CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1960/03/16

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• Publication Date: March 16, 1960

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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
USSR- East Germany--Soviet spokes-
man says reissue of old travel passes a
temporary measure pending summit
talks.
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Iraqi Army orders alert of intelligence
units; no supporting evidence of impend-
ing coup, however.
Thailand irritated with US over what it
considers competitive rice sales to
Asian countries.
Ceylon--United National party expected
to win plurality of seats in 19 March par-
liamentary elections.
South Korea�Election rioting reported. 0
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16 March 1960
DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
USSR: The chief of staff of the Soviet forces in Germany
has told the chiefs of the Allied liaison missions in Potsdam
that reissue of the old travel passes is a temporary measure
pending a solution of over-all problems at the summit confer-
ence, thus indicating that Moscow, although unwilling to force
the issue at this time, means to retain it as an element of pres-
sure on the West. Communist news media are portraying the
decision on the passes as a concession to the political atmos-
phere prior to the summit. (Page 1)
II. AMA-AFRICA
Iraq:
military intelligence units of the four divisions outside Bagh-
dad be placed on the highest state of alert. This action may in-
dicate that the authorities have word of an imminent move by
antiregime elements. Various reports of plotting continue to be
received, but there is no specific, reliable/information on a new
coup.
Thailand: The foreign minister has expressed his irrita-
tion with the U over planned PL-480 rice sales to India. He
claims that this comes at a particularly inopportune time, since
the Thais are themselves engaged in negotiations with India for
the sale of rice. Thai leaders have also recently expressed dis-
satisfaction with the level of American aid as compared with that
received by Cambodia and India and have alleged that military aid
deliveries are unnecessarily sloyfj (Page 2)
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Ceylon: he relatively conservative United National party
UN, ( P) is still expected to win a plurality of seats in the parlia-
mentary elections on 19 March. The late Prime Minister
Bandaranaikets moderate =socialist Sri Lanka Freedom party,
which only recently began to campaign in earnest, is likely to
win the second largest number of seats. While the new govern
ment will probably be conservative in orientation, stability is
,/,,..)-11Rely only if the TJNP wins enough seats to gain a majority by
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admitting several other members to its parliamentary group:3
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*South Korea: The American Embassy in Seoul reports
that a series of widely scattered incidents of serious violence
broke out in South Korea yesterday afternoon, election day,
,as demonstrators supporting the opposition Democratic Party
// clashed with police. The most serious clash occurred in
`'Masan, a city west of Pusan. Although the Masan disturbance
was brought under control temporarily, it resumed with
greater violence in the evening, and the South Korean army
chief of staff for operations requested and received UN
Command permission to use South Korean troops to restore
order. The heavy-handed tactics used by the Rhee admini-
stration to obtain a landslide vote have aroused strong
resentment throughout the country.
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I. THE CQMMUNIST BLOC
USSR Links Pass Reissue to Summit Outcome
The chief of staff of the Soviet forces in Germany has
told the Allied mission heads that the passes formerly used
by Allied liaison missions in East Germany are being re-
issued as a temporary measure pending an over-all settle-
ment at the summit conference. This suggests that Moscow
intends to retain the issue as an element of pressure on the
West.
Soviet propaganda, however, is portraying the decision to
withdraw the new travel passes, which referred to the "German
Democratic Republic," as a move to maintain a good atmosphere
prior to the summit.
Moscow apparently still leaves in effect new restrictions
on travel area and crossing points imposed at the time it in-
troduced the disputed documentation. Mission personnel
therefore can use only two East German - controlled cross-
ing points on the East - West German border, and are denied
travel in an additional 2,000 square miles of East Germany
containing many important military installations.
Use of the new passes issued on 29 January could have
been construed as Western recognition of the East German re-
gime. The USSR had evidently hoped that the Western powers
might accept these passes. The Kremlin now has apparently
concluded that the highly publicized dispute is in conflict with
Moscow's pre-summit posture, particularly after the Western
decision not to st ge high-altitude flights to Berlin.
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Irritants in Thai-US Relations
The Thai Government's criticism of certain aspects of
its relations with the United States is reflected in Foreign
Minister Thanat's adverse reaction to Ambassador Johnson's
disclosure on 14 March of American plans to sell India 60,-
000 tons of rice under the PL-480 program. Thanat com-
mented that such a sale could not come at a worse time from
the Thai point of view, inasmuch as Thailand itself is cur-
rently trying to close a rice sale to India. The foreign min-
ister then launched into an extended denunciation of the US
surplus rice disposal programl,
[Thai-Indian rice negotiations will probably fall through
for other reasons, but Thc-t officials will find it convenient
to blame the failure on the impending American sale. The
Thai rice export trade has been stagnating in recent years,
and, so long as this condition persists, American surplus
rice exports to Asia will increasingly annoy Premier Sarit
and other Thai officials]
T ai officials have also expressed irritation with the
United States over current American aid levels, both in ab-
solute terms and in comparison with what the Thais consider
the disproportionate amount a aid given to neutralist Cam-
bodia and India. Thai defense officials also consider deliv-
eries of military aid unnecessarily s1ow;7
(Slarit to date has limited himself to indirect expressions
of his dissatisfaction with these aspects of Thai-American re-
lations through the largely controlled Bangkok press, but in
the future he may voice his discontent more openly. Ambas-
sador Johnson has expressed concern over the possible con-
sequences of the present Thai mood.7
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Conservative Party Favored to Win Plurality in Ceylon's
National Elections
rburing the final phase of the campaign for Ceylon's elec-
tions on 19 March, the field has narrowed to five main parties
and all groups have intensified their activity, particularly
the Sri Lanka Freedom party (SLFP), which only recently
began to campaign. The relatively conservative United Na-
tional party (UNP), which ruled from 1947 to 1956, still seems
likely to win a plurality of the 151 parliamentary seats at
stake. The moderate-socialist SLFP, founded by the late
Prime Minister Bandaranaike, is reported likely to win the
second largest number of seats, but probably does not pose
a serious threat to the UNP. The SLFP's emotional appeal
to Bandaranaike's memory, the major spark in its campaign
effort, probably is not sufficiently attractive to obscure the
party's poor record during its recent term in power-4
o leftist parties, one of which ranked second in the
1956 elections, are likely to place third and fourth, possi-
bly followed by caretaker Prime Minister Dahanayake's mod-
erate party. The Communist party probably will not increase
its proportion of seats over the 3 percent it has won in previ-
ous elections.q
Lille elections probably will take place without major
disorders. The police will patrol the 3,000-odd polling sta-
tions throughout the country, and the armed services have
been deployed to provincial posts to assist the police if neces-
sary_.]
6y_hile the new government will probably be conservative
in orientation, stability is likely only if the UNP wins enough
seats to gain a majority by admitting several other members
to its parliamentary grouV
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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
Director, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Special Assistant for Security Operations Coordination
Chairman, 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 Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary of State 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 Inteiligence, Department of Army
Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy
Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
The Department of Commerce
The Secretary of Commerce
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Atomic Energy Commission
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National Security Agency
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National Indications Center
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