CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 12, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 2, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
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WESTERN EUROPE
3. VS-Iceland defense negotiations progressing (page 4).
4. Pleven's resignation an anti-Communist stopgap (page 5).
LATIN AMERICA
6. Chilean Communists may attempt demonstrations (page 6).
7. Brazilian Foreign Minister promises full cooperation with
US (page 7).
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3. US-Iceland defense negotiations progressing:
Icelandic Government leaders will
agree to stationing a peacetime
NATO force of 3900 in Iceland,
according to Foreign Minister
Benediktsson, who is now negotia-
ting an agreement for the island's
defense. Iceland wishes to retain the right to authorize any increase
that might be deemed necessary by NATO; it does not wish that
Icelanders initially be included in the force. Furthermore, it de-
sires to, include a provision allowing for termination of the agree-
ment after six months' consultation, with an additional six months
for evacuation. The form of the agreement is also undetermined
because the government refuses to accept certain provisions if
they are to be made public; the US Minister assumes that it will
be possible to work out an agreement for submission to the parlia-
ment which would give the government general over-all authority.
Comment: Iceland's acceptance
of foreign troops in peacetime would constitute the greatest de-
parture from its traditional isolationism since signing the North
Atlantic Treaty. Even if the government stresses that the foreign
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force is primarily for the security of the Keflavik Airport, such an
agreement will be hotly debated in the parliament, and it is only the
public's increased sensitivity to Iceland's vulnerability in the absence
of any armed forces of its own which makes such an agreement pos-
sible.
4. Pleven's resignation an anti-Communist stopgap:
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not risking a second vote of. confidence, Pleven avoided a dissolution
of the Assembly and thus postponed at least temporarily the calling
of elections under the present electoral law, which favors the Com-
munist Party.
According to a report from the US Embassy in
Paris, ex-Premier Pleven prevailed on. Presi-
dent Auriol to accept the Government's resig-
nation as an anti-Communist maneuver. By
Comment: In this way, Pleven has side-stepped
the constitutional provision requiring the formation of an all-party
caretaker government following a dissolution. He also has given the
Assembly another chance{ to work out a new electoral law, and thus
limit Communist effectiveness in the coming 1951 elections. The
problem of electoral reform, however, will aggravate the serious
difficulties involved in forming another government on the basis of
the present Assembly.
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LATIN AMERICA
R Chilann fnrnmiinists may attempt demonstrations:
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The Communist Party of Chile will reportedly
attempt a demonstration against US Assistant
Secretary Miller when he arrives' in Santiago
to attend the UN ECOSOC meeting now in ses-
Comment: Assistant Secretary Miller is
scheduled to be in Santiago March 5-7.. The Communists can be ex-
pected to use his visit as a springboard for propaganda and agitation
against the coming Inter-American Meeting of Foreign Ministers
and in- support of any Soviet propaganda condemning "US exploita-
tion of Latin America" at the current UN ECOSOC meeting. Con-
tinuing labor unrest in Chile favors Communist agitation at this time,
A Communist
demonstration denouncing the US and French roles in ECOSOC
occurred on 22 February and was promptly suppressed.
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7. Brazilian Foreign Minister promises full cooperation with US:
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Foreign Minister Neves da Fontoura has
told US Assistant Secretary of State Miller
that he accepts fully the US point of view
regarding proposals for the coming meet-
a move. Meanwhile, other Brazilian officials, in discussing economic
cooperation, applied "terrific pressure" on Mr. Miller to make a
public statement that 500 million dollars would be forthcoming to
Brazil.
ing of Inter-American Foreign Ministers and has promised that
there will be np differences between Brazil and the US at the meet-
ing. Neves also indicated his desire that Brazil send one division
to Korea, but emphasized the need to prepare public opinion for such
Comment: This report of the Foreign
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sure for a loan of 500 million dollars confirms previous informa-
tion indicating that Brazil's cooperation will be on a quid pro quo
basis.
This is the first indication that Brazil
would like to send a division to Korea. Only a few months ago,
Brazilian military officials and former Foreign Minister Fernandes
asserted that Brazil could not meet the requirements of the Unified
Command for troops sent to Korea.
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