CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A000100540001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 11, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUMMARY
GENERAL
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2. Negotiations for defense of Iceland being finalized (page 3).
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EASTERN EUROPE
4. Yugoslavs seek to assign war correspondent to Korea (page 5).
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2. Negotiations for defense of Iceland being finalized:
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solved. The Foreign Minister reportedly hopes to obtain speedy ap-
proval of the draft by the Cabinet and by party leaders. At a later date,
he intends to present to the Althing only the short basic agreement (which
Iceland's Foreign Minister has presented a
draft of the US-Iceland defense agreement
which, in the opinion of the US Legation in
Reykjavik, leaves no important points unre-
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provides broadly that Keflavik Airp;,::,rt facilities will, be made available
to the armed forces of NATO parties for the defense of Iceland) but
he desires to hold to a minimum published material regarding the de-
tailed annexes (which specify the composition of the forces and the
conditions under which they will utilize Icelandic facilities).
Comment: Negotiai ions will probably continue
for aeast another two weeks, since the Icela::lic draft must obtann. US
approval and thus may be subject to a few minor changes. Absolute
agreement on the duration of the pact has not been reached, and it is
expected that Iceland will continue to insist on some recognition of its
right to terminate the pact unilaterally. The Foreign Minister feels
assured of sufficient support among the non-Communist Althing mem-
bers to secure approval of the agreement, which will probably be pre-
sented in special session, since the Althinng has adjourned for the summer.
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EASTERN EUROPE
Yugoslavs seek to assign war correspondent to Korea:
accredited as a war correspondent in Korea, Ambassador Allen con-
siders it decidedly in the US interest for Yugoslavia to have its own cor-
respondent in Korea, since articles written by a Yugoslav correspondent
would have a greater impact on Yugoslav public opinion than foreign
.news stories republished in Yugoslav papers. Allen comments that the
Yugoslav Government may desire to change its Korean policy from
neutrality to active support of the UN and may wish to assign a Yugo-
slav correspondent to Korea in order to develop an internal basis for
such a change.
US Ambassador Allen in Belgrade reports
that the editor of the Belgrade daily Politika
has requested US assistance in obtaining per-
mission for a Yugoslav newspaperman to be
Comment,. Yugoslav coverage of the Korean
war would probably be useful not only within Yugoslavia but also through-
out Eastern Europe in countering Soviet fabrications regarding the Korean
war. Since the Yugoslav Government has been gradually moving from
its independent position between East and West to one of closer align-
ment with the West and is now seeking both military and economic as-
sistance from Western sources, the government is probably willing to
give moral support to UN action in Korea. However, it is not likely to
support any UN action which, in its opinion, might expand the war in the
Far East and thereby weaken Western Europe,
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