CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 13, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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.CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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Office of Current Intelligence
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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SUMMARY
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3. rapanese Premier shaken at MacArthur's dismissal (page 4).
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4. Further developments on the Syrian-Israeli dispute (page 5).
EASTERN EUROPE
5. Reported Greek proposal to partition Albania clarified (page 5).
WESTERN EUROPE
6. Considerable disagreement evident as final Schuman Plan talks
opened (page 6).
7. Crypto- Communists may acquire new press organ for peace
campaign (page 7).
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3. Japanese Premier shaken at MacArthur's dismissal:
the General's departure would come as a "tremendous shock" to the
Japanese people. Yoshida told Sebald that he attributed the retention
of the institution of the Emperor to the General's influence. When Se-
bald stated that he personally hoped that the Cabinet would not feel
that the rule of traditional "responsibility" should be applied in this
case and would instead carry on during the initial period of General
Ridgeway's take-over, Yoshida assured him that it would do so. Yo-
shida stated that the Emperor and the Cabinet would be "greatly heartened"
to learn that the US cooperative policy toward Japan and toward the
question of a peace treaty remains unchanged.
US Political Advisor Sebald reports that
when Japanese Premier Yoshida was ad-
visedof General MacArthur's dismissal,
he was "visibly shaken" and stated that
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4. Further developments on the Syrian-Israeli dispute:
Davis stated that several tanks have reinforced the Israeli defense forces
which are consolidated west of the Lake Hule-Tiberias region. Mean-
while, General Riley, Chairman of the Mixed Armistice Commission, has
informed the US UN delegation in New York that the Israelis violated
the armistice agreement by having armed police in the El Hamma region
last week and that the Israelis should not have pushed ahead with the
Lake Hul.e drainage project without prior agreement from the Syrians
and local Arabs.
According to US Ambassador Davis in Tel
Aviv, US representations on the Syrian-
Israeli border dispute have had some effect
on the course of events, but this has been
off -set to some extent by the unwillingness
of the Israeli Government to make conces-
sions. Commenting on the partial mobili-
zation of Syrian troops along the frontier,
Comment: The succession of border inci-
dents last week along the Syrian-Israeli frontier has considerably aggra-
vated the tension between the two countries in spite of the attempts of
the US, UK/ and France to restrain both sides. Israel's adamant posi-
tion in the controversy, the unstable political situation in Syria, and
the hostility of the Arab States generally toward Israel are factors which
will make it increasingly difficult to prevent border clashes in the future.
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5. Reported Greek proposal to partition Albania clarified:
US Ambassador Peurifoy reports that Greek
Prime Minister Venizelos has clarified a
previous report about an alleged Greek-
Yugoslav plan for partitioning Albania. Veni-
zelos stated that when the Yugoslav Minister in Athens questioned him
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regarding Greek action if war were to break out in the Balkans, he sug-
gested that the two countries should prevent an attack from the rear by
undertaking simultaneous offensives against Albania. Venizelos explained
that his remarks applied exclusively to military tactics in the event of
a Soviet-initiated war in the Balkans, and emphasized that he had not
meant a political partition of Albania or military action initiated by Greece
or Yugoslavia.
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Ambassador Peurifo also reports that
is convinced,
crJt Yugoslavia now wishes at least a
basic military understanding with Greece and Turkey. According to
I I expressed the opinion that the three countries should
field in
now agree on what forces they would put
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implementing thisf ida
Balkan war, but made no concrete suggestion
Comment: Believing that an independent
and Western-oriented Yugoslavia would hinder a successful Soviet -inspired
invasion of Greece from the north, Greece has consistently supported
Western efforts to tie Tito more closely to the West. Yugoslavia has
thus far resisted Greek overtures regarding military cooperation, but
it may be revising this position because of heightened concern over the
possibility of a Satellite attack.
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6. Considerable disagreement evident as final Schuman Plan talks opened:
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The Foreign Ministers of the Schuman Plan
countries met on 12 April to clear up the
remaining problems before signature of the
draft treaty. While Monnet, the real author
of the Plane entered the conference "still guardedly optimistic, " his un-
certainty was obvious and his advisers were professedly expecting trouble.
German negotiator Hallstein was reportedly pleased with the tentative
compromise that had been reached on the Saar issue, but sharp disagree-
ment was evident among all the participating countries with respect to
the composition of the High Authority, national voting strength in the ad-
visory Council of Ministers and the location of the coal-steel pool' s
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capital. In talks with Monnet, Belgian Foreign Minister Van Zeeland
has intimated that he will raise at least two questions not on the agenda,
one of which -- a provision for future re-examination and perhaps rene-
gotiation of the treaty -- Monnet fears may lead to "serious difficulties.
Comment: Disagreement to this extent in
the final conference was to be anticipated, inasmuch as basic decisions
determining the voice to be allotted to each participant were deferred
in mid-March in order to gain the publicity advantage of having the treaty
at least initialed, Van Zeeland' s critical attitude is probably sincerely
based on the Belgians' misgivings that their high-cost coal industry will
suffer disproportionately under the Plan.
7. Crypt. Communists may acquire new press organ for peace campaign:
The US Embassy in Paris has reported in-
formation pointing to the possibility that
Louis Dolivet, editor of the United Nations
World and a crypto-Communist associated
with "neutralist" and fellow-traveler Pierre Cot, is taking steps to trans-
form the independent leftist daily Combat (circulation about 75, 000) into
an organ championing the Communist line of disarmament and "neutral-
ism. " The Embassy asserts that Dolivet, who is now on Combat's staff,
is eminently qualified for such a task. The Embassy explains that Com-
bat recently carried three articles by Dolivet which were "carefully
calculated... to create a general political atmosphere conducive to a
slackening of the Western defense effort"; immediately thereafter, Com-
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cover for pro-Soviet activities. Furthermore,
the wealthy owner of Combat is ire
of managing a paper a oses ix million francs per month and possibly
would be willing to allow Dolivet to guide the paper' s editorial policy in
return for financial assistance.
Comment: The influential independent Le
Monde has been the only non-Communist Paris paper to follow a fairly
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consistent policy of "neutralism, " although most Paris dailies, including
the pro-government Figaro, have occasionally leaned in that direction.
Inasmuch as Combat has not heretofore been clearly identified as Com-
munist-controlled, the Communists may well intend to use it as a means
of exploiting leftist "neutralist" sentiment.
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