CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A000500020001-3
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• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 11, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 14, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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NEAR EAST - AFRICA
Comment on continued US aid to Iran (page 4).
WESTERN EUROPE
6. French resist close political relationship between NATO and EDC
(page 6).
7. French anxious for immediate action on German security controls
(page 6).
LATIN AMERICA
8, Proposed Chilean legislation may be threat to copper agreement
with US (page 7).
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NEAR EAST - AFRICA
3. Comment on continued US aid to Iran:
Iranian Prime Minister Mossadeq's long-
standing bias against a strong army may create difficulty for the US in ob-
taining the written agreement called for under the Mutual Security Act.
Although he wishes to obtain American economic help, he disapproves of
US military aid and the linking of the two. Accordingly, he will most
probably object to those portions of the new agreement which call for UT
country receiving aid to build up its defense forces and "to contribute to
the defensive strength of the free world."
Moreover, if Mossadeq continues in office
there is a strong possibility that his attitude may force withdrawal of the
American military and gendarmery missions and thus not only remove
an important factor in maintaining Iranian armed strength but also close
off an important channel of US influence in Iran.
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WESTERN EUROPE
6. French resist close political relationship between NATO and EDC:
The French have opposed a suggested joint
meeting of the NATO Council of Deputies and
delegates from the Paris Conference on a
European Defense Community. In a Council of
eputies aiscussion 01 possIble ties with the EDC, pursuant to a recommen-
dation of the Rome NATO Council meeting, the French proposed instead
that the chairmen of the two groups work out liaison arrangements.
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Comment: The French consider that an organic
political relationship between NATO and the EDC would be premature at
this time since it might prejudice chances for further progress toward Euro-
pean political integration. This position is unlikely to change until
Germany's long-term relations with the Western Allies have been settled to
French satisfaction. For the present, France favors a close military relationship
between NATO and the EDC, through SHAPE.
7. French anxious for immediate action on German security controls:
The French Government has informed the United
States and Britain of its "grave misgivings"
over the divergent views of the three powers on
security controls against a German resurgence,
an. a y ripartite conversations at the "highest possible
level" to arrive at an acceptable Allied position.
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France argues that Chancellor Adenauer's
desire to settle the problem of prohibitions exclusively within the European
Defense Community convention would destroy the basis of equality en-
visaged for the Defense Community.
The French Parliament would be less likely to
ratify the European Defense Community treaty if all restrictions on German
military production were to be eliminated.
Comment: On the solution of the question of
security controls depends not only the realization of the European Defense
Community, but also Germany's integration into Western defense. Since
the French feel that time is running out on the European Defense Community
conference, they are more anxious than ever to obtain a decision.
The French consider that US and British parti-
cipation in the retention of sanctions is essential in order to remove the
threat of German preponderance on the Continent.
LATIN AMERICA
8. Proposed Chilean legislation may be threat to copper agreement with US:
The US Embassy in Santiago, in a note to the
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enactment of a proposed law would amount to
"unilateral abrogation" of the May 1951 US?
can copper agreemen This law now has a better chance of being
passed than a less drastic government sponsored bill.
The Embassy reports that copper has become
a political football during this pre-election period and that there is now
widespread opposition to that part of the current agreement which permits
Chile freely to dispose ?fano more than twenty percent of the copper pro-
duced by American-controlled firms.
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Comment: The Embassy is presumably referring
to a proposed law that would allow the Chilean President to determine the
amount of copper the companies must reserve for the State and authorize
Chile to make direct sales abroad. Both provisions could militate against
certain terms of the US-Chilean agreement.
Such a law could also pave the way for an
increased diversion of copper from the US to the Soviet Orbit, particularly
since the anti-Communist Chilean Government has no satisfactory controls
over transshipments.
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