CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
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• Publication Date: July 26, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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Bourguiba recognizes his government's weakness as com-
pared to the Algerian rebels and has for some months feared
Tunisia: There is an increasing fear among govern-
ment officials in Tunisia that an attempt may be made to
overthrow President Bourguiba in the next few months. A
faction of the Algerian FLN in Tunisia is believed ready to
cooperate with Egypt and the USSR and might find support
among a growing number of Tunisians who oppose Bourguiba.
a coup.
Cambodia - South Vietnam: In what may be a swift reac-
tion to Cambodia's recognition of Peiping, South Vietnam has
ordered marines to the vicinity of several small islands in the
Gulf of Siam which are claimed by both countries. Cambodia
may have garrisons on some of these islands, and action by
Vietnamese forces in this area might encourage Cambodian
acceptance of military aid recently offered by Peiping.
French Tropical Africa: Leading nationalist parties in
French West Africa consider De Gaulle's draft on new consti-
tutional arrangements between France and its African terri-
tories unacceptable because it does not provide for a "truly
federal" system giving the dependent areas the "right to in-
dependence." An African spokesman warned that acceptable
institutions must be set up by the end of this year, or there
would be no federation at all. Paris is generally resigned to
early independence for Tropical Africa, but fears the effect
an independence clause would have on the Algerian situation.
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into taking over control of the government.
Peru: Communist-influenced groups have threatened a
"nationwide mobilization of forces" to protest the government's
violent dispersal of a Communist-led labor demonstration and
the arrest of its leaders in Lima on 23 July. The government
said it broke up the demonstration because it was aimed at the
US Embassy as a protest against American actions in the Middle
East. A rash of such demonstrations might provoke the military
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Algerian Rebels May Attempt to Overthrow Tunisian
Government
The pro-Western Tunisian. Government of President
Bourguiba is in danger of being overthrown within the next
six months, according to Tunisian Secretary of Justice
Mestiri. Such a coup would be instigated, in Mestiri?s
opinion, by a faction of the Algerian National Liberation
Front (FLN) which is "now ready to cooperate with the Egyp-
tians and Soviets to throw Bourguiba out'' The several
thousand armed Algerian rebels based in Tunisia are believed
to be better equipped than the 6,000 Tunisian security forces
--to such an extent that Tunisia borrowed arms from the
rebels during the crisis in French-Tunisian relations in May.
Were the FLN to act against the Tunisian Government,
it might find support among a growing number of anti-Bour-
guiba Tunisians. Mestiri commented that the United States
seemed to be losing prestige rapidly in the Middle East, and
that this has created "intolerable pressure" on Bourguiba,
who has relied on the United States as his principal support
against his stronger neighbors.
Bourguiba has been vigorously attacked in the FLN press
for having granted a concession to a French firm to construct
a pipeline across Tunisia for the transportation of oil from the
Algerian field of Edjele near the Libyan border. These at-
tacks have heightened Tunisian fears of Algerian action against
the government. Bourguiba also recognizes his internal weak-
ness vis-a-vis the Algerian rebels and has for some months
feared a coup.
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Vietnamese-Cambodian Clash Threatens Over DisputedIslands
South Vietnam has ordered Vietnamese marines to the
vicinity of several small islands in the Gulf of Siam which are
claimed by both countries and some of which may have small
Cambodian garrisons. A company of marines, about 150 men,
is to embark from Nha Trang on 25 July for the Pirate Islands
lying off the large Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc; a second
marine company has been alerted to move into support position.
Both Cambodia and South Vietnam are militant on the ques-
tion of jurisdiction over several of the islands in this general
area. Cambodia accuses Vietnam of seeking to block approaches
to its new deepwater port nearing completion on Kompong Som
Bay; Saigon views Cambodia's island claims as encroachments
made more serious by Phnom Penh's accommodation with the
Communist bloc. Clashes between opposing naval contingents
have been only narrowly avoided. during the past two years.
Any new move by Vietnamese forces in this region, at a
time when Cambodian opinion is inflamed. over charges of a
Vietnamese land "invasion" last month, could create an inci-
dent and might encourage Phnom Penh to accept military aid
reportedly offered recently by Peiping.
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African Leaders Oppose Territorial Provisions of Proposed
Changes in French Constitution
Leading African nationalists in French West Africa con-
sider those sections of the proposed French constitutional
revision which deal with territories unacceptable because
they do not recognize the "right of independence" for the co-
lonial areas. The main nationalist parties in both French
West and Equatorial Africa--the African Democratic Rally
(RDA) and the Party of the African regroupment (PRA)--have
identical views on independence, and although leaders do not
at present believe that the African areas can afford the costs
of self-government, they will insist on French recognition of
their right to self-determination.
A spokesman of the PRA criticized the draft amendments
as failing to create a truly federal system and strongly objects
to the, option to be given the voters at the forthcoming referen-
dum. The draft proposes that the African areas may elect to
retain their present status of overseas territories, vote to
be integrated into France as departments, or opt for associa-
tion in a federal system which does not provide for independ-
ence. The spokesman stressed that the federal program must
be carried out immediately, and new institutions must be set
up by the end of the year or "there will be no federation at all:'
Paris is generally resigned to early independence for
Tropical Africa but fears the effect that an independence clause
would have on the Algerian situation. However, French re-
fusal to consider African demands would probably increase
the influence of extremists and lead to an intensification of
the nationalist effort- -including the use of violence--with a
goal of early independence.
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Communist-influenced Party Threatens Nationwide
Protest in Peru
Peru's Popular Action party--headed by non-Communist
Fernando Belaunde but with Communists. controlling several
provincial committees--has threatened a nationwide "mobil-
ization of forces" to protest the government's forceable dis-
persal of a Communist-led labor demonstration in Lima on
23 July and arrest of its leaders. Workers on Peru's only two
important railways are already on strike and a general strike
is threatening in the southern city of Arequipa, where Commu-
nist influence is particularly strong.
The government prevented the 23 July demonstration on
grounds that the intention was to stage a protest before the US
Embassy against American actions in the Middle East. Recent
Communist propaganda and a Communist meeting of 22 July
at San Marcos University have condemned US intervention in
Lebanon. Communists are also reported planning hostile acts
when US warships visit Lima from 3 to 6 August.
The stability of the Prado government has been doubtful
for the past six months. Outbreaks of demonstrations through-
out the country might convince the military that the time had
come for a coup to restore the authoritarian government to
which Peru has normally been subject.
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