CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 30, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 29, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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 ~~ ea e main passes on the southern Tibet border and. have
blocked. the escape route used. by the Dalai Lama. Possibly
58000 Tibetan refugees have so far entered. India and Bhutan,
but it will now be increasingly difficult to cross the hnrr~pr~
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Tibeto Chinese Communist forces have by naw probably
broken up ncentrations of rebels in southeastern Tibets
althou h the terrain ermi ued activity by small groups.
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~xno-Indian relations 'nue to deteriorate
*USSI~ti-Nuclear test talkso The Soviet delegate to the
Geneva talks stated on April that if the number of inspec-
tions of suspected nuclear explosions to be permitted each
year is agreed. upon in advance, the USSR will drop its de-
mandfor aveto on the dispatch of .inspection teams. In
addition, the USSR will agree to permanent inspection groups
y~ ~ in the USSR, and, permit automatic inspection when control--
~J system instruments indicate a suspicious event, Howevery
-the Soviet representative contended that the annual number
of inspections to be allowed. was a political decision and. not
related to any technical information or report, In his 23 April
letter to president Eisenhower, Khrushchev said. there would
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II. ASIA-AFRICA
Turkey-Iraq;Ankara is increasingly concerned over the 2
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gravity of the Communist threat in ;Iraq and. its implications
fox Turkish security. Prime Minister Menderes has requested.
immediate US-Turkish talks on the- question, Meanwhile, '.Curk-
ish officials have announced. that 700 Kurdish tribesmen fr~arn
Iraq have been granted asy~um. These are the first refugees
noted. crossing this border.
Sin apore4 Chief Minister Li.rn Yew Hock?s efforts to u.nx e
modern a forces to oppose the Communist-infiltrated Peopl.e4s
Actian party in the 30 May general: elections have thus far failed.
The moderates have nominated a large number of competing can-
didates. In contrasts the People?s :Action party has filed a.
stron late of candidates restricted to one for each assembly
s~at4
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 3. Prime Minister Macmillan's clear indication
that he will not call general elections this spring will
tend to increase the pressure on his government to
seek a negotiated settlement of the Berlin crisis
4. While the USSR will not turn. over access con-
trols to East G~rman~ in the near- future, the physical
transfer could be accomplished with little or na`: warn-
ing,
5. There are no reliable indications of a bloc
intent in the near future to blockade Allied or West
German access to West- Berlin, or to seal off West
Berlin from the bloc. However, the Soviets could.-take
such actions with little or no warning.
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Tibetan Situation
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Khamba-occu ied area of southeastern Tibet,
Despite Peiping's intense effort to crush
e revo , owever, the rugged terrain and availability of local
food sources will permit continuing activity by small rebf;l .bands.
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t e C inese were ma ing every
e art to sea Ti et s bor ers with Bhutan, Nepal, and India,
They have blocked the escape route used by-the Dalai Kama,
he said. Possibly 5,000 refugees, however, have succeeded
in reaching Bhutan or India within recent weeks, and. small
groups are expected, with i reasing difficulty, to contimue
straggling across the borde~
Sino-Indian relations have deteriorated to their lowest:
level in years. The National People's Congress heard. a parade
of speakers charging Indian officials with "expansionist" denial
of China`s sovereignty over Tibet and with complicity in t:he
Dalai Lama's statement denying abduction from Tibet. Press
reports from New Delhi state that on 27 April the Chinese Com-
-monists had officially protested the defacing of Mao Tse-tong's
picture by an Indian mob.
Prime Minister Nehru, angered by Chinese Communist
attacks on India despite his efforts to calm the situation, 1-ias
accused. Peiping of using the "language of the cold ware' I:[e
said Peiping's charges against India were "so fantastic I find
it difficult to deal with them:' He stated that he had made a
formal protest to Peiping. Nehru apparently believes that his
past efforts to avoid recriminations have been interpreted. in
Peiping as a sign of weakness and intends to make Communist
China aware that such char es could. have serious effects on
Sino-Indian relations.
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II. ASIA-A~'ItICA
Prospects far L
Enhanced
eft-Wing Victory in Singapore Elections
~ailure of the conservative political parties in Singapore
to reach agreement on a unified slate for the 30 May general
elections has greatly enhanced the prospects of the Commun~ist-
infiltrated People's Action party (PAP). Party officials now be-
lieve the PAP will win 30 to 40 of the 51 Legislative Assembly
seats at stake. The party's strong list of candidates includes
the popular former mayor, (3ng Eng Guan, and 12 city councilors
who resigned from office on 18 April, The PAP appare tly has
avoided serious competition from other left-wing parties
The other Singapore parties have nominated numerous com-
peting candidates despite Chief Minister Lim Yew Hock's plans to
form an anti-PAF coalition to prevent fragmentation of the mod-
erate vote, Lim's moderate Singapore People's Alliance nominated
39 candidates and the conservative Liberal Socialists 32. ][ri addition,
there are 34 independent candidates as well as nominees represent-
ing ten other parties. Even Lim may have trouble retaining a Leg-
islative Assembly seat in his supposedly "safe" district. The PAP
candidate in this contest may slip through with a plurality victory
while Lim splits the non-PAP votes with his bitter enemy, former
Chief Minister David Marshall, and with a Liberal Socialist candi-
date
~hief Minister Lim may be able to force the withdrawal of
some of the moderate candidates. It is doubtful, however, .if any
action taken by him at this late date, short of instigating disorders
to force postponement of the elections9 can reverse the trend toward
a PAP victory
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The Situation in Panama
The prompt reaction of other American. countries to the
recent invasion of Panama has probably strengthened the un-
stable De la Guardia government and discouraged support for
the invaders from other antiadministration groups. The Cuban
origin of the armed expedition and of most of its members~y as
well as the apparent lack of feasible postinvasion plans has
probably made De la Guardia's numerous opponents wary of
any appearance of cooperation with the invaders,
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The Council of the Organization of American States in re-
sponse to Panamanian. appeals for help, sent an investigating
committee on 28 April and recommended. that member states
entertain favorably Panamanian requests for arms. Nicaragua
and. Guatemala have offered. to send military aids and the k1S
delivered arms and other equipment on 27 April for the Pana-
manian National Guard to use against the revolutionaries. In
addition9 the Cuban Government has condemned participation
by its citizens in the attack and promised stringent action against
them, although some Cuban officials may have been aware of the
expedition preparations.
Guard commandant Vallarinos. whose support of De la Guardia
has been the president`s main strengths has appeared doubtful of
the guard's willingness and ability to fight the invasion foi?ce. He
and other members of the ruling clique were extremely nervousq
but the OAS actions should help to stabilize the internal s:il:uation
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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 far 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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