CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 5, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 5, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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2,. Morale on Quemoys reported questionable (page 3).
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3. Comment on Syrian political situation (page 4).
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2. Morale on Quemoys reported questionable:
The populace and Nationalist troops on the
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the Communist artillery bombardment of
the Quemoys on 3 September, according to
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an American naval officer who returned to Taipei on that date from
a three-day visit to the islands. The Nationalist commanding general
indicated to the source that, in the event of a Communist landing, he
would be forced to abandon some part of the island.
Comment: This eyewitness account con-
flicts with Nationalist statements to the effect that troop morale is
high and that determined defense of the islands will be made at all
costs.
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3. Comment on Syrian political situation:
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This announcement means that Quwatli has
succeeded in organizing the old-line politicians behind his candidacy
for the presidency, If this alliance is maintained, he will have halted
the steady deterioration of the Syrian situation which has been of bene-
fit to only the extreme socialists and the Communists.
A Syrian government under Quwatli--who
has been subsidized while in exile for the past five years by Egypt and
Saudi Arabia--would be basically pro-Western, It would be relatively
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mo erate in its approach to the Israeli question,
Syria is likely to have a relatively stable
government by traditional civilian ele-
ments as a result of the agreement an-
nounced on 4 September between the leading
political parties to participate in the 24
.September elections as a "general national
union" under the leadership of ex-president
Shukri Quwatli.
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