CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1960/12/30

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• Publication Date: December 30, 1960

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30 DECEMBER 1960
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Soviet minister of agriculture replaced. 0
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Japanese Government reviewing its policy,
toward Communist China. L?.)
Turkish military, regime may soon under-
take campaign of political arrests in all
major cities.
Congolese Army paratroops reportedly
headed for Kivu Province to prevent
Congolese battalion there from joining
dissidents.
The situation in Laos.
III. THE WEST
Cuban celebrations on second anniversary
of Castro revolution victory will provide
opportunity for guidance of Communist-
led groups throughout hemisphere.
Belgian prime minister apparently willing
to make some concessions to Socialists in
austerity program to end widespread
strikes.
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30 December 1960
DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
*USSR; Vladimir Matskevich, Soviet minister of
agriculture since 1955, has been removed following the
USSR's second consecutive bad agricultural year. The
action was foreshadowed by personal criticism recently
leveled at him in the Soviet press. Matskevich, who has
been given a secondary assignment in the New Lands, has
resisted reforms in agricultural organization advocated
by some top-ranking political figures. His successor,
Mikhail Olshansky, is a veteran academic specialist in
agriculture whose lack of executive experience may sig-
zial a cutback in the ministry's operational functions. The
shift may clear the way for organizational changes to be
adopted at a central committee plenum on agriculture,
scheduled t9 begin on 10 January.
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Japan - Communist China; je recent signing of an
expanded trade agreement with the USSR and concern
aroused by US dollar-conservation measures have in-
creased pressures in Japan for improved relations with
Communist China and induced the Ikeda government to un-
dertake a review of its policy toward Peiping. Tokyo offi-
cials emphasize that their current thinking excludes diplo-
matic recognition and a government-to-government trade
agreement but does envisage promotion of private trade,
cultural exchanges, and technical agreements on the gov-
ernmental levei.3 (Page 1)
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Turkey: The military regime in Turkey may soon un- 0
iertake a campaign of political arrests in all major cities
similar to that in Ankara on 24-25 December, in which at /
19a5t 65 persons were arrested on charges of "systematic
gctivities" against the regime. he Committee of Nation
Union reportedly hopes to create a "stabilizing mood"
throughout the country before the 6 January convocation -7_,A-1
eff the Constituent AssemblO A widespread campaign of
arrests is more likely to increase than to reduce instabil-
tY. (Page 2)
Congo 2: Two hundred Congo Army paratroops left Leo-
poldville on 7 et ember. for Lulua.bourg, apparently to pro-
ect President Kasavubu during a visit to that city. The
paratroops will, however, continue on to Bukavu. Kivu
province,
ine troops are scnettulea to emplane on about
30 December for Bukavu, the location of one of three Congo
Army battalions in Kivu Province believed to be leaning to-
ward the dissident cause. The commander of the force re-
portedly has been instructed to seek an "understanding" with
the Bukavu garrison, but failing that to occupy the city by
force. The Bukavu operation�hastily organized after Gizen-
ga's 25 December "invasion" of Kivu Province�suggests that
Mobutu's immediate interest is to contain the dissidents with-
in Orientale Province rather than to initiate operations against
Stanleyvilllj (Page 3)
Laos:
both
� ovlet and Chinese ammunition and equipment were used dur-
ing the battle for the city. Four Soviet AN-12s
which flew to Communist China and North Vietnam have re-
turned to the USSR. Three are en route to their home base
at Vitebsk and one is at Vladivostok. Three others are scheduled
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aircraft continued 117- _Tito Laos through 29 December.
The five Soviet 12-4 -.optors probably destined for
airlift operations in L-e_ '.7.1e,,a from Shenyang to Tientsin on
28 D'Anc4"111P" their flight southward on 30 December.
tn. THE WEST
� Cuba: Deleg from the Sino-Soviet bloc, from
Latin At�rie-Fica, and count.%105 are arriving in Havana
for massive demonsir.rattaTee ciTi I and 2.Janua.�y to cornmem-�
orate the second aneLecreary e Castrds revolutionary vic-
tory. The Castro refeleee 'ea held up as a model for other�
Latin American coureteeea, 1.teet of the Latin American del-
egates were invited becaeee cf their sympathy for Castro's
program, and a num.ber cf Co::.raunists are included. The
event will provide anothee eppertunity for liaison among and
guidance of Communiet greeres throughout the hemis-
phere and may be the ccee-eeion for some dramatic new Cuban
announcement. It is prc.:aaele tIlat opposition elements will
step up their bombing - cceeital during the celebrations.
Belgium: The Scciel Christian - Liberal government of
Prime Iiiinister Eyskens a:peers willing to make some con-
cessions to end the wic.:eeeeeael Socialist-instigated strikes
before Parliament receeeenes on 3 January to take up again
the government's econc:e austerity bill. The government
has, however, taken Tr17.-' :::r;..:res to strengthen_ security. The
strikes, in protest agatTuA the bra and designed to force its
modification, have spread to northern B31giUM. Any compro-
mise Eyskens might make- would be designed largely to retain
the support of the ra.nk ar.zi file of the Roman Catholic trade
unions. King Batdouin ymoon in Spain
to return to Brussels. (Page 4)
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Japanese GoveNlinent Reviews Policy Toward 141.
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The recent siring oi an expanded trade agreement with
the USSR and concern aroused by the US dollar-conservation
program have increased pressures in Japan for improved
trade relations with Communist China and induced the Ikeda
government to undertake a review of its policy toward Peiping.
ahe Japanese Socialist party, inspired by the impact made
earlier this year by the campaign against the US-Japanese se-
curity, treaty, decided on 26 December to launch a new national
movement directed this time toward establishing relations with
Peiping. The Socialists, abetted by business circles, the press,
and even some members of Ikeda's own party, are using effec-
tive arguments, although the political climate in Japan lacks the
volatile elements which led to the downfall of the Kishi govern-
m entj
The doubling of Soviet-Japanese trade both in 1959 and
1960 and the conclusion of an agreement on 20 December to
expand 1961 trade to a total of $160,000,000 have aroused new
Interest in the possibility of similar success with Communist
China. Although Japanese trade with the bloc remains relative-
ly small, it has assumed a political importance out of all propor-
tion to its actual volume. Asahi Shimbun, Japan's largest and
most influential newspaper, has adopted the Socialist theme that
decreased opportunity to earn US dollars makes important an
increase of trade with the bloc..i
Foreign Ministry official has stated that Ikeda does not
want to be accused, as was Kishi, of "militant uncooperative-
ness" toward Communist China. The government, he asserts,
already has decided that certain contacts with Peiping, short of
recognition or a government-to-government trade agreement,
are vital. He has indicated that a study is already under way to
determine the form of such contacts.1
Official Japanese thinking currently envisages the promotion
of private trade, cultural exchanges, and--on the governmental
level--technical agreements such as postal and meteorological
arrangements. In addition, the Japanese are giving preliminary
thought to escaping Afro-Asian criticism by dropping their sup-
port for the moratorium on Chinese representation in the United
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More Political Arrests Expected in Turkey
The arrest of at least 65 persons, including military
personnel and civil servants, in Ankara on 24=25 Decem-
ber may have been the beginning of a widespread campaign
to uproot suspected nuclei of opposition. As many as 150
ersons may have been arrested in Ankara and 100 others
ay soon be arrested in Istanbul. A campaign of arrests
in the major cities of Turkey is reported to be imminent
or the alleged purpose of creating a "stabilizing mood"
roughout the country prior to the convocation of the Con-
tituentAssembly.lAccording to the Turkish Press Liaison
ureau, "certain unfortunate and greedy persons with a re-
actionary mentality and extreme partisan interest" have en-
gaged in activities contrary to the interests of the nation.
Some of those arrested were charged with distributing anti-
regime leaflets and other disruptive propaganda.
The Committee of National Union (CNU) has denied ru-
mors of a counterrevolutionary movement in Turkey, but the
activities and expressions of concern by some members of
the CNU suggest that antiregime sentiment may be increas-
ing. Some reports indicate that military officers who were
forced to retire last August are also organizing and prepar-
ing for political action.
Widespread arrests at this time may actually help pro-
mote and consolidate any incipient opposition movement. In-
discriminate repression of suspected resistance could back-
fire, especially in a situation where the complete loyalty of
the armed forces may be questioned.
Meanwhile representatives of various political and social
� groups are being chosen to serve in a 272-man chamber of rep-
resentatives which, with the 23-member CNU sitting as a
senate, will convene on .6 January 1961. While it will have
legislative powers, its primary mission will be to approve a
new constitution and lay the groundwork for national elections.
The CNU will retain its power position, however, through a
formula which in effect amounts to a leeislative veto.
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