CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1955/10/05

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• Document Creation Date: September 20, 2019
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2019
• Publication Date: October 5, 1955

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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CONTENTS
1. USSR WILL SEND DELEGATION TO LIBERIA (page 3).
2. RECTO REPORTED IN CONTROL OF PHILIPPINE
OPPOSITION PARTY (page 4).
3. COMMENT ON INDONESIAN ELECTIONS (page 5).
4. IRAN REPORTEDLY TO DELAY IN JOINING BAGHDAD
PACT (page 6).
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1. USSR WILL SEND DELEGATION TO LIBERIA
President Tubman told the Ameri-
can ambassador on 1 October that
the USSR will be represented at
Liberia's presidential inauguration
next January by a three-man delegation headed by
A. P. Volkov, chairman of the Council of the Union of the
Supreme Soviet.
Comment The decision to send such a dele-
gation to Liberia is another manifes-
tation of increased Soviet interest in the Asian-African
countries and follows recent Soviet moves of this type
such as Pravda editor Shepilov's visit to Egypt and pro-
posed trips by Bulganin and Khrushchev to India, Afghan-
istan, and Egypt. Volkov has headed Soviet parliamentary
delegations to Finland and Yugoslavia.
The Soviet Union has not previously
shown interest in Liberia and maintains neither diplo-
matic nor consular representation. There is no Com-
munist organization in Liberia or any important known
subversive activity.
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2. RECTO REPORTED IN CONTROL OF PHILIPPINE
OPPOSITION PARTY
Senator Claro Recto--who was re-
cently ousted from President Mag-
saysay's Na.cionalista Party--is
rapidly assuming control over the
opposition Liberal Party campaign,
In his position as a. senatorial, candi-
date on the Liberal Party ticket, Recto is allegedly bring-
ing the party strong financial support. The Liberals are
increasingly optimistic over their prospects in the 8,No-
vember senatorial electionand,over their chances of
returning to power in 1957 with Recto as their presiden-
tial candidate.
Comment In the coming election, nine of the
24 Senate seats are at stake. The
Liberal senatorial ticket as a whole is stronger than that
of the administration Nacionalistas, but the Liberals can-
not gain control of the Senate without defections by Nacion-
alista incumbents.
Both Nacionalista senator Jose Laurel
and his son, the house speaker, are openly campaigning
for Recto's re-election, however, and might bring power-
ful support to the ultranationalistic and anti-American
Recto's presidential bid in 1957.
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3. COMMENT ON DIDONESIAN ELECTIONS
The National Party retained its lead
on 4 October as Indonesian election
returns mounted to over two thirds
of the estimated total votes cast. Unofficial returns
gave it 31 percent of the votes counted; the Nandlatul
Ulama (NU), 23; the Communist Party, 22; and the
Masjumi, 17. About seven percent of the total vote is
scattered among minor parties including the Socialists.
The poor showing of this group, which co-operated
closely with the Masjumi in the past, virtually elimi-
nates it as a significant factor.
The first indication of exploratory
thinking regarding the next government appeared in the
Djakarta daily, Merdeka, which occasionally serves as a
National Party mouthpiece. Merdeka suggested that the
party consider resuming co-operation with the Masjumi
and commented that co-operation with other religious
parties, including the NU, would "not meet with difficul-
ties."
The NU, which has shown unexpected
strength in the elections, may hold the key to the orienta-
tion of the future government. Its past record includes
co-operation with both National Party and Masjumi govern-
ments.
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4. IRAN REPORTEDLY TO DELAY IN JOINING BAGHDAD
PACT
Comment
Iran will not adhere to the Baghdad pact
for another two months,
The government had previously, assured
the American embassy in Tehran that
Iran would announce accession to the pact before 26 October.
Additional delay beyond November is likely in view of the
Shah's habitual indecision, the possibility of Majlis and pub-
lic opposition, and the likelihood of increased pressure from
the Soviet Union.
The Shah has stated that no conditions
would be attached to any decision to join the pact. He has
asked for assurances, however, that the United States
"would continue to entertain sympathetically Iranian re-
quests for military and economic assistance," which he
claims will help obtain Majlis support.
Justice Minister Amin i told the Ameri-
can embassy on 28 September that the Shah wants him to go
to the United States immediately "to discuss Iran's financial
and other problems." The Shah probably still hopes to bar-
gain for increased military and economic aid while continu-
ing to insist that Iran's eventual adherence to the pact is not
contingent on it.
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