CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1959/03/26

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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Soviet Air Force intensifies,electron-
ic reconnaissance in Alaskan area
and Far East.
L ASIA-AFRICA
King of Morocco wants US to be pri-
mary supplier of military equipment.
Sudan - Gradual weakening of pro-
Western elements may result from
death of Ansar sect leader.
London agrees to joint investigation
of Yemen-Aden border incidents;
local British officials doubtffil of
results.
US-Philippine negotiations on re-
vised bases agreement.
Japanese Socialists facing severe
domestic criticism for their sup-
port of Communist line on Asia.
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L THE COMMUNIST BLOC
USSR: Two Soviet BADGERS conducted what were probably
ELIIT-TTCOMINT reconnaissance operations against Alaskan
radar installations and Distant Early Warning (DEW) line sites
as far eastward as the Mackenzie Bay area of Canada on 23-
24 March. On 24-25 March, two planes which were probably
BADGERs flew over the Sea of Japan to within 50 to 70 nautical
miles of the main Japanese islands in what appeared to be ELINt/
COMINT reconnaissance operations. These, together with
other similar activities since 4 March, may indicate the intro-
duction of a broader. Soviet ELINT/COMINT collection pro-
gram. The Soviet Air Force has for some time had the capa-
bility, for these operations. (Page 1)
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Watch Committee conclusion�Berlin: No significant
changes bearing on the possibility of hostilities.
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Morocco: Cllhe Moroccan minister of defense asked on
23 March whether the United States would be willing in prin-
ciple to supply substantial amounts of military equipment to'
modernize Morocco's 31,000-man army. The defense minist
implied that the US response would have an important bearing
on his government's attitude toward US interests in Morocco
and stressed that the King is under considerable pressure to
continue arms procurement from the Soviet bloc. He also in-
dicated that a firm decision has been made not to rely on France
as Morocco's primary source of materif_13
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Sudan: e death on 24 March of the Mandi2 leader of
7)2ihe Ansar religious sect, may be followed by a gradual loss in
11 the strength and unity of pro-Western elements. Sayyid Siddiq
the Mandrs 48-year-old son installed as new leader, has noth-
ing like his father's great prestige among the 1,5002000 Ansari.
He does, however, have political aspirations of his own and
might resort to some dramatic and risky action to rally the
Ansari around him in opposition to the faction-ridden military
governmer19
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Britain-Yemen: rliondon has accepted Yemen's suggestion
for a joint commission o investigate incidents on the Yemen-
Aden border, and proposes that it meet within a month. Lon-
don's aim is to demonstrate its good intentions, but British
officials in Aden are dubious about the usefulness of the move
in view of a recent renewal of border clashes and evidence
that the Yemenis plan shortly to launch a major campaign of
subversion in the Aden Protectorate3
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Watch Committee conclusion�Middle East: Situations
susceptible of direct exploitation by Sino-Soviet bloc hostile
action which would jeopardize US interests exist in the Middle
East, particularly in Iran and Iraq. The situation in the area
remains precarious, but a deliberate initiation of large-scale
hostilities is unlikely in the immediate future.
Iraq: The drift of Iraq toward Communist control con-
tinues�
Jordan: The absence of King Husayn and Prime Minister
Rifai from Jordan provides opportunity for intensified political
activity among disaffected elements and a possible couf) attempt.
Philippines: S- Philippine negotiations to revise the
/),, agreement governing American bases continue to be hampered
by Philippine Government maneuvers aimed at increasing its
authority over the bases and over American personnel. Aq
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Ube same time, Philippine reluctance to adopt drastic fiscal
and monetary reforms as prerequisites to American eco-
nomic assistance is leading the Garcia administration in-
creasingly to make the United States a scapegoat for domes
tic difficultie (Page 5)
Japan: (irong condemnation of the Socialist party is
developing in Japan over its recent action in support of Com-
munist policies in Asia. The press, including those news-
papers normally friendly to the Socialists, are highly critical
) of the party for its "subservience" to Peiping. Considerable
dissension has also arisen within Socialist ranks, with some
right-wing elements threatening to bolt the party. The con-
)4Servatives will probably exploit this issue to the greatest
'extent possible and hope thus to reverse Socialist electoral
gains of recent yeaf5 (Page 6)
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
USSR Intensifies Reconnaissance Operations in Alaskan Area
And the Far East
Two Soviet BADGERS probably conducted ELINT/COMINT
reconnaissance operations against Alaskan radar installations
and Distant Early Warning (DEW) line sites as far east as the
Mackenzie Bay area of Canada on 23/24 March.
Similar flights were conducted on 18/19 March but did not
extend beyond the area of Point Barrow, Alaska. Flights from
Anadyr on 4, 6, and 9 March approached to within 50 nautical
miles of St. Lawrence Island, where an Alaskan Air Command
aircraft-control and warning site is located.
On 24/25 March, two aircraft--probably BADGERs�flew
over the Sea of Japan to within 50 and 70 nautical miles of the
main Japanese islands in what appeared to be ELINT/COMINT
operations. BADGERS and BEAGLEs have made a number of
other flights in this area since 13 March.
Schedules of 18 March indicate flights may have been per-
formed along the Aleutian chain on that date.
Although flights by Soviet aircraft over the waters adja-
cent to Japan and the Aleutians have been taking place since
July 1957, this month's more extensive activities may mark
the introduction of a broader Soviet ELINT/COMINT collec-
tion program.
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II. ASIA-AFRICA
Morocco Indicates Desire w1-1.111,110, %Jo
Moroccan Defense Minister Mohamed Aouad inquired on
23 March whether the United States would supply some
$19,0009000 to $23,000,000 worth of military equipment to
modernize Morocco's 31,000-man army. Aouad said Morocco
wants tanks, trucks, communications equipment, machine guns,
submachine guns and ammunition, fighter and observation air-
craft, and helicopters. He implied that the King is under con-
siderable pressure �presumably from the left-wing members
of the Ibrahim government--to continue to procure arms from
the Soviet bloc, and indicated that the government has made a
firm decision not to rely any longer on France as its primary
source of materieq
Elle more conservative Balafrej government, which had
been unsuccessful in its efforts to obtain large quantities of
light arms and ammunition and a munitions factory from Italy
last year, had contracted for an unknown quantity of Czech arms.
A part of this materiel--900 tons of light arms and ammunition--
was delivered early in January; an unspecified amount of heavy
equipment, according to Aouad, remains to be delivere
LA-ouad's inquiry is a follow-up to a tentative approach he
made earlier this year as well as an informal request made dur-
ing the King's visit to Washington in November 1957. With much
the same motivation as Tunisia, which will not consider arms
procurement from France while the Algerian rebellion continues:,
Morocco probably would resist even a suggestion that it should
continue to place primary reliance for its materiel on France,
if only for the sake of standarditzation. The Moroccan approach
probably will create new tensions in French-American relations
and may complicate negotiations for the retention of the five
American air bases in Morocco:]
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Sudanese Situation
EL'he death on 24 March of 73-year-o1d Sayyid Abd al-Rahman
al-Mandi, powerful leader of the Ansar religious sect and the
Umma party, introduces a new element of uncertainty into the
already highly unstable situation in the Sudan. The military gov-
ernment is split into competing factions, and the leaders of the
suspended political parties are taking advantage of the govern-
ment's indecisiveness to try to rebuild their organizations and
increase their influence. They are trying to line up support
within the army leadership as well, hopin to pave the way for
participation in a new civilian government.
Irigadier Silannan, leader of the junior dissident officers'
movement, postponed and modified his plan to seize complete
control of the government late last week, reportedly because he
feared a violent reaction that might lead to civil war. However,
he and the two other troop commanders who forced their inclu-
sion in the government on 5 March are expected to make some
attempt in the near future to improve their position]
he danger of a clash after the early March coup between
Ansari tribesmen and military units has receded,. The possi-
bility remains, however, that Siddiq al-Mandi, the new 48-year-
old Ansari religious head, who lacks his father's prestige, may
attempt some rash and dramatic action to rally the Ansari around
him in opposition to the military government. In any event, the
Mandi's death will probably reduce the strength and unity of the
Ansar sect and weaken the pro-Western Umma party elements
which it, supports'
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Developments in British-Yemeni Relations
ELondon has accepted Yemen's suggestion for a joint com-
mission to investigate incidents on the Yemen-Aden border,
and proposes that it meet within a month. Yemen-offered in
February to discuss only two particular :incidents, but the
British are submitting broad terms of reference to permit dis-
cussion of frontier incidents in 1959, the 1934 and 1951 agree-
ments, and cases of Yemeni subversion within the Aden Pro-
tectoratD,
[she Foreign Office has long favored such a commission
and now wants to demonstrate its good intentions by endorsing
the Yemeni gesture toward improving relations. One obstacle
to real improvement, however, is the Yemeni contention that
Britain has, by its inauguration in February of the Federation
of Protectorate Rulers, violated promises in the earlier treaties
to preserve the status qudj
ffl,'he Colonial Office and the Aden governor doubt that much
will be accomplished in view of evidence that the Yemenis have
de-emphasized outright frontier warfare in favor of subversion
and now are planning a major campaign within the Protectorate.
The governor had preferred to try to unify the new federation by
firm retaliation against the common enemy7,]
tiFhe Yemeni mayor of the frontier town of Baidha, in par-
ticular, has been successfully making contacts and gaining
recruits among dissident Protectorate tribesmen, 600 of whom
have recently gone to Baidha to obtain arms. The Imam told the
Baidha mayor as early as February that "everything is up to
you," and Baidha reported back on 23 March that "all the tribal
elders are ready and waiting for a calll
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Philippines
Murrent US-rmappine tams on revising the agreement
on American bases continue to be hampered by Philippine in-
sistence on full legal authority over the bases, particularly
with regard to jurisdiction over offenses involving American
military personnel. Although Philippine officials now are
publicly asserting that the talks are progressing, a resolu-
tion recently introduced in the Philippine Senate may have
been aimed at strengthening the government's negotiating po-
sition. The resolution endorses a strongly nationalist posi-
tion which could jeopardize the present status of the bases
if adopted as official policy and indicates that certain ex-
tremist elements may be maneuvering to force a breakdown
of the talks3
LA..t. the same time; the Garcia administration continues
to blame much of its present economic difficulty on the United
States. Philippine officials have recently charged deliberate
slowness in the implementation of American credits, and are
pressing for satisfaction of multi-million-dollar claims against
the United States to solve their foreign-exchange crisis and for
a tax on foreign exchange which would violate their trade agree-
ment with the United States3
Faced with local and senatorial elections in November,
the government is reluctant to undertake drastic fiscal re-
forms and apparently intends to ignore the recommendations
of an International Monetary Fund survey that the peso be
devaluated. Concern that the IMF mis-
sion is a form of American interference is reflected in
the mission would use Ambassador Bohlen's "good
offices" to confer with Garcia and recommending that the Presi-
dent "refuse to se7 them... and cut them down to size,
a confidant of the President has hinted that, if American
financial aid is not forthcoming, Garcia intends to divert at-
tention from economic issues in the forthcoming election cam-
paign by making relations with the United States the major issue]
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Japanese Socialist Party's Leftward Trend Criticized
LStrong condemnation of the Socialist party is developing in
Japan over statements in Peiping by party Secretary General
Inejiro Asanuma in support of Chinese Communist policies in
Asia. Asanuma, on returning to Japan on 23 March, defended
the leftist position he assumed in Peiping and called for popular
support for an early restoration of relations with Communist
ChinA
The press, including those newspapers normally friendly
to the Socialists, are highly critical of the party for its appar-
ent abandonment of neutrality. An editorial in Asahi, a gener-
ally left-wing newspaper with the largest circulation in Japan,
warned the Socialists that a "pro-Communist subservient
diplomacy" would not win the support of the peoplE
gonsiderable dissension has also arisen within Socialist
ranks, with some right-wing elements threatening to bolt the
party unless the leftist trend is reversed. The faction led by
Suehiro Nishio has openly criticized Asanuma's statement in
Peiping that the United States is the "common enemy" of Japan
and China. The right wing generally has shown dismay over
Asanuma's issuing a joint communiqu�ith the Peiping regime
which endorsed Communist political objectives in Asia and has
denounced a decision to form a joint front with the Communist
party and other leftist organizations in opposition to the US-
Japan security treaty:7
ahe conservatives will probably continue to exploit this is--
sue in an effort to halt further Socialist gains in the upper-house
elections in June. Ambassador MacArthur believes the willing-
ness of government leaders to meet squarely the issue raised
by Asanuma is in healthy contrast to the tendency in past elec-
tion campaigns to avoid such controversial questions. He also
said that if the conservatives exploit the issue properly through-
out the election period, the Sokalists should suffer from the
attitude of the Asanuma mission to Peipinli
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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
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
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