CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1960/07/16

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03184162
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• Publication Date: July 16, 1960

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16 JULY 1960
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
USSR seeks neutralist support for cam-
paign charging Western countries with
"imperialist aggression" against Congo.
Chou En-lai may visit Moscow in near
future.
Large Chinese Communist trade delega-
tion to Cuba likely to discuss diplomatic
relations.
II. ASIA-AFRICA
South Korea's leading presidential candi-
date promises cut in armed forces.
Congo--First contingents of troops ar-
rive to form UN force; Lumumba demands
withdrawal of Belgian troops. 0
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
16 July 1960
DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
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USR-Congo: The Soviet Union is making a determined
bid to rally neutralist countries for its campaign charging
Western countries with "imperialist aggression" against the
new Congo state. tilikoyan and Gromyko have annealed for
support to neutralist diplomats in Moscow.
top Soviet officials suggested to the
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UAR ambassador that Cairo take the lead in "advising" the
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Congo Government and in urging joint action by African and
Asian countries to "frustrate" the maneuvers of "collective
imperialism."
arefully phrased promises
of "resolute measures" and "necessary help" in the event of
"further aggression," seems intended to strengthen Lumumba's
personal position by appearing responsive--without a firm Soviet
commitment--to Lumumba
the Congo "may find it necessary" to appeal
for Soviet intervention. (Page 1)
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� Communist China = USSR: Premier Chou En-lai will visit
Moscow within the next few days
While the ostensible purpose of Chou's
visit would be to return that of Premier Khrushchev to Peiping
� last October, the two leaders almost certainly will consult on
over-all bloc foreign policy and divergent Chinese and Soviet
views. Since early July, the Chinese have muted their attacks
on Soviet foreign policy positions and appear willing to support
some aspects of Khrushchey's basic line on "peaceful coexistence"
which he continues to profess in spite of his recent truculent tac-
tics toward the United States.
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Communist China - Cuba: A large Chinese Communist
trade delegation--due in Havana on 15 July to discuss addi-
tional purchases of Cuban sugar--almost certainly will also
discuss the establishment of diplomatic relations.
Imminent Cuban recog-
nition of Peiping and directed that in that event Chinese Na-
tionalist Embassy personnel move to the new legation in Haiti.
(Page 2)
IL ASIA-AFRICA
South Korea: Former Vice President Chang Myon has
announced to the press that he will cut South Korea's 700,Q00
man armed forces to 400,000 and reduce the defense budget if
his front-running conservative Democratic party wins control
cn ?) of parliament in the 29 July national elections. While the Dem-
LAO crats have long advocated a reduction of the armed forces,
Li Chang's statement may be an election gambit to attract the votes
of potential draftees and undercut new leftist groups which advo-
cate a similar policy. A Defense Ministry plan to modernize the
defense establishment has been discussed recently in the Korean
press. (Page 3)
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*Congo: First contingents of troops from Tunisia and Ghana
arrived in the Congo on 15 July to form a UN force. The popular
reaction in Leopoldville to the arrival of UN elements has been
generally favorable, although incidents continue to occur. Congo
Premier Lumumba has stepped up his anti-Belgian campaign, and
on 15 July demanded that Brussels withdraw from its bases as
well as from other areas of the Congo. In Katanga Province the
situation continues unsettled, with elements opposed to provincial
Premier Tshombe claiming that his announcement of Katanga's
secession from the Congo was made without proper parliamentary
sanction.
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Soviet Efforts to Exploit the Congo Situation
The USSR is making a determined bid to rally neutralist
support for its campaign to brand the Western countries with
"imperialist aggression" against the new Congo state. First
Deputy Premier Mikoyan and Foreign Minister Gromyko, ex-
pounding Soviet views on the Congo to diplomats at a reception
on 13 July, called for Afro-Asian countries to loin the USSR in
denouncing Western "intervention."
Soviet officials annear tp be going even further;
Mikoyan and Gromyko,
together with Deputy Foreign Minister Semenov, suggested to
the UAR ambassador that Cairo take the lead in appealing to Afri-
can and Asian--particularly Arab--countries to express their
views and to take "action as a group." Accusing the West of "col-
lective imperialism"--a term invented by Nasir--they charged
that the colonial powers, with US aid, are seeking to maintain
their control over Africa and are attempting to discredit the newly
independent African states as incapable of self-government. The
Soviet officials also suggested that the UAR have a representative
in the Congo to advise the new government because of its lack of
experience in international affairs.
Lumumba and Kasavubu requested the USSR on 14 July to
"watch developments closely" since the Congo "may find it neces-
sary" to ask for Soviet intervention. IChrushchev's reply, which
was publicized on 15 July by Moscow along with the Congolese ap-
peal, promised that the USSR would take "resolute measures" and
supply the "required help" if further "imperialist aggression" makes
such action necessary. This carefully noncommittal pledge, by
appearing responsive to the Congo Government's concern, seems
primarily intended to bolster Lumum17's personal position in the
Congo Government
The Cairo press is reported to have declared on 15 July that
the UAR is willing to extend assistance, including arms aid, to the
Congo Government and that it supports the Congolese "struggle
against imperialism." Sudanese and Indonesian spokesmen on 15
July also declared their countries would consider steps to aid the
Congo; the Sudanese official stated his government would send a
delegation to negotiate "quick and effective" measures to help de-
fend Congolese "independence."
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Chinese Communist Trade Delegation in 'Havana Expected
To Discuss Diplomatic Relations
A 14-man Chinese Communist trade delegation, led by a
deputy minister of foreign trade, was due in Havana on 15 July
to discuss a trade agreement, reportedly involving the pur-
chase of 500,000 tons of Cuban sugar. Communist China has
already bought 130,000 tons of Cuban sugar this year.
The size of the delegation and the timing of its visit sug-
gest that diplomatic relations will almost certainly be dis-
cussed. Havana may recognize Peiping at any time, possibly
on 26 July, the national holiday of the Cuban revolutionary
government.
forecast imminent Cuban recognition of Pei-
ping and directed that in that event Nationalist Embassy per-
sonnel were to move to the new legation in Haiti.
QLast month Mao Tse-tung remarked to Japanese visitors
that e liked "the way Castro conducts hirnself.nCuban offi-
cial( in turnahave indicated great admiration for Communist
China. On if the leaders of a Cuban workers' delegation
in China stated that "the Cuban revolution has drawn on the
experience of the Chinese revolution," and earlier Cuban
visitors to China have expressed considerable admiration for
Mao Tse-tung.
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I Reduction in South Korean Armed Forces Promised
L.Former Vice President Chang Myon has announced to the
press that he will cut South Korea's armed forces from 700,000
to 400,000 and reduce the defense budget if his front= running
conservative Democratic party wins control of parliament in the
29 July national elections. South Korea is spending $213,000,000,
or about 34 percent of its annual budget, for defense purposes.
Of this amount about one third is derived from the sale of Amer-
ican aid goods in South Korea. In addition, the United States pro-
vides $205,000,000 in direct military assistance. The bulk of
the cutbackyresumably would be borne by South Korea's 534,000
man army.
L,While the Democrats have long advocated a reduction of the
South Korean armed forces, Chang's statement may be an elec-
tion gambit to attract the votes of potential draftees and undercut
new leftist groups which advocate a similar policy. The recent
reduction of the voting age from 21 to 20�a move intended largely
to accommodate the students who toppled Rhee from power--ap=
pears likely to favor the new left-of-center groups in the election.
The largest of the new parties, the Social Masses party, is run-
ning about 129 candidates for the 233-seat lower house:\
' A Defense Ministry plan to modernize the country's military
establishment has been discussed in the local press. Defense Min-
ister Yi Chong-chan has referred to the "necessity for basic reform
and readjustment of military strength and equipment." In the past,
South Korean leaders have sought to make the reduction of their
armed forces contingent on receipt of US arms and equipment of a
more modern type.
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