet trade talks to resume in Buenos Aires:
Foreign Minister Remorino has informed
Ambassador Nufer in Buenos Aires that a
Soviet mission to complete details on
Argentine-USSR trade talks is expected
s or y. e propose agreement calls for Argentina to export
$100,000,000 worth of hides, wool and fats in exchange for Soviet
railroad wheels, rails and other manufactures.
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Remorino asked Nufer to assure Washington
that no political provision will be included and no materials considered
strategic by the United States will be exported by Argentina.
Comment: Remorino's assurances are
especially significant since President Peron is believed to be con-
sidering renewing overtures to improve relations with Washington.
Argentina and the USSR, which have had
no direct trade since 1947, began talks in Buenos Aires last October,
according to communications intelligence. Argentina, however, does
have trade agreements with the. Satellites.
If this agreement is on an annual basis, Argentina
would probably find it difficult to export such large quantities. The Soviet
Union could supply the categories it has agreed to export by drawing on
Satellite sources.
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