CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 5, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 25, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUMMARY
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Turks. restate eagerness for membership in NATO (page 3).
FAR: EAST
Enemy. in. Korea can attack with little or no additional warning (page 4)0
Chiang Kai-shek summarily dismisses naval officers for political
activity (page 5).
NEAR. EAST_
Iraqi Government reaches agreement with petroleum company (page 5)0
Jordanians charge link between former Grand Mufti and murderer of
Abdullah (page 6)0
WESTERN. EUROPE
Spanish underground labor groups- warn of Communist gains (page 7
LATIN AMERICA
Panamanian representative instructed to. withhold papers of China-.
bound vessel (page 8)a
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Turks restate eagerness for membership in NATO.
The Turkish Ambassador in Moscow has made
the following statements to US Ambassador Kirk.-
(a) Turkey does not consider its currents treaties
with the UK and. France a satisfactory safeguard and wants the immediate
support of all the NATO countries in the event that Turkey is attacked;
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(b). The.Ambassador, himself, is uncertain
of the genuineness of British. support of Turkey's application to join NATO,
despite the recent British d,eclaration9. and,.
(.c)_ He does not favor_ an Eastern Mediterranean
fact for fear that the Arab States' insistence oil joining would have disas-
trous repercussions vis-a-vis _IsraelQ
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3. Ene in Korea can attack with little or no additional warning,
The US Eighth Army warns that the enemy is
now capable of moving his reserves into posi-
tion 24 hours prior to an attack, and that even
this movement may be accomplished without
detection under present weather conditions. Furthermore, so long as the
tactical situation remains almost static there may be no noticeable change
in the pattern of enemy activity.
Comment-. In the past, the five-day period
preceeding the launching of an offensive provided numerous indications
of the probable date of attack. As yet there is no firm indication of an
intent to resume the offensive.
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4. C4iang Kai-shek summarily dismisses naval officers for political,
aetivity?
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Chiang Kai-shek on 15 . Tuly summarily dis-
miss,ed.13 naval officers accused of. forming
.anew . clique. Admiral Kwe.i, naval. Commander-
in-Chief, was infor med of this. action by Chiang
Ching-kuo, the. Generalissimo's elder son, in time to "save face" by appear-
ing. to order the_ dismissal. himslfaThe officers included Kwei's nephew
and brother-in-law. No charges have been preferred, since-Chiang Ching-
kuo's "political. officers" would not be .able to prove their allegations. The
US Naval Attache states that a long-standing feud. between Admiral Kwei
and Chiang Ching-kuo is rumored to be behind this example of "tlibugbt.y 11
control at its worst..
Comment: Chiang Kai-shek's fear of defec-
tions to the Communists or "Third Force" groups has increased the scope
and power of Soviet-trained Chiang Ching-kuo's political officers. This
is the first report indicating the unprecedented power of Ching-kuo vis-a-
vis a Commander -in-Chief o
NEAR EAST
Iraqi, Government reaches agreement with petroleum company:
An agreement setting minimum guarantees
for the level of oil production. and. Iraqi rev-
enues has been reached between Iraq and the
Iraq Petroleum Company. Under its terms,
Iraqi oil revenues will reach approximately 50 million pounds sterling
annually within three years, a,sum several times greater than the cur-
rent payment. The agreement, which appears to be the most favorable
ever negotiated by any government, provides for renegotiation should
any neighboring country obtain more favorable terms.
Comment: From the few details available,
it appears that the new agreement answers the chief requirements of both
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parties. Despite the liberal aspects of the negotiated a reement rati-
fication by the Iraqi Parliament cannot be assured.
6. Jordanians charge link between former Grand Mufti and murderer of
dull ha
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The Jordanian Governor of the Old City of
Jerusalem is convinced that the former Grand
Mufti of Jerusalem is involved in the murder
of King Abdullah, but he has not been able to
uncover the organization behind the act. The
US Vice Consul in Arab Jerusalem reports
that Abdullah's assassin was supposedly a
member of the "Holy War Fighters, "'' a terror-
ist group organized by the Arab Higher Committee during the last years
of the Mandate but disarmed by the Arab Legion during the Palestine
fighting.
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B. Spanish underground labor groups warn of Communist gains.*
The Spanish opposition Comite Interior de
Coordinacion, predicting a great expansion
of Communist strength, warns that the Span-
ish people, who are losing faith in US objec-
tives, will turn to the Communists for help against the Franco dictatorship.
In a formal protest against any contemplated
US economic and military aid to the Franco regime, the CIC reminded the
US Embassy in Madrid that Spanish workers represented by the Socialist
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and Anarchist components of the CIC have "firmly decided not to cooperate"
in Spain's industrial and military effort unless Franco is removed.
Comment. The .Spanish Communist party is
trying to capitalize on the growing sense of frustration among the under-
ground leftist groups. So far, all Communist offers of financial.aid in
exchange for .Communist_Party control of a "popular front" have been
rejected, because of the overwhelmingly anti-Communist sentiments of
the great bulk of the workers within these groups. It is believed unlikely,
therefore, that Spanish workers. will. make. common cause with the Com-
munists or resort to sabotage against the Spanish defense effort, as indi-
cated in an earlier CIC,letter to the US Embassy. The present protest,
with its implied threats, is apparently calculated to induce the US to
demand the liberalization of the Spanish regime. Without the cooperation
of the other leftist labor groups, the Communists will remain an ineffec-
tive political force,
LATIN AMERICA
Panamanian representative instructed to withhold papers of China-bound
vessel.
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The Panama. Government has instructed its
Consul General in Hamburg to hold the papers
of the China-bound Panama flag vessel Montesa
and to notify the captain to unload its cargo
immediately or forfeit its registry.
Comment.- The Montesa's papers have been
held by the US Consul General in Hamburg,. since the Panamanian repre-
sentative had no authorization to do so, The Government of Panama
claimed as early as 9 July that it had instructed its representatives to
hold the papers of any Panamanian flag ship bound for North Korean or
Chinese Communist ports.
This is the fourth Panamanian flag vessel
whose papers have been picked up on the initiative of US officials. In
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all, four cases, Panama supported the US action and threatened the masters
of the vessels with cancellation of Panamanian registry unless the cargo
destined for Communist China was unloaded. In no .case, however, has a
Panamanian official taken the initiative in withholding the papers from
such a vessel.
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