CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1954/11/14

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• Document Creation Date: August 20, 2019
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• Publication Date: November 14, 1954

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SUMMARY
GENERAL
1. Comment on Soviet proposal for European collective security
conference (page 3).
FAR EAST
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EASTERN EUROPE
3. Malenkov reportedly assures Soviet respect for Belgrade's
independence (page 4).
4. East German government reportedly plans to store American
flood relief shipments (page 5).
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GENERAL
1. Comment on Soviet proposal for European collective security con-
ference:
The Soviet proposal for a conference on
European collective security to be held in
Paris or Moscow on 29 November is
another manifestation of the strategy
Moscow has been following since the September conference on Ger-
man rearmament in London.
The USSR is attempting to pose as a will-
ing and reasonable negotiator--as was already evident in its 30 Sep-
tember disarmament proposal and its proposal on 23 October for
new talks on Germany.
The Western European governments are
not likely to be strongly influenced by this latest Soviet move.
French premier Mendes- France has indicated that talks with the
USSR will not be considered until after the Paris agreements have
been ratified. He is, however, expected to bring up the subject
during his visit to Washington.
In Germany, the Soviet note is expected
to have no effect on ratification, which now appears almost cer-
tain as a result of the reported decision of the Free Democratic
Party to support the agreements, including the Saar settlement.
The Social Democrats, however, may endorse West German par-
ticipation in the Soviet-proposed conference.
Both Churchill and Eden have repeatedly
urged speedy ratification by Britain, insisting that European mili-
tary strength and unity are prerequisite to any serious attempt to
negotiate with Moscow.
Ambassador Bohlen has recently com-
mented that the behavior of key Soviet leaders has reflected their
concern over the current situation, particularly the progress
toward West German rearmament, which they can do little about.
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FAR EAST
EASTERN EUROPE
Malenkov reportedly assures Soviet respect for Belgrade's inde-
Tendence:
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that Khrushchev picked him out from a
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group of diplomats at the 7 November celebration in order to ask
him what the Yugoslav reaction would be to Saburov's speech of
the night before. Khrushchev, who was shortly joined by Malen-
kov, emphasized that the decision to include the reference to
Yugoslavia and the wording of the passage were deliberately and
carefully examined by the Soviet government,
In answer to Vidic's question as to whether
the Soviet government fully understood the independent position
that Yugoslavia had attained and intended to maintain, Premier
Malenkov ;eatod "yes, yes" two or three times,
Comment: The Soviet leaders' approach
to Vidic was undoubtedly designed to emphasize those passages in
Saburov's speech which paid particular attention to past and future
improvement in Soviet-Yugoslav relations. The USSR's campaign
seems mainly directed at loosening Belgrade's ties with the West,
rather than persuading Yugoslavia to return to the bloc imme-
diately.
President Tito recently told an American
official that the Soviet Union had been told that normalization of
relations would not alter the growing Yugoslav co-operation with
the West. He added that Moscow had accepted this and begun
normalization on that basis.
4. East German government reportedly plans to store American flood
relief shipments:
officials in East Berlin told him American
flood relief shipments to East Germany
will not be distributed but will be stored in state food reserves.
The American deputy high commissioner believes this report is
plausible.
In connection with this report, the com-
missioner points out that he has just received an East German
National Front pamphlet in which the "US-financed Gehlen organi-
zation" is blamed for opening sluice gates at the height of the
flood in order to aggravate the disaster.
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Comment: The Satellites probably ac-
cepted American flood relief offers as part of a campaign to con-
vince the West of a "sincere" desire to reduce international
tension, rather than because of a desperate need for assistance.
East Germany, in addition, wished to avoid unfavorable popular
reaction such as followed the refusal of American aid in 1953.
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