CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1955/09/09

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• Document Creation Date: September 20, 2019
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2019
• Publication Date: September 9, 1955

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CONTENTS
1. USSR ATTACHES CONDITIONS TO RETURN OF
JAPANESE ISLANDS (page 3).
2. USSR MAKES OVERTURES TO LIBYA (page 5).
3. COMMENT ON AFGHAN-PAKISTANI AGREEMENT
(page 6).
4. ANTI-TURKISH OUTBREAKS EXPECTED IN GREECE
(page 7).
5. FINNISH PRESIDENT TO VISIT MOSCOW (page 8).
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1. USSR ATTACHES CONDITIONS TO RETURN OF
JAPANESE ISLANDS
Soviet delegate Malik told Japanese
representative Matsumoto during the
London talks on 6 September that the
USSR would return the Habomai Islands
and Shikotan to Japan only on the condition that the islands
would not be used for military purposes,
In response to Matsumoto's protest
that the USSR had changed its position, Malik said that
his country could not accept the prospect of additional
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military bases in the area. He added, however, that
Japan would have complete sovereignty over the islands
instead of "latent sovereignty"--apparently referring to the
Ryukyus which are still occupied by the United States.
Malik stated that the question of South Sakhalin and the
Kurils was "solved" and no longer a subject of discus-
sion.
Comment Malik previously indicated to the
Japanese that the USSR has no inten-
tion of evacuating all former Japanese territories while
the United States occupies former Japanese territories
in the Pacific.
Moscow's effort to contrast the return
of Shikotan and the Habomais with the continued Ameri-
can occupation of Japanese islands could not fail to have
some impact on Japanese public opinion. There is con-
siderable official and popular irredentist sentiment in
Japan concerning the Ryukyuan and Bonin Islands, and
Tokyo has recently pressed the United States for a new
declaration of American intentions with regard to the
territories.
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2. USSR MAKES OVERTURES TO LIBYA
The Soviet ambassador in Cairo has
asked the Libyan ambassador to
Egypt to ascertain whether his gov-
ernment would accept a Soviet "diplo-
matic mission,"
The American embassy in Cairo has
learned that the Soviet ambassador said the USSR would
support the Libyan candidacy for membership in the United
Nations at the coming session of the General Assembly.
American officials in Tripoli comment
that the two reports probably are related, with Libyan ac-
ceptance of a diplomatic mission in return for Soviet sup-
port of Libyan membership in the United Nations.
Comment The USSR recently asked for the estab-
lishment of formal diplomatic relations
with Saudi Arabia, and the first Soviet delegation arrived
in the Sudan in July for the purpose of establishing trade
relations between the two countries.
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3. COMMENT ON AFGHAN-PAKISTANI AGREEMENT
The Pakistani ambassador in Kabul
has told Ambassador Ward that his
country and Afghanistan have reached
a settlement of their dispute as a re-
uit ox by both sides. The terms as de-
scribed by the Pakistani ambassador indicate a return to
the status quo ante 30 March, when mob attacks on Pak-
istani diplomatic establishments in Afghanistan sparked
the five-month dispute.
Afghanistan's support for the creation
of an independent state of Pushtoonistan, which is the basic
cause of trouble between the two countries, has been tem-
pered but not abandoned. This issue will probably con-
tinue to cause tension between Kabul and Karachi.
Afghanistan's recently stepped-up
economic contacts with the Soviet bloc may be expected
to decline as normal trade relations with Pakistan are
resumed. It is unlikely, however, that Afghanistan will
again allow itself to become so completely dependent on
trade routes through Pakistan.
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4. ANTI-TURKISH OUTBREAKS EXPECTED IN GREECE
Acting Foreign Minister ICanellopoulos
told the American charge in Athens on
7 September that a "domestic storm"
over the anti-Greek riots in Turkey
might break at any moment. Zorlu's
statement in London that Greece must
either abandon its Cyprus demands or
forfeit Turkish friendship was termed
by ICanellopoulos an "intolerable ulti-
matum."
Greek opinion is likely to become further
inflamed as details of Turkish mob actions in Istanbul and
Izmir become known. Athens may be forced to permit some
public demonstrations.
British authorities in Cyprus expect
serious outbreaks there in the near future.
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5. FINNISH PRESIDENT TO VISIT MOSCOW
Finnish authorities are apprehensive
over possible Soviet demands during
President Paasikivi's visit to Moscow
beginning 15 September, according to
American officials in Helsinki. The
president's party will include the pre-
mier and the defense minister, but no
high-ranking military personnel.
The Finnish foreign minister told the
American ambassador that no agreement has been reached
on the subjects to be discussed and that the "door was wide
open" in this respect. He added that he believed Finland
might stand to benefit from the meeting.
Comment Finnish-Soviet relations in the past
year have been marked by an increas-
ing official display of friendliness and a greater exchange
of visits by official and private groups.
The Finns are always wary of possible
Russian attempts to tie them more closely to the Soviet
bloc and will probably try to make this visit purely cere-
monial, avoiding detailed negotiations.
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