CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: October 7, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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DAILY BRIEF
I, THE COMMUNIST BLOC
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munists against Arab nationa.li ~~m
- or ans r an s 'n~, usayn has decided not to meet
UAR President Nas,ir at a tripartite conference which King Saud.
has been trying to arrange since his, early September talks with
Nasir in Cairo, Husayn's decision resulted. from a new propaganda j
battle between Cairo and Amman radios on the subject of resistance
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toward. a detente. between the UAR and Jordana Jordanian broad- j
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the door" to Communism in the Middle East, Cairo's Voice of the j
Arabs replied on 3 October by referring to Jordan as an'~"opport~un-
is~t" following "orders of imperiaali , -" ho are ali ned with Com-
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its influence in Yemen by .offering economic ass~stanceo
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Indian rime Minister Nehru told Ambassador Bunker on
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Indonesiae Chinese Communist pressures on the Indonesian
Government to repeal a decree banning foreign retail merchants
in rural areas of Indonesia have been "teri?ific~' according to For-
eign Minister Subandrio? The Chinese- ambassador has argued
the issue heatedly with Subandrio~ and le~:ders of the Chinese Com-
munist community have threatened to bring down the government
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Yemeno `.The director general of the Yemeni Foreign Min-
istry told the American charge on 3 October that the Yemeni
treasury is "virtually empty," and requested urgent American
assis.tance~ The chargd reports the consensus of Western rep-
resentatmres in Taiz that Yemen is approaching bankruptcy and
that the Imam's dominant position will be endangered unless the
government can soon find an estimated $3~000p000 to $5x000,000
to tide it Duero The Yemeni director general will be visiting
Moscow this month., at which time the USSR may seek to bolster
24 September that the immediate cause of the Sino-Inclian border
problem is Peiping's irritation over India's- treatment of the Dalai..
Larna~ but that eventually there would. have been trouble over the
border an wa -Nehru said the Chinese have always had an "ag-
by economic retaliation, Sukarno is re orted to have been shocked
b the unfriendl Chinese attitudep
III, THE WEST
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aggressive tactics-. The city, Ecuador's larges.t9 displayed hos-
tility toward Ponce during his last visit there in July. Tn June it
wa,s, the scene of extensive violence which threatened the stability
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Panama: Chronic dissatisfaction with the traditional ruling
oligarchy in Panama resulted. in a "hunger march" on the capital
on 5 October. Hundreds of unemployed workers and other dis-
~~ gruntled groups took part in a demonstration to demand enact-
ment of economic relief measures by the newly convened Nation-
al Assembly.
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Indonesia Under Strong Chinese C:om.munist Pressure to
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(Immediately before his depa~?ture for eiping on 4 October,
Foreign Minister Subandrio informed the American ambassador
that Communist China was exerting "terrific" pressure for re-
peal of an Indonesian decree requiring withdrawal of alien mer-
chants from rural areas. He said the Chinese Communist am-
bassador in Djakarta would not even listen to Indonesian explana~
tions of the measure. Leaders oif the Chinese community in In-
donesia have threatened to raise prices to such a level that popu-
lar feeling may force the cabinet to resign, In order to increase
pressure on Djakarta to rescind car postpone carrying out the de-
cree, Peiping may hint to Subandrio that it might slow up its eco-
nomic aid to Indonesia, as well as withdraw offers of military
aim
[Subandrio stated that regardless of Chinese pressures, he
would stand firm in his talks in Peiping, Although Indonesia
does not desire a "showdown" with Communist China, it is pre-
pared for one if necessary. Subandrio stated that he has Pres-
ident Sukarno's strong support in the position he is taking, and
thatS~.~k~.rno ha.d been shocked by the Chinese Communist attitude
[Subandrio plans to explain to Peiping that the current meas-
ure is a phase of Indonesia's "soc:ialization" prograr~Z. Djakarta
apparently hopes to turn alien retail trade in r~yral areas aver to
independent Indonesian nationals or to the Indonesian cooperative
movement. Theoretically this change would end the usurious
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~Tiolence iVlay spread in Ecuador
Guayaquil, EcuadorPs largest city, is the stronghold. of oppo-
sition elements, and a center of explosive labor and economic un-
rest which the Communists- are attempting to exploit with aggres-
sive new tacticse The Third-of-?J~une Youth Mover~aent, controlled
by Communists. and including the youth of two leftist parties,, is
being used to foment unrest designed to unseat Ponce, disrupt the
11th Inter-American Conference s~ched.uled for Quito in February
1960, and, block a pos.s.ible meeting of American presidents in
Guayaquil after the conferences The movement was, behind the
1 October riots and is. planning demonstrations for 9 October,
Extensive violence in Guayaquil in early June posed. the most
serious threat to Ponce since .his- election by a slim plurality in
1956? The city also displayed. a deep hostility toward him during
his last visit there in July.
The armed forces, which are believed capable of ~~aia~taining
order, have canceled invitations, to foreign military attaches- to at-
tend the 9 October ceremonies, and the local commander report-
edly has reques-ted the imposition of martial laws
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Panamanian Munger March Indicative of Social Unrest
The "hunger march" on the ]Panamanian capital on 5 Oc-
tober by hundreds of unemployed Colon workers and other
disgruntled groups was an expre:~sion of deep-seated popular
resentment against the economic policies of the Panamanian
Government. The purpose of the rra.arch, led by Colon labor
leader Andres Galvan, was to demand the immediate enact-
ment of unemployment relief measures and a minimum wage
law by the newly convened National Assembly.
The 50-mile trek to the capital was undertaken by about
600 persons, whose ranks were swelled to approximately
1,000 by the time the orderly procession reached the Leg-
islative Palace. When the National Assembly adjourned for
lack of a quorum, marchers occcipied the. legislative cham-
bersand demonstration leader Galvan exhorted the self-
styled ','people's deputies" not to budge until the government
enacted the desired legislation. Two and a half hours later
National Guardsmen using tear gas ejected the demonstra-
tors and arrested Galvan and othf~r leaders.
Unless immediate measures are taken to improve the
economic situation of Panama's lower and middle classes,
further disorders are likely. President de la Guardia frank-
ly acknowledged in his 1 October state-of-the-nation address
that Panama currently lacks the economic means to support
a rapidly increasing population. With the approach of the May
1960 presidential election, dissident oliticians are lik
exploit popular grievances.
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The Treasury Department
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