CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1956/02/03
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CURRENT
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CONTENTS
1. SHEPILOV EXPLAINS NEW TRENDS IN SOVIET FOREIGN
POLICY (page 3).
2. SOVIET VESSELS RESUME EUROPE-CHINA RUN AFTER
18 MONTHS ()age 4).
3. POSSIBLE YUGOSLAV REPRESENTATION AT SOVIET
PARTY CONGRESS (page 5).
4. JAPANESE APPARENTLY SET APRIL DEADLINE FOR
SETTLEMENT WITH USSR (page 6).
5. FAST IMPLEMENTATION OF AFGHAN-SOVIET TIES
page 7).
6. PRLMEMINTSTER OF CEYLON MAY VISIT PEIPING
(page 8).
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THE ARAB-ISRAE LI SITUATION
(page 9)
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1, SHEPILOV EXPLAINS NEW TRENDS IN SOVIET
FOREIGN POLICY
D. S. Shepilov, Soviet Communist
Party secretary and chief editor of
Pravda, recently told the Indonesian
ambassador that a strong domestic
situation had allowed the USSR to expand its world dip-
lomatic activity. According to Shepilov, the USSR for
the first time is using "traditional diplomacy" in its
Asian and Middle Eastern policy. It now has enough eco-
nomic resources, cultural bases, and technical personnel,
as well as a sufficiently ordered domestic scene, to enter
"new" arenas of world diplomacy such as Asia, the Middle
East. Africa, and Latin America. Shepilov remarked that
the re-emphasis on heavy industry had helped create a
stockpile of capital goods for trade with underdeveloped
countries.
Soviet relations with Eastern European
Satellites are being shaped by a process of growing inter-
dependence between Communist countries which, he implied,
resulted from a re-evaluation of the mistakes of the Stalin
era and a recognition of the impossibility of controlling
other countries.
Comment Shepilov's remarks, although tailored
in part for his audience, are being
borne out in Soviet diplomacy in underdeveloped areas
This is further evidence that the USSR's
new policy toward underdeveloped areas is long-term, based
on an increasing export potential and the relative economic
advantage to them of importing certain foodstuffs and indus-
trial raw materials. (Concurred in by ORR)
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These are the first
Soviet vessels from
Europe to declare for
a Chinese port since e ese Nationalist seizure of
the Soviet tanker Tuapse off the southern tip of Taiwan in
June 1954. Although Satellite vessels have continued to
sail from Europe directly to China, none has put in at
Shanghai or any other Chinese port north of Taiwan since
the Tuapse affair. Soviet ships from the Soviet Far East
have continued to sail to Chinese ports well north of Taiwan
during this period.
2. SOVIET VESSELS RESUME EUROPE-CHINA RUN
AFTER 18 MONTHS
Six Soviet freighters are en route to
Chinese ports, according to declara-
tions made while passing Suez or
Singapore during January� Four de-
clared for Shanghai.
Corn
ent
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(Prepared by. ORR)
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3. POSSIBLE YUGOSLAV REPRESENTATION AT SOVIET
PARTY CONGRESS
A report received by the US embassy
in Belgrade states that Yugoslavia, in
response to a Soviet invitation, has de-
cided to send Krsto Popivoda, chairman
ommunist Party control commission, as
its representative at the Soviet party congress this month.
Soviet ambassador Firyubin, at his own request, went to see
Marshal Tito on 25 January, and Soviet party first secretary
1Chrushchev received Yugoslav ambassador Vidic two days
later. Yugoslav under secretary for foreign affairs Micunovic
told the Greek ambassador in Belgrade on 1 February that he
knew of no Soviet invitation, but did not believe Yugoslav policy
would preclude acceptance if one was delivered.
While the joint Yugoslav-Soviet declara-
tion of last June contained a statement calling for the "social
organizations of the two countries to establish contacts and to
exchange socialist experiences," and the USSR has since been
pushing for party ties, there is not known to have been any for-
mal interparty exchanges to date.
Yugoslav reaction to any Soviet invitation
could take the form of a counterproposal, such as a demand
that a Yugoslav representative have a status different from
that of representatives of other Communist parties. At a min-
imum, Yugoslavia would insist upon guarantees against em-
barrassing Soviet statements at the congress that would tend
to create the impression abroad that the process of reconcil-
iation between the two parties has progressed further than it
actually has.
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4. JAPANESE APPARENTLY SET APRIL DEADLINE FOR
SETTLEMENT WITH USSR
The Japanese ambassador to London
told an American embassy official
on 1 February that Shunichi Matsumoto,
Tokyo's chief negotiator at the Soviet-
Japanese peace treaty talks, is under pressure to arrange
some sort of treaty by April.
The Japanese envoy said that Moscow's
demand to close the Sea of Japan to warships of nations
other than Korea, Japan and the USSR is considered only
a bargaining point. He believes that the USSR will return
the southern Kurils, thereby settling what the Japanese
consider to be the major point at issue, and that this will
assure conclusion of a treaty.
Comment The pressure for a quick treaty probably
stems from Premier Hatoyama and his
close advisers, and from influential fishing interests which
hope to regain access to rich fishing grounds off Soviet ter-
ritory. The ambassador's remarks suggest that Tokyo ex-
pects some Soviet concessions which will enable the govern-
ment to present the settlement as a diplomatic success, and
thus enhance conservative prospects in the June election for
the upper house of the Diet.
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5. FAST IMPLEMENTATION OF AFGHAN-SOVIET TIES
An agreement signed on 28 January
governing terms of the Soviet
$100,000,000 credit and submission
to a Soviet negotiating team now in
Kabul of a countrywide list of projects
int toward rapid implementation of
the Soviet-Afghan agreement.
The $100,000,000 credit is in the form of
a 30-year agreement with interest at
2 percent, according to the Moscow press.
The Afghans are to draw equal amounts
each year for the first 22 years and begin repayment of each
installment in eight years. Moscow probably hopes by grant-
ing substantial developmental aid on such terms to increase
Afghanistan's dependence on the USSR for services and spare
parts.
Kabul still insists officially that no strings
are attached to the credit. The American embassy reports,
however, that some Afghans are beginning to criticize the
forced pace of Soviet implementation and the safeguards de-
manded on specific project agreements. Concurred
in by ORR)
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6. PRIME MINISTER OF CEYLON MAY VISIT PEIPING
Sir John Kotelawala, prime minister
of Ceylon, told the American am-
bassador that many
members of his cabinet feel he should
accept ommunist China's invitation to visit Peiping.
Kotelawala says he cannot continue to refuse Chou En-
lai's invitations since other prime ministers in the area
have visited China.
The ambassador comments that Cey-
lonese national elections in April and continued uncer-
tainty over American aid to Ceylon cause Kotelawala to
believe that announcement of such a trip would be politi-
cally and perhaps even economically sound.
Comment Kotelawala might visit Peiping for
prestige purposes whether or not the
United States offers him economic assistance, since Cey-
lon is the only Colombo power whose prime minister has
not already visited Communist China or scheduled a visit.
During such a visit, Kotelawala would probably not estab-
lish diplomatic and consular relations. He would, however,
possibly be expected by his government to expand Ceylon's
economic ties with Communist China.
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI srr UATION
(Information as of 1700, 2 February)
increased Egyptian paratroop training has been
observed recently. Formations of as many as eight C-46
aircraft have been observed participating in drop maneuvers
and additional C-46's are being rec9nditiongar,
Syrian chief of staff 8huqayr stat6d
that Syria does not want war, but war will begin in
Banat Yacov if the Israelis want it. Shuqayr also said he ex-
pected Egypt to reply by 1 February to Syria's request for anti-
aircraft equipment. He said that if the Egyptians refused, he
would authorize purchase of the equipment from Czechoslovakia.
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