SUMMARIES OF TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01090A000300030003-3
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• Document Page Count: 17
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 24, 1998
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 17, 1950
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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SUMMARIES OF TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS
USSR
1. T? Y e Sgvie~LUnion in the UN is oposin,, th,e US-
initiated pro,ram. to increase UN capabilities for proumt.
successful action because a more effective co1lect:ive securi-
ty system would decrease long-range Soviet capabilities by:
(1) making a Korean-type venture of localized warfare un-
likely to succeed. and (2) encouraging non-Communist nations
to resist Soviet-Communist political and military pressures.
(Page 5 )
2a Ovelr_ OU lc lometer~ of the LL ilomoter_ rail.rosd
from. T oiniy to? Chu in Central l'asia was robably cornvleted by
Au st of this ann. Rails and ties have already been laid
on the completed sections of the roadbed and since the com-
pletion of over six million cubic meters of earthwork is re-
ported, probably little more remains for the last 100 kilo-
meters of the job. The now project will improve railroad
service in Central .Asia and make the network more flexible,
(page, 6 )
3. l\lthough the US BR vetoed as second term for_
N
aecretar. -General Trygve the Soviet Union c annot ;Pre-
vent the Gc.~cra7 A sc,mbly from extending,, Lie's term for a two
or threear - eei iod, Subsequently, the USSR will attempt to
obstruct Secretariat operations by charging that Lie's ac-
tivities are illegal and will use the GA action to document
its case that the Western Powers are undermining the UN. Never--
theless, the USSR will acknowledge Lie as secretary General
whenever Soviet interests so demand, just as the Soviet Union
returned to the Security Council despite the continued. presence
of Nationalist China.
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EA EASTERN EUROPE
ALBANIA
The "virulence of anti-Soviet Tfc..:lin on the Qart
of workmen arid f .chores m.na ersSrn Eastern u.ropis high-
lighted by the ironic news that even the industrial personnel
of backward. Albania dislike; taking Soviet, advice. j
(Page r! )
5. i ncxwe ~>i.n r hos the 13a.1~,f~lrian 1` roca~4:J..on against
_, 7 ~V Turkey ~r s role as an international
Greece and highlight Bulgaria's ..
provocateur for the Kremlin. (Page 8)
6. Sirnifac rrt wincreases in collectivization in flu1 ria,
portend an intensive Soviet drive to destroy the last vestiges
of individual .rights-private:; ownors.hip and. control of the ]and.
(Page 9)
1951 broad grain production
ThE ~B it ar:ian CTovurnmen"t, ha_s tal~en action to cc ole,te
the o.win i?of w:.izrterr ~u,ain s desiD .J-,p uunf ? yorab ai: ro -climatical
condi gn . This action may have an adverse effect upon the
CZECHOSLOVtKIA
stren ;th.
(Page :U)
8. The situation of the Roman Catholic Church in Czecho-
slovak_i.a, has deteriorated markedly since last year. The Govern-
ment has virtually neutralized and silenced the Church organiza-
tionally, and has succeeded in obta.:i.ni.n, nominal clerical upport 1.11
for many pro-F,(egime propaganda functions - a tactic which en-
ge,nders disunit-y, confusion and defeatist both in clerical ranks
and among the people who look to the Church for moral solace and
C0
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9. ln.f.la t:ion cunt trues to hry a _,prr~ ltm in ,fll n,.,