CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
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• Publication Date: June 20, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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FAR EAST
C1 t ese Nationalists continue to reject US-UK Japanese pea.co, treaty
proposals (page 4).
Large Viet Minh concentration reported south of French defenses in
Tonkin (page 5).
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WESTERN EUROPE
ks relax Berlin trade restrictions (page 7)0
LATIN AMERICA
labor stoppage in Chilean copper industry (page 8)
se (page 7).
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FAR EAST
Chinese Nationalist Foreign Minister Yeh
.has iufermed the US Charge in. Taipei
that "thee. Chinese Government will only
accept simultaneous participation with
the other Allies in a multilateral treaty or a bilateral treaty to be signed
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severally by all Allies concerned. " Yehp s statement was prompted by a
Washington report crediting him with committing the Chinese Nationalists
to the US-UK decision regarding Chinese accession to the Japanese Peace
Treaty.
Comment: Nationalist sensibilities notwithstanding,
current. indications suggest that the US and UK intend proceed without
Chinese co-signature, and that any bilateral agreements will be left to the
.discretion of a "sovereign and independent.rr Japan itself,
4 Large Viet Minh concentration retorted south of French defenses in Tonkin
30, 000 to
40, 000 enemy troops, many of whom are
apparently new arrivals? are concentrated west
of Phuly, on the southern perimeter of the
Tonkin Delta. defenses. This force is so situated that it can move into
position to attack .these defenses Within 12 hours,
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reguiar orin Me entire Tonkin defense triangle number only about
67, 000. The fact that there are now no large Viet Minh, forces remaining
along the northern defenses arouses a suspicion that the. Chinese Communists
might fill this v .~~.
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more immediate military utility. According to the Embassy, Poland has
achieved impressive industrial progress during the past sixteen months and
seems preoccupied.at the moment with insuring the orderly achievement
The US Embassy in. Warsaw sees no evidence
indicating that Poland is retarding or postponing
the construction of heavy industrial projects
in favor of greater concentration on items of
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of production goals. The Embassy points out that this emphasis on in-
dustrialization should contribute appreciably to the Communist war potential
within the next few years.
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Comment: All available information indicates
that Poland has stressed the expansion of its heavy industry under the Six
Year Plan and placed less emphasis upon construction of immediate military
usefulness. This orientation constitutes a sound psychological appeal to the
nationalistic Polish people, who see in this industrial expansion the growth
of their country.
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7,, Czech Forelan.Office accuses US of distorting Oaths case;
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Czech Foreign Minister Siroky has informed
the US Ambassador in Prague that the Foreign
Office has washed its hands of the case of arrested
US newsman Oati.s because of US press and radio
distortions of his prior meeting with the Ambassador on this matter. Siroky
stated that Oatis would be tried within a few days and that a US Embassy
official could attend the trial. According to the Foreign Minister, Oatis
has made a "full confession" of "serious crimes against the Czech state. "
The US Ambassador comments that Oatis will probably endorse a confession
at his trial and may even appear as a defector.
Comment: In a discussion of the Oatis case with
the US Ambassador on 16 May, Siroky charged that the US was sponsoring
Radio Free Europe9 whose operations were creating an unfavorable atmosphere.
As a result of a subsequent news leak in Germany, the Western press
published reports that the Czechoslovak Government had demanded the
suspension of Radio Free Europe in return for the release of Oatis.
WESTERN EUROPE
8. Soviets relax Berlin trade restrictions:
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The USSR has relaxed its current. restrictions on
West Berlin's exports to the West, releasing
several hundred requests for trade permits
that it had hitherto refused to approve. At the
same time, however, S. A. Dengin of the Soviet Control Commission has
r. :plied to Allied. protests regarding the Soviet restrictions by claiming the
right of the Soviets to control shipments from West Berlin as a means of
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ensuring that no illegally obtained raw materials from East Germany
are included in those shipments. Allied and Soviet experts will attempt
to work out a method of control. Meanwhile, the Allies are making it
clear to- Dengin that the resumption of negotiations for a trade agreement
between East and West Germany is dependent upon the abandonment of
Soviet restrictions on West Berlin exports.
Comment: This Soviet. relaxation of restrictions
appears to have resulted from the threat of firm Allied countermeasures,
including the simultaneous embargo of key items from West Germany and
West Berlin to the Soviet zones as well as from the expectation of a prompt
conclusion of an interzonal trade agreement, for which negotiations were
halted by the West during the current dispute.
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9. New labor stobpage in Chilean conger industry:
An illegal strike of workers in two large US-
owned copper mines -- begun four days ago --
has now spread to a third. Furthermore, nitrate,
coal and railway labor leaders reportedly are
actively negotiating. for authorization from tI eir unions to stage a strike
supporting the copper workers' demands. Troops have been ordered to guard
the three strike-bound mines, and a decree ordering the "renewal of work"
has been issued by the. government. President Gonzales Videla reportedly
is planning to form a military cabinet if a solution is not found to "the
present crisis. "
Comr,ent: In May, labor agitation reduced
production at one mine by 50 percent, and the :current strikes will severely
affect total Chilean copper production for June, since approximately 95 percent
of this production is controlled by the three large US-owned companies. It
seems likely that the newly formed union of copper workers, whose strength
has previously been untested, may be in a position to bargain successfully,
with the government as a result of the present strike movement which: has been
reportedly caused by the companies' rejection of the union's demands;
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