CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: April 25, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
25 April 1959
DAILY BRIEF
11. ASIA-AFRICA
Iran-USSR: (The Iranian ambassador in Moscow told Am-
bassador omp n on 23 April that he had protested against
Soviet overflights and that he will soon present the Iranian re-
ply to the Soviet memorandum of last December which warned
Iran of the "serious deterioration" of Soviet-Iranian relations.
He states further that continued propaganda attacks against the
Shah could lead Iran to break diplomatic relations with the Soviet
Union? Some Soviet overflights of Iranian territory undoubtedly
occurs but the large number of violations reported recently by
the Iranians is believed exaggerated:)
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Morocco: (Rabat apparently will soon resume forma nego-
ready raised with Madrid the question of withdrawing the 10,500
Spanish troops from northern Morocco, and King Mohamed V
air bases located in Morocco. The government is almost cer-
tain to press the United States to take further steps toward the
evacuation of the bases. Premier Ibrahim, under mounting
pressure to eliminate all foreign troops from Morocco, has al-
tiations--suspended since last fall--regarding the five American
has asked. that an agreement on the 28,000 French troops lbe
reached during his probe^ted meeting with De Gaulle
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it is planned to deliver some equipment this year. London points
out that its decision can be reversed before delivery of beau
weapons begins in 1960.
and improve trade ties with Britain. If Qasim reacts favorably,
Britain-Iraq The British cabinet has decided to sell Iraq
Centurion tanks, Canberra bombers, heavy weapons, and other
arms. In informing Premier Qasim of this decision, Ambas-
sador Trevelyan will stress British expectations that Iraq will
remain free of Communist control, keep oil flowing to 'Europe.,
should be in South or Southeast Asia.
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Afro-Asian Economi
of the Afro-Asian Economic Conference, whose temporary head-
quarters is in Cairo, is meeting in Indonesia to study the terms
of a permanent constitution for that body. Two problems which
are to be resolved by the committee are whether the USSR should
be made a member of the conference, and where the permanent
headquarters of the conference should be. A draft constitution
reportedly forwarded from Cairo envisages Soviet membership
and a Cairo headquarters. There is strong opposition to Soviet
participation, however, and several nations feel the headquarters
Burma: The Burmese Army is attempting to exploit the
Tibetan situation to stimulate sentiment against Communist China.
The army is arranging for political and Buddhist groups to dis-
tribute throughout Burma 100,000 copies of a pamphlet on Tibet
on an unattributed basis. Fear of China as well as the desire for
a border settlement with Peiping prevent Prime Minister Ne Win
from adopting an openly anti-Communist foreign policy,
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expected closeness of the electoral contestnl
der maximum pressure to secure agreement there in view of the
ing elections soon after summit talks would place Macmillan un::
promote compromises in coming East-West negotiations. The
elections, mandatory by May 1960, are now most likely to be
called in October. The American Embassy has noted that hold-
Britain: (Macmillan's decision not to call general elections
this spring w611 tend to increase pressures on his government to
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Morocco Appears Ready to Resume Negotiations on American
Air Bases
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The Ibrahim government appears ready to resume formal
negotiations regarding the status of the five American air bases
in Morocco. Discussions were initiated in May 1955 and suspended
last fall. Premier Ibrahim, who unexpectedly brought up the
subject with Ambassador Yost on 18 April, seems certain to
press th United States to take further steps toward evacuating
the bases.
Ibrahim is under mounting political pressure to obtain the
withdrawal of all foreign troops from Morocco. Earlier this
month he raised with Madrid the question of withdrawing the 10,-
500 Spanish troops from northern Morocco. King Mohamed V
has indicated he desires to conclude an agreement on the 28,-
000 French troops in Morocco during his projected meeting
with De Gaulle which may take place in mirl- Tunal
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Consultative Committee of Afro-Asian Economic Conference
Meets in Indonesia
An eleven-member consultative committee appointed by the
Afro-Asian Economic Conference in Cairo last December is meet-
ing in Indonesia from 25 to 30 April to study the terms of a con-
stitution for a permanent Afro-Asian Organization for Economic
Cooperation and to decide on a site for its headquarters,, Japan,
Communist China, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Iraq, the UARq
Libya, Sudan, Ethiopia, and Ghana are represented on the com-
mittee.
The committees major constitutional problem is to decide
whether to admit the USSR as a full member of the new organ-
ization. An Indonesian, who was a key figure in the conference
in Cairq says he has received a draft constitution from Cairo
which provides for Soviet membership and for an organization
headquarters in Cairo. The draft also provides for a powerful
secretary general and a significant reduction in the influence of
member delegations--an arrangement which would give the UAR
a strong hand, if the headquarters were to be established in Cairo.
Several nations at the Cairo Conference in December opposed
Soviet membership, and Indonesia, Pakistan, India, and Japan will
probably oppose it again, Ethiopia and Libya may also oppose.
The UAR, Iraq, Sudan, Communist China, and possibly Ghana.
may favor Soviet participation. The vote at the consultative com-
mittee meeting will therefore presumably be close.
On the location of a permanent headquarters., the committee
may also be widely divided. Indonesia apparently favors Bandung
or Djakarta. though it would support Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur., or
New Delhi. Other nations opposing the UAR?s previous attempts
to dominate Afro-Asian meetings probably would also favor a
shift from Cairo.
The 4.0-nation Afro-Asian Economic Conference held in Cairo
last December was nongovernmental and supposedly nonpolitical in
nature, The Egyptians, however, invited the USSR to be a member
of the conference and asked delegations from several other Com-
munist countries to be observers. Communist propaganda efforts
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at the conference were set back by a conflict over the legitimacy
of the USSR's membership,, and the resolutions produced were more
moderate than originally anticipated. They were concerned mainly
with economic collaboration among member countries, the effect
of the European Common Market on the Afro-Asian worlmeans of of resolving transfer-of-payments difficulties, and the establish-
ment of a permanent Afro-Asian economic organization.
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Burmese Army Using Tibetan Revolt in Internal Anti-Communist
Propaganda Campaign
The psychological warfare section of the Burmese Army is
exploiting the strong popular reaction to developments in Tibet
in what will apparently be a continuing internal propaganda cam-
paign aimed at discrediting the Chinese Communists as well as
Burma's own Communists. The army is discreetly sponsoring
distribution of 100,000 copies of a
pamphlet on ae 9 as well as additional copies of a pamphlet
prepared by the army itself purporting to describe the attitude
of Burmese Communists toward religion. These tracts will be
distributed by various Buddhist organizations and by local "sol-
idarity committees." which the army has established throughout
the country to mobilize popular support for the Ne Win govern-
mento
The army is also believed to have been responsible for a
series of recent statements by prominent Buddhist clerical and
lay leaders strongly denouncing Chinese Communist actions in
Tibet and expressing sympathy for the Tibetan lamas. The army's
deputy director for psychological warfare is reported,, for exam-
ple, to have been the actual drafter of a recent letter to the press
signed by the president of a powerful organization of monks prom-
ising that protest meetings would be staged by the monks through-
out the country and inviting the Dalai Lama to seek asylum in
Burma.
This army campaign is a further manifestation of the strongly
anti-Communist policy the Ne Win regime is pursuing internally.
Despite their strong personal feelings,, however, General Ne Win
and his army advisers are apparently still unprepared to risk
Chinese Communist pressure by officially denouncing Peiping's
actions in Tibet or taking other overt actions to brin Burma's
foreign policy more in line with its internal policy.
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THE PRESIDENT
The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
Scientific Adviser to the President
Director of the Budget
Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization
Special Assistant for Security Operations Coordination
Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities
Special Assistant for Foreign Economic Policy
Executive Secretary, National Security Council
The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Department of State
The Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary for Administration
The Counselor
Director, International Cooperation Administration
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Department of Defense
The Secretary of Defense
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
The Director, The Joint Staff
Chief of Staff, United States Army
Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
Assistant to Secretary of Defense for Special Operations
Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army
Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of the Navy
Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air :Force
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
The Department of the Interior
The Secretary of the Interior
The Department of Commerce
The Secretary of Commerce
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Director
Atomic Energy Commission
The Chairman
National Security Agency
The Director
National Indications Center
The Director
United States Information Agency
The Director
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