CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A001700450001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 23, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 6, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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State Department review completed
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
GENERAL
1. Bohlen feels Moscow is soft-pedaling Formosa "commitment"
(page 3).
FAR. EAST
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Railroad construction sought for coastal province opposite
Formosa (page 4).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
4. Bao Dai implies he will retain Diem as premier (page 6).
5. Recent assassination in Laos linked to Thai-subsidized Laotian
prince (page 6).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
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7. Americans endangered by Moroccan terrorism (page
. EASTERN EUROPE
8. Yugoslavia weighs Soviet proposal for higher-level trade
talks (page 8).
WESTERN EUROPE
9. Comment on West German politician's call for zonal all-German
elections (page.9).
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GENERAL
1. Bohlen feels Moscow is soft-pedaling Formosa "commitment":
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mosan liberation campaign.
Ambassador Bohlen feels that these
incidents indicate a fear that undesirable implications have
been read into Khrushchev's speech and that the government is
attempting to,soft-pedal the degree of Soviet public commitment.
Comment: Moscow's caution on the
Formosa issue is consistent witch its policy of avoiding commit-
ments in Asia which might conflict with the achievement of
higher-priority cold war objectives in Europe. Khrushchev's
pledge of support by the "Soviet people" was made in the con-
text of a statement of sympathy for the Chinese Communists'
desire to liberate "their long-suffering brothers" rather than a
Soviet commitment to a military campaign. Khrushchev made
no mention of the kind, extent or timing of this support.
toast to his regime's etermination to "liberate" Formosa..
Also, a Soviet censor in Moscow, in an unusual procedure,
took pains to point out to an Associated Press correspondent
that Khrushchev's Peiping speech had stated that the "Soviet
people" rather than the "Soviet Union" supported China's For-
At a Chinese "Liberation Day" celebra-
tion in Moscow, Malenkov, Molotov
and Voroshilov pointedly ignored the
Chinese Communist ambassador's
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3. Railroad construction sought for coastal province opposite
Formosa:
government would begin railroad construction in Fukien Province
opposite Formosa ahead of schedule because coastal shipping is
"obstructed" by the United States and the Chinese Nationalists
(see map, p. 5). The delegate also said the province's highways
have been considerably improved. and a "sea dike" has been
filled between Amoy and the mainland to facilitate transportation
and to consolidate coastal defense.
The Fukien provincial delegate to the
recent National People's Congress in
Peiping expressed the "hope" that the
. Comment: Deprived of coastal ship-
ping, its traditional communications means, Fukien now largely
depends on poor highways for supplies brought into the province.
The principal route runs from Shangjao on the Chekiang-Kiangsi
railroad, 250 miles to Foochow. Even a short 100-mile branch
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