CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1959/08/31

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• Publication Date: August 31, 1959

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31 AUGUST 1959
L THE COMMUNIST BLOC
USSR pledges no nuclear tests as
long as Western powers do not re-
sume tests.
Algerian rebel wounded to be treated
in the USSR.
Typhoon strikes Taiwan Strait area.
No new incidents reported between
Chinese Communist and Indian bor-
der forces.
IL ASIA-AFRICA
Laotian Ministry of Defense claims
some success in northern Laos.
Thailand�Dissatisfaction with Pre-
mier Sarit increasing among ruling
military group.
Indonesia�Dissidents threaten to
sabotage oil installations in south-
ern Sumatra.
Japan--Visits to Communist China
arranged by anti-Kishi conservatives.
III. THE WEST
0 De Gaulle tells French cabinet he is
looking for Algerian solution which
will satisfy "reasonable" Frenchmen;
De Gaulle said still to fear the army.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
31 August 1959
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
USSR - Nuclear tests: In response to the recent announce-
ments by the United States and Britain extending the suspension
of their nuclear tests beyond the original one-year period which
expires on 31 October, the USSR announced on 28 August that
it will not conduct any tests as long as the "Western powers" do
not resume their tests." This announcement formalizes the pledge
Khrushchev made in a letter published on 10 August to the lead-
ers of the "European Federation for Atomic Disarmament" that
the USSR is "ready to accept the most solemn obligation not to
be the first to conduct any further tests of nuclear weapons." The
USSR reaffirmed its insistence on a permanent and unconditional
test ban, seeking to undercut and evade Western proposals for an
atmospheric test ban and technical discussions on the problem of
detecting underground tests.
USSR-Algerian rebels: Lk Soviet ship departed Tangier,
Morocco,on 25 August with 96 Algerian rebel wounded for the
USSR, where the wounded are to receive free medical treatment.
The USSR has previously limited its open aid for the rebels to
support in the United Nations and the provision of food and cloth-
ing to Algerian refugees in Morocco and Tunisia. The USSR con-
tinues to withhold recognition of the provisional Algerian govern-
ment, as do the Eastern European satellites which have diplomatic
relations with Francf.1, (Page 1)
Taiwan Strait: Typhoon Joan which crossed the Taiwan Strait
on 30 August with 100-knot winds has probably curtailed military
activity. Chinese Communist fighters based at Chingyang, one of
the coastal airfields near Amoy, flew inland to Liencheng on 29
August, probably in a move to avoid the typhoon which struck the
China mainland some hours later
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Communist China - India: No incidents along the Indo-
Tibetan frontier have been reported since last week's clashes
between Indian and Chinese border forces. The Indian outpost
in Assam captured by the Chinese on 26 August apparently has
not yet been retaken. Indian Army units in the northeast frontier
region are being moved to more advanced positions.but for the
present will not be deployed on the border itself. Peiping has
declined immediate comment on Nehru's 28 August statement
detailing Chinese border incursions. There is no evidence of
Chinese Communist military movements in the border region.
Press reaction critical of Peiping, reported from the Arab
states and Ceylon. probably will spread soon to other Asian
areas.
U. ASIA-AFRICA
Laos: The Laotian Ministry of Defense claims the army is
pressing small-scale offensive operations in northern Laos and
that initial results indicate some contraction of the area held by
Communist rebels, however, the effectiveness of General Amkh
commander of Laotian troops in the north, has been criticized by
one high Laotian official who doubts the situation there can be im-
proved untithe is relieved. Communist partisans reportedly have
executed progovernment village chiefs and instituted a campaign
of intimidation in northeastern Luang Prabang Province-.
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Thailand: @rumbling within the ruling military group over
Premier Sarit's alleged failure to consult it or to consider its in-
terests appears to be increasing. The latest to express dissatis-
faction is the commander of the key First Infantry Division in
Bangkok. Although he claims steps will be taken in "the foresee-
able future" to rid the country of "the Sarit-type operation," mal-
contents within the military group appear at present to lack a
leader strong enough to challenge Sariq
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