CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1957/06/05

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• Publication Date: June 5, 1957

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CONTENTS
. ISRAELI SHIPPING AT EILAT INCREASES
(page 3).
kl. JORDAN'S ECONOMIC SITUATION SERIOUS
(page 4).
1-3 FOREIGN COMMUNISTS REP9RTEDLY SEEK TO RESTORE
POLISH PARTY ORTHODOXY (page 5).
FIRST SIGHTING OF SOVIET AERIAL REFUELING OPERA-
TION
5. SUKARNO REPORTEDLY ORDERS SEA-BORNE OPERA-
TION AGAINST CELEBES Noforn) (page 7).
-tXN6.
MAO TSE-TUNG REPORTEDLY TO VISIT WARSAW
THIS SUMMER (page 8).
7. KISHI REPORTS ON MEETING WITH NEHRU
(page 9).
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1. ISRAELI SHIPPING AT EILAT INCREASES
Comment on
The Israeli-flag freighter Atlit was
sighted entering the Red Sea on the
night of 2-3 June. At its prevail-
ing speed of eight knots, and if no
further stops are made, the Atlit
should arrive in the Gulf of Aqaba on the morning of 9
June.
Meanwhile, the small Danish-flag
freighter Ulla Danielsen arrived at the Aqaba port of
Eilat on 1 June with a cargo of construction materials
alter transiting the Suez Canal. The ship allegedly was
not under Israeli charter until reaching Eilat, but will
now operate under a one-year charter between Eilat and
Djibouti. The Liberian-flag tanker Memory, en route
to Eilat with a cargo of oil from Iran, probably entered
the Strait of Tiran on the morning of 4 June.
With the increase in shipping activity,
the Israeli navy is reported taking special precautions at
Eilat against possible attacks by Arab underwater demo-
lition specialists. Depth charges are set off periodically
at night, and Israeli antifrogman teams are in action.
Israeli naval forces at Eilat include two patrol escort ves-
sels, three motor torpedo boats, and six landing craft.
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2. JORDAN'S ECONOMIC SITUATION SERIOUS
Comment on:
In recent discussions with US govern-
ment officials, Jordan's deputy premier
Samir Rifai and other cabinet ministers
have stressed the seriousness of Jordan's
economic plight. Even if an artificially balanced budget
should ultimately be published by the government, a serious
deficit appears inevitable.
Specific factors contributing to the def-
icit include reduced UN relief spending, a slump in tourism,
and withdrawal of British forces, all with an accompanying
increase in unemployment. The cost of maintaining adequate
military and internal security forces under present circum-
stances has increased. Moreover, contributions of $16,800,000
promised for this year by Egypt and Syria toward replace-
ment of the former British subsidy to Jordan are not likely to
be paid. These circumstances may cause a deficit of more
than $24,000,000 in a total budget of about $80,000,000.
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3. FOREIGN COMMUNISTS REPORTEDLY SEEK TO
RESTORE POLISH PARTY ORTHODOXY
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Representatives of the East German,
Czechoslovak, and French Communist
parties met in East Berlin on 24 and
25 May to discuss ways to "bring the Pol-
arty (PZPR) to reason,"
Two long-time German Communists auegectiy are o
go to Warsaw in mid-June to renew contacts with Deputy Pre-
mier Nowak and other former comrades in the Polish party
who now belong to the Natolin faction. The Germans are to
stress their former comradeship in the fight against Fascism
and warn the Poles of the dangers involved in the current
Titoist deviation of the PZPR.
Following the return of the German emis-
saries from Warsaw, leaders of the East German, Czech and
French parties 'Al hold another meeting in Prague to discuss
the progress made in curbing the Polish deviation. One of
the Germans will then go to Moscow to report his impressions
of the situation in Poland.
Comment The use of old Communists in an attempt
to establish close relations with Stalinist
Polish party members would conform to the campaign by
Moscow-oriented parties to bring the PZPR back into line.
The East German Fc:qreign Ministry's announcement on 3 June
that a Polish party and government delegation will come to
Berlin in mid-June suggests talks parallel to those held be-
tween the Poles and the Czechs, which concentrated on eco-
nomic affairs and agreement on noncontroversial aspects of
bloc solidarity. It is unlikely, however, that the Poles will
effect a complete rapprochement with the orthodox parties on
either the government or the party level.
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4. FIRST SIGHTING OF SOVIET AERIAL
REFUELING OPERATION
sighted two BISON
jet heavy bombers engaged in aerial
refueling practice using a probe and
drogue refueling system. The two BISONS
as well as other aircraft in the vicinity flew at altitudes of 500
to 1,000 feet, indicating that they were practicing for Soviet
Air Force Day, 24 June.
The tanker BISON trailed a flexible hose
about 40 feet long on the end of which was a cone-shaped at-
tachment. The other BISON, which had a probe mounted on
its nose, attempted to make connection with the refueling hose
but was unsuccessful during the period of observation.
Comment Previous unconfirmed reports have indi-
cated the use of Soviet heavy bombers as
tanker aircraft. This is the first reliable observation of a
BISON in this role, but a probe-nosed BISON was sighted as
early as July 1955 and others have since been observed in
flight in the Moscow area and on the airfield at the Moscow/
Fill factory where these aircraft are produced.
An article in the 26 May issue of Soviet
Aviation stated that the forthcoming air show will feature a
demonstration of aerial refueling as well as a flyby of "new
combat and passenger aircraft."
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5. SUKARNO REPORTEDLY ORDERS SEA-BORNE
OPERATION AGAINST CE E S
President Sukarno reportedly has over
Prime Minister Djuanda on the
issue of deposing the East Indonesian ter-
ritorial commander, Lt. Col. Sumual,
and has ordered the army to mount a sea-borne operation
against Celebes.
Comment
the
central government did actually plan to remove Sumual, by
force if necessary, on 7 May, and a "relieving battalion" from
East Java was detailed to Makassar "to stand by on ship and to
be sent into action if necessary." Elements in Celebes whose
help the government had enlisted refused to co-operate since
they feared the result would be civil war.
The proposed operation was called off, and
a cabinet minister has since told the American ambassador that
the East Indonesian problem is so much more difficult than orig-
inally believed that in order to avoid "complete breakdown," the
government must proceed "slowly and with discretion." The
army chief of staff is currently in Makassar, and inaugurated
a partial reorganization of area command on 1 June with Sumual
in attendance.
It remains possible, however, that Sukarno,
angered by the delay in solving the command problem in East
Indonesia, has again ordered an attack on Sumual.
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6. MAO TSE-TUNG REPORTEDLY TO VISIT WARSAW
THIS SUMMER
The US embassy in Warsaw has been
informed
Mao Tse-tung will Poland at the
end of June or the beginning of July. The Poles plan to
give him an elaborate welcome.
Comment
Mao Tse-tung has indicated that he
will visit Moscow at some "conven-
ient" time. He will probably include Warsaw and other
East European capitals during such a trip.
Polish officials probably hope to use a
visit by Mao to gain support from China for their course of
greater independence from the Soviet Union. In his speech
to the Polish central committee last month, Gomulka de-
scribed Chinese doctrinal formulations as a unique contribu-
tion to Marxist thought.
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7, KISHI REPORTS ON MEETING WITH NEHRU
Comment on:
During his recent visit to India, Jap-
anese prime minister Kishi differed
with Nehru on broad international ques-
tions.
Kishi was cautious about the ad-
mission of Communist China to the United
Nations and defended the stationing of US
forces in Japan. Nehru, advocating im-
mediate cessation of nuclear tests, found Kishi inclined to con-
sider control measures first and the total prohibition of tests
later.
Kishi offered Japanese support for India's
Five-Year Plan, and Kishi and Nehru agreed in principle to
an exchange of Indian iron ore for Japanese machinery. Kishi
indicated to the Indian commerce and finance ministers, how-
ever, that India should make additional concessions. Kishi
discouraged a suggestion that Japan transfer its purchases of
iron ore from Portuguese Goa to western India.
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