CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1956/10/05

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• Publication Date: October 5, 1956

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CONTENTS
1. AMBASSADOR OHLEN COMMENTS ON TITO-KHRUSHCHEV
TALKS (page 3).
HUNGARIAN NEWSPAPER SUPPORTS TITO POSITION
(page 4).
3. NATO ATTACKED IN FRENLNATI9NAL ASSEMBLY FOR-
EIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTE (page 5).
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
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1. AMBASSADOR BOHLEN COMMENTS ON TITO-
KHRUSHCHEV TALKS
Ambassador Bohlen speculates that
the Tito-IChrushchev conversations
relate to policies which the Soviet
leadership is considering with ref-
erence to the Satellites and for which it is most anxious
to obtain Yugoslav approval and participation. He feels
that the Soviet leaders in the interest of "bloc solidarity"
may be telling Tito that his retention of ties with the
West is unrealistic and is causing great harm to the
Communist cause as a whole, and that he must make
his choice. The ambassador thinks they fear that con-
tinued close Yugoslav economic ties with the West will
encourage some Satellites to try to follow this example.
He recognizes the likelihood of growing dissension be-
tween the USSR and Yugoslavia regarding the interpreta-
tion of the "many roads to socialism" concept. He doubts,
however, that the Soviet Union is attempting to re-establish
Moscow discipline over the Yugoslav party.
The ambassador is of the opinion that
the length of the discussions, besides indicating the im-
portance of underlying differences, suggests that a most
serious effort is being made to reach agreement. He be-
lieves that some form of compromise, the exact nature
of which cannot be foreseen, is likely to result. He finds
no evidence in Moscow to support the thesis that differ-
ences with Tito have produced a major crisis in Soviet
leadership.
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2. HUNGARIAN NEWSPAPER SUPPORTS TITO POSITION
In the first substantive comment on the
Soviet-Yugoslav talks in the Crimea yet
to appear in a Satellite, a Hungarian
trade union daily on 2 October claimed
that these talks will strengthen both
Hungarian-Yugoslav friendship and the post-Rakosi liberal-
ization trend in Hungary. This article apparently reflects
the thinking of the increasingly powerful moderate ele-
ments of the Hungarian Communist Party and is tantamount
to a public declaration of their alignment on the Yugoslav
side of the current dispute.
The Crimean talks, the article asserted,
represent "the weightiest corroboration" of the Hungarian
party's post-Rakosi July resolution--viewed by party mod-
erates as their "emancipation proclamation." They "make
it clear once and for all for everybody that our country's
progress is unimaginable without the consistent implemen-
tation of the July resolution and the defeat of all opposition
to it."
The article said that the "straightforward"
attitude of the Soviet party and government had "started the
progress of healing and clarification" with Yugoslavia ,1 but
complained that this process has been "slow and protracted
and advanced only in the face of difficulties and obstacles."
Although the USSR reportedly warned the Satellites on 3 Sep-
tember that Yugoslavia's ties to the West were too close, the
article strongly implies that such ties are acceptable.
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3. NATO ATTACKED IN FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
�A Radical-Socialist spokesman for
Mendes-France attacked the NATO
alliance in the French National Assem-
bly foreign affairs committee in mid-
September and advocated that France find a workable sub-
stitute, according to Maurice Schumann, a Popular Republican
leader and former under secretary for foreign affairs. Schu-
mann told Ambassador Dillon on 3 October that no one except
himself was willing to defend NATO at the meeting which was
held just after the second London conference.
Schumann believes that NATO has lost a
great deal of its popularity in France and warned that the UN
Security Council debate on Suez was of exceptional importance
because France would view it as a test of American intentions.
Comment Irritation over what the French consider
�to be inadequate American support on the
Suez issue has risen to an unprecedented peak in the last
week. There are indications that the Mollet government may
exploit the current wave of anti-Americanism to encourage
West European integration as a counterbalance to American
influence in the Atlantic alliance.
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
(Information as of 1700, 4 October)
An Israeli passenger train traveling from
Haifa to Jerusalem on the night of 3-4 October received rifle
and machine gun fire from Jordan as it passed near the border,
according to an Israeli announcement. The train's engineer was
reported wounded in the incident, which is the first involving
casualties since the Israeli raid near Husan south of Jerusalem
on 25 September. (Press)
The American consul general in Jerusalem
reports that there is no evidence to support the Israeli claim of
demoralization and disintegration in West Jordan. On 2 October
he reported that there was no sign of panic and no evidence of ex-
odus of Jordanian civilians from the border areas involved in
the 25 September raid. The consul general also stated that there
was no drastic lowering of morale in the Jordanian National
Guard following recent raids, and that civilian morale had been
bolstered by the government's claim that the Husan incident was
a victory for Jordan. Te t Jordan is re orte to ave
decreased in recent days.
Israe prime mwL s er
"additional views" on the Iraqi-Jordanian situation through the
chief of the American Division of the Israeli Foreign Ministry on
2 October. Ben-Gurion wished to make clear that his previous
� comment that Israel would take no action against the entry of token
Iraqi forces into East Jordan applied only if such entry were to as-
sist King Hussain to maintain internal stability. Ben-Gurion sought
assurances that an Iraqi tokin force in Jordan would be of a tempo-
rary character--lasting only until after the lower house elections
at the end of October, or until the end of the year. Any Iraqi force
should be limited in size and without heavy armor. He also re-
quested information on the size and location of any Iraqi force in
Jordan. Ben-Gurion emphasized that under no circumstances
orce come near the Israeli frontier.
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