CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1956/11/20

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CONTENTS
1. HUNGA GENERAL STRIKE APPE TO BE ENDING
(page 3).
2. NEHRU TAKES BOLDER STAND ON HUNGARY
(page 4).
3. CAIRO ORDERS ATTACK ON NEW LEBANESE PREMIER
(page 5).
4. KING HUSSAIN ASKS AMERICAN HELP AFTER "INEVITABLE"
BREAK WITH BRITAIN (page 6).
5. IRAQI P I E MINISTER SEEKS TO COUNTER ING POPU-
LAR DISSATISFACTION (SPrrint Noforn) (page 7).
6. THE SOVIET-POLISH COMMUNIQUE
(page 8).
7. POLISH JAMMING OF WESTERN BROADCASTS DECREASES
(Seeret) (page 9).
8. ARGENTINE BREAK IN RELATIONS WITH THE USSR
REPORTED NEAR � �rn page 10).
9. USSR REPORTEDLY OFFERS $200,000,000 CREDIT TO TURKEY
(page 11)0
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1� HUNGARIAN GENERAL STRIKE APPEARS TO BE ENDING
Large numbers�possibly 50 percent--of
Budapest workers returned to their jobs
on 19 November in a move designed to
avert starvation and stop deportations,
according to press reports. Spokesmen
for the workers asserted that they had not
sacrificed a single demand and reserved
the right to strike should the Kadar re-
gime fail to live up to its promises of a
"new deal" for the Hungarian worker and
peasant.
The Kadar reEime claims to have accepted
vir ua y a wor er demands. the Amer-
ican legation in Budapest reports that a coalition government
will be formed in the next day or two, but will not include any
significant non-Communists. Negotiations with Nagy�pre-
sumably still in the Yugoslav embassy--have apparently broken
off.
The legation reports that all or most of the
divisions committed in the Budapest action on 4 November have
been replaced with fresh, "less warlike" troops equipped with
older armaments,
re-
ported on 17 November that the Soviets, working through the
ICadar government, appear to be reorganizing the Hungarian
forces. Wide purges of "rebel" military personnel are an-
ticipated. (NOFORN)
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2. NEHRU TAKES BOLDER STAND ON HUNGARY
Prime Minister Nehru told the Indian
parliament on 19 November that the
Soviet army is in Hungary "against the
will of the people" and that the Soviet
intervention "has powerfully affected
the prestige of the USSR and her people!' These statements
indicate that Nehru is giving in to some extent to the flood
of press and popular criticism within India of his hitherto
equivocal position on Hungary.
Nehru justified India's earlier refusal
to criticize the Soviet Union's action in Hungary on the
grounds that little reliable information had reached him.
Nehru explained that the "passive opposition shown by
large masses of the Hungarian people" is now "more im-
pressive than the armed uprising." In his earlier comments,
he relied heavily on the account of events sent to him by
Soviet premier Bulganin on 8 November.
Fear that world opinion would interpret
the $126,000,000 loan which India received from the USSR
on 15 November as a reward for silence on Hungary may have
been an additional motivation.
Continuance of Nehru's strong criticism
of British-French-Israeli actions in Egypt during the par-
liamentary debate indicates that he remains more interested
in events in the Middle East than in Hungary, despite his be-
lated and restrained criticism in regard to the latter.
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3. CAIRO ORDERS ATTACK ON NEW LEBANESE PREMIER
Cairo on 18 November ordered Egyptian
agents in Beirut to blow up the house of
Lebanese premier Sarni al-Solh, at the
earliest opportunity "while he is in it!'
he agents were also ordered to create internal unrest and
to set off explosions on "the widest scale."
Comment Solh, who took office on 18 November, is
regarded as pro-Western, and particu-
larly pro-American. He was probably named by President
Chamoun in order to weaken Egyptian influence, which had
increased markedly in Lebanon under Solh's predecessor,
Abdullah Yafi. The Cairo authorities presumably hope that
the operation against Solh will serve to intimidate pro-
Western leaders in other Arab states and encourage inde-
pendent assaults on such persons as Iraqi prime minister
Nun i Said.
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4. KING HUSS ASKS AMERICAN HELP AFTER
"INEVITABLE" BREAK WITH BRITAIN
Following his return from the confer-
ence of Arab chiefs of state in Beirut,
Jordan's King Hussain told Ambassador
Mallory that he considered a break with
. Hussain stated that while he did not per-
sonally desire an immediate break, Jordan was under grow-
ing pressure to drop British aid. In this situation, Jordan
would need financial help I
Hussain requested American assistance,
implying that Jordan had assurance of Soviet assistance at
any time. He said he did not wish to accept Soviet aid and
that Arab help would be neither secure nor permanent.
Comment Hussain's bid for American financial
aid as an alternative to Soviet assistance
follows a similar recent effort by his army chief of staff,
General Nuwar. Jordan's new leftist government appears
committed to severance of the tie with Britain.
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5. IRAQI P E MINISTER SEEKS TO COUNTER RISING
POPULAR DISSATISFACTION
Iraqi prime Ji inister Nun i Said is com-
bining tight police controls with a pro-
gram of anti-Western gestures as con-
cessions to the Iraqi public,
police
controls have been effective so tar, but he befleveS it is
still too early to judge the effect of the concessions.
If these concessions fail,
the British, King Faisal and his family advisers, or
even Nun i himself may conclude that a prime minister who
ostensibly is more anti-British is needed. The leading
candidate as Nun's successor is believed to be former prime
minister Saleh Jabr, who accompanied King Faisal to the
recent meeting of Arab chiefs of state in Beirut.
Comment Other reports indicate that the Iraqi
public, and some army elements, are
so deeply suspicious of Nun's British ties that no "con-
cessions" of this kind are likely to offset his government's
vanishing popularity. Jabr is the leader of the "loyal oppo-
sition" to Nun; he does not disagree in any essential with
Nun's pro-Western foreign policies, but he appears to look
more toward the United States than to Britain for support.
(NOFORN)
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6. THE SOVIET-POLISH COMMUNIQUE
The USSR has taken a long step in the
18 November communiqu�ith Poland
toward meeting Poland's political, mili-
tary, and economic demands. Poland,
in return, has reaffirmed the Soviet-
Polish alliance and its membership in the socialist camp
and has agreed to the "temporary" stationing of Soviet troops
in Poland.
If implemented, the Soviet concessions
will make a substantial contribution to the stability and popu-
larity in Poland of the Gomulka regime. The communiqu�
provided that the "temporary presence" of the Soviet forces
in Poland, which is "still expedient" because of the danger of
a rebirth of German militarism, will be governed by agree-
ment of the two governments. Poland will have a voice in
the number, location and movement of Soviet troops, includ-
ing those crossing Poland between East Germany and the
USSR.
Agreement was also reached on Poland's de-
mands for adequate compensation for its coal, on the settle-
ment of other outstanding accounts, and on substantial Soviet
economic aid.
By these agreements, the USSR has given
its support to Gomulka and his policies and will probably con-
tinue to accept development of a national Communist Poland
within the framework of the Soviet alliance. (
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7. POLISH JAMMING OF WESTERN BROADCASTS DECREASES
Polish interference with Western broad-
casts has decreased considerably during
the past few weeks, though a few jammers
in Poland are apparently still in operation.
jamming by Poland has stopped and
ence is caused by non-Polish jam-
at tne remain
me.
Comment According to a Polish newspaper on 31
October, politburo member Jerzy Morawski
said that Poland had decided to discuss with British, French
and Italian authorities the cessation of jamming of their broad-
casts. Another Polish newspaper on 13 November reportedly
demanded that the $20,000,000 spent yearly for jamming West-
ern broadcasts be devoted to food and housing.
Prior to Gomulka's accession to power,
Poland had openly criticized Radio Free Europe because of
its balloon activities and had attempted to persuade Bonn to
curtail RFE's operation in West Germany. Now the Polish re-
laxation of jamming has been extended to RFE.
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8. ARGENTINE BREAK IN RELATIONS WITH THE USSR
REPORTED NEAR
Argentina'is expected to sever diplomatic
relations with the USSR momentarily,
The
Foreign Ministry has confirmed that a
decree to this effect is before President
Aramburu but not yet signed. (NOFORN)
Comment The proposed break is prompted primarily
by strong Argentine reaction against Soviet
aggression in Hungary, and is also in line with recent govern-
ment action against Argentine Communists. Argentina may
ask the United States, or Uruguay or Mexico, the only other
Latin American nations which maintain diplomatic relations
with the USSR, to handle its affairs in Moscow.
The Argentine delegate to the United Nations
was instructed on 9 November to propose that UN members break
or suspend relations with the USSR and not recognize the new
Hungarian regime. On 16 November, however, Argentina's acting
foreign minister said he would recommend that his government
countermand the UN delegate's orders and merely break off
relations independently,
A break in relations presumably would af-
fect Argentine-Soviet trade, which totaled $61,900,000 in 1955.
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9. USSR REPORTEDLY OFFERS $200,000,000 CREDIT
TO TURKEY
The USSR has indicated a desire to as-
sist in the building of "installations" in
Turkey and would furnish "extensive
credits up to $200,000,000" to Turkey
for this purpose,
The offer was reportedly made to the state-
owned Eti Bank by the Soviet commercial attach�nd the
director of Tekhnoeksport.
Comment This would be the largest Soviet offer to
Turkey yet reported. While Turkey is
likely to continue to reject general offers of large-scale aid
involving even an implied shift in its political orientation,
the mounting tempo and scale of Soviet offers may clear the
way for acceptance of Soviet credits and equipment for spe-
cific small-scale projects.
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