CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 30, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
3. Divided loyalty of army toward president heightens tension in
Indonesia (page 4).
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WESTERN EUROPE
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6. East Germans appoint Chief of Staff .and organize, new army
groups (page 6).
7. French may seek separate agreements before ratifying EDC
treaty (page 6).
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
3. Divided loyalty of army toward president heightens tension in
Indonesia:
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"real rou a ..may_ e
expected in Indonesia due to the developing
conflict between President Sukarno and
the army clique which was responsible
for the 17 October demonstrations.
Certain army officers in East Java are
in what amounts to "outright revolt"
against their division commander, declaring their loyalty to
President Sukarno.
The American Embassy reports persistent
rumors of a split throughout the army.
Comment. The Minister of Defense is
reported to have accepted ukarno's decision that parliament sr ould
be indefinitely recessed but not dissolved and that the cabinet should
remain in office. High army officers, however, are reportedly angry
that Sukarno refused them a mandate which would, in effect, have
authorized a military dictatorship.
Prime Minister Wilopo and other civil leaders
are reportedly working strenuously to avert a clash between the
opposing factions within the army and hope that they will neutralize
each other.
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6. East Germans appoint Chief of Staff and organize new army groups:
The US Army in Heidelberg reports that
two military headquarters in East Germany
have been established as Army Group
Central and Army Group South. Meanwhile,
American officials in Frankfurt report that
Vincenz Mueller, Deputy Minister of Interior,
now has the title of Chief of Staff as well.
Comme at: The headquarters of Army Group
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North, which reportedly contro
s 50, 000 men, has. previously been
identified at Pasewalk, north of Berlin. No details of the organizatipn
of the two new army groups have been reported.
Mueller, an acting army commander in World
War II, surrendered to the Russians and became a Communist. As a
top leader of the East German National Democratic Party, he has
campaigned energetically to convert former Nazis to the Communist
cause. Recently he was listed as a major general.
7. French may seek separate agreements before ratifying EDC treaty:
with its defense partners before calling for National Assembly debate
on the EDC treaty.
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Herve Aiphand, French Deputy to the North
Atlantic Council, recommended to Premier
Pinay and Defense Minister Pleven last week
that the government conclude certain agreements
The proposed accords would provide for
additional American aid for Indochina, enabling France's defense
contribution in Europe to balance Germany's; for permanent French
membership on the NATO Standing Group; for establishment of the
principles of a European political community; and for a two-year
transition period during which the French forces in Germany would
change from occupation to EDC status.
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The American Embassy observes that the
government seems already to be pushing these points whenever
possible.
Comment-. Pinay had previopsly invited
the National Assembly to recommend "additions/9to the EDC treaty.
It is not yet clear whether he will seek a formal reopening of EDC
treaty negotiations or merely an exchange of letters to make the
treaty conform with any new agreements reached.
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