CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 18, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 19, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

19 December
1954
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
SOUTHEAST ASIA
l.. Communist-controlled i ndonesian labor union threatens general
strike (page 3).
NEAR EAST a AFRICA
2. Iraqi prime minister says he is ready to sig}1 treaty with Turkey
(page 3).
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LATIN AMERICA
4. Comment on Chilean political situation (page 5)
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1. Communist-controlled Indonesian labor union threatens general
stri e,
foreign capital. a embassy comments that the government is
in. no stronger position now to resist Communist-inspired demands
than it was in September 1953 when, in a similar situation, the
Ali cabinet capitulated to SARBUPRIL
Indonesia's largest estate workers' union,
the Communist- controlled SARBUPRI, is
threatening a general strike after 31.De-
cember as "part of total action" against
Comment, The Ali cabinet has a slim
parliamentary majority: v~n~ t zout Communist support, but it never-
theless relies heavily on the Communist bloc in parliament.
If the government were to give in to the
labor demands as in 1953, the effect would be to cripple foreign
capital in Indonesia on which the country's export economy is
largely based. The Communists thus are in a strong position to ex-
tract political concessions from the government in return for reduc-
ing their labor demands, Under these circumstances, a general
strike is likely to be averted.
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2. Iraqi prime minister says he is ready to sign treaty with Turkey-
url declared that a bilateral pact with a non-Arab state could
not have any ill effect on Iraq's relations with other Arab states,
because some of them already have such pacts.
Prime Minister Nuri Said of Iraq re-
cently told American ambassador
Gellman that he has no hesitancy about
signing a defense pact with Turkey.
Comment, This is the strongest state-
ment so far of Nut's willingness to collaborate with the West in
the defense of the Middle East. His words will be put to the test
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early in January when Turkish prime minister Menderes goes to
Baghdad in the hope of concluding a defense treaty with Iraq.
The Iraqi foreign minister's statement in
Beirut on 19 December that Iraq will not conclude any defense trea-
ties, while raising sortie doubt about Iraqis policy, is probably only
a personal statement, not a reflection of Nuri's thinking.
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4. Comment on Chilean political situation:
as recommended by a Senate committee, is expected when the
Senate considers the question on 22 December.
President Ibanez of Chile is not likely
to attempt to close Congress and rule
as a dictator should the Senate vote to
terminate the state of siege he declared
on 20 September. The Chamber of Depu-
ties voted on 30 November to end the
state of siege, and a similar decision,
If the Senate votes as expected, Ibanez
may renew his earlier request to Congress for extraordinary
powers to combat Communism. Such a request would probably
receive more favorable consideration now than when first pre-
sented last September.
While the Communists and other left-
wing elements have been very critical of the state of siege, its
termination is not likely to improve their position in the country.
The Ibanez administration is well aware of the Communist threat
and has shown a continued determination to contain it. The armed
forces can be depended upon to support any anti,Communist meas-
ures.
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