CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1960/07/09

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• Publication Date: July 9, 1960

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9 JIILY 1960
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Khrushchev probably attempting to ma-
neuver Bonn into foregoing West Berlin
Bundestag session this fall under threat
of new crisis.
Soviet support for East German efforts
to assert control over Allied missions
suggested by stiff reply to British pro-
test.
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Yemen--Bloc personnel attempting to
gain favor with Imam while undermining
his regime; Imam's prestige lowered by
internal difficulties.
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Disturbances in Republic of Congo.
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DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
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USSR: Khrushchev's warning that the USSR might use
11 a meeting of the West German Bundestag in West Berlin this
fall as a pretext for signing a separate peace treaty with
East Germany was probably intended to force Bonn either to
forego this meeting, which has been held annually in recent
years, or assume responsibility for provoking a new and
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also intended to serve notice to the West that his conditional
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( summit meeting can be held in six to eight months does not
N ../ imply any retreat from the USSR's objective of achieving a
change in the city's status.
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Although Chancellor Adenauer and other top leaders of
his Christian Democratic party were in agreement in late June
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C_East Germany: A stiff Soviet note handed on 4 July to the
British commander in chief in West Germany, together with
three new incidents on 4 and 5 July involving harassment of
British mission personnel by East German police, suggests
Moscow is supporting the Ulbricht regime's efforts to assert
control over the Allied missions. In the note--a formal reply
to a British protest concerning an earlier East German assault
on mission members�the Soviet commander in chief accused
the British of provoking incidents and stated that he could pre-
vent further trouble only if the mission "strictly observes the
laws and regulations of the German Democratic Republic." This
contrasted with the apparently conciliatory tone of his earlier
verbal answer. As a result of the continued harassment, the
British commander in chief has temporarily suspended all travel
by the mission. F)age 2)
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IL ASIA-AFRICA
(Yemen: Although the Imam has recently suppressed a tribal
rebellion in Yemen, the internal situation remains disturbed. Fi-
nancial difficulties and general unrest among the populace have
lowered the Imam's prestige at a time when he is working espe-
cially hard to ensure the succession of his son, Crown Prince Badr.
Communist bloc personnel are endeavoring to expand their eco-
nomic and cultural activities in order to gain favor with the Imam.
At the same time, they are undermining the medieval regime by
implanting new ideas� Pro-Western Yemeni officials are urging
that a "swift and adequate" aid program by the United States be in-
stituted to halt the expansion of Communist prestige.
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LATE ITEM
*Congo: The total breakdown of authority in Leopoldville Prov-
ince from 6 to 8 July could foreshadow the disintegration of the
newly-independent Congo. The American consulate in Elisabethville
has characterized separatist elements there as awaiting only the pro-
pitious moment to secede from the Congo. The anti-European dis-
orders of 8 July, led by mutineers from the Force Publique, contin-
ued unchecked for most of the day, and at one time held the American
embassy under siege. Two companies of infantry are being flown
from Brussels to reinforce Belgian Army troops at bases in the Con-
go. A degree of order appears to have been restored by the evening
of 8 July, but further disorders are possible and the Lumumba gov-
ernment amears fearful of a COW) d'etat.
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Khrushchev Warns West German Action May Create New
Berlin Crisis
Khrushchev used his final press conference in Vienna on
8 July to threaten unilateral action on a separate peace treaty
with East Germany if Bonn holds its annual meeting of the
Bundestag in West Berlin this fall. Using ambiguous terms
as he did in earlier private talks with Austrian officials, the
Soviet premier warned that "we will consider whether it
would be possible to sign .a peace treaty with the German
Democratic Republic at the same time as the Bundestag
holds its sessions."
Khrushchev's primary aim probably is to force Bonn
either to back down from the established practice of meeting
once a year in Berlin or to accept responsibility for pro-
voking a new and dangerous Berlin crisis. Moscow may
have been encouraged to tie its new threat to the Bundestag
action by the belief that the three Western powers and Bonn
would be divided on the issue as was the case in June 1959.
I Presidium member Kozlov in effect took such a view when he
told the West German ambassador recently that none of the
Allies would lift a finger to support Bonn should West Germany
fight for Berlin. 3Khrushchev may also be using the new threat
to dispel Western speculation that he is seeking a way out of
his commitment to change the status of Berlin, and to make it
clear that his commitment to maintain the status quo is condi-
tional on Western willingness to refrain from "provocative"
actions.
Although Chancellor Adenauer and other top leaders of
his Christian Democratic party were in agreement in late
June that they were not inclined to risk Soviet retaliation,
they may view Khrushchev's warning as a challenge requir-
ing a reappraisal. West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt is ex-
pected to view a cancellation of the Bundestag session as an
unnecessary concession harmful to the city's morale
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East German lice step Up Harassment oi Br 'sh Military
Liaison Missiarl
Recent developments suggest that Moscow is supporting East
Geimany's intensified pressure on the Allied Military Liaison
Missions (MLM) accredited to Colonel General Yakubovsky, com-
mander in chief of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. On
4 July, the British commander in chief in West Germany was
handed Yakubovsky's formal answer to the British note of 24 June
which had strongly protested the assault by East German secret
police on Brigadier Packard and other members of the British
mission. In contrast with his apparently conciliatory remarks
on receiving the British note, Yakubovsky in his note accused the
British of carrying out "activities which, under the present cir-
cumstances, could lead to undesirable consequences,� and under-
took to guarantee safety of mission personnel only "so long as the
members of the mission strictly observe the laws and regulations
of the German Democratic Republic.'fl
Meanwhile, East German police have intensified their harass-
ment of the British mission, which they appear to have selected as
a special target, using "traffic violations" as a pretext. On 4 July,
the East Germans attempted to force MLM members into an East
German police car. On 5 July, a mission car was stopped in Pots-
dam on the allegation it had exceeded the speed limit. On the same
day, East German police halted a British mission officer traveling
on the Helmstedt-Berlin Autobahn and threatened him with armed
violence. The East Germans also have harassed the US and French
missions, but to a lesser degree.
Fearing that the East Germans will stage even more serious
incidents in an effort to pin spying charges on mission officers,
the British commander in chief in West Germany has temporarily
suspended travel by the mission. London, which thought Yakubovsky's
letter was highly unsatisfactory, is considering whether to take the
question up on a high diplomatic level, either in Moscow or London,
or to continue action through military channels.
Meanwhile, the chief of the French mission, who submitted a
stiff letter of protest to Yakubovsky following an assault on a mis-
sion car on 8 June, has received no answer,
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1--The Yemeni Situation
The Imam's ruthless Suppression of a recent tribal rebel-
lion has not eliminated unrest in Yemen. Financial difficul-
ties, a hungry and embittered population, and increasing
dissident activities have lowered the Imam's prestige. Sub-
versive activities by the Free Yemeni Movement, based in
Cairo and Aden, add to the Imam's problems. Reports are
circulating in Yemen that Egypt is disappointed with Crown
Prince Badr, the Imam's chosen successor, and is ready
to support a Yemeni republic.
;Although the Imam apparently has little reason at the
moment to fear that his regime will be overthrown, Wes
succession is open to question. The 32-year-old Back is
considered weaker than his father, and has less influe ce
on the key tribes that would determine the succession.
Communist bloc representatives in Yemen are tempt-
ing the Imam with offers for oil and mineral exploitation,
road building, and irrigation and industrial projects. The
Imam has hoped that projects of this type would help him
to assure Badr's succession. Working through pro-Soviet
officials, the bloc is campaigning to undermine the position
of pro-Western officials and create resentment against the
US for not readily complying with the Imam's wishes. At
the same time, Chinese and Soviet technicians in Yemen are
stirring up popular dissatisfaction by intimating that the
Imam is retarding progress. "
LPro-Western officials, including Prince Abd al-Rahman,
the Imam's brother, are urging American support for Badr
as a tactic to regain the Imam's favor. Badr, in conversation
with the American charg�ast April, expressed his concern
over Communist inroads, but said Yemen must at present
accept bloc assistance because it "cannot afford to stand
still any longer."
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THE PRESIDENT
The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
Scientific Adviser to the President
Director of the Budget
Director, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Special Assistant for Security Operations Coordination
Chairman, Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities
Special Assistant for Foreign Economic Policy
Executive Secretary, National Security Council
The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Department of State
The Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
The Counselor
Director, International Cooperation Administration
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Department of Defense
The Secretary of Defense
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Director, The Joint Staff
Chief of Staff, United States Army
Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
Assistant to Secretary of Defense for Special Operations
Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army
Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy
Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
The Department of Commerce
The Secretary of Commerce
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Director
Atomic Energy Commission
The Chairman
National Security Agency
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National Indications Center
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