CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1959/03/24

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• Publication Date: March 24, 1959

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24 MARCH 1959
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Moscow believed likely to attempt to
conceal extent of Communist influ-
ence in Iraq while working to con-
solidate its position, in Middle East.
IL ASIA-AFRICA
Chinese Nationalists submit plan
for reduction of Chinmen garrison.
Cambodian - South Vietnamese rela-
tions continue strained.
Afro-Asian group may seek UN con-
sideration of Nyasaland dispute.
Guinea receives supply of Czech
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24 March 1959
DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
*USSR - Middle East: Lmbassador Thompson in Moscow
believes that Soviet leaders are embarrassed by the extent to
which the prospect of a Communist takeover in Iraq has be-
come evident, and that they will endeavor to conceal the ex--
tent of Communist influence there while consolidating their
position for the long pull. The Soviet ambassador in Baghdad
urged Ambassador Jernegan on 20 March to promote "coopera-
tion" between the USSR and the United States in order to ease
current tensions in the Middle Ea.& Thompson interprets
private remarks of presidium member Kozlov on 16 March as
Indicating a belief by Soviet leaders that the Middle East will
eventually "go Communist," but that this will be a long process.
Moscow continues to criticize Nasir's anti-Qasim� anti-Commu-
nist attacks, but it apparently has made no move thus far to in-
terfPre with Pennnmie nr militnry ncmiefareta fn th TTA
II. ASIA-AFRICA
*Nationalist China: e Chinese Nationalists have submitted
a redeployment schedule which would reduce the size of the
Chinmen garrison to 67,000 by 30 June--a reduction of 16,645
troops. Under the Nationalist plan the 9th Division, now in re-
serve on Chinmen, would be brought to Taiwan, leaving five in-
fantry divisions still on the Chinmens.
This development clears the way for implementation of the
agreement reached last November for a 15,000-man reduction of
the Chinmen garrison and for the installation of 12 ten-inch
(240-mm,) howitzers on the island. The Nationalists have long
delayed the submission of a U7i thrirnival ninn fnr fpnr nf +hp di-m.
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Cambodia - South Vietnam: [Tense relations between Cam-
bodia and South Vietnam continue, -i;vith the tempo of public
charges and countercharges between the two countries risin
Through the controlled press, the Cambodian Government i
again threatening to move closer to the Communist bloc unle
South Vietnam drops its "menacing" pose.
Nyasaland: group of Asian-African states may be plan-
ning to seek UN consideration of the two-month-old Nyasaland
dispute. The steering committee of the All-African People's
Conference in Accra will meet in early April to discuss mean
of assisting the Africans in their struggle against the white-
dominated government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nya-
saland. (Page 2)
Guinea: Since Guinea's independence, the new state has
concluded economic, cultural, and diplomatic agreements with
several Sino-Soviet bloc nations. On 20 March, 3,000 rifles,
35 machine guns and 20 submachine guns of Czech Skoda man-
ufacture were reportedly unloaded at Conakry. These weapons
are probably for use by the security forces. Guinea was vir-
tually denuded of military equipment when France pulled out
its troops in October.
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
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II. ASIA-AFRICA
Cambodia - South Vietnamese Relations
Cambodian - South Vietnamese relations are becoming
increasingly bitter. Cambodia is incensed at Vietnam's flat
denial of any wrongdoing in the face of "irrefutable" evidence
that it has been involved in plotting against Premier Sihanouk,
and Phnom Penh accuses Saigon of an unreconstructed attitude.
Sihanouk's press organ Realitds on 21 March printed a
photostat of an alleged conspiratorial letter to the late dissi-
dent General Dap Chhuon from Vietnam's former representative
In Cambodia, Ngo Trong Hieu. The paper threatened to publish
"more embarrassing documents" unless Vietnam at least repu-
diated Hieu as acting without official sanction. Furthermore9
Realitds hinted that Cambodia will be forced to turn to the Com-
munist bloc for support unless Vietnam drops its "menacing"
pose. It offered Saigon the choice of a "neutral and correct" or
a "progressive and hostile" Cambodia.
ffV1.eanwhile, deepening Cambodian suspicion that the United
States is in league with South Vietnam against Sihanouk has
reached a stage of almost open hostility. This attitude, sanc-
tioned and encouraged by the Sihanouk governments is creating
a climate favorable to expanded Communist bloc influence in
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Asian-African States May Raise Nyasaland Dispute in UN
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that a group of Asian-African states plans to bring the two-
month-old Nyasaland dispute to the attention of the United
Nations, presumably the Security Council?
fin addition: an official of the All-African People's Con-
ference (AAPC) permanent secretariat reportedly has announced
a meeting of the steering committee for early April to discuss
means of assisting the Africans in their struggle against the
white-dominated government of the Federation of Rhodesia and
Nyasaland. Although peaceful tactics such as civil disobedience
and economic boycotts were stressed by the AAPC during its
conference in Accra, Ghana, last December, the pace of events
in Tropical Africa has strengthened the extremists who had suc-
ceeded at Accra in obtaining only oblique endorsement of the
use of violence in special situation_e
[dhana's Prime Minister Nkrumah, who acted as a moderating
influence at the December meetings reportedly now has agreed to
discuss the possibility of supporting violence. Meanwhile, he
has offered his country's good offices to settle the dispute and
has called for a round-table conference to work out a constitution
which would "respect the will of the majority and provide safe-
guards for the racial minorities.9 )
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