CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
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• Publication Date: August 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUMMARY
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1. General Eisenhower would serve as "European Defense Minister"
to speed integration (page 3).
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Ceylon's government fears internal repercussions over
shipments to China (page 6).
NEAR EAST
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Arab states continue intrigue
inst integrity of Jordan
page 6).
WESTERN EUROPE
9. French pose condition to acceptance of Greece and Turkey in NATO
(page &).
10. Need for Berlin airlift appears to have been exaggerated (page 9).
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General Eisenhower would serve as "Euro can Defense Minister"
to speed integration:
US Minister Juli ,s Holmes in London
reports a conversation with General
Eisenhower as follows:
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"He said that no time should be lost in
concluding arrangements which would allow a start on German
forces. He felt that the European army presented the only feasible
means of bringing them into Western defenses He believes that
the greatest element of delay will be the agreements and arrange-
ments, necessary for a European Defense Minister to function. He
is prepared, if he can get satisfactory commitments from the five
governments involved, principally France and Germany, to under-
take on a temporary basis the functions of European Defense Minister
in order to get the practical businesss of the recruiting, training
and formation.of the force started.
"He made it clear that he would do
this on a personal basis and not as Supreme Allied Commander
Europe and that it would naturally have to be for a limited period.
Comment: The concept of a "European
Defense Ministers member of no, government, arose during the
Paris talks on creation of a European army.
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ipments to China:. .
The Prime Minister of Ceylon has. told
'US Embassy officials that his United
National Party, which controls the
present government, cannot risk
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Ceylon's government fears internal repercussions over rubber
to China, He has. stated repeatedly that incareasingly;successful
Communist efforts to develop trade in rubber. with Ceylon are
unfortunates but nothing now can be done about. it. The imp~i
cation is that Ceylon will not certify under the Kem amendment nor
request that an exception be made in its case, despite the fore-
knowledge that this failure might prejudice the granting'of Point
IV and other assistance.
"political suicide" by preventing shipments of ,rubber from Ceylon
Comment: There is a possibility. that
the United National Party would lose control of the government
if it reversed its widely publicized policy of permitting. rubber
exports to all destinations. There is also a possibility, however,
that by conveying the impression that they cannot reverse this
stand, the Ceylonese are hoping to obtain a US contract for a
large part of Ceylon's annual rubber output.
NEAR EAST
Arab states continue intrigue against integrity of Jordan:
The Iraqi Minister is flagrantly con-
tinuing the campaign for a union of,
Jordan and Iraq which was renewed
by the Iraqi Prime Minister and the
Regent at the time of Abdullah's funeral. It is widely rumored
that the Egyptian Legation.is agitating for the independence of
the western part of Jordan (formerly Arab Palestine) under a
mandate of the Arab League. The Saudi Arabian Legation is
believed to favor partitioning the country in cooperation with Syria.
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....The US. Minister feels that although
there is no evidence of Jordanian acceptance of these maneuvers,
they cannot but disturb the internal. political situation and the pre -
carwous equilibrium.. that has existed In the Near East.since 1948.
Comment-
The desires of.Iraq in this matter
are well known. Egypt, which con hues to be interested in the Arab
Palestine Government of the former Mufti would presumably wish to
create an independent Arab Palestine.
The possible role of Ibn Saud is less
clear. Recently, he stated in a note to the US Government that "any
attempt to change the present situation in the Middle East will not
be agreeable to him", and that it is "unjust" to deprive tAbdullah's
sons of their rights.
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WESTERN EUROPE
French pose condition to acEeptance of Greece and Turkey in NATO:
France will oppose full NATO membership
for Greece and Turkey unless they are
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The French reject the idea o a separa
and Turkey
command body composed of the present Standing' Group members
The US Nato Deputy suspects that the
French have. long wanted to extend. the Standing Group''s authority
beyond the, NATO area. In his view, the French fear that a further
diminution of France's authority within the Standing Group would
relegate France to a minor European role while UK and US interests
would be predominant in the Middle Eastern theater as well as in
Europe.
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and the need for an airlift exaggerated. -- --~
The airlift has been arranged on the
basis of. information that 10, 000 to 12, 000 tons of-goods were back-
logged. However, in a 3 August meeting between Allied and West
Berlin authorities to consider expanding the airlift capacity, it
developed that the West Berlin Senate was. having difficulty finding
sufficient backlogged cargo to fill the limited number of aircraft
being used, and that in fact only 300 tons were available for loading
within the next three days.
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move goods held up by new Soviet export restrictions, it now appears
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Comment. France has consistently
pushed the alternate idea of a regional.. Mediterranean pact
embracing Greece and Turkey. The French have been reluctant
to include. Greece and Turkey. in. NATO,...partly because they felt
that rowing Western European integration would be hindered, but
even more because they have been increasingly jealous of American
and, British; influence in the Eastern Mediterranean.
The three;-power Standing Group is the
executive arm of the NATO military committee, and as such-.has
direct control of all NATO forces. The French fear that any change
which detracted from the authority of the Standing Group might
prejudice their efforts to obtain a greater voice in Eastern Mediter-
ranean.. matters
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In a sharply worded letter to Mayor
Reuter, the Allied Commandants
protest that, although they acceded' to
West Berlin's ap
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