CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1957/09/10

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2019
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2019
• Publication Date: September 10, 1957

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CONTENTS
1. ADDITIONAL TURKISH ARMOR ORDERED TO SYRIAN
BORDER (page 3).
?UT, 2. SAUDIS SEEK NEGOTIATIONS WITH BRITAIN ON ARABIAN
113041.1NDARY PROBLEMS (page 4).
per 3. INDIA CRITICAL OF US ARMS SHIPMENTS TO MIDDLE EAST
(page 5).
4. TUNISIA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY
(page 6).
5. JAPANESE FQREIGN MINTSTER'S AGENDA FOR WASHINGTON
DISCUSSIONS (page 7).
kb 6. SOUTH KOREAN NAVY CHIEF LINKED TO SPY NET
(page 8).
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1. ADDITIONAL TURKISH ARMOR ORDERED TO
SYRIAN BORDER
The Turkish Second and Sixth Armored
Brigades, based near Istanbul and the
Erzurum area near the Soviet border, are
under orders to move to the Syrian bordpr
The addition 01 tnese units to those already slated
to move south would raise Turkish military strength in the
Syrian border area to more than 30,000, including three of Tur-
key's six armored brigades.
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2. SAUDIS SEEK NEGOTIATIONS WITH BRITAIN ON
ARABIAN BOUNDARY PROBLEMS
Comment Saud's attitude on the question of relations
with Britain, as well as his statements on
the Syrian situation, reinforce other indications that the Saudis
at this time are unwilling to make any open move which would
make them vulnerable to charges that they had joined the pro-
Western camp.
While the British will probably continue
to seek formal diplomatic relations, London will presumably
feel unable to reject the Saudi overture for neutral country dis-
cussions. They will probably insist, however, that the scope
of such discussions cover general political questions as well
as Anglo- Saudi territorial disputes.
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3. INDIA CRITICAL OF US ARMS SHIPMENTS
TO MIDDLE EAST
Comment on:
Prime Minister Nehru has told the
Indian parliament that American ship-
ment of arms to countries adjacent to
Syria or any other application of the
"Eisenhower doctrine" to the Middle East
will lead to an arms race which will aggra-
vate a dangerous situation. The Indian
press generally has taken the same line.
Nehru charged the USSR�which has sup-
plied arms to Syria--as well as the West with contributing to
the tension, although he has been critical of the Baghdad-pact
for having originally set Arab nations against each other.
Nehru probably will continue to express
his feelings publicly. However, he is unlikely to fight strongly
against US actions as long as his finance minister is still ex-
ploring the possibility of obtaining up to $500,000,000 in eco-
nomic assistance from Washington.
On several occasions during the past two
years, India has secretly shipped arms and ammunition to Egypt. L
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4. TUNISIA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY
Comment on:
Tunisian President Habib Bourghiba on
9 September ordered a state of emer-
gency along Tunisia's 500-mile frontier
with Algeria. The measure was described
as defense against "repeated violations of Tunisian territory
and the security of its inhabitants by French troops coming
from Algeria!' Some eight Tunisians were killed on 1 and 6
September when French troops crossed into Tunisia to pursue
Algerian rebels. The Tunisian government has denied that
rebel units were involved.
Bourghiba's order is mostly for psycho-
logical effect inasmuch as his small army and security forces
lack equipment. On 8 September, he made a third request for
American assistance in procuring arms. He now may carry out
his intent to refer the issue to the United Nations.
French officials claim that Algerian units
control the border areas inside Tunisia. Bourghiba has publicly
declared that he will not tolerate Algerian use of Tunisian terri-
tory as a base of operations against the French army in Algeria.
� Some arms are transiting Tunisia en route to the Algerian rebels,
probably with the connivance of Tunisian officials.
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5. JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER'S AGENDA FOR
WASHINGTON DISCUSSIONS
Japanese Foreign Minister Fujiyama
has told Ambassador MacArthur that
in his talks with Secretary of State
Dulles on 23 September he wants to con-
centrate on US-Japanese trade relations and discuss ways to
counter efforts by elements in the United States to impose
further restrictions on Japanese imports. He is anxious to
obtain permission for the return of a limited number of for-
mer residents to the Bonin Islands and an early solution to
the problem of reducing the sentences of remaining Class A
Japanese war criminals to time already served and releas-
ing them without parole requirements.
Fujiyama also wants to outline Japan's
latest ideas on Southeast Asian economic development and
desires to discuss this subject with other high-level State
Department officials in separate meetings.
Comment The proposed agenda indicates that Prime
Minister ICishi intends to press for early
agreements which would implement the broad understandings
he reached with American officials during his own talks in Wash-
ington last June. Kishi considers such agreements vital for
creating an atmosphere which would favor his government in
national elections next year.
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6. SOUTH KOREAN NAVY CHIEF LINKED TO SPY NET
The South Korean chief of naval opera-
ons, Vice Admiral Chong Kuk-mo, may
ffer his resignation in response to pub-
ished reports in the South Korean press
that he had been visited numerous times
or orean agents. The agents, one allegedly a cous-
in of Admiral Chong and the other a captain in the North
Korean army, were captured on 26 August by the Seoul po-
lice. Their mission reportedly was to seek the defection of
South Korean naval vessel.
Chong's
resignation would not be accepted by President Rhee or Defense
Minister Kim unless further interrogation of the agents discloses
that Chong was involved in their schemes.
Comment During the past year, the North Koreans
have intensified their clandestine activities.
their efforts are not known
to have been successful. South Korean Home Minister Chang re-
vealed on 19 August that 81 Communist agents have been arrested
in 1957.
Many of South Korea's military leaders are
natives of North Korea and vulnerable to approaches through rela-
tives living there.
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