CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1955/09/17

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• Publication Date: September 17, 1955

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CONTENTS
1. COMMENT ON ANTI- PERON REVOLT IN ARGENTINE
PROVINCES (page 3).
2. ADENAUER EXPLAINS HIS POSITION AT MOSCOW TALKS
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3. NO CUT IN BRITAIN'S DEFENSE BUDGET NEXT YEAR
(page 5).
4. EGYPT REPORTEDLY HAS SENT ARMS MISSION TO
USSR (page 6).
5. ALGERIAN SITUATION REMAINS TENSE (page 7).
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1. COMMENT ON ANTI-PERON REVOLT IN ARGENTINE
PROVINCES
The uprising of army and navy ele-
ments which began early on 16 Sep-
tember is the latest phase of the
continuing revolt against Peron and
is the most co-ordinated attack against
him since he came to power in Argen-
tina in 1945. In contrast to the 16 June
revolt, army elements are now involved. While it is still
Impossible to assess the strength of the army and navy
units in revolt, attacks were made almost simultaneously
in at least five provinces. Later in the day, according to
the official radio, the naval forces at the important navy
bases of Rio Santiago and Puerto Belgrano joined the re-
bels. Forces loyal to Peron are attempting to suppress
the armed outbreaks, and provincial commands are re-
portedly being reinforced by troops from Buenos Aires.
There has been no fighting in the capital.
Rumors of the possible resignation of
Peron have increased, since his speech reportedly sched-
uled for midmorning was not broadcast and he has not been
mentioned by name over the official radio during the day.
As things now stand, this revolt against
Peron will require support of some of the high army com-
mand in order to succeed without considerable and perhaps
protracted bloodshed. (There is no information to suggest
that the high command, or any member thereof, has aban-
doned Peron.)
Similarly, if the army should decide
to force Peron's resignation and if he were to "call into
the streets" the General Confederation of Labor serious
civil war would ensue. (There have been reports over the
past several years that the labor confederation has large
amounts of small arms.)
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2. ADENAUER EXPLAINS HIS POSITION AT MOSCOW TALKS
Chancellor Adenauer told the American,
British, and French ambassadors at
Bonn on 15 September that domestic
political considerations forced him to
yield Moscow on the question of exchanging ambassadors.
He said that if he had refused the Soviet offer to return
prisoners on the grounds that he did not want a Soviet em-
bassy in Bonn, his government would have jeopardized its
prospects in the 1957 elections.
Conant comments that Adenauer and his
closest advisers did not appear very happy about what had
happened at Moscow.
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3, NO CUT IN BRITAIN'S DEFENSE BUDGET NEXT YEAR
Comment
British defense minister Selwyn Lloyd
told American officials on 13 September
that Britain has no intention whatever
of reducing its defense expenditures
next year.
Preliminary study of national submis-
sions to the 1955 NATO Annual Review
Indicates that Britain plans to maintain its present defense
spending levels and is taking measures to achieve the stream-
lined posture recommended by NATO military authorities
for warfare in a nuclear age. These modernization meas-
ures involve net reductions in naval and air goals and drastic
reorganization, in some cases a scrapping, of parts
of the traditional British military structure to implement
the new concept.
The impact of these measures on the in-
dividual services, especially the Royal Navy, apparently
gave rise to earlier reports of
drastic over-all budget cuts.
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4. EGYPT REPORTEDLY HAS SENT ARMS MISSION
TO USSR
Comment
The USSR has in recent months made
repeated offers of arms to Egypt and
other Middle Eastern states. Prime Minister Nasr was
reported in June to have appointed a mission to the USSR
to negotiate for artillery, but the departure of that mis-
sion was believed to have been held up pending the outcome
of Egyptian arms negotiations with the West. The Egyptian-
Israeli border flare-up between 22 August and 5 September
may have prompted Nasr to go ahead at that time even though
the arms negotiations with the United States are still going
on.
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5. ALGERIAN SITUATION REMAINS TENSE
The severe measures used by the
French to restore order following
the uprising of 20 August in Algeria
are embittering even pro-French
Moslems and are driving many to
join the rebels, according to the American consulate
general in Algiers. A small area near Philippeville,
on the Mediterranean coast, appears to be in the hands
of rebels who are reportedly trying to establish control
of a region they can proclaim "Free Algeria."
Uneasiness, bordering on panic among
French settlers in eastern Algeria, is increasing as re-
ligious leaders advocate a "holy war."
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