CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1957/02/08

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03161991
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2019
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2019
• Publication Date: February 8, 1957

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CONTENTS
1. EUROPEANS CRITICAL OF BRITISH TROOP CUT PLANS
(page 3).
2. BRITAIN ARRANGING FOR CEASE-FIRE TALKS IN YEMEN
(page 4).
ANNEX--Conclusions of the Watch Retort of the Intelligence
Advisory Committee
(page 5).
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1. EUROPEANS CRITICAL OF BRITISH TROOP CUT PLANS
Comment on:
Officials of several West European coun-
tries have sharply criticized Britain's
tentative plans for severe cuts in its mil-
itary forces in Germany. At a 6 February
meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC),
Belgian, Netherlands, Norwegian, and
German representatives were disturbed
over Britain's intention to switch discus-
sion of what was essentially a NATO mil-
itary problem into the seven-nation West-
ern European Union (WEU). In Bonn, a
Foreign Ministry official has predicted the
WEU members will resist substantial re-
ductions.
The British representative deferred any
commitment as to when a firm statement of plans might be
offered in the NAC on the ground that the new Macmillan gov-
ernment required time to make up its mind. He stressed
that reductions were a matter of parallel NATO and WEU in-
terest, and strongly intimated that the first full revelation
would be made at the WEU foreign ministers' meeting Britain
has called for 26 February.
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2, BRITAIN ARRANGING FOR CEASE-FIRE TALKS
IN YEMEN
The British Foreign Office has informed
the US embassy in London that Yemen is
now ready to have cease-fire talks be-
tween local Arab leaders at the scene of
e fighting on the disputed Aden Protectorate frontier. In
the interest of getting the talks started, Britain is no longer
insisting on an agreed agenda--thus giving the Yemenis an
opportunity to assert their claim to the entire Aden Protecto-
rate--and proposes, to allow the Emir of Beihan to speak for
the other Western Protectorate rulers without the presence of
a British representative of the Aden government.
The Foreign Office states that London is
considering making public the fact that Soviet bloc arms are
being distributed to Yemeni army training centers.
Comment The British earlier indicated their inten-
tion to try direct negotiation before turn-
ing to other approaches, such as recourse to the UN. Since
most Arab and much Western opinion would be hostile to an
all-out British military pacification of the area, London pre-
sumably wishes to show it has made very effort to arrange a
peaceful settlement.
the Imam of
Yemen is willing to negotiate a "cease-fire" but is determined
to avoid a settlement and will continue his efforts to win over
protectorate tribes and discredit protectorate rulers who main-
tain treaty relations with Britain.
the Imam's objective continues to be the asser-
tion of his sovereignty over the whole of the Aden Protectorate.
The Imam has also increased his efforts to expedite military
aid from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the Soviet bloc.
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ANNEX
Watch Report 340, 7 February
of the
Intelligence Advisory Committee
Conclusions on Indications of Hostilities
On the basis of findings by its Watch Committee the
Intelligence Advisory Committee concludes that:
A. No Sino-Soviet Bloc country intends to initiate hostilities
against the continental US or its possessions in the imme-
diate future.
B. No Sino-Soviet Bloc country intends to initiate hostilities
against US forces abroad, US allies or areas peripheral
to the Orbit in the immediate future.
C. A deliberate initiation of hostilities in the Middle East is
improbable in the immediate future.
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