CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 20, 2004
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• Publication Date: October 30, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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CONTENTS
1. SOVIET JOURNALISTS EXPRESS VIEWS ON GENEVA
CONFERENCE AGENDA (page 3).
5. SYRIA AND SAUDI ARABIA REPORTED COMBINING
WITH EGYPT TO OBTAIN CZECH ARMS (page 7).
6. INDONESIAN AMBASSADOR IN MOSCOW FAVORABLY
IMPRESSED BY EGYPTIAN ARMS DEAL (page 8).
7. NEW RAILROAD THROUGH MONGOLIA NEARLY
COMPLETED (page 9).
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1. SOVIET JOURNALISTS EXPRESS VIEWS ON GENEVA
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Sovie journalists in
Geneva have expressed the view
that little progress can be made
on the question of Germany and
that East-West talks should be ad
dressed to other issues that require immediate atten-
tion," the Middle East in particular and also the Far East.
When reminded that the foreign min-
isters conference had been called to discuss Germany
and European security, one of the journalists replied,
"You cannot remain fixed when events have run away from
an agenda established last summer." He said that if the
United States introduced the question of the Middle East
even informally at Geneva, the USSR would propose a con-
ference. Reverting to Germany, he said, "We have plenty
of time"
Comment These remarks probably reflect the
views of high-level Soviet officials.
The USSR appears to be preparing to shift attention from
an anticipated stalemate at Geneva to the Middle East and
the Far East which it believes offer better opportunities
to achieve objectives such as promoting "neutralism" and
exploiting the divisive effects of its "Geneva spirit" policy.
The Soviet Foreign Ministry press chief announced on 27
October at Geneva that the USSR is considering a Chinese
Communist proposal to hold a big power Far East confer-
ence in the near future.
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5. SYRIA AND SAUDI ARABIA REPORTED COMBINING
WITH EGYPT TO OBTAIN CZECH ARMS
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Unconfirmed reports have reached
the American embassy in Cairo that
the Egyptian arms agreement with
Czechoslovakia is being amended to
include Syria and Saudi Arabia. Reportedly a tripartite
headquarters has been established in Cairo, with a pur-
chasing pool to be formed with the aid of Saudi money
which will allocate the purchased equipment to the areas
of highest military priority.
Comment Saudi Arabia and Syria have previously
indicated an interest in obtaining arms.
The proposed arrangement would be in line with Saudi and
Egyptian attempts to establish a tripartite Egyptian-Syrian-
Saudi pact as a counter to the Iraqi-Turk "Northern Tier"
pact. Such a move, also, would meet no objections from
the USSR.
Previous information does not indicate,,
however, that a tripartite mechanism has yet been set up.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia have signed a bilateral military
pact, which the Saudi's have reportedly supported with a
financial grant to Egypt of 4.0 million Egyptian pounds. The
Egyptian-Syrian pact, however, though initialed, is not
known to be formally signed, nor has it been given the re-
quired ratification by the Syrian parliament.
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6. INDONESIAN AMBASSADOR IN MOSCOW FAVORABLY
IMPRESSED BY EGYPTIAN ARMS DEAL
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Indonesian ambassador Subandrio
in Moscow has told an American
embassy official that Egypt's deci-
sion to purchase Czech arms is
making a profound impression not only in the Middle
East but also in the new countries of the Far East. He
denied, however, that Indonesia planned to purchase
arms from the Soviet bloc and inferred that Indonesia
would be inclined to approach Britain or the United States
instead.
Subandrio gave the impression that
he accepts Soviet expressions of good will at face value
and believes that help in developing Indonesia can be ex-
pected from the Soviet Union. He also apparently ac-
cepts Soviet assertions that the Indonesian Communist
Party is not subservient to the USSR, as indicated by its
recent election campaign on "non-Communist platforms."
Subandrio said the party's "respectability" made it easier
for Indonesia to deal with the Soviet Union on a straight
government-to-government basis.
Comment An Indonesian Foreign Ministry spokes-
man stated on 5 October that the Egyp-
tian arms purchase was "understandable" as a reflection
of an independent foreign policy and of the "gigantic task
of construction and consolidation" which faces all Asian
and African countries.
Czechoslovakia has built two small
factories for Indonesia, and East German experts are con-
structing a sugar mill. So far Indonesia has not responded
to general offers of technical and capital assistance extended
by the Soviet Union.
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7. NEW RAILROAD THROUGH MONGOLIA NEARLY
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1 January 1956, will greatly reduce Communist China's
The new Sino-Soviet railroad through
Mongolia, which Peiping Radio has just
announced would be opened to traffic on
blockade vulnerability and provide the bloc'with a more
secure inner line of communication to China proper.
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Being 750 miles shorter than the
present Moscow-Peiping rail link with the Trans-Siberian
Railway through Manchuria, this line will become a major
artery for trade between the USSR and Communist China.
Its estimated initial capacity of 2,700,000 tons each way
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