CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1954/10/06

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03000921
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• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: August 20, 2019
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2019
• Publication Date: October 6, 1954

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SUMMARY
GENERAL
I. Bohlen feels Moscow is soft-pedaling Formosa "commitment"
(page 3).
FAR EAST
2. Communications facilities reported established at Fukien air-
fields (page 3).
3. Railroad construction sought for coastal province opposite
Formosa (page 4).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
4. Bao Dal implies he will retain Diem as premier (page 6).
5. Recent assassination in Laos linked to Thai-subsidized Laotian
prince (page 6).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
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7. Americans endangered by Moroccan terrorism (page 8).
EASTERN EUROPE
8. Yugoslavia weighs Soviet proposal for higher-level trade
talks (page 8).
WESTERN EUROPE
9. Comment on West German politician's call for zonal all-German
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GENERAL
1. Bohlen feels Moscow is soft-pedaling Formosa "commitment":
At a Chinese "Liberation Day" celebra-
tion in Moscow, Malenkov, Molotov
and Voroshilov pointedly ignored the
Chinese Communist ambassador's
Oast to riis regimes atermination to "Liberate" Formosa.
Also, a Soviet censor in Moscow, in an unusual procedure,
took pains to point out to an Associated Press correspondent
that Khrushchev's Peiping speech had stated that the "Soviet
people" rather than the "Soviet Union" supported China's For-
mosan liberation campaign.
Ambassador Bohlen feels that these
incidents indicate a fear that undesirable implications have
been read into Khrushchev's speech and that the government is
attempting to soft-pedal the degree of Soviet public commitment.
Comment: Moscow's caution on the
Formosa issue is consistent with its policy of avoiding commit-
ments in Asia which might conflict with the achievement of
higher-priority cold war objectives in Europe. Khrushchev's
pledge of support by the "Soviet people" was made in the con-
text of a statement of sympathy for the Chinese Communists'
desire to liberate "their long-suffering brothers" rather than a
Soviet commitment to a military campaign. Khrushchev made
no mention of the kind, extent or timing of this support.
FAR EAST
2. Communications facilities reported established at Fukien air-
fields:
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Comment: Daily Nationalist air recon-
naissance of airfields in Fukien Province continues to reveal no
important changes in their status, and none is in use by Commu-
nist aircraft. The reported communications facilities may be
those in use by Chinese Communist air force weather reporting
units which have been active in Fukien for some time.
The only report of Communist use of
air power in the Quemoy area to date is an unconfirmed Nation-
alist assertion that a reconnaissance plane from Formosa was
attacked 25 miles southwest of Big Quemoy on 2 October by
what was believed to be a jet fighter. The Communists' reluc-
tance to use aircraft may be due in part to the difficulty of
supplying fields in Fukien within range of the Quemoys and to
a desire to refrain from air battles which might result in
clashes with American forces.
3. Railroad construction sought for coastal province opposite
Formosa:
The Fukien provincial delegate to the
recent National People's Congress in
Peiping expressed the "hope" that the
government would begin railroad construction in Fukien Province
opposite Formosa ahead of schedule because coastal shipping is
"obstructed" by the United States and the Chinese Nationalists
(see map, p� 5). The delegate also said the province's highways
have been considerably improved and a "sea dike" has been
filled between Amoy and the mainland to facilitate transportation
and to consolidate coastal defense.
Comxnent: Deprived of coastal ship-
ping, its traditional communications means, Fukien now largely
depends on poor highways for supplies brought into the province.
The principal route runs from Shangjao on the Chekiang-Kiangsi
railroad, 250 miles to Foochow. Even a short 100-mile branch
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