CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1960/02/11

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• Publication Date: February 11, 1960

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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Czechoslovakia to establish regular civil
air service to Guinea.
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Laos--Stringent qualifications for candi-
dates in 24 April elections evidently de-
signed to limit participation of pro-Com-
munists; this may provoke increase in
armed dissidence.
Chinese Nationalists preparing to resup-
ply Nationalist irregulars along Burmese-
Thai border.
Tunisian-Soviet exchange of diplomatic
representatives may be imminent.
III. THE WEST
Further expansion of Cuban economic re-
lations with Sino-Soviet bloc expected.
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DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Czechoslovakia-Guinea: Czechoslovakia is taking steps
to establish weekly air service to Conakry, Guinea, via Zurich,
Marseilles, Casablanca, and Dakar, according to the US Em-
bassy in Prague. The Czechs have officially requested permis-
sion to overfly West Germany. Last fall, the Czech civil air-
line succeeded in establishing regular service to India via Cairo.
The service to Guinea, which would be the bloc's first entry
to air transport service in tropical Africa, would support bloc
conomic activity in the area. In addition, Conakry provides an
ideal point for extension of service to South America.
IL ASIA-AFRICA
Laos: The stringent qualifications for candidates contained
in a recently promulgated electoral ordinance are tailored to
limit the participation of pro-Communist candidates in the 24
April National Assembly elections. A provision for runoff elec-
tions in districts where no candidate wins a majority on the first
ballot is also aimed at limiting Communist electoral success.
Hanoi radio has already broadcast a protest by the Communist-
front Neo Lao Hak Zat against the new ordinance, suggesting
that the NLI-IZ may boycott the elections; Eonservative elements
in Vientiane reportedly are apprehensive over the possibility o
accelerated armed dissidencs
Nationalist China: he Chinese Nationalist ordnance command
has recently ordered depots on Taiwan to prepare large quantitie
of ammunition and weapons, including rifles, pistols, machine
guns, mortars, recoilless rifles, and 40-mm. antiaircraft guns,
for another supply effort in February to Nationalist irregula23
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fforces in the Burmese-Thai border area. There are indica-
tions that one resupply flight to the border area was made in
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Tunisia-USSR: The reported visit to Tunis of a Soviet
deputy foreign minister, Vladimir Semenov, may presage an
early exchange of diplomatic representatives between the USSR
and Tunisia. President Bourguiba said publicly last November
that he intended to establish relations with the USSR in 1960.
In reply to a Tunisian request last month for Soviet technical
and economic assistance, made during routine trade negotiations,
a high Soviet trade official stated that consideration of the request
would be delayed until the USSR had an embassy in Tunis.
Watch Committee Conclusions: (The following developments
are susceptible of direct exploitation by Soviet/Communist hostile
action which could jeopardize the security of the US in the imme-
diate future]
l'eithei; Israel nor the UAR appears to be preparing for large-
scale hostilities as an aftermath of. the recent border incidents in
the Lake Tiberias areaj
araqi political groups continue to maneuver for power and an
III. THE WEST
Cuba: The Castro government will probably expand its eco-
nomic relations with other Sino- Soviet bloc countries in addition
to the substantial trade contracts with the USSR which will evidently
follow Mikoyan's visit.
three Cubans arrived in Prague on
7 February to buy munitions�one of several such missions re-
t-D ported in Prague during the past six months. An East German
r trade delegation is in Havana to negotiate a barter agreement with
Cuba, and Poland and Communist China recently bought sizable
auantities of sugar from the Castro government.
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
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New Laotian Electoral Ordinance Aimed at Communists
The new electoral ordinance promulgated by King Savang
on 5 February is intended to limit Communist participation in
the National Assembly elections scheduled for 24 April.
the provisions gov-
erning qualifications for candidates, inctucung education and
residence requirements, will disqualify a considerable number
of those whom the Communist-front Neo Lao Hak Zat (NLHZ)
might put up for election. Of the nine NLHZ deputies from the
previous assembly, only five would be able to qualif3ig In addi-
tion to limiting pro-Communist candidates, these provisions
will also reduce the number of non-Communist candidates.
Many observers attribute the NLHZ success in the 1958 sup-
plemental elections to the plethora of non-Communist candidates.
The Communists will also presumably be hurt by the provi-
sion for two-stage elections in districts where the winning can-
didate fails to win a majority in the first round of voting. This
device will guard against the possibility that NLHZ candidates
will squeak through to victory in districts where the conserva-
tive vote is divided among several candidates.
Hanoi radio has already broadcast an NLHZ protest against
the new electoral ordinance and its demand that the less restric-
tive 1957 electoral law be used instead. The NLHZ may throw
Its support to its neutralist ally, the Santiphab party, particularly
if the NLHZ finds it impossible to enter a substantial number of
its own candidates. NILAIZ and conservative sources in Vientian
reportedly4fifeel that the NLHZ will not participate if Prince Sou-
phannouvon nd other leaders are not released from prisonq
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tonservative elements are also reported apprehensive over the
possibility that the new election restrictions will lead to accel-
erated armed dissidence by the Communist insurgents:7
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Nationalist China Planning Additional Support for Irregulars
In Burma Border Area
dhe Chinese Nationalist ordnance command has recent-
ly ordered depots on Taiwan to prepare an estimated 250
tons of ammunition, small arms, heavy weapons, and 40-
mm0 antiaircraft guns, to supply Nationalist irregular
forces in the Burma-Thailand border are.a_D
the irregulars were
being supplied o raise their morale and,, that the were not
planning an offensive against the Burmese0 repeated
earlier charges that the Burmese Army was p ann ng another
offensive. There has been no engagement between the Bur-
mese Army and the irregulars since June 1959,and reports
from Burma do not indicate preparations for resuming anti-
irregular activities. However, in order to ensure a speedy
conclusion of the final Sino-Burmese border treaty, Burma
will be more anxious than ever to eliminate the problem of
KMT irregulars on its territoryj
Lahiang periodically discusses Nationalist plans for sup-
port of the irregulars in Burma, apparently to determine how
the United States would react to efforts to strengthen contacts
and influence with the irregulars. The Nationalists probably
are supplying the irregulars in order to be prepared to take
prompt action against the Chinese Communists if there is an-
other crisis in the Taiwan Strait or if conditions favorable to
Nationalist exploitation should develop in mainland Chinaj.
ten tons of
we an ammuni ion pac e or air � rop were stored at
Hsinchu airfield early in January. About mid-January sub-
stantial quantities of these supplies were removed, concur-
rently with a 24-hour flight by a Hsinchu-based P4Y--the
type of aircraft believed to be used for resupply flights to
the border area. Another probable resupply flight from
Hsinchu was reported on 1 February7
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ing a recent visit of Chinese Nationalist Chief o enera
Staff Peng Meng-chi to Thailand, he or a member of his party
reportedly requested use of Thai airfields. Thai officials
stated that the request would be taken under advisement.
Nationalist use of the Thai air facilities to refuel aircraft
supplying the irregulars would permit delivery of a larger
payload each trip.]
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THE PRESIDENT
The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
Scientific Adviser to the President
Director of the Budget
Director, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Special Assistant for Security Operations Coordination
Chairman, Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities
Special Assistant for Foreign Economic Policy
Executive Secretary, National Security Council
The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Department of State
The Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State
The Deputy Under Secretary for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary for Aaministration
The Counselor
Director, International Cooperation Administration
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Department of Defense
The Secretary of Defense
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs.
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
The Director, The Joint Staff
Chief of Staff, United States Army
Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
Assistant to Secretary of Defense for Special Operations
Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army
Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy
Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
The Department of Commerce
The Secretary of Commerce
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Director
Atomic Energy Commission
The Chairman
National Security Agency
The Director
National Indications Center
The Director
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