CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 11, 2002
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• Publication Date: May 18, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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Khrushchev might initiate action on way
home from Paris leading toward separate
East German peace treaty. Q
Progress toward Cyprus settlement re-
mains slow; Makarios reference to
'deadlock' apparently tactical.
Indonesia- -Communists take initiative
in mass demonstrations against Dutch
reinforcement of New Guinea.
Panama--Appeal to electoral tribunal
causes further delay in announcement
of 8 May presidential election results.
Highlights of world reaction to summit
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
1,8 May 1960
DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
*USST Khrushchev may start action on a separate peace
treaty w~ East Germany on his way home from Paris. To
protract, without actually implementing, the threat of denying
the: West the right of access to Berlin,. and to minimize the
risks inherent in such a course, Khrushchev could use several
devices such as setting a. date for an international peace treaty
conference, initialing a draft treaty with the announced inten-
tion of ratification at a later date, specified or unspecified, or
stringing out the ratification process. This would give. further
time to assess Western reaction, but would nonetheless. carry
the USSR a significant and inexorable step further-toward a
unilateral denunciation of Western rights in West Berlin.
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Cyprus: UProgress toward a Cyprus settlement remains slow, 25X1 "IM
but MakariioDs' 16 May statement terming the negotia-
tensive efforts behind the scenes to reach agreement. Makarios'
statement, outlining the problems still to be resolved, appears de-
signed primarily to bolster his prestige on Cyprus and place the
onus on London for the developing Cypriot economic problems.
Accordingly, his warning that the Cypriots would be forced to al-40
ter their policy toward Britain unless London changes its atti-
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Indonesia-Netherlands: The Indonesian Communist party
is benefiting from the mounting public indignation over the. an-
nounced Dutch intention. to send reinforcements to Netherlands
New Guinea in the near future. Anti-Dutch student demonstra-
tions, coordinated by the Communists, occurred in. four major
cities in Java over the week end. The government is aware. that
the Communists are using the issue to increase their own pres-
tige, but sees no way. to interfere with what purport to be spon-
taneous expressions of patriotic. indignation. Meanwhile, in. an
apparent show of force, the Indonesian Navy is conducting naval 25
and air exercises near New Guinea.
III. THE WEST
Panama: Announcement of the official results of Panama's
'8 May presidential election, previously expected on 16 May, will
be postponed pending a ruling by the election tribunal. Ricardo
Arias, the government''s candidate, has filed charges of improper
election procedures. The electoral law provides for a delay of as
much as 15 days to determine the validity of challenged ballots.
President de la Guardia and National Guard commander Vallarino
are reportedly continuing to resist strong pressure. from leaders
of the governing party to invalidate, the. election, which apparently
was won by opposition candidate Roberto Chiari. Violence is pos-
sible if
winner.
*For highlights of world reaction to summit developments, see Page4.
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
111. ASIA-AFRICA
Cyprus Negotiations
Little progress has been reported recently in the negotiations
between the British and the Cypriots. British Colonial Under Secre-
tary Julian Amery has remained on Cyprus and is in contact with
Archbishop M., akarios and Turkish Cypriot leader Fazil Kuchuk.
Makarios has twice labeled the talks "deadlocked," most recently
in a statement on 16 May. The Americanconsul general in Nicosia,
however, reports that intensive efforts are being made behind the
scenes in an attempt to find an acceptable compromise solution for
the remaining problems,]
LThe prolonged dispute over the total area of the British military
bases to be retained by London after independence was settled in
late April. The remaining problems involve: (1) the future of the
bases if Britain abandons them, (2) the exact boundaries of the bases,
(3) civil administration within the bases, and (4) British economic
aid to the new republic