CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1957/01/23

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• Publication Date: January 23, 1957

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CURRENT
INTELLIGENCE
BULLETIN
23 January 1957
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CONTENTS
1. POUJADIST DISORDERS POSSIBLE IN 27 JANUARY PARIS
BY-ELECTION (page 3).
2. APPOINTMENT OF NEW POLISH AMBASSADOR TO MOSCOW
(page 4).
3. PLANS FOR FUTURE CONSERVATIVE COALITION IN SOUTH
KOREA (page 5)0
4. RENEWAL OF US-RUMANIAN TENSION FORESEEN
(page 6).
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1. POUJADIST DISORDERS POSSIBLE IN 27 JANUARY
PARIS BY-ELECTION
Comment on:
Antitax leader Pierre Poujade's candi-
dacy for the 27 January run-off ballot
in the Seine district raises the possi-
bility of further disturbances by ultra-
nationalist groups. The Poujadists suc-
cessfully used strong-arm tactics to
break up a Mendes- France Radical rally
before the first ballot, but they are
likely to meet strong competition from the Communists, who
can be expected to instigate their own disturbances.
Poujade, who has already condemned
the Fourth Republic and demanded power in the name of his
movement, did not run for election in 1956 but is seeking an
assembly seat now ostensibly to defend the French army and
particularly General Jacques Faure, involved with conspira-
torial settlers in Algeria. Poujade is probably mainly inter-
ested in enhancing his own waning power and restoring co-
hesion to his organization, which has split badly since the
assembly elections in January 1956. The extent of support
from his own group may become apparent following the ten-
tatively scheduled rally this Thursday; hundreds of his fol-
lowers are reported to be flocking to Paris. However, Jean
Le Pen, a Roujadist deputy from the Seine district, who is
particularly influential among the students, is reportedly at
odds with Poujade.
Since no candidate won a majority in the
13 January vote, a plurality will be sufficient to elect a can-
didate on the second ballot. Conservative candidate Tardieu
was the front runner, while the Communist vote dropped sharp-
ly. Poujade's candidacy may jeopardize Tardieu's chances and
improve the prospects for a Communist comeback.
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2. APPOINTMENT OF NEW POLISH AMBASSADOR
TO MOSCOW
Comment on:
Poland's appointment of Tadeusz Gede
to replace Waclaw Lewikowski as ambassa-
dor to the Kremlin, announced on 21 Jan-
uary, probably heralds a new series of
shifts designed to place men that Gomulka
can trust in key positions. Earlier reports stated that Am-
bassador Spasowski in Washington would also be replaced.
Gede, whose post as deputy premier was
eliminated in the streamlining of the government following
Gomulka's return to power in October 1956, was minister of
foreign trade from 1949 to 1952. Gomulka is probably draw-
ing on Gede's experience in Orbit trade matters to ensure ex-
pert handling of Poland's vital economic relations with the
Soviet Union.
Lewikowski was a politburo member of the
wartime Polish Communist Party. He served as a deputy min-
ister of security before his appointment to Moscow in 1953.
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3. PLANS FOR FUTURE CONSERVATIVE COALITION IN
SOUTH KOREA
Yi Ki-pung, speaker of South Korea's
National Assembly and leader of the
Liberal Party, plans to approach oppo-
sition Democratic Party leader Cho
Pyong-ok concerning the formation of a coalition government
to avert chaos following Rhee's death, according to a Korean
newspaperman close to Yi.
Yrs plan reportedly is to allow Vice Pres-
ident Chang Myon, a member of the Democratic Party, to
succeed to the presidency, but to put through a constitutional
amendment providing for a parliamentary form of government
which would make the president a figurehead. Cho Pyong-ok
would then become prime minister--a post which was abolished
by Rhee.
Comment The passing of this information to an Amer-
ican official suggests that Yi may desire to
ascertain the United States' reaction. Yi's plan reflects indi-
cations that the Democratic Party will emerge as the dominant
conservative party in South Korea following Rhee's death and
the expected disintegration of the Liberal Party.
Cho, at one time Seoul police chief and home
minister under Rhee, has emerged as one of Rhee's most able
and vigorous opponents,
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4, RENEWAL OF US-RUMANIAN TENSION FORESEEN
Comment on:
Official confirmation on 19 January of
earlier hints that American observers
would not be allowed at the Rumanian
national elections on 3 February, cou-
pled with other recent anti-American
L1ILLpucrted by the American minister in Bucha-
rest as introducing a period of renewed tension in US-
Rumanian relations.
Recent manifestations of a stiffened
line toward the US include strong press attacks, hints at
future restrictions on the legation's use of a USAF plane
for travel out of the country, and greatly increased Ruma-
nian secret police attentiveness to legation activities.
In conformity with the general Commu-
nist line, however, the Rumanian government appears to
be attempting to keep cultural outlets open. Recent Ruma-
nian government-sponsored concerts featuring an American
cellist, postponed from last October, received good press
coverage.
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