CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/02/28

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03175206
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• Document Creation Date: March 18, 2019
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2019
• Publication Date: February 28, 1951

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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The President
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chief of Staff, United States Army
Chief of Naval Operations
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
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2. UK seeks lead from US; London brokers sell to USSR (page 3).
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3. Mine-laying operations completed at Wonsan (page 4).
WESTERN EUROPE
5. German Social Democrat states party will oppose Schuman Plan
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6. Titoist movement uncovered in Czech Communist Party (page 6).
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2. UK seeks lead from US; London brokers sell to USSR:
US Press 17 Feb 51
A 17 February press dispatch from London
states that the British Ministry of Supply
is seeking between 2,000 and 3,000 tons of
lead for prompt shipment from the US or
other dollar areas, as well as undisclosed
quantities for shipment over the remainder
of 1951. Effective 1 February, the supply of lead to domestic con-
sumers was reduced from the 1950 average monthly level because of
a recent decrease in lead stocks held by the Ministry of Supply.
At the same time,
London metal brokers have handled at least 1,100 tons of
virgin lead shipments to the USSR during the past few months.
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Comment: The Soviet trade messages
do not disclose the original source of the lead involved, but Spain
and Mexico have in the past been large suppliers. It appears that
�London metal brokers are taking advantage of the high prices of-
fered by the USSR for strategic metals, while the British Govern-
ment seeks to replenish domestic supplies from the US.
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3. Mine-laying operations completed at Wonsan:
Despite the difficulties created by UN
bombardment, North Korean mine-
laying operations in Wonsan bay were
completed on 26 February. North
Korean naval authorities in the area
have requested permission to send
mine-layincr crews north t
rfile_ia Hungnam) to continue their work0
new shipment of mines is moving soutnwara on the rail line
leading from Tumen, Manchuria.
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5. German Social Democrat states party will oppose Schuman Plan:
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West German Bundestag delegation visiting the 3.3(h)(2)
United States, told US officials that his party had
decided to oppose the Schuman Plan categorically.
doubted whether. Chancellor Adenauer would submit the Plan
to the undestag, where, he said, it would be beaten by the Social
Democrat vote, together with the vote of those Free Democrats repre-
senting the Ruhr interests opposed to the Plan.
Comment: There has been no indication that
Adenauer has changed his intention to secure Bundestag ratification
of the Schuman Plan. Although certain Free Democrats are strongly
opposed to the Schuman Plan, the party is unlikely to risk the down-
fall of the government by voting against it on this issue. Without Free
Democrat opposition, the Plan is likely to be ratified.
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Titoist movement uncovered in Czech Communist Party:
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An official announcement of the arrest of ,
former Foreign Minister Vladimir Clementis
has appeared in the Czech press. At a spe-
cial three-day session of the Central Com-
mittee of the Czech Communist Party, Clementis and four other mem-
bers of the Central Committee were indicted for having organized a
"widespread plot to gain control of the Party" and to "usurp the
leadership of the State." In an address before the Central Committee,
Czech. President and Party Chairman Gottwald promised that "Czech-
oslovakia will not become a second Yugoslavia," called for greater
vigilance on the part of the Party leadership, and reminded all Czechs
to remain faithful to Stalin.
Comment: The Central Committee's action
confirms the existence of a long-suspected struggle for influence
within the Czech Party. The recent intensification of this struggle
probably reflects resistance within the Party to Soviet efforts to ex-
tend more effective control over the Czech economy.
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