CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1955/07/02
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2 July 1955
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
SOVIET UNION
1. Widespread drought in Soviet "new lands" (page 3).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
2. Ba Cut's Hoa Hao forces reported defeated by Vietnamese army
(page 3).
3. Indonesian president attempting to split army opposition (page 5).
WESTERN EUROPE
4. Pinay suggests Big Three meeting on North Africa (page 6).
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SOVIET UNION
1. Widespread drought in .Soviet "new lands":
Members of a United States Quaker
delegation returning to Moscow in
te June from Akmolinsk, deep in
the "new lands" region
reported us "shoe mouth deep" on the streets,
reported similar dust conditions in
Residents of Novosibirsk commented that there had been no rain
for several months. The drought was reported to be the main
topic of conversation in the areas visited in Western Siberia and
Kazakhstan.
Comment: Similar drought conditions
have been reported recently in Chkalov Oblast and northwest
Kazakh SSR. These reports, together with available weather
data, indicate that the entire "new lands" area has suffered from
lack of rainfall. Even if weather during July is favorable, crops
in the "new lands" will be only mediocre at best.
Crop prospects in European USSR con-
tinue to be favorable. Therefore, despite apparent difficulties
in the "new lands" area, the total Soviet harvest for 1955 could
equal or might possibly exceed the mediocre level of 1954, when
there was a drought in the Ukraine. (Prepared by ORR)
SOUTHEAST ASIA
2. Ba Cut's Hoa Hao forces reported defeated by Vietnamese army:
Rebel Hoa Hao leader Ba Cut was de-
feated and driven from his stronghold
near the Cambodian border on 29 June,
namese informant. His remaining forces total approximately
The only escape for Ba Cut's remnants,
states, is to be evacuated by the French navy from their present
small enclave on the southwest coast.
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WESTERN U. S. S. R.
ESTABLISHED AND NEW WHEAT
PRODUCING AREAS
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although
military action against the Hoa Hao west of Saigon was proceed-
ing very well, the political phase was unsatisfactory. The ma-
jority of the population in the formerly rebel-held territory
remains under the influence of either the Hoa Hao or the Viet
Minh.
Comment: The rapid progress of the
Vietnamese national army in neutralizing organized Hoa Hao op-
position has tended to obscure the fact that the government may
still be faced with substantial guerrilla activity by die-hard rebel
elements. The army is now engaged in mopping-up operations
intended to forestall such a development.
3. Indonesian president attempting to split army opposition:
President Sukarno is believed to have
begun efforts to undermine army unity
In order to prevent a cabinet reshuffle
or a cabinet collapse. He has sum-
moned to his Bogor summer home the
territorial commander in East Java,
Colonel Sudirman, and the commander
of the military police, Colonel Prajogo,
presumably o discuss army opposition to the appointment on
27 June of Colonel Utoyo as the new chief of staff.
Since Sudirman had been careful prior
to 27 June not to commit himself to any army faction and had
stated that his primary loyalty was to Sukarno and the govern-
ment, the president may be able to persuade him to withdraw his
support from Acting Chief of Staff Lubis and the five other terri-
torial commanders. Should Sukarno be successful in undermin-
ing the army's united opposition, it is unlikely that the motion of
no confidence in pro-Communist Defense Minister Iwa, intro-
duced in parliament on 29 June, would be passed.
Meanwhile, however, normally pro-
government Indonesian newspapers reflect a continuing loss of
cabinet prestige.
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WESTERN EUROPE
4. Pinay suggests Big Three meeting on North Africa:
French foreign minister Pinay urged
Ambassador Dillon that during Secre-
tary Dulles' stay in Europe, representa-
tives of the United States, Britain and
ranee hold a meeting to discuss all aspects of the North African
problem. He considered that it might even be advisable to have
such- a meeting at the chiefs-of-government level.
Pinay also said that he hoped a simple
statement of an agreed position would come out of the meeting.
This, he said, would greatly help to put at rest the many rumors
of American and British opposition to the continued presence of
France in North Africa.
Comment: On 20 June Premier Faure
suggested a high-level meeting with the United States on the North
African situation and mentioned that Marshal Juin might head a
French delegation to Washington.
The increasing French charges during
the past month of American interference in North African affairs
may be a build-up for a demand that the United States agree to a
forthright statement backing French policy in North Africa.
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