CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: November 14, 1961
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14 November 1961
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
CONTENTS
2. USSR: Vladimir Semichastny appointed new head of KGB;
former chief promoted. (Page tit)
3. France-Algeria: PAG calls for better treatment of im-
prisoned rebel leaders as prerequisite to a settlement
in Algeria. (Page tit)
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USSR: 'Vladimir Semichastny, the 37-year-old new head
of the Soviet Committee for State Security (KGB), like his
predecessor is a party careerist without previous experience
in intelligence work. Semichastny replaces Aleksandr Shelepin,
who was elevated into the top echelon of the leadership when
he was made a member of the party secretariat following the
22nd congress last month. The appointment illustrates the
party's, and evidently Khrushchev's,continuing control over
the secret police network.
Semichastny began his career in the Ukrainian party or-
ganization in 1944 and rose to a leading position in the republic
youth organization (Komsomol) during the time that Khrushchev
headed the Ukrainian party organization. From 1950 to 1958,
he and Shelepin served as secretaries of the Komsomol in Mos-
cow. Semichastny succeeded Shelepin as head of the Komsomol
in 1958 and as head of the department of the central committee
responsible for party personnel appointments the following year.
shooters from Moscow.
Semichastny was assigned as party second secretary in
Soviet Azerbaydzhan in the summer of 1959, when the republic
leadership was under attack for deficiencies in both agriculture
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seeking to remedy local shortcomings by sen4ing in trouble-
France-Algeria: The 12 November statement by the provi-
sional Algerian government (PAG) calls for French concessions
on the treatment accorded rebel vice premier Ben Bella and
other imprisoned rebel leaders, now on a hunger strike, as a
prerequisite to a settlement of the Algerian problem. The se-
cret talks reportedly have already produced substantial agree-
ment on all other major points. The imprisoned rebels began
their hunger strike on 2 November, and reports vary as to the
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Federation of Rhodesia
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Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland: Nyasaland leader
Hastings Banda may soon renew his campaign to pull Nyasaland
out of the Federation. It seems likely that Nyasaland's legisla-
ture, which is dominated by Banda followers, will pass a strongly
anti-Federation resolution shortly after it convenes in the last
lweek of November. Banda told American officials recently that
he confidently expects to be in London for constitutional talks in
December or January.
Two years a
o, African opposition to the Federa-
tion resulted in widespread violence in Nyasaland. Should Banda
succeed in leaving the Federation, Britain would also be faced
with increased secessionist pressure in Northern Rhodesia:
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French-Algerian Negotiations Jeopardized
A responsible Algerian source has indicated to the US
Embassy in Tunis that the PAG protests regarding Ben Bella
and the other imprisoned rebel leaders would not affect the
secret talks now in progress. The same source added that
the prisoners began the hunger strike on their own initiative,
but that, since it has spread to thousands of other Algerians
held in France, the PAG feels obliged to identify itself with
the campaign. Ambassador Walmsley feels that the PAG
will not push its protests any further than its internal pol-
itics require, but points out that relations between the Tunis-
based PAG and the rebel leaders held in France assume in-
creasing importance as a settlement approaches. ( In particu-
lar, the PAG leaders probably have to decide what use to make
of Ben Bella when he is finally released by the French
An official in the French Ministry of Justice indicated pub-
licly on 12 November that the scope of the hunger strike has
been exaggerated. Recent press reports state that the condi-
tion of at least some of the rebel leaders is serious, and Ben
Bella was removed to a hospital on 13 November. The French
claim that only 4,000 Algerian prisoners are involved in the
strike, instead of the rumored 15,000. A French Foreign Min-
istry official told the US Embassy in Paris last week that, al-
though conditions in the prisons where Algerians are held might
not be ideal, he felt the hunger strikes were attributable more
to political motives and French severity in putting down the
Algerian demonstrations in France last month. l ,
resentative at the UN, Abdelkader Chanderli,
PAG re
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confirmed to US officials on 11 November that "an exchange of
questions and answers" has been going on with the French
through Swiss intermediaries. Chanderli said agreement had
been reached on a citizenship formula which he felt would induce
about half of the French now in Algeria to remain after inde-
pendence. He said that the PAG feels the French have accted
Algerian sovereignty over the Sahara and joint exploitation)
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would not have to leave immediately after independence. Chan-
derli expects, however, that the anti - De Gaulle Secret Army
Organization will revolt against the French Government follow-
ing a public announcement that "final" negotiations are to begin
of its resources. He further stated that the question of French
Al eria was still open. and that French forces
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Although Malawi is the best disciplined political organ-
ization in the Federation, Banda is not immune to pressure
from the party's extremist wing, particularly on the question
of the continuance of the Federation. The American resident
consul in Nyasaland believes that softness by Banda on the
Federation- issue is one of the few acts which could lead to
his removal.
Malawi disenchantment with the Federation may actually
increase unless the pace of constitutional change is stepped
up in Northern Rhodesia. The principal Malawi complaint
about the Federation is that it is dominated by Southern Rho-
desian whites, and British reluctance to go back on the con-
cessions made to Federal Premier Welensky on the Northern
Rhodesian issue is regarded by Nyasaland Africans as confir-
mation of this. Thus, under present circumstances, Malawi
leaders are extremely unlikely to modify their stand substan-
tially. In fact, if Banda encounters strong resistance in London
or Salisbury, he is likely to authorize Malawi activists to be-
gin a campaign of passive--and occasionally active- -resistance
to Federal authorities.
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