CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1955/10/19

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• Document Release Date: September 26, 2019
• Publication Date: October 19, 1955

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CONTENTS
1. JAPANESE CONSERVATIVE OPPOSITION FEARS
HATOYAMA TRIP TO MOSCOW (page 3).
2. DIEM MAY PROCLAIM AUTHORITY OVER FRENCH
MILITARY IN VIETNAM (page 4).
3. BRITAIN MAY CHANGE ARMS POLICY TOWARD LIBYA
(page 5).
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1. JAPANESE CONSERVATIVE OPPOSITION FEARS
HATOYAMA TRIP TO MOSCOW
Comment
Hatoyama reportedly has rejected an
informal Soviet feeler for a visit but
he might accept a formal invitation. If he should visit
Moscow, it is feared that he might restore relations with
the USSR,without further bargaining, in an effort to bol-
ster his domestic prestige.
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2. DIEM MAY PROCLAIM AUTHORITY OVER FRENCH
MILITARY IN VIETNAM
Premier Diem is planning to ap-
point a "territorial commander in
chief" responsible for all military
action and personnel in South Viet-
nam. followine the referendum on removing '1,a,o Dal,
Diem
said that unless the French accommodate themselves
to this situation by working out a military convention
or by having their presence in Vietnam sanctioned un-
der the Manila pact, the maintenance of French troops
in Vietnam could be construed as either a hostile act or
in derogation of Vietnamese sovereignty.
Comment Planned talks with the French on
the future of the French military
in South Vietnam were canceled last week when Diem
recalled his delegation from Paris after failure to es-
tablish a basis for formal discussions. Diem's procla-
mation of authority over French forces would be unac-
ceptable to the French. They are apparently resigned
to complete withdrawal, but would prefer to retain a
token force to maintain their position as a Manila pact
member.
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3. BRITAIN MAY CHANGE ARMS POLICY TOWARD LIBYA
Arms assistance to Libya has become
a political issue, according to the Brit-
ish ambassador in Tripoli, and Britain
may be prepared to give Libya certain
amoun s an ypes of military equipment which in the opin-
ion of the British military mission in Libya are beyond
the army's needs and capability to absorb.
Preliminary to any action, the British
ambassador plans to obtain from the Libyan prime minis-
ter an estimate of the country's present arms needs not sup-
plied under the Anglo-Libyan treaty as well as an estimate
of its future needs.
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