CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1956/04/19
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CURRENT
INTELLIGENCE
BULLETIN
19 April 1956
Copy No. 103
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CONTENTS
1. SOUTH KOREAN NAVAL MOVE MAY PROVOKE INCIDENT
WITH NORTH KOREA (page 3).
2. YUGOSLAVS ORDER CLOSE CONTROL OF US INFORMATION
FILM SHOWINGS (page 4).
3. POLISH REGIME FACES PROBLEM IN CONTROLLING
RELAXATION POLICY (page 5).
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
(page 6)
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THE TAIWAN STRAIT
(page 8)
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1. SOUTH KOREAN NAVAL MOVE MAY PROVOKE INCIDENT
WITH NORTH KOREA
Movement of South Korean naval units
to west coast fishing grounds off North
Korean territory below the 38th parallel
may result in an incident with North Korean
forces.
At a press conference on 17 April, South
Korea's chief of naval operations, Chong Kuk-mo, said the
move was designed to prevent a repetition of the incident of
10 May last year near the Han River estuary, when North
Korean shore batteries shelled a South Korean fishing fleet.
Following last year's incident, Pyongyang
issued a statement avowing its intention to protect its terri-
torial waters�i. e0, up to 12 miles from the coast--and out-
lining procedures to provide for the "convenience and safety"
of South Koreans desiring to fish in the area. The statement
specified that "no armed vessels or armed persons" would be
permitted to enter the fishing grounds inside the 12-mile limit.
Admiral Chong indicated on 17 April, however, that South
Korean naval vessels will patrol up to three miles from the
North Korean coast this year.
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2. YUGOSLAVS ORDER CLOSE CONTROL OF US INFORMATION
FILM SHOWINGS
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call for close control over
a US mobile unit touring the Slovene area
to show films "containing propaganda in
' 'certain parts." The group is to be closely checked for per-
mits to show the films, and if it lacks permits the police are
not to allow managers of local movie theaters to show the
films.
The police were apparently instructed to
use the excuse that the theaters were condemned as fire haz-
ards or else lacked proper authorization for such showings.
The police were ordered in any case to list the contacts of the
mobile film crew and to report fully on all showings.
� Comment The Yugoslav police are apparently try-
ing to keep a close surveillance over all
ideological influences affecting the populace.
For the Last two years, the activities of
the United States Information Service have been relatively
free of harassment, and it has been able to show such titles
as "In Defense of Peace" and "Soldiers for Freedom" to a
vast Yugoslav audience. USLS officials in Yugoslavia have re-
ported that the mass of Yugoslav citizens seem to lean further
and further toward Western ideas despite the improvement of
Yugoslav relations with the Soviet bloc countries.
� The Yugoslav press has recently been
particularly critical of American-produced films, and local
political organizations have reportedly resolved that Yugo-
slays "should be spared some of these foreign imports." Tito
demanded at the March plenum of his party's central committee
that the youth of the land be "rescued from influences which are
alien to socialism" and be "defended against various Western
influences."
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3. POLISH REGIME FACES PROBLEM IN CONTROLLING
RELAXATION POLICY
Warsaw is in "a state of real ferment,"
as a result of the government's recent
relaxation policy which encourages
greater freedom of expression, accord-
ing to the American embassy in Warsaw. The
embassy considers it possible that the regime may have even
instigated some of the criticisms from literary circles, but
points out that there are now indications of a real effort on
the part of writers to see how much public criticism the re-
gime will tolerate.
The government's main concern may be
that the policy of relaxation will lead to more overt expres-
sions of disaffection among the workers. There are already
unconfirmed rumors of labor unrest at some large factories
in recent days.
Rumors are current in Warsaw that the
regime has reacted to a few of the most outspoken criticisms
by firing�or even arresting�the people responsible.
First Secretary Ochab warned
writers against using an attack on the cult of the individual as
an excuse for attacking the party, saying, "You don't want me
to bring tanks into the Warsaw streets, do you?"
Although leading officials have called for
greater initiative and condemned the sti-
fling of free discussion which resulted from the cult of the
individual, the regime will face increasing difficulties unless
it is able to set forth clearly the limits of the new freedom.
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
(Information as of 1700, 18 April)
Egyptian prime minister Nasr has issued
categorical orders to military commanders not to fire across
the demarcation line even if fired upon unless there is clear evi-
dence of a prospective Israeli attack,
Violation of these orders
would
lead to "serious court-martial charges."
The Egyptian Revolutionary Command Coun-
cil and chiefs of staff reportedly decided that Egypt
would not provoke war with Israel "for at least two or three months!'
The reasons
given were that Egyptian troops were not yet trained in the use of
the Soviet equipment, and that the Soviet bloc air mission estimated
that it would take five or six months longer to train a sufficient
nucleus of pilots and around staff.
An Israeli military spokesman told the US
army atictene in Tel Aviv that Israel believes there are six groups
of fedaveen ter,rorists still in Israel.
Since 1 April, Syrian army units along tile
Israeli border have been organizing patrols for infiltration of
Israel for reconnaissance and harassing operations
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The officers asking for vol-
unteers cited the need to emulate the Egyptian operations for
the purpose of troop morale, as of
17 April Syrian troops on the Israeli border still had orders
to fire immediately should the Israelis attempt to resume their
Jordan River water diversion project in the demilitarized zone.
The American army attach�n Amman re-
ports that it now appears that the shift of Arab Legion units into
West Jordan is not as complete as originally reported, in that
not all of the armored briode is in West Jordan,
The Egyptian naval commander in chief
stated that the six Soviet-built motor torpedo boats which sor-
tied from Alexandria on 10 April are on training maneuvers
Egyptians were taking paratroop
training in Aleppo, Syria, The training was limited to the use of
ground equipment, owing to the lack of aircraft, and jump train-
ing would be carried out in Egypt.
the arrival of a Saudi group in Suez
suggests that it is in Egypt for some type of military training.
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BIWEEKLY SUMMARY
5-18 April 1956
THE TAIWAN STRAIT
Report of the IAC Current Intelligence Group
for the Taiwan Strait Problem
Again there were no significant combat operations in
the area. Chinese Communist junks and small naval craft have
been sighted in increased numbers along the coast, particularly
in the Matsu area. Nothing ominous is seen in these sightings.
The increase is believed due to improving weather and the usual
intensification of coastal fishing during the spring.
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TAIWAN STRAIT SITUATION
18 APRIL 1956
CHINESE COMMUNIST AIRFIELD LEGEND:
DESIGNATIONS
PRIMARY AIRFIELD
CONSIDERED MOST IMPORTANT IN
AREA WITH PREPARED RUNWAY
GENERALLY 5000 FEET OR LONGER.
SECONDARY AIRFIELD
AUXILIARY OR EMERGENCY BASES
OR FIELDS OF LESSER IMPORTANCE.
RUNWAYS GENERALLY LESS THAN
5000 FEET.
ACTIVE BASE FOR MILITARY & CIVILIAN AIR -
CRAFT. SOME BASES USED BY PISTON TYPES
MAY BE USABLE BY JETS
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OPERAlIONAL
INACTIVE BASES CAPABLE OF USE BY AIRCRAFT
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SERVICEABLE
CURRENT STATUS UNDETERMINED
UNKNOWN
USABILITY
M1G-15
M1G-17
TU-4
1L-28
TU-2,
1L-10
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L1-2
ETC.
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OF SUPPORTING SUSTAINED OPER-
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