CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1957/09/21

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2019
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2019
• Publication Date: September 21, 1957

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CURRENT
INTELLIGENCE
BULLETIN
3.5(c)
21 September 1957
Copy No. 136
3.3(h)(2)
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CONTENTS
1. TURKISH MILITARY FULLY PREPARED FOR ACTION
AGAINST SYRIA (page 3).
2VORORILOV NOTE TO SHAH OF IRAN
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3' BRITAIN READY TO INVITE YEMENI CROWN PRINCE TO ,4!)
LONDON FOR BORDER TALKS (page 5).
4. EXTENT OF PLANNED SOVIET OIL EXPLORATION IN
NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN REVEALED
(page 6).
5. BURMA READY TO MAKE OVERT,PPROACHES FOR
AMERICAN MILITARY AIDE (page 7).
6. JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER TO DISCUSS "TWO CHINAS"
SOLUTION IN LONDON (page 8).
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L TURKISH MILITARY FULLY PREPARED FOR ACTION
AGAINST SYRIA
Turkey has, or will have within the hext
few days, enough manpower, weapons,
and air strength in position in southern
Turkey for any military action it may de-
sire to undertake against Syria. There
are now in position in the Iskenderun-
Kirikhan-Gaziantep area, or on the way,
one infantry division, two infantry regi-
ments, two armored brigades, eight ar-
tillery battalions, two signal battalions,
and transport and engineer units unidentified as to size. This
adds up to approximately 33,000 men with sufficient transport
to move them.
Air strength in the southern area of Turkey
has been augmented by at least two and probably three jet fighter-
bomber squadrons, with at least one other such squadron on a
45-minute alert for movement south. Napalm tanks and "mix,"
fragmentation bombs, and 5-inch rockets were loaded during
the period 13-17 September for shipment to unknown destina-
tions.
When a Turkish general at an air base was
queried by the American air attache as to the "maneuver area"
where the local supply of 5-inch rockets would be used, the gen-
eral responded "Syria."
there have been minor incidents on the frontier
involving Turks and Syrians.
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2. VOROSHILOV NOTE TO SHAH OF IRAN
Comment on:
Soviet President Voroshilov's note of
17 September to the Shah of Iran prob-
ably was intended to impress upon the
th Soviet Union's continued con-
e r s r events in Syria and to warn
him against supporting any military ac-
tion against that country. Voroshilov
stated the USSR "cannot remain indiffer-
ent toward the dangerous course of events
in the vicinity of its borders," and characterized alleged West-
ern intentions to bring down the Syrian government by a "single
lightning blow" as "adventurous and extraordinarily dangerous."
Voroshilov's note followed recent Soviet
warnings to Turkey and Israel and preceded by one day the
USSR's announcement of "friendship calls" to be made by a
Soviet cruiser and destroyer to the Syrian port of Latakia.
The Iranian reply to this note will prob-
ably not be so resolute as that planned by the Turkish govern-
ment to the recent Bulganin note. The note may have the ef-
fect of increasing the Shah's demands for additional American
military equipment and support.
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3. BRITAIN READY TO INVITE YEMENI CROWN PRINCE
TO LONDON FOR BORDER TALKS
Comment on:
Britain's favorable response on 18 Sep-
tember to Yemen's offer to send Crown
Prince Badr to London suggests that
there will probably be a quiet period on
the Aden-Yemen border while preparations
for the talks are made. The British For-
eign Office told the Yemeni charg�hat
Badr's visit would be welcome in early
November if Yemen in the meantime ceased armed attacks and
subversion and withdrew from the Shuqair plateau, which the
British promised not to reoccupy. The Yemeni forces have
withdrawn, according to an Aden government communiqu�f
19 September.
London now apparently accepts Yemeni
assurances of a desire to reach some settlement and evidently
believes Badr's visit would be the most advantageous way at
present of achieving at least a temporary peace along the bor-
der and bettering Britain's propaganda position in the Arabian
peninsula. Yemen probably believes the visit will enhance its
prestige.
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EXTENT OF PLANNED SOVIET OIL EXPLORATION IN
NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN REVEALED
The program for oil exploration by
the USSR in northern Afghanistan,
which was announced at the conclu-
sion of King Zahir's visit to Moscow
on 30 July, apparently is much more extensive than pre-
viously indicated. The plan envisages geological and geo-
physical surveys and the drilling of 16 wells during a four-
veal period,
A Soviet loan, presumably under the $100,0009000 Soviet
credit, will cover tlie foreign exchange costs of about
$890002000 for 48 drilling rigs and other equipment and
about $2,500,000 for bloc technicians' salaries. The pro-
gram will employ 88 technicians in the first year, the num-
ber to rise to 127 by the last year.
Foreign Minister Naim had told the
American ambassador in Kabul that "only five" Soviet tech-
nicians would come to Afghanistan. On 3 September, he
had repeated an earlier request for US oil exploration assist-
ance in southern Afghanistan. As reported previously,
Afghanistan has also requested American assistance in
uranium exploration.
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5. BURMA READY TO MAKE OVERT APPROACHES FOR
AMERICAN MILITARY AID
The American ambassador in Rangoon
reports that top Burmese officials, in-
creasingly disturbed by the political
onsequences of their failure to achieve
ene s ex under independence, now are openly ask-
ing for American Military assistance. The ambassador points
out such approaches are a significant departure from the pre-
vious Burmese methods of indicating need for arms.
Comment
The Burmese government's present
policy is based on the assumption that
economic development is dependent on the prior establish-
ment of law and order. Increased emphasis on internal
security, for which additional arms are required, has re-
sulted in cutbacks in spending on economic development.
The Burmese approaches have been made
with a full realization that acceptance of American arms would
invite strong Chinese Communist reaction.
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6. JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER TO DISCUSS "TWO
CHINAS" SOLUTION IN LONDON
Comment on:
During his visit to London in late Sep-
tember, Japanese Foreign Minister
Fujiyama will discuss the "two Chinas"
solution to the Far Eastern impasse,
The Kishi government is fully aware that
Taipei and Peiping persistently oppose the "two Chinas" solu-
tion and that London has little reason to support it. Success in
fostering recognition of Communist China by a majority of UN
members, however, would justify Tokyo's extending the full
recognition which Peiping has indicated is necessary for max-
imum Sino-Japanese trade.
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