CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1953/11/01

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02970166
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: July 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2019
• Publication Date: November 1, 1953

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SUMMARY
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1. Rome presses for prompt UN rejection of Soviet proposal on
Trieste (page 3).
2. Yugoslav diplomat hints at compromise on Trieste (page 3).
FAR EAST
/French propose troop withdrawal as first step toward Korean
peace (page 4).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
4. Viet Minh propaganda takes new line (page 4).
NEAR EAST-AFRICA
5. Iran to reopen negotiations with USSR on border and financial
problems (page 5).
WESTERN EUROPE
6. French government's case against Communist deputies stymied
(page 6).
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1. Rome presses for prompt UN rejection of Soviet proposal on Trieste:
Rome is
most anxious to have the 2 November
)-meeting of the UN Security Council re-
ject rather than merely postpone discussion
of the Soviet proposal for the appointment
of a governor of the Trieste Free Territory.
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2. Yugoslav diplomat hints at compromise on Trieste:
Comment:
Tito proposed that the city71-TireFte be under Italian sovereignty
and the rest of the Free Territory under Yugoslav sovereignty
for a period of 10 to 15 years. The Yugoslav regime now
appears to be retreating toward an earlier position which called
for a definitive division preferably along the present zonal
boundary.
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3. French propose troop withdrawal as first step toward Korean peace:
The French working paper for the Korean
political conference calls for a gradual
withdrawal of foreign forces to precede
country-wide elections, the establishment
of an all-Korean government, and "reciprocal guarantees." The
French assert that unless withdrawal occurred first, free elections
would be almost impossible.
As an alternate proposal, the French
suggest federation of the existing North-South Korean regimes
under international supervision. Dual governmental functions would
be eliminated gradually and the neutralization of Korea would be
the ultimate goal. The American embassy in London comments
that the French may have similar plans in mind for amalgamating
the rival regimes in Indochina.
Comment: The primary French proposal
differs strikingly from the 29 October British proposal in that it
calls for the withdrawal of troops as the first step toward Korean
unification. The alternate French proposal bears resemblance to
a plan which the British have warned against.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
4. Viet Minh propaganda takes new line:
A 28 October broadcast from the Viet
Minh Peace Committee described the
longing of the "Vietnamese people" for
peace and friendship with the French
people and their willingness to be linked to the French by economic
and cultural ties. The broadcast, which was addressed to the
French Peace Committee, blamed ill will on the part of the French
negotiators for the failure of the negotiations in 1946 between
France and the Viet Minh.
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Comment: This line is a modification
of the strongly belligerent tone which the Viet Minh had continued
to take despite Peiping and Moscow hints in recent months that a
negotiated peace in Indochina might be possible. The adoption of
a peace line in this form is probably designed to increase neutralist
sentiment in France without committing the Viet Minh authorities
to a less belligerent policy.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
5. Iran to reopen negotiations with USSR on border and financial problems:
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Comment: Iran has been attempting to
settle boundary disputes with the USSR and to obtain payment of the
$21,000,000 in gold and credits owed it since the end of World War
-II. The latest negotiations, started by Mossadeq, were suspended
as a result of the change of government in August.
A favorable settlement of those issues
would strengthen the Zahedi government, but there is no indication
that agreement can be reached without prolonged bargaining. Even
a resumption of negotiations, however, following the signing of the
3 September Soviet-Iranian supplemental trade agreement, would
at least partially restore Soviet prestige in Iran lost as a result
of Mossadeq's ouster and the Tudeh's failure at that time to make
a better showing.
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WESTERN EUROPE
6. French government's case against Communist deputies stymied:
The French Parliamentary Immunities
Committee's rejection on 29 October of
treason charges against four Communist
deputies substantially redates the likelihood
in the opinion of the American embassy in
of further prosecution,
Paris.
The embassy fears that this development
will have an adverse effect on further government action against the
Communists, whose hand has now been strengthened in their current
bid for joint action against the EDC and the Indochina war.
Comment: This decision has been hanging
fire since spring, when it first became apparent that the French
government's anti-Communist campaign was weakening. Since the
government crackdown following the anti-Ridgway demonstrations in
May 1952, the Communists have changed their provocative tactics
and regained considerable prestige by promoting labor issues without
political slogans. They also continue to profit from the Soviet peace
offensive.
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