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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006100020068-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2003
• Sequence Number: 68
• Publication Date: October 10, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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ern guarantee of West German territorial integrity and the
emphasis on economic successes of the East German
regime.
thr?e is a "striking similarity" between the 'SovietUniQzn's
propaganda treatment. of the. first anniversary. oflllhe Germs,
man Democratic Republic t (GDR) and the usual Soviet press
treatment of Satellite state anniversaries. Kirk adds that,
an examination of the Soviet press treatment of the GDR
anniversary leads him to believe that the Kremlin is not
overly optimistic In regard to the German problem. As
possible, clues to the Kremlin's thinking,. Kirk cites the
lack of any mention yin the Soviet press of ,the recent West
Ambassador Kirk in Moscow expresses3Ethe opiiilbn that o
1. Analysis: of Soviet press treatment-of Germany US"
EUROPE
2. -GERMANY: Exportation of Ruhr coal be, n resisted--US
Representative Livengood on the-Inter'` ona1 Atitl orIty
for the Ruhr (IAR) reports that the West' Germans are show-
ing an uncompromising attitude without precedent in the
allocation of Ruhr coal production. Ltvebgood sys the Ger-
mans are clearly unwilling to, accept an 46eul sharing" of
Ruhr coal among the nations represented; on 'e International
Authority for the Ruhr. The Germans base their post-
Lion on an increase in internal needs rasa from the
stepped-up ,steel production following th ecpnt decisions
of the US, UK, and French Foreign Mini hers. Livengood
believes the Germans are demanding, ae price for
cooperating in the European rearmament program, the right
to determine their internal coal requirements without intgx?;
ference from the TAR.
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(CIA Comment- The Germans 'will exert every effort
to use the impending coal shortage and the need for increased
steel production for rearmament to press for the elimination
of the TAR as one of the major steps in recovering control
over their own economic affairs. This new German attitude
is also reflected in the recent increase in German demands
during the Schuman Plan negotiations..)
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3. INDOCHINA- Vietnamese to insist on greater independence--
(a) Vietnamese Premier T ran Van
Huu will be forced to resign. because of his failure to obtain the
concessions sought by the Vietnamese at the Pau Conference;
and (2) Vietnamese consider the Pau Conference a complete
failure because the principal issue of customs revenue has not
been resolved to their satisfaction. (The Pau Conference was
called to reach agreement on the administrative relationships
in Indochina between France, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.)
(CIA Comment: There is considerable evidence to
support the above views. The absence from Vietnam of Bao
Dat and several of his principal ministers during the pro-
tracted and thus far fruitless Pau negotiations has already
seriously hampered both the development of a working Viet-
namese administration and the implementation of US economic
and military aid programs for Indochina. If Bao Dai and his
government leaders continue to stay in France, the possibility
of a successful solution of the Indochinese problem will be
seriously reduced.)
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4. INDONESIA,- Ambonese resisting Indonesian troops-The
US representative on the UN Commission for Indonesia
reports from Jakarta that he has information indicating the
Indonesian military action against Ambon (where the natives
have declared themselves independent) is not going well.
According to the US representativefs sources, Indonesian
Government troops have been driven back slightly and,
although Ambonese troops may be forced to surrender
eventually because of food and ammunition shortages, they
are proving to be superior fighters,
(CIA Commenl Large numbers of Ambonese have
been used for years in. the Dutch forces in Indonesia because
of their excellent fighting +quali.ties. In the agreement to
disband Dutch forces in Indonesia, the Ambonese were given
the choice of joining the Indonesian army or being repatriated.
About 20,000 repatriates are now located in camps throughout
lava. Although many of these 20,000 are disarmed, they are
still capable of causing serious disturbances.)
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