CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: August 17, 1956
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1. SHEPILOV SEEKS CO-OPERATION OF US AT LONDON
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AMERICANIZATION" OF PANAMA CANAL
5. PERUVIAN APRA LEADER CALLS FOR "INTER-
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6. PUBLIC UNREST REPORTED IN KARACHI
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. SHEPILOV SEEKS CO-OPERATION OF US AT
LONDON CONFERENCE
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In a conversation with Secretary Dulles
in London on 15 August, Soviet foreign
minister Shepilov stated that he was not
attempting to split the Western Big Three,
but that if differences did exist between the United States and
the United Kingdom and France, the "US and USSR together
might find a way out of this crisis," according to Ambassador
Bohlen, who served as interpreter. Shepilov agreed on the
necessity of avoiding an outbreak of hostilities in the Middle
East.
Shepilov said that freedom of navigation
of the canal was the primary problem for negotiation at the
conference. He reiterated Egypt's right to nationalize.the
Suez Canal Company. He said that the ?Soviet task was not to
"complicate the work of even a nonrepresentative conference"
and that the conference "would be useful." Shepilov said the
Soviet delegation would use its efforts to obtain fruitful dis-
cussion in a calm atmosphere and added that the United States
also was in a ,position to take a calm, objective approach.
Comment Shepilov's prompt request to meet with
Secretary Dulles and his restrained approach
suggest that he will attempt to maintain an air of reasonable-
ness before the West while at the same time posing as a cham.-
pion of Arab nationalism.
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5, PERUVIAN APRA LEADER CALLS FOR "INTER-
AMERICANIZATION' OF PANAMA CANAL
Haya de la.Torre, absentee leader of
Peru's recently legalized leftist but non-
Communist APRA party, reaffirmed
support for the "inter-Americanization"
of the Panama Canal in the party's news-
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paper on August. Haya stated that canals such as Panama
and Suez should be internationalized and that Egypt wants to
do in Suez 'what the United States has already done in Panama.
On 15 August the APRA paper carried an
interview with Carlos Zuniga, a Panamanian columnist, who
stated Panama should nationalize the Panama Canal gradually.
He said inter-Americanization was the only step now accept-
able,
Comment This is the first official reaffirmation of
APRA's call for inter-Americanization of
the canal since the Egyptian action on Suez. While the party's
program has always called for a broadening of the Panama
Canal's control, this has not been pushed by party leaders
since the early 1930's.
APRA was .founded in.Mexico in 1924 .as a
revolutionary party for all Latin America. During its early
period, the party's position on the Panama Canal was dissem-
inated throughout the hemisphere and evoked some favorable
reaction. APRA had particular appeal in Mexico, Argentina,
and Chile, as well as Peru, but was established as a domestic
political party only in Peru.
Zuniga is a member of the small pro-
Communist group in Panama which advocates nation li ?on
of the Panama Canal.
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6. PUBLIC UNREST REPORTED IN KARACHI
ass unrest, which appears to be in-
reasing daily in Karachi, is ostensibly
entered on the Suez Canal issue but
eems most likely to be the work of
Political opposition groups seeking to
em arrass or bring down the Pakistani government.
The Pakistani press and public have
been much more vociferous in support of Egypt's nationali-
zation of the Suez Canal than has the government. On 14
August, hecklers whose actions did not appear to be spon-
taneous forced the Pakistani prime minister to cut short
his Independence Day speech by goading him into a state-
ment on Suez and drowning out his remarks on domestic
matters. By 16 August, Karachi suffered an extensive shop-
closing strike in support of Nasr, and mass demonstrations
were scheduled for that same afternoon. Police and troops
were alerted, and mass meetings banned,
The American army attache in Karachi
believes that if the police have to resort to force, a situa-
tion may develop which can be settled only by use of troops.
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