CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1959/04/27

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*Communist China: The naming of Liu Shao-chi as Mao
Tse-tung's successor as chairman of the Chinese Communist
government adds considerably to the prestige of the 61-year-
old Liu. Although the government chairmanship is largely a
ceremonial post, Liu's assumption of it underlines indications
in recent years that Mao wishes to have Liu succeed him even-
gans--the central committee, the politburo and the politburo
immediately behind Mao in the three most important party or-
tually as chairman of the Chinese Communist party. Liu ranks
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ar� Mao asked the party last December not to nominate him
CV,k\u'' again for the post of government chairman, as he wished to
concentrate on party work and theory. As of January, the re-
-04 gime was encouraging discussion of the candidacy of Chu Te,
(9,c the 72-year-old vice chairman. Chu apparently asked that he
be named instead to Liu's old position-chairman of the stand-
ing committee of the congress.
The two new vice chairmen of the government are compar-
atively unimportant figures. Tung Pi-wu is one of two surviv-
ing founders of the Chinese Communist party, Mao being the
other. Soong Ching-ling is the widow of Sun Yat-sen, Chinese
nationalist leader of the 1920's.
As of 0500 EDT, Peiping had not announced whether Chou
En-lai would retain his post of premier. The premiership is
much the most important government post, and has probably
been the principal basis of Chou's influence in party councils.
If the 60-year-old Chou unexpectedly were to lose this post, he
might not be able to preserve his status as third-ranking party
leader.
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Soviet Foreign Ministry admits pri-
vately Khrushchev is ill; Soviet prop-
aganda portrays him as well and active.
Soviet reply to US proposal for stop-
ping atmospheric nuclear tests.
IL ASIA-AFRICA
Nasir modifies his anti-Communist
tactics; equates Eastern Communism
with Western imperialism.
UAR agrees to allow Israeli-chartered
ships to go through Suez Canal for the
time being.
Morocco - Tension within ruling Istiqlal
party heightened by expulsion of premier
and labor dissension.
India requests American aid in devel-
oping what would be Asia's largest
nuclear power program.
III. THE WEST
0 France considering action to inter-
c4pt Polish ship believed carrying
ml:)re bloc arms to Guinea.
0 Invasion force from Cuba lands in
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L THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Khrushchev: The Soviet Foreign Affairs Ministry has
admitted privately that Khrushchev is ill, but Soviet prop-
aganda is attempting to show that he is well and active.
Khrushchev has been on leave since about 25 March, shortly
after returning from East Germany. He fainted at a recep-
tion in East Berlin on 10 March, and several observers re-
ported that he looked ill during his visit to East dermany.
USSR-Nuclear Tests: nrushchev's reply to President
Eisenhower's letter of 13 April reflects Moscow's concern
that the new American proposal for the suspension of atmos-
pheric tests had placed the USSR in a difficult position. The
Soviet premier bluntly rejected this proposal as an "unfair
deal" designed to mislead public opinion and countered with
the standard Soviet demand for an unconditional ban on all
tests. He sought to regain the initiative, however, by a for-
mal note to Prime Minister Macmillan in which the Soviet
leader endorsed the British suggestion for a predetermined
number of annual on-site inspections of phenomena suspected
of having been nuclear explosions. Soviet leaders probably
hope to exploit any Western differences on this issue, and, by
focusing attention on this proposal at the Geneva test talks, to
avoid issues which might cast doubt on their professed desire
for a settlement of the German and Berlin problems.
IL ASIA-AFRICA
UARt In his first two speeches since receiving Khrushchev's
conciTaTory letter on 20 April, President Nasir modified his tac-
c,el I tics in attacking Communism. He balanced the threats from
jejWestern imperialism against those of Eastern Communism and
said that either side would have to fight the UAR in order to in-
clude the Arab region in its sphere of influence. He omitted
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criticism of internal Soviet bloc matters, limiting his anti-
Communist statements to tke Communist danger in the Arab
world, especially in Iraq. (lgasir and other UAR leaders feel
that the Western powers have failed to give adequate support
to the UARts anti-Communist stand. They continue to believe
that the British in particular are workinr agninst thArril
UAR o'fficials have reluctantly decided that
outbound Israeli-chartered vessels will be allowed to proceed
through the Suez Canal with cargoes intact, as long as the car-
goes contain nothing that would endanger canal security. The
UAR accepted this position in talks with UN Representative
Bunche in order to avoid consideration in the UN Security Coun-
cil. Despite this agreement, the UAR is likely to resume har-
assing tactics against srael Whenever it feels the need for doing
so. (Page 1)
Morocco: New political tensions have manifested them-
selves in the expulsion of Premier Ibrahim from the ruling
Istiqflal party and in the widening split within Morocco's most
influential labor federation. Allal el Fassi, head of the
Istiqlal party, charged that government toleration of armed
attacks on Fassi supporters was the reason for expelling Pre-
mier Ibrahim. Meanwhile, at the conference of the major
Moroccan labor federation�backed by Ibrahim and the cabinet--
members of autonomous unions supported by El Fassi created
disorders which resulted in a number of casualties.
(Page 2)
India: The chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commission
(AEC) ag requested substantial American assistance in develop-
ing a nuclear power program comparable to the EURATOM pro-
gram. The Indian AEC is seeking government approval of a
goal of 1,000,000 kilowatts of nuclear power by the end of the
Third Five-Year Plan (1961-66). India's atomic energy program,
which is modest by Western standards, is the largest in Asia.
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III. THE WEST
� France-Guinea: The French Government is considering
action to intercept a Polish ship suspected of carrying a third
shipment of bloc arms to Guinea. The ship departed Lisbon
on 16 April for Conakry and is expected to arrive in about a
week. On 16 April another Polish ship unloaded at Conakry
gifts of "antiquated arms," including three light tanks and
four trucks, in addition to textiles, food, and agricultural ma-
chinery.
*Panama: The Panamanian Government has requested US
assistance io combat an armed invasion, presumably from Cuba.
The invaders landed on 25 April in a remote jungle area east of
the northern entrance to the canal. Panama's only armed force,
the National Guard, is an urban police organization and is not
considered capable of a successful campaign against guerrillas.
The invasion could lead to a coup attempt by any of a number of
divergent groups opposed to President de la Guardia. They all
possess arms and could take advantage of the guard's preoccupa-
tion with the invasion to cause disorders.
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IL ASIA-AFRICA
UAR to Allow Israeli-chartered Ships Through Suez Canal
The UAR has made a concession in the dispute over Israeli
Suez Canal traffic. In order to avoid UN Security Council con-
sideration of the recent UAR seizures of cargoes from two Israeli-
chartered neutral ships, Cairo officials now say Israeli-chartered
ships outbound from Israel will be permitted to pass through the
canal with cargoes intact under certain conditions--there must be
nothing in the cargoes to endanger the canal's security, and the
ship's manifests must show third-party ownership of the cargoes.,
UAR officials reluctantly made this decision after discussing the
dispute with UN Under Secretary General Bunche,
The UAR considered the Israeli-chartered Capetan Manolis
and Lealott to be, in effect, "enemy ships," but allowed them to
transit the canal in March "out of deference" to their Liberian
and West German flags., The cargoes they had loaded in Israel,
however, were confiscated and are still in UAR possession, even
though they are owned by countries other than Israel. In explain-
ing why these seizures suddenly had been made, Cairo officials
told Bunche they had only recently learned of Israeli chartering
arrangements.
Neutral ships in the past have been allowed through the canal
with cargoes of Israeli origin without questions concerning their
charters. Since the seizures, another West German freighter
chartered by an Israeli firm has transited the canal without inter-
ference, giving rise to Israeli fears the UAR policy may now be
one of intermittent harassment.
C_Israeli Ambassador Eban said early this month three more
ships with Israeli cargoes are scheduled to pass through the canal
soon; the first will arrive at Port Said in late April. It is not
clear whether or not these ships will be under Israeli charter.
Eban reiterated that if UN efforts to resolve the dispute failed,
Israel would make a formal complaint to the UN Security Counci9
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Political Tension Rising in Morocco
The expulsion of Premier Ibrahim from Istiqlal party mem-
bership by party leader Allal el Fassi and serious disorders in
Casablanca between two rival labor groups have heightened con-
siderably the danger of a new government crisis in Morocco.
The government of Premier Abdullah Ibrahim, installed
last December as a stopgap measure following a prolonged cab-
inet crisis, has been under increasingly sharp attack by the
Istiqlal party's right wing led by Allal el Fassi. Several highly
charged issues, such as the control of organized labor, may
make an early showdown inescapable. The prestige of the right
wing will rest largely on its success in attracting the rank and
file of organized labor from the leftist Moroccan Labor Union
(UMT) into autonomous unions which seek official recognition.
El Fassi, who, along with right-wing supporters, controls
the executive committee of the Istiqlal party, expelled Premier
Ibrahim from party membership on 25 April. He charged Ibra-
him with failing to control banditry and disorders after armed
men killed Abdel Ben Driss, a supporter of El Fassi and member
of the national consultative assembly. Last January El Fassi ex-
pelled Ben Barka, president of the consultative assembly, who
has since set up virtually a new party, although retaining the name
Istiqlal.
The intraparty struggle for control of labor erupted into vio-
lence on 24 April at the opening of the UMT's congress in Casa-
blanca. At least 400 supporters of unions backing El Fassi clashed
with police after storming the congress site. At least 20 persons
were injured, and there may have been several deaths. The re-
sort to violence suggests desperation on the part of the right-wing
unions in the face of the unity shown by the UMT and members of
the cabinet, including Ibrahimq who participated in the congress
proceedings.
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India Requests US Assistance in Nuclear Power Development
rdlhe chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
has requested American assistance in developing nuclear power
stations, thus reversing India's past position against accepting
American aid in nuclear energy matters. The AEC is seeking
Indian Government approval of an extremely costly and ambi-
tious program for 1,000,000 kilowatts of nuclear power by the
end of the Third Five-Year Plan (1961-66) based on natural ura-
nium reactors. Such a program would be considerably beyond
the ability of India's scientific base to support and would require
extensive use of Western scientists and technicians. The Indian
Planning Commission has already approved a minimum goal of
250,000 kilowatts. It may approve the higher goal, since nu-
clear power costs compare favorably with conventional power
costs in several important regions of India)
The AEC is seeking substantial assistance so that at least
one o the nuclear power stations could be based on enriched
uranium or plutonium which--in contrast to natural uranium--
India does not produce. The AEC chairman proposed an agree-
ment along the lines of the US-EURATOM agreement, and hopes
that the United States will bear the foreign exchange costs for
construction of the reactors)
(In_ the past India has received most of its assistance from
Commonwealth countries, and apparently viewed the US-sponsored
Asian Regional Nuclear Center in the Philippines as a rival.)
India's atomic energy program, which is modest by Western
sta�dards, is the largest in Asia and is based on an abundance of
essential raw materials, including the world's largest known
thorium deposits. One research reactor is in operation and two
more are scheduled to begin operation by the end of 1959. The
AEC also has a monazite processing plant, a plant for extract-
ing uranium and thorium salts from monazite, and a uranium
metal plant; a heavy water plant is to be completed by 1960.
India has launched a substantial program to overcome its lack
of scientists and technicians and is constructing a major research
center near Bombay?.
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III THE WEST
Panama Asks for US Help to Combat Invasion
The Panamanian Government has requested US assistance
against an armed invasion in a remote jungle area east of the
northern entrance to the canal. The invasion appears to be part
of the frequently reported plans of Roberto Arias, former am-
bassador to Britain, and Ruban Miro, implicated in the unsolved
assassination of former President Remon, to oust President
de la Guardia. They are believed to have recruited armed mer-
cenaries in Cuba) although the Cuban Government assured De la
Guardia it would not permit an expedition against him from its
territory. Two of the invaders caught by the Panamanian Na-
tional Guard were Cubans.
Participants in other recent abortive revolts in Panama ap-
pear to have been in contact with Arias, who is accused of land-
ing arms near Panama City on 20 April. He has taken asylum in
the Brazilian Embassy in Panama City and may be given safe con-
duct out of the country. Miro was reported still to be trying to
raise money and support in Cuba and the United States on 25 April.
The revolutionary activities of their supporters may encourage
some of De la Guardia's numerous other opponents, most of whom
possess arms, to revolt. Political tension is already high over
the imminent choice of 1960 presidential candidates, and rival
cliques within the oligarchy have in the past manipulated dissi-
dent groups to help them gain the presidency.
The guard, Panama's only armed force, has been De la Guardia's
chief support against several previous attempts to oust him. The
revolutionary plans appear to call for its dispersal to various re-
mote areas by scattered uprisings and reports of landings. The
newly appointed minister of the interior can be expected to use the
guard as effectively as possible, but it is primarily a poorly armed
and trained urban police force which would be ineffective in jungle
fighting.
Panama's ambassador in Washington has been instructed to be
prepared to submit the matter to the Organization of American
States.
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