CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1955/06/15

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• Publication Date: June 15, 1955

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SUMMARY
SOUTHEAST ASIA
1. Truce commission sees Cambodian MAAG agreement as Geneva
violation (page 3).
2.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA.
3. USSRrreported seeking to establish representation in Sudan
(page 4).
4. French settlers' terrorism in Morocco may force Paris' hand
(page 5).
EASTERN EUROPE
5. Yugoslays reject Soviet aid offer (page 5).
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6. Vietnamese army attack may force Hoa Hao rebels into Cambodia
(page 6).
THE FORMOSA STRAITS
(page 7)
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
1. Truce commission sees Cambodian MAAG agreement as Geneva
violation:
Comment: The Cambodian government
has publicly maintained that the MAAG agreement does not consti-
tute an alliance, does not permit foreign bases to be established
on Cambodian territory, and thus does not violate the Geneva terms.
The Indian truce commissioner has tended
not to question the wording of the agreement but to look at the "intent"
behind the terms. It is possible that his decision may be overruled
by New Delhi.
2.
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NEAR EAST - AFRICA
3. USSR reported seeking to establish representation in Sudan:
The Soviet Union has requested authoriza-
tion from the Sudan government to estab-
lish a liaison office in Khartoum, accord-
ing to a Paris press release of 11 June. The request was reportedly
made following a visit to the Sudan of a Soviet diplomatic mission.
Comment: The establishment of a liaison
office in Khartoum would afford the Soviet Union an exceptional op -
portunity to expand Communist activity in the Sudan during the criti-
cal transitional period to self-determination. There is no legisla-
tion against Communist activity and the movement is relatively well
organized. Communists are particularly influential in trade unions
and among students.
Under the terms of the Anglo-Egyptian
agreement of 1953, the British governor general is responsible for
Sudanese external affairs during the transitional period. Eight
countries, including the United States, have established liaison
offices in Khartoum within the past two and a half years. It is un-
likely that the governor general would refuse the Soviet request
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4. French settlers' terrorism in Morocco may force Paris' hand:
ne consequence of the assassination of
he owner of the Casablanca daily Maroc-
Presse--an outspoken exponent of a
liberal French policy in Morocco--may be
a renc government will feel pressed to move ahead with
Moroccan reforms without waiting for ratification of the Tunisian
agreements, in the opinion of the American embassy in Paris.
The embassy cites the Paris press'
unanimous condemnation of French "counterterrorism," and
quotes a government spokesman's statement that the mission of
France's highest police official, who has just been sent to Morocco,
is to find the criminals.
Comment: Paris is reluctant to offer a
piecemeal reform program, and wants to be free from immediate
parliamentary interpellation when an over-all policy change is
Implemented. The government may hope that the publicity given
the trip to Morocco by the chief of police will make possible a de
lay until the National Assembly has approved the Tunisian conven-
tions and recessed for the summer.
In any event Premier Faure's energies
in the immediate future will be directed toward the big-power talks,
and he will try to avoid precipitate action in Morocco.
EASTERN EUROPE
5. Yugoslays reject Soviet aid offer:
During the recent Belgrade talks, Yugo-
slavia rejected a Soviet offer of aid in
the form of two-percent loans to run 10 to
12 years, according to Yugoslav vice presi
ent Vukomariovic Tempo. The Yugoslays said indemnification for
their 1949 losses would have to be settled before they would talk
about accepting loans from the USSR.
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First Deputy Premier Mikoyan main-
tained that these loans would serve as indemnification, a posi-
tion the Yugoslays rejected. Agreement was then reached to
negotiate further at a .later date.
Comment: Tempo's report indicates
that no concrete economic agreements were reached during the
Belgrade talks, and that the question of indemnification will con-
tinue to remain an obstacle to the full normalization of Yugoslav-
Soviet relations. Belgrade reportedly claims between$250,000,000
and $500,000,000 as indemnification from the Soviet bloc for con-
tract losses and economic hardships brought on by the 1948 break.
Moscow and the Satellites have some offsetting claims against
Yugoslavia.
Tempo's disclosure comes at a time when
future assistance to Yugoslavia is under active consideration in
the West. (
6. Vietnamese army attack may force Hoa Hao rebels into Cambodia:
There are strong indications of an immi-
nent Vietnamese army offensive against
the Hoa Hao rebel Ba Cut, according to
the American army attache in Saigon.
The attache notes the possibility that in
case of 4n attack, part or all of Ba Cut's force may move across
the border into Cambodia.
Comment Ba Cut's force of an estimated
3,300 men is believed located 15 -6 25 miles east of the Cambodian
border at a point west of Long Xuyen, which is some 90 miles south-
west of Saigon. The morale and discipline of these troops is re-
ported to be fairly good. However, they are outnumbered by the
Vietnamese army which has some 28,000 men in the area, and Ba
Cut may well try to move his men into Cambodia.
The Hoa Hao rebels would present a serious
problem for the Cambodian security forces in the south, but operat-
ing in a hostile countryside, they could not long maintain themselves.
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WEEKLY SUMMARY
SUMMARY
(9-14 June 1955)
THE FORMOSA STRAITS
Report of the IAC Current Intelligence Group
for the Formosa Straits Problem
1. There have been no significant combat operations in
the area during the past week.
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