CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 30, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
30 December 1958
DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
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Afghanistan-USSR: Foreign Minister Naimts forthcoming
visit to Moscow may lead to the signing of a new military aid
agreement with the USSR. Since the advent of the Ayub regime
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
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II. ASIA-AFRICA
New Afghan-Soviet Military Assistance Agreement May
Be Concluded
Afghan--Foreign Minister Naim, who left on 29 Decem-
ber for Moscow, apparently intends to conclude a new agree".
ment to expand the Soviet military assistance program in
Afghanistan. The Afghan Government may regard such a
move as a calculated risk necessary to strengthen its posi-
tion against what it regards as an increasingly unfavorable
Western attitude toward Afghanistan.
Afghanistan has been slow in training its troops to use
Soviet weapons which have already been delivered. Any new
military assistance agreement will therefore probably include
an expanded training program, involving the use of additional
Soviet military instructors. It would also provide for addition-
al Soviet weapons, including heavy arms and more modern air-
craft,
The new agreement for a reported I ould prob- 25X1
ably be financed by a long-term Soviet loan, ending the year-
old Afghan policy of refusing to accept further loans in favor of
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Czech arms agreement of 1954.
Kabul has expressed strong concern over what it considers
the deterioration of relations with Pakistan since the new mili-
tary regime was established there on 7 October. The Afghan
royal family apparently feels it now must deal with a tougher
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Pakistani Government indifferent to Afghanistan's support of
autonomy for "Pushtoonistan." On 2 December, Afghan
Prime Minister Daud attacked the United States' bilateral
negotiations with Pakistan and Iran as upsetting the local
balance of power and thereby imposing economic burdens
on other countries which must build uo their own armed
forces as a result.
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