CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1959/10/05

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• Publication Date: October 5, 1959

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5 OCTOBER 1959
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
USSR launches another moon shot.
Communists draft treaty proposals
for summit meeting.
Ichrushchev leaves Peiping without
usual prior joint communiqud.
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Indonesian rebels sabotage Sumatran
oil installations.
South Vietnam--Aggressive Commu-
nist guerrillas ambush army units.
UAR warns Washington embassy im-
provement of relations with US should
not risk antagonizing USSR.
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III. THE WEST
0 Bloc postpones trade talks with Iceland
until after elections, possibly as weapon
to improve Communist prospects in new
government.
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DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
,�O USSR: Tor a preliminary evaluation of the latest space
V launching by the USSR, see Page
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USSR: Eti_. s,pecially-constituted Soviet "peace commission"
has drafted proposals for ending the "cold war" which might be
submitted to a summit meeting. These proposals, now being
studied by party authorities in the USSR, reportedly include a
treaty within the framework of the United Nations to end the
"cold war," and an international commission vested with autho
Ity to condemn by name all "war provOcateurs.
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USSR: Khrus,hchev and the Soviet delegation to Peiping's,
tenth anniversary celebration left for Moscow on 4 October amid
signs that the talks with the Chinese Communist leaders had been
less than satisfactory from the USSR's viewpoint. In an unusual
exception to standard bloc practice on such occasions, no corn-
muniqud was issued prior to the Soviet delegation1s departure.
Khrushchev's farewell speech suggests he failed to win Peiping's
support for Moscow's current calls for a detente. He said, "We
Communists of the Soviet Union consider it our sacred duty and
primary task" to end the cold war and guarantee the "triumph of
the cause of peace," but he gave no indication that the Chinese
had endorsed this line,
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feels anxiety over Peiping's recent behavior, particularly in the
brvrd.r di smith arrl would like somehow to hold China
in check.
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Indonesia: A small group of armed men, presumed to be
rebels, are reported to have cut pipe lines and damaged stor-
age tanks in the Shell and Standard Vacuum oil fields in South
Sumatra on 30 September. The rebels told employees that the
destruction was part of an over-all plan. Dissident threats to
commit sabotage unless the oil companies support the rebels
have been periodically reported for _months.,
WaithjVietnam: /Giowing aggressiveness of Communist
guerrillas in South Irielnam is reflected by attacks on company-
sized units of regular South Vietnamese troops. On 26 Septem-
ber, two out of six companies making a security sweep about 50
miles west of Saigon near the Cambodian border were ambushed
separately. One attack from ambush was repelled, but a second,
carried out by an estimated 200-300 guerrillas, forced the army
unitl. to surrender. This unit was released after turning over Its
eauipment-)
UAR-USSR: The UAR Foreign Ministry in Cairo cautioned
that Cairo did not
want "to skid into the cold war between East and West--if America
wishes to improve relations with us, that is all right, but not at
thp expense of our relations with Russia."
-III. THE WEST
Iceland - Soviet bloc: On Soviet and East German insistence,
negotiations for new trade agreements have been postponed until
after Iceland's general elections on 25 and 26 October. Iceland's
4,bloc trading partners seem intent on using their important posi-
tion in Iceland's foreign trade to attempt to secure Communist
participation in the postelection government.
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Soviet Space Vehicle (Lunik III) Launching
/At about 0044 GMT 4 October 1959 (2144 EDT 3 October)
the Soviet Union, after a smooth four-hour countdown, launched
a space vehicle from the Tyura Tam Missile Test Range. About
three and a half hours later, the operation was publicized by
Moscow's overseas broadcasts as the launching of the third
Soviet cosmic rocket with a major portion of its objectives be-
ing lunar associated.,
we can-
not judge the full Soviet objectives for this flight nor the vehicle's
success in meeting them-.]
C_111h-- e USSR has issued considerable propaganda on this space
event, the more significant being (1) the satellite (Lunik III)
will swerve around the moon and record the reverse side (pos-
sibly including photography) from a distance of about 6,000 miles;
(2) it will begin a return to the vicinity of the earth after circum-
navigating the moon; (3) its exact path after these maneuvers can-
not yet be established with certainty--not excluded is that Lunik III
may become a long-lived earth satellite with a very elongated axis;
(4) it will accumulate scientific data during its travel, but will
transmit to earth only two to four hours per day under control of
a Soviet ground control station; (5) over-all, the last-stage weight
is only slightly heavier (about 3 percent) than Lunik II, but the
instrumentation load is about 10 percent heavier, suggesting an
exchange of fuel weight for additional instrumentation. While no
mention was made as to when Lunik III would start its circum-
navigation of the moon, on the basis of the flight times of Luniks I
and II, this phase of the operation would start about noon EDT,
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&her than during the initial part of the flight, there is little
independent Western evidence
The USSR sent space-tracking
data to the large radio telescope installation at Jodrell Bank, UK,
which reportedly was able to lock on and track the satellite for only
a very brief time before the signals abruptly ceased.
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Soviet Preparations for Summit Meeting
IA specially-constituted Soviet "peace commisgion" has
drafted proposals for ending the "cold war" which might be sub-
mitted to a summit meetings
The Soviet Commu-
nist party now is examining a document prepared by the com-
mission and known in central committee, ciicles, as the 7treaty for
the end of the cold war,
This document reportedly includes, a tregy 'within the frame-
work of the United Nations to end the cold war, and the creation
of an international court or commission vested with powers to
condemn by name all "war provocateurs," such as journalists
and newspapers. Under this plan, parties to the treaty should
introduce legislation enabling them to deal with offenders de-
nounced by the international courq
the Soviet delegation to a summit con-
ference Will present an -unusual" appearance in that it will include
scientists, economists, and writers as well as political leaders
and diplomata),
Although the existence of a Soviet "peace commission" can-
not be confirmed, demands for an end to "war propaganda" have
long been a favorite Soviet theme. �Ehrus,hchev's speech to the
United Nations General Assembly on 18 September contained a
program for ending the "cold war" which gave top priority to
halting "appeals or calls for war." He also proposed the conclu-
sion of a German peace treaty, expansion of "contacts" between
peoples and statesmen, and admission of Communist China to the
United Nations:3
la_hrushchev appears confident that his agreement with Pres-
ident Eisenhower that no time limit should be fixed for renewing
negotiations on Berlin will clear the way for an early summit
meeting. On his return to the USSR. Khrushchev told a Moscow
rally he had discussed a summit meeting with the President and
that they had "agreed that such meetings are needed and usefurn
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III. THE WEST
Iceland Under Pressure from Soviet Bloc
At the insistence of the USSR, the Icelandic Ministry of
Commerce agreed in August to defer negotiations on a new
three-year trade agreement from September until after Ice-
land's general elections on 25 and 26 October, The East Germans
followed the Soviet lead and postponed until 29 October negotia-
tions, originally scheduled for 21 September on a new one-year
trade agreement. The US Embassy in Reykjavik believes the
bloc countries intend to use their important position in Iceland's,
foreign trade to attempt to secure Communist participation in
the postelection government.
The bloc has a strong lever in its expanding trade with
Iceland, which during the first half of 1959 accountAfor 34.1
percent of Iceland's total foreign trade. While many Icelanders
are concerned about this trend, some normally pro-Western
groups regard it as a desirable development which will permit
a greater diversification of markets despite the disadvantages in
many cases of trading with bloc countries.
If the Communists make significant gains during the election,
the Social Democratic leadership may come under pressure from
its rank and file to abandon cooperation with the Conservatives and
revive the leftist-oriented coalition which was in power from mid-
1956 to 1958. Otherwise, the Communists are likely to use their
strong position in the labor movement to bargain for representa-
tion in a Conservative - Social Democratic government.
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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
Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Special Assistant for Security Cperations 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 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
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Director
Atomic Energy Commission
The Chairman
National Security Agency
The Director
National Indications Center
The Director
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