CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1955/09/14

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• Document Creation Date: September 20, 2019
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2019
• Publication Date: September 14, 1955

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CONTENTS
1, COMMENT ON RESULTS OF ADENAUER TALKS IN
MOSCOW (page 3).
2, NEHRU REPORTED TO PERCEIVE IMPROVEMENT
IN US-INDIAN RELATIONS (page 4).
3. BURMA INSURGENTS MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH
CHINESE NATIONALISTS (page 5).
4. FINNISH PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FORTH-
COMING VISIT TO USSR (page 6).
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1, COMME1sreON RESULTS OF ADENAUEICTALKS IN
MOSCOW
The Soviet-West Gernian communiqu�
published in Moscow on 13 September
revealed agreement to establish diplo-
matic relations and exchange ambassa-
dors subject to approval by the Bundestag and the Supreme
Soviet. It stated that trade discussions would be started in
the near future. The communiqu�tself did not refer to the
issue of German prisoners in the USSR.
The Soviet Union, by winning its de-
mand for establishment of full diplomatic relations, ad-
vanced its drive to win recognition of the existence of two
German states. During the talks the Soviet delegation
stated more bluntly than ever its insistence that German
unity under NATO was impossible, and refused to accept
Adenauer's demand that progress toward unity be a pre-
requisite to establishing relations. The rigid Soviet stand
foreshadows a continuing stalemate on unification at the
October Gcneva foreign ministers' meeting. The agreement
to establish relations will be described by Soviet represen-
tatives at the Geneva conference as an important stepping-
stone toward a European security system.
The final conference agreement will
probably be welcomed in West Germany even though Ade-
nauer yielded on his minimum negotiating position to
achieve it. Prior to the conference, Adenauer informed
Western officials that he wanted only to exchange "diplo-
matic agents," and not ambassadors, in order to emphasize
that normal relations could not exist until his nation was
reunited.
Adenauer's yielding on this point and
his failure to gain any agreement on unity will not pro-
voke any sharp domestic response. The West Germans
generally expected the conference to agree on establishing
diplomatic relations without making any real progress on
unity. Separate Soviet assurances on the release of German
prisoners will be hailed as a personal triumph for the
chancellor�this agenda subject being the most important
domestically. Bonn will probably delay ratification of the
agreement until Moscow has demonstrated its good faith
by releasing a substantial number of prisoners at an early
date.
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2. NEHRU REPORTED TO PERCEIVE IMPROVEMENT IN
US-INDIAN RELATIONS
Prime Minister Nehru recently told
the Indian UN delegation that relations
with the United States have grown much
closer in the past six months, accord-
ing to a statement made to the American
consul general
Nehru said that the United States sin-
cerely wants peace, is a true democracy, and is basically
anticolonial. Consequently, he said, India must feel closer
to the United States and the West than to the Sino-Soviet
bloc. He added, however, that New Delhi's policy of non-
alignment is not to be abandoned.
Comment There have been several reports from
prominent Indians of pro-American
statements by Nehru since his return from Moscow.
Krishna Menon, Nehru's personal adviser on foreign af-
fairs, has also defended the United States in public and
private in recent weeks.
A change in India's attitude as suggested
by these reports may result from increasing Indian con-
sciousness of Sino-Soviet power in Asia, as well as from
India's need for greatly increased foreign economic aid if
the goals of its second Five-Year Plan are to be met.
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3, BURMA INSURGENTS MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH
CHINESE NATIONALISTS
Comment
The friendly relations between the
ICarens and the Nationalist irregu-
lars, which deteriorated following the evacuation of
several thousand Chinese to Formosa in late 1953 and
early 1954, have apparently been restored.
This display of Taipei's interest in
maintaining guerrillas in Burma probably reflects a
Chinese Nationalist desire to maintain tension in the
Far East.
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4. FINNISH PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FORTHCOMING
VISIT TO USSR
President Paasikivi is reportedly opti-
mistic about his upcoming talks in
Moscow. He hopes particularly for
revision of the 1947 Treaty of Paris
limiting the size of the Finnish armed forces, revision
of the 1948 Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance,
and return of territory in the Porkkala and Karelia areas.
Paasikivi believes the Finnish bargaining position is good
because the Soviet Union wants closer ties with Finland.
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Paasikivi intends to inform the Rus-
sians that the Finns will find it difficult to renew the 1948
treaty, which comes up for renewal in 1957 without some
concessions along the lines above.
Comment Many Finnish officials predict that the
1948 treaty will have to be extended. They
believe that thus far the. treaty has not proved detrimental
to Finland.
Finland's position as a neutral fits well
into current Soviet policy for Europe, and the USSR is un-
likely to make any major concessions or apply strong pres-
sure during this visit in order to bind Finland more closely
to the Soviet Union.
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