WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY NO. 39

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A005000010039-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 24, 2013
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: November 23, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/04/24 :CIA-RDP78-01617A005000010039-3
OFFICE OF RF80&TS AND ESTI6SATE3
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Although S~ritzerlaad has consistently supported the US in its
desire to Pree international air commerce from proteationiet limita-
tions, Swine aviation airalea have expressed iaaroaeing dissatisfaction
with this polioy. OPfioisls of the national airline, Sa'ISSAIR, will
probably exert fnoreased pressure on the Swiss Federal Air Office to
secure enactment of protective measures against the operations of
foreign airlines, Tho offiofel Swine attitude Sn the forthcoming
bilateral air negotiations with restrictionist-minded Argentina may
reveal the effect of suoh pressure. (Item No. 1, C) ~
Pakistan has announced the immediate inauguration of air servioe
from Raraahi via Tehran to Cairo and Istanbul by the recently organized
Pak Air, one of two licensed government airlines. (item No. 2, C)
The BGexioaa-Portuguese air agreement, signed in iiabon on 22 ..
October 1948, formalizes the reatriaL-ioniat polioy oonafatently
followed by 13exiao in past unauoaesaful negotiations with the IIS, UIi,
and the ftetherlanda. The agreement is the first formal air aoaord to
be concluded by Mexioo,and probably indicates the polioy ldexfco w ill
continue to follow in future civil air negotiations. -(Item No. 3, C)
Czechoslovak Airline officials estimate that their present opera-
tional equipment will be unserviceable by 1949, and are considering re-
placing the DC-S aircraft notiv in use with the Swedish "Scandia",
(Item No. 4, C)
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