CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/06/08

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03176560
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• Document Creation Date: March 18, 2019
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2019
• Publication Date: June 8, 1951

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 
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4. Peiping reported in unreceptive mood for peace feelers (page 4). 
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7. Yugoslav Communist Party resolutions indicate liberalization of 
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4. Peiping reported in unreceptive mood for peace feelers: 
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has 
informed US Ambassador Henderson of the 
opinions of Indian Ambassador Panikkar in 
Peiping regarding a possible "new peace 
offer" to Communist China. Panikkar reportedly takes the view that 
a peace move at this time would not be opportune, as the Chinese "insist 
that the military situation in Korea is satisfactory and is developing 
steadily in their favor." Panikkar is also said to believe that Peiping, 
viewing US proposals for a Japanese peace treaty as "in fact a US-
Japanese military alliance against China," would insist that a Korean 
settlement include "agreeable" arrangements regarding Japan. 
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Comment: Panikkar, who is generally sympa-
thetic to Peiping, has often appeared to present his personal views under 
the guise of Chinese Communist official opinion. The basis of his present 
views is not known. Peiping has not altered its stated demands for a Korean 
settlement -- withdrawal of UN forces from Korea, US abandonment of 
the policy of "neutralizing" Taiwan, and admission of Communist China to 
the UN -- and the regime is currently intensifying its program for support 
of Chinese forces in Korea. However, Peiping has not yet indicated pub-
licly that settlement of the Japanese question will be added to its stated 
demands. 
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7. Yugoslav Communist Party resolutions indicate liberalization of regime: 
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recent resolutions adopted by the Yugoslav 
Communist Party calling for greater freedom 
of discussion within the party and for improve-
ment of the judicial system may result in humanizing the regime suffici-
ently to increase its popular support. The Embassy notes that the resold-
tions will resulfin a relaxation of police methods. The Embassy does 
not believe, however, that they foreshadow any cooperation with opposi-
tion groups outside the Communist Party. The consensus of opinion among 
foreign observers in Belgrade is that the resolutions and speeches were 
partly inspired by the unpopularity of the regime because of its internal 
policies and its failure to alleviate the conditions of the people. 
Comment: There are various indications that 
Yugoslav morale has been seriously impaired as a result of the economic 
crisis, the failure of the regime to improve living standards, and a 
widespread fear of war. The resolutions indicate that the Communist 
Party is seriously concerned with lagging Yugoslav morale and that fur-
ther efforts will be made to make the regime less distasteful to the popu-
lace and to Western public opinion. Other measures which the Tito regime 
has instituted to increase local initiative and widen the base of its popular 
support have been (1) the decentralization of the government by the aboli-
tion of many federal ministries, whose operative functions have been 
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handed over to the constituent republics; (2) abolition of the State Control 
Commission, whose enforcement functions have been delegated to workers, 
councils within individual industrial plants; and (3) liberalization of govern-
ment agricultural policies by abolishing compulsory deliveries of certain 
farm products. 
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