CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A000700020001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 14, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUMMARY
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2. American Minister says French face basic decision in Indochina
(page 3).
3. Indonesia preparing to open embassy in Moscow (page 4).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
4. Mossadeq turns down -compromise proposal on oil issue (page 4).
EASTERN EUROPE
6. Czech President Gottwald not expected to recover (page 5
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20 American Minister says French face basic decision in Indochina-,
The American Minister in Saigon believes that
unless the French and the Vietnamese Govern-
ments now make a "supreme effort" to execute
a substantial reform program in Indochina, the
French will have to negotiate with the enemy, broaden Western support,
or continue the present stalemate.
Minister-Resident Letourneau, in order to
dispel Vietnamese distrust, is now prepared to bring into the government
nationalist elements with anti-French records, Furthermore, Paris is
willing to permit the French Union to evolve into something more like the
British Commonwealth, The American Minister points out, however,
that even if all French restraints were removed, no prospective Vietnamese
leadership could of itself produce results without constant United States
pressure.
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3. Indonesia preparing to open embassy in Moscow:
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Russia. In referring to the exchange, government officials have empha-
sized to American Embassy officers that all privileges, such as size of
mission and opportunities for travel, must be "strictly reciprocal."
Indonesian Foreign Minister Mukarto told the
Foreign Affairs Section of Parliament that
preparations are under way for an exchange
of ambassadors between Indonesia and Soviet
Comment: The present government's decision
to exchange diplomats with Soviet Russia is a further indication of its in-
tention to return to a strict interpretation of Indonesia's "independent"
foreign policy. The former cabinet opposed having a Soviet embassy in
Djakarta.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
4. Mossadeq turns down compromise proposal on oil issue:
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was just as much opposed to Britishers carrying United Nations passports
as to those with British passports. He added that the Bank's insistence
on using British specialists had convinced him that Iran should try for the
present to operate its oil industry without foreign technicians.
nal Bank might employ foreign technicians if
they carried United Nations passports, the Prime Minister said that Iran
Prime Minister Mossadeq has turned down a
new proposal to employ British technicians in
Iran's oil industry. When informed by the
American Ambassador on 11 May of a sug-
Comment: The Ambassador's approach was
made at the direct request of National Front leader Hossein Makki, who
reportedly thought that Mossadeq might accept some British technicians
on this basis. Makki's request suggests a growing desire among top
National Front leaders to settle the oil dispute.
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6. Czech President Gottwald not expected to recover:
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A leading Czech doctor has informed a Western
diplomat that President Klement Gottwald con-
tracted a severe case of pneumonia after he
returned from East Germany in March and that
his recovery is imp e. His health has been seriously weakened by
sulfa treatments and a chronic liver condition. The source stated that
drugs were used to enable Gottwald to attend the Prague Liberation Day
ceremonies on 9 May.
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Comment: President Gottwald has not
participated actively in government affairs since before the first of the
year. At the military parade on 9 May he appeared weak and aged and
took no active part in the ceremony.
Gottwald's continued incapacity has already
lessened the ability of the government to push its industrial program.
His death or retirement would probably have no further weakening effect
on the government, nor mean a change in its present policies.
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