CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A001000470001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 9, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 27, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUMMARY
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GENERAL
1. Israel wants specific UN condemnation of Soviet anti-Semitism
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
3. Burmese suffering heavy losses against Chinese Nationalists
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NEAR EAST - AFRICA
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4. Shah reportedly plans to leave Iran (page 4).
EASTERN EUROPE
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Importance of Finnish-USSR trade to increase in 1953 (page 5).
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WESTERN EUROPE
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8. Large-scale diversion of West German bearings to Orbit through
Austria suspected (page 6)0
9. Norway views new Balkan alliance as precedent for Scandinavia
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GENERAL
1. Israel wants specific UN condemnation of Soviet anti-Semitism.
Israel is drafting a UN resolution which is
to be a restatement of the basic principles
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paragraph on the anti--Semitic character of
Soviet persecutions. It is seekingroughly 12 sponsors forthis
resolution, including the United States, Britain and France.
Comment. The United States has been
interested in a UN resolution on Communist denial of- basic human
rights. Any resolution which specifically refers to anti-Semitism
is likely to bring up Zionism, thus beclouding the issue and inviting
Arab and Moslem opposition.
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
3. Burmese suffering heavy losses against Chinese Nationalists:
Contrary to War Office press releases,
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and repeated defeats in their engagements
with Chinese Nationalists9
Comment: The Burmese Government has
recently claimed several victories against the Chinese Nationalists
and the recapture of several towns in the northern border area.
Continued defeats could persuade Burmese leaders of the necessity
of accepting some form of Chinese Communist assistance.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
4. Shah reportedly plans to leave Iran:
Prime Minister Mossadea suggested to the
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after the country becomes more stable.
Minister of Court Ala, in reporting this to Ambassador Henderson,
stated that the Shah assented eagerly and plans to leave on 28 Febru-
ary for the holy cities in Iraq and then go to Europe. Spain has been
asked by the Iranian Government to extend a formal invitation.
Mossadeq suggested a regency council
composed of himself, Minister of Court Ala and Gholam Reza,
a half-brother of the Shah.
Comment: Mossadeq has long wanted to
limit the Shah's constitutional powers and previous moves have been
designed toward that end. The Shah's departure could be the first
step in abolishing the monarchy, and it removes the rallying point
for what conservative opposition remains.
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EASTERN EUROPE
6. Importance of Finnish-USSR trade to increase in 1953:
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Finland's exports to the Soviet Union will total approximately
$152,000,000 during the current year. Finland's exchanges with
the Soviet bloc will rise this year to an estimated one third of its
total foreign trade.
The USSR will replace the United Kingdom
as Finland's principal trading partner in
1953 as a result of the recently signed
Finnish-Soviet trade protocol under which
An anticipated $12-15,000,000 export surplus
to the USSR will be made up either by additional deliveries from the
Soviet Union or through increased deliveries to Finland from other
Orbit countries under trilateral trade agreements.
Comment- Orbit trade accounted for
approximately 23 percent of Finland's total foreign trade in 19520
Drawing Finland more closely into the Orbit trade pattern could
increase its vulnerability to Soviet pressure.
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The fact; that the USSR will become Finland's
principal trading partner is due primarily to the cutback in British
imports of Finnish pulp and paper and the generally depressed world
market for most of Finland's traditional exports.
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WESTERNEUROPE
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8. Large-scale diversion of West German bearings to Orbit through
Austria suspected.
The Austrian Ministry of Trade is currently
making an end-use check of $200,000 worth
of West German ball and roller bearings im-
ported into Austria in 1952. Large-scale
sales of strategic bearings to Soviet bloc representatives and to the
Administration of Soviet Enterprises in Austria are suspected.
Comment. On 10 February the American
Embassy in Vienna reported the halting by Austria of three shipments
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of List I and List II bearings shipped from West Germany via Switzer-
land and'destined for Rumania and Czechoslovakia. Last week, however,
Austrian officials stated that because of legal difficulties they could not
continue such action without a written directive from the United States
High Commission.
9. Norway views new Balkan alliance as precedent for Scandinavia:
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The Norwegian Prime Minister's private
secretary, who is now in Belgrade, informed
Ambassador Allen on 25 February of Norway's
hope that the "strategic alliance" of Greece,
Turkey and Yugoslavia might furnish a precedent for a somewhat simi-
lar link between Norway, Denmark and Sweden. He thought his govern-
ment would in principle favor Yugoslav membership in NATO.
Comment: Sweden, despite certain recent
moves toward covert cooperation with the West, will probably continue
suspicious of any formal tie like that suggested.
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