CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1956/07/20

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• Publication Date: July 20, 1956

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CONTENTS
1. AMBASSADOR BOHLEN SEES ANTI-STALIN CAMPAIGN
CONTINUING INSIDE USSR (page 3).
2. INDONESIA BEING SUBJECTED TO IMPRESSIVE COMMU-
NIST CAMPAIGN (page 4).
3. US EMBASSY IN ROME THINKS SOVIET ECONOMIC AID
OFFER TO ITALY LIKELY (page 5).
4. TUNISIANS INSIST ON FRENCH TROOP WITHDRAWAL
(page 6).
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1. AMBASSADOR BOHLEN SEES ANTI-STALIN CAMPAIGN
CONTINUING INSIDE USSR
Ambassador Bohlen believes that the
30 June resolution of the Soviet party
central committee was intended to mark
the end of a phase in the anti-Stalin cam-
paign only insofar as foreign Communist criticism is con-
cerned. He believes that recent Western press reports
emanating from Moscow, which have stressed the party's de-
mand for "iron discipline," may have �created the misleading
impression in the West that the campaign as a whole has been
suspended.
Within the USSR, the ambassador sees
no signs of abatement in the revision of historical and other
texts, which is by its nature a long-term process, and he
cites recent publications and domestic propaganda activity in
support of this view.
Bohlen believes, however, that the cen-
tral committee resolution is intended to be the basic pronounce-
ment on the Stalin issue for some time to come, and he doubts
that the party will publish the official text of Khrushcheves se-
cret speech in the near future.
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2. INDONESIA BEING SUBJECTED TO IMPRESSIVE
COMMUNIST C MPAI
Ambassador Cumming in Djakarta be-
lieves that the already impressive
Communist campaign to win Indonesia
will be accelerated during the remainder
of the year in order to gain maximum advantage from the
projected visits to Soviet bloc countries of President Sukarno
and Prime Minister All. He notes that not only the Soviet
Union and Communist China are participating, but also the
European Satellites and even North Vietnam.
The ambassador reports an alarming in-
crease in the strength of the Indonesian Communist Party.
Comment The extent of increased Indonesian rela-
tions with the Sino-Soviet bloc will depend
in great degree on President Sukarno's impressions of the
Soviet Union, Communist China, and the Satellite countries
which he will visit beginning in late August.
Indonesia appears eager to extract the
maximum benefit from the Orbit's cultural offensive, and the
government--having placed renewed emphasis on "balancing"
its foreign policy--is receptive to suggestions for expanding
diplomatic and commercial relations with bloc nations. It
recently announced its intention to accept Soviet economic as-
sistance.
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3. US EMBASSY IN ROME THINKS SOVIET ECONOMIC
AID OFFER TO ITALY LIKELY
The American embassy in Rome believes
it likely that the USSR "will soon extend
its new economic penetration tactics to
Italy:' The embassy has unconfirmed re-
ports t oscow plans to make an aid offer, and points out
that Italy is a logical place for Moscow to try to undermine
American influence by offering to finance the 10-year Vanoni
plan.
Such a move, in the embassy's opinion,
would strengthen the position of the Italian extreme left and
also those center elements which favor leftist participation
in the government. The embassy says that rejection of a
Soviet offer would, in the absence of an alternative source
of aid, probably bring down the government.
Comment In April, the secretary general of the
Italian Foreign Ministry told Ambassador
Luce that the USSR might soon offer economic assistance which
the Italians might find hard to refuse. In December 1955, Molo-
tov spoke to the Italian ambassador in Moscow of possible eco-
nomic aid. Shortly thpreafter the Soviet ambassador in Rome,
in a conversation with Premier. Segni, referred to a strengthen-
ing of economic relations between the two countries.
In the event of a Soviet offer, pressure on
the government for its acceptance would be exerted not only by
leftist elements but by some business groups interested in East-
West trade.
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4. TUNISIANS INSIST ON FRENCH TROOP WITHDRAWAL
The Tunisian Constituent Assembly on
17 July unanimously adopted a resolu-
tion supporting the government's position
that French troops must evacuate Tunisia
and expressing full confidence in the government's tactics.
the Tunisians insist that
any move to resume talks will have to be made by France. The
Tunisian government is ready to consider a complete break-
off of the negotiations and to explore closer ties with other
states, particularly the United States.
Comment The Tunisians are willing to permit France
to use the naval base at Bizerte under a re-
gional defense arrangement, but they oppose "unilateral French
occupation." The French Foreign Ministry is attempting to
create the impression that suspension on 13 July of French-
Tunisian negotiations on defense matters is a "minor family
row which does not affect basic good relations:'
Paris hopes that its sponsorship before
the Security Council of Tunisia's application for UN member-
ship will serve to clear the atmosphere. This gesture, how-
ever, is not likely to mollify the Tunisian government.
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