CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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23 September 1955
Copy No. 99
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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CONTENTS
3. COMMENT ON CRISIS IN GREEK-AMERICAN RELATIONS
(page 6).
4. YUGOSLAVS PLEDGE CONTINUED CO-OPERATION
WITH GREECE (page 7)'.
5. ICELANDIC OPINION RELATES PORKKALA TO NATO
BASE AT KE FLAVIK (page 1) .
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3. COMMENT ON CRISIS IN GREEK-AMERICAN RELATIONS
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The Greek press is launching a bitter
attack on the United States as a result
of the American vote on 21 September
against inscription of the Cyprus issue
on the agenda of the UN General Assem-
bly.
Both Greek foreign minister Stephanopou-
los in New York and Deputy Premier Kanellopoulos in Athens
reacted strongly to the American decision and predicted
dire developments when given advance information of it. Re-
ports from Athens, including a statement by Ambassador
Cannon, suggest, however, that local Greek security forces
are probably capable and desirous of handling any demon-
strations. British forces on Cyprus are likewise adequate
for maintaining local order.
Aside from the possibility of isolated
acts of terrorism, the more serious longer-range threat
would appear to be the rising trend toward neutralism in
Greece, which will be given strong encouragement by the
sense of frustration and abandonment now rife in Greek
political circles.
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4. YUGOSLAVS PLEDGE CONTINUED CO-OPERATION
WITH GREECE
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The Yugoslav government has in-
formed Athens that if Greek-Turkish
co-operation should cease, the Yugo-
slavs would strengthen their co-
operation with Greece but would not
take comparable action with Turkey,
according to the Greek chief of staff,
General Dovas. The Yugoslav mili-
tary attache, in telling this to General
vas, exp a that the identical notes sent to Greece
and Turkey
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Comment
Should the Balkan alliance break up
over Turkish-creek differences, Yugo-
slavia would gain more by maintaining close relations
with Greece than with Turkey.
to Greek security.
Friendly ties with Yugoslavia are vital
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5. ICELANDIC OPINION RELATES PORKKALA TO NATO
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In connection with the Soviet return
of Porkkala to Finland, which has
created a greater stir in Iceland than.
any other recent Soviet move, nation-
s s and a -wing elements are drawing an analogy be-
tween Porkkala and the US-manned NATO air base at
Keflavik. According to the American legation in Reykjavik,
even the Conservative and Progressive press fails to point
to the fact that Iceland is a member of NATO and Keflavik
a NATO base.
Comment Despite the economic advantages accru-
ing from the Keflavik base, the pres-
ence of American troops in Iceland has never been popular
among the Icelanders. Even Icelandic leaders favorable
to NATO are reluctant for domestic political reasons to
defend the presence of Americans.
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