CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1959/02/11

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• Publication Date: February 11, 1959

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L THE COMMUNIST BLOC
'Berlin - Communists continue ref-
erences to 27 May as date for turn-
over of controls to East Germans,
despite high-level hints of postpone-
ment.
More bloc light bombers being trans-
ferred to Indonesia; bl
may be delivered soon.
IL ASIA-AFRICA
Iranian-Soviet negotiations on non-
aggression treaty reportedly broken
off.
UN officials believe Israelis trying
to discredit truce organization; con-
trol of future incidents to be more
difficult.
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� Japanese - South Korean relations
worsening over repatriation of Ko-
reans to North Korea.
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III. THE WEST
Honduras - Tension may ease if
Nicaragua expels Honduran plotters;
but Honduran police director feels a
Junta is the only internal solution.
LAT4 ITEM
Iraqi Council of State resigns; Qasim
reported trying to remove two more
commanders.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
11 February 1959
DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Berlin: Communist statements on Berlin continue to
point to 27 May as the time when access controls will be
turned over to the East Germans, despite high-level Soviet
suggestions of postponement if negotiations were then under
way. Most recently, the Soviet chief warden at Spandau
Prison told his American counterpart that the USSR was plan-
ning to hand over its prison functions to the East German
Government on 27 May, and an East German newspaper ar-
ticle extolling the glowing prospects for a Berlin without
Americans pointed to th1Q df s the time when the Western
garrisnns would leave.
Bloc-Indonesia: Six more bloc TU-Z (BA I) ugnt DOMD-
ers are being transferred to Indonesia, raising to ten the
number of these piston aircraft supplied thus far. In addi-
tion to deliveries of aircraft, the bloc under its $170,000,000
arms deal with Djakarta recently delivered two more ship-
loads of naval equipment to Surabaya. Indonesia is to re-
ceive, in addition, four destroyers and at least tum giihmn -
vines some of which ma be delivered soon.
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Iran-USSR: [The chief of the Iranian Foreign Ministry
Treaty Section is reported by a usually reliable source to
have said on 10 February that the Soviet-Iranian discussions
have broken off, that there will be no Soviet-Iranian nonag-
gression treaty, and that the Soviet delegation, headed by
Deputy Foreigemenov. will 1171 to MOSCOW on
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Israel-UN: UN truce officials feel that the Israelis are
systematically seeking to discredit the UN Truce Supervision
Organization and are looking for opportunities to make trouble.
The Israelis appear determined to ignore the machinery pro-
vided by the UN for settling incidents, and relations between
local UN officials and the Israelis are such rt it will he more
difficult to stop future local border conflicts
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Japan-Korea:Oapan, having concluded that current on-
again-off -again negotiations with South Korea for normaliza-
tion of relations are leading nowhere, has reaffirmed its�
decision to permit the repatriation of Koreans in Japan to
North Korea. The South Korean Government has threatened
to break off all relations with Japan and has indicated that re-
patriation vessels may be seized. Japanese Foreign Minister
Fujiyama has hinted to the US ambassador that if Korea steps
up the capture of Japanese fishing vessels in retaliation, Japan
may have to take firmer measures to protect its vessels. He
also indicated that if the seizures continued there would be
growing domestic pressures to bring the fisheries dispute to
the UN and to close the South Korean mission ip Japan:3
Honduras-Nicaragua: Tension between Nicaragua and
Honduras may ease considerably should Nicaragua sign the
border agreement proposed by Honduras. The agreement also
calls for the immediate expulsion of the leading Honduran plot-
ter from Nicaragua. President Villeda of Honduras on 9 Febru-
ary felt that the internal situation "generally was under control."
The director of national police, however, is pessimistic and on
that same day said, "the only solution seemed to be some kind
of a five-man junta composed of representatives from t1.7 three
political parties and two from the military."
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*Iraq: The entire three-man Iraqi Council of State, in-
cluding Chief of State Rubai, resigned on 8 February,
These resignations are
in protest against Prime Minister Qasim's new cabinet appoint-
ments last week end. General Rubaits intent may have been to
spark a move by the anti-Qasim army faction to oust Qasim.
However, the prime minister appears to believe his position
is strong enough to counter such a development. He was re-
ported to be attempting to remove two more anti-Qasim divi-
sion commanders. The UAR press is playing up the re
tions in an effort to build up anti- Qasim sentiment in Iraq.
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I. THE COMMUNIST MAX
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IL ASIA-AFRICA
Israe:L Rostile to UN Truce Supervision Organization
The growing antagonism between Israel and the UN Trur-_:,3
Supervision Organization (UNTSO) threatens to overshadow
the border disputes the UN body is attempting to mediate. UN
truce officials believe Israel is trying to discredit UNTSO or
have it abolished. Rumors that Israel considers UNTSO Chief
of Staff Von Horn unsympathetic and unacceptable, they believe,
are merely a gambit toward this major objective.
An incident along the Israeli-Syrian border on 8 February ap-
pears consistent with the pattern of Israeli provocation about which
UNTSO personnel have frequently complained. The UN observer
who witnessed it claims that while the first small-arms fire came
from the Syrian side, the incident was provoked by Israeli soldiers.
UNTSO officials also consider that Israel's refusal to attend an
emergency meeting of the Israeli-Egyptian Mixed Armistice Com-
mission (MAC) regarding an incident on the Gaza border last week,
which resulted in the death of two Arabs, is a flagrant defiance of
UN procedures, and that Israeli press accounts of the incident are
pure fabrication. Israel contends that the MAC was "abolished"
as a result of the 1956 Sinai campaign.
The Israelis, lacking favorable UN Security Council action on their
recent complaint against Syrian forces, reportedly have decided
the only useful approach to the border situation is to "pepper" the
Security Council with complaints. Israel holds that UNTSO's
terms of reference are too restricted and that the organization's
strict interpretation of its mission makes it predisposed to re-
port infractions rather than to seek realistic bases for diminish-
ing or preventing border friction.
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Von Porn anticipates more trouble in Jerusalem on 18 Feb-
ruary when his officials will remove butane gas containers
from the manifest of the semimonthly Israeli convoy to Mt.
Scopus. The UNTS0 chief of staff accepts as reasonable
the Jordanian contention that a new generator installed in
Israel's Scopus enclave eliminates the need for providing
gas containers, which the Jordanians believe have been used
for smuggling contraband arms to the strategic outpost.
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THE PRESIDE NT
The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
Scientific Adviser to the President
Director of the Budget
Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization
Special Assistant for Security Operations Coordination
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 Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary for Administration
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 the Army
Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of the Navy
Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
The Department of the Interior
The Secretary of the Interior
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
United States Information Agency
The Director
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