CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 2012
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• Publication Date: January 9, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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INTELLIGENCE
BULLETIN
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9 January 1958
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OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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CONTENTS
4. NETHERLANDS SEEKS NATO SOLIDARITY ON INDONESIAN
ARMS REQUESTS (page 6).
61,17. CLOSE CONTEST EXPECTED IN OKINAWA MAYORAL
ELECTION (page 9).
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THE TAIWAN pTRAIT
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4. NETHERLANDS SEEKS NATO SOLIDARITY ON INDONESIAN
ARMS REQUESTS
Comment on:
/ The Netherlands Government, in a further
move to assure support from its NATO
partners in the dispute with Indonesia, has
requested that any NATO member approached
by Indonesia regarding arms should ask the Dutch for their views.
At a meeting of the NATO political advisers' committee on 7
January, the Dutch representative stated that his government
does not deny Djakarta the right to defend itself, but noted that
Indonesia now "openly proclaims it is seeking other means" to
satisfy its claim to West New Guinea. He expressed particular
concern over weapons which might be used in an invasion of
New Guinea, such as military aircraft, parachutes, and land-
ing craft.
Ambassador Burgess in Paris has previously
stated that sympathy for the general Dutch position is virtually
unanimous in NATO, and that "words or actions" which seem to
condone recent Indonesian actions would not be welcomed by the
Netherlands' NATO allies. Ambassador Allison in Djakarta,
however, is convinced that unless Western assistance is imme-
diately forthcoming, Indonesia will fall to the Communists.
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7. CLOSE CONTEST EXPECTED IN OKINAWA
MAYORAL ELECTION
A close contest is expected in the Naha,
Okinawa, mayoral election on 23 Jan-
uary. The conservative-Socialist coalition
candidate, Tatsuo Taira, would make an
effective mayor, but his campaign is being hampered by the
lukewarm support of a conservative party boss. Far-left
candidate Saichi Kaneshi, who received more votes than any
other candidate in last August's Naha city assembly election,
is expected to attract the leftist and anti-American vote.
Kaneshi and his supporters have superior organizing ability
and are demonstrating their astuteness as campaigners.
The election was necessitated by the ouster
of pro-Communist Mayor Kamejiro Senaga last November.
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SUMMARY
12 December 1957 - 8 January 1958
THE TAIWAN STRAIT
Report of the IAC Current Intelligence Group
for the Taiwan Strait Problem
1. There were no significant military developments in the
area during the period.
2. Nationalist Chief of Staff Wang Shu-ming on 13 December
informed Admiral Doyle, commander of the US Taiwan Defense
Command, that British shipping will no longer be shelled while
entering and leaving the Communist port of Amoy. Wang indi-
cated that the previous policy of attempting to prevent entry had
gained the Nationalist Government nothing and caused it to lose
prestige. This change of policy, although Wang did not say so,
probably was made last August when firing at British shipping
abruptly ceased.
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