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SECURITY INFORMATION
26 February 1952
US OFFICIALS ONLY OCI No 3880
Copy Nod 51
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DIA, DOS, JCS Declassification/Release Instructions on File
Office of Current Intelligence
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This summary of significant reports has been prepared primarily
for the internal use of the Office of Current Intelligence. It does
not represent a complete coverage of all current reports in CIA
or in the Office of Current Intelligence. Comments represent the
immediate views of the Office of Current Intelligence.
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SECTION 1 (SOVIET)
SSR. Radio Moscow supports revolt in Japan: Ona22 3 Febriauy-
ry pP
1, U an an in lammato a
a io Moscow same t?to the Japanese people to revolt
ed to Kyuichi Tokuda9 and Yoshida."
t'against the reactionary regime of Ridgway d the purge
ordere
okuda disappeared in Jame 1950 after SCAP
Central entral Committee.
e Communist Party
of members of the
Feba52)
25X1A (R FBIS ap-
Comment: it is increasingly evident that the USSR9
"natio
ant encouraged by the success of l~lstressing nt,
mov e- Middle and Near East
movemen in the Fare for utilization in colonial areas
this technique chnique not only
but for application to Japan as well.
Similarities between the USSR blue-print for colonial
revolutions published in December 1951 andFifthplatfonml
adopted by the Japanese Communist Party's
Committee in October 1951 show that present Japanese Commu-
nist Party policy not only has the approval of the Kremlin
eneral policy
but probably was prepared in accordance with g
directives from Moscow. Moreoover9 it is significant that
not since the Cominform criticism in January 1950 have
policies received such wide
Soviet Japanese Communist publicity, i~~Lndicansatanding that the Kremlin is placing in-
creased importance on the role of the Japanese Communist
Party in post-occupation Japan
olicy has already been
Evidence that this militant p
nl_treatyization"
into effect was the recent wave of
put i rotesting t peace, e riots througo~ndJrearmament.
security pact
Reservists receive mobilization assignments:
2 , p,CARIA a Bulgarian ecret
25X1C ._Lm- n?t,r, C strict o southwestern Bulge is dis
tributed printea iurn-
age on the night of 15 January 1952. The forms
the location and unit to which each
were distributed secretly, , The in case of mobiler.e.tiautioned not to reveal that they had
and reservists were 25X1A
been received. (S
25X1A
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Comment`- A nation-wide trial mobilization ofSBulgarian
reserv sts occurred during December and January. the
report from Petrich implies that trial mobilization activity
re-
had not occurred fnthat area, lpaperspossible
in preparation
ported issuance of mobilization
for such a mobilization exercise, There is some evidence
.to indicate that the r40jl?- at ion drills were carried out
by each of the Bulgarian army areas in turns beginning with
the Second Army in early December > If this information is
correct, it is possible that mobilization exercises in the
Petrich (First Army) area had not yet begun in mid-January.
Recent information has revealed that a major redisposi-
tion and redesignation of Bulgarian Army units was carried
out between October 1950 and the fall of 1951. It seems
likely that the recent mobilization drills might have been
planned both for purposes of testing Bulgarian mobilization
machinery and as a means of briefing and reorienting re-
servists on recently revised unit assignments and designa-
tions.
3. 'HUNGARY. Private property confiscated, All private property
ei er ent rely or par rally let an all houses of capitalists
and former ruling elements even if these are not rented are
subject to government expropriation under a decree of
17 February. Exceptions are made in the case of buildings
owned by a foreign state, by the Church and by agricultural
cooperatives, Working peasants are favored in that a
peasant is permitted to retain a house which he lets in
smallrshoppermitted
addition to the oneousenwhblA~sartis~.~~ andworkers
to keep a six-room h
keepers can retain only a five-room house.
The stated purpose of the decree is to prevent elements
of the former ruling class from securing revenues without
work and to bring under government supervision houses and
apartments which the present owners are neglecting.
21 Feb 52; R 25X1A
pensation is promised, (R FBIS
Budapest 6368 21 Feb 52)
Comment: The real reason r w~.sereve~ledli~aSzabadf
middle andupper class residences
Nep, the Budapest Communist daily, which stated that t e
,tree was intended .'to continue the liquidation of
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This latest step in the class war-
Capitalist elements." follows reports that deporta-
fare being waged in Hungary
of upper class citizens weal tbe in her oveedmentMhashnot
tions compensation is proms p
Although comp
heretofore fulfilled such obligations, April 1950.
A similar step was taken in Rumania in Aof Soviet tank division: The Commander
4. POLAND. Relocatnion on "rope s a es a e ov et 20th Tank
d since the
t
e
Forces loca
Division, which has not been firmly a permanent change of
summer of 1951, has apparently eats that the
station from Opole to Neuhammer. He Buggreasons: (a) to
move may have been made for the fOpolishgarmy, (b) to
release barracks to the expanding to gain
area, (c)
facilitate use of the ftield v and (d) to place the division
S
greater division security
more suitably for support of Soviet forces in Germany.
CINCEUR Weeka #7, 18 Feb 52)
Comment Neuhammer is the onemof theltwor Soviet li
area o320th, Tank Divi irevious years, major elements Of
divisions in Poland, In P ear in
the division returned to Opole afthr gummer hout thely train ng
although minor elements
ea rround n the
hammer, Similar year-round usi of field training areas
Army Soviet nh Guards
Neu
for tin?occupiediGermanypccurre
Tito ma ose Italy-Yu Slav condoainiumofor -
25X1C 5. TRIMS. MWK 04
25X1C of the pen-Tito 25X1C
es e . a
in Trieste, that about 1 Marc ati?nelwiLnnounC'B th Italy tov
party in ormed raw o Bab c , over h he Yugoslavia u
Yois prepared to open negoti At that
basis of the Italian Peace Treaty, lo-
Trieste on the the creation of a permanent free
time Tito will propose Zone B, under an Italot the
territory, including ecify
Yugoslav condominium The proposal will sp Hinted not
condominium be administered by a governor app
by the United Nations but alternately by Yugoslavia and
Italy for a three or four year term.
to Tito the objective of this tactic will
According
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oBlavia's good faith and to
Westt 01 yuiC .., ,a n . 23 Feb 52, ^
ihw
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(S
li'1' r a .... - -
"f r Is hens .
~4R3'SS TEY-S R ,~NtigEOOND;
F'forc e Italy
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ious reports have eta ed that
condominium-
Cvmment Prey os. the
ens to propose an Italy-Yug
eler an effort to weaken Italian claims to
ieete
over Trieste in i,nve the Italian Peace Treat which
area. A move to a Free Territory owould be a
creation s
called for the. Council appointee,
to the failure of preliminary for or taalks between
ogerned by a UN Security. territorial
logical sequel
the two governments to agree on' a
t
settlement. . of the pro-Titois
d several other leaders
Ste visited Marshal Tito at his
Rabic an s
Slove~no party in Trieste in mid-February
inter, retreat in Brioni
w
Trieste ?lec
arl
one n r sate
ur es e ~.rv omman or 0
Allied Commander in done A _ y - r.~veruaments
Lions: med 'I..- the
as of arm United Trieste comm tu
0
postponement of the
he internal sia
nal
n
~
further
tione-of the Commu
that a
e a harmful effect oa there will haY resent elections
e states that the p the forthcoming
there. similarly
Council are motivated morego d administration. frustrated
than the requirements of is continually action
the action
Government strong
the Allied Militaneceesity ofw avoiding might Feb any damage
by the political the Communal. Council ? 7,,, 23 arty. (S Trie
C~rhsthan P et been made regard-
has ere postponed last fall
Comments No final dQcwhich w
oelav Govern-
ug
ing t e sate electionsy
1952 in order to give the Italian and
until to settle the Trieste issueedlahowlly.
meats an opportunity
The j British and Italian Governments have a same time
US are not postponed until fall
ever, that if the elections they ns will be held at th rings
wish, this sp
as the Italians
as local Italian ele+ctio'ns scheduled or
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way out: The
ve6 on ort- xport firms beiieV,ts the general
CHINA Private imp in Hong Hong camps on the main-
mr~,can onsu Genera anti-corruption f..ore
in'
to private firms 'engaged m it
belief that ign
the elimi. current na aLte
.and will` nearly the investigations of comeralst rmscor.?
i ell be joint conducted by large
is exo Fed w that Following trade w roues
ected trading
s exp supervised g
poratians or strictly es and
of tax evasion a charges
Kong
Government inhavei ations already caused exP ts to Hong
blackmail dealing ~ ~ firms to fall drathe regime by ob-
gh private Chines- low prices are
the at sums equiva-
throuf irns? which have demOnrials abroad loyalty .to
reprtg strategic on trumped-up charges, S Hong
reportedly being final, n tradeo (lent to their entire profits from foreign
Kong 24-84, 23 Feb 52)
st China's trade with non-
Much of Communist h private firms y
Comment' ond~~ct low as aresult
countries has been ced throng
whose v regime now is relatiWESt .i.n the past six
whose value to the reg t1-n traders can
of the.reduced level of trade to e with the k under way for the
ac p
months A Commuart offthetbroader matt e
be expected as part the "national bourgeos.sl
last few months,
to ing strong-arm In
youth Corps: emp y1 a r m tactics. assador
2. KOBE Rhee's ee on
Press. ent R
a conversat on wit ~~ ?n squads" have been
referred to the undemocrati? and coercive tactics bee youth whose armed g
t sign petitions for the recall of Assembly-
forci youth Corpsp
forcing citizens to President i?nsdicatted gthat he
hers The a arm actions stron
men. might" try miry to anizatien was not carrying
-might to moderate the youth Corps
"
that the.leader of that23r~eb 52
out orders. QS Pusan 835 ,~ is designed to force
"recall campaign
comment, ing the defeated bill for
direct legislature,
the Asse Bfy- into reconsiderTt is his most overt m ve to
Rhee's election of the -standing Power struggle with the
date in his long
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SECTION 3 (WESTERN)
Bonn attaches co ad it io d to ATroi. tirtlx Wiens
l o GERMANY u 1c has ~ ~
e e eras Rep
NATO Council stating the coj,6itions gover >in7 its payment
a 2,67-billion-dollar contribution t~eWesttern defenc
p e 9
ld he it
will
of or later. Shou
rove beginning
inc1apabble le of supporting the envisaged figure2
prove
ask for foreign aid pending a reduction of its defense
Furthermore, the Federal Republic aid'NA? will
burden expenses are deductible
later review what other budgetary
from defense costs, with particular r attention ein
to federal aid to Berlin (S Bonn 1609 23 of Western
Comment? Germany acceptance of its share
--costs may be more apparent than realm There is a
-German
een Allied
c the Allied
considerable co
considerable difference tw ductionoa,IfW
fiscal year 1953, the Federal
forecasts of gross national
forecast is not realized by
Republic will ask for a reduction of its defense,.costso In the November NATO meeting in Rome,, the Allied High
an., over-all
Commissioners were charged with negotiatingean beginning
defense figure for the West Owillnbeigranted a three- to
1 April e Hence West Germany four-month grace period before assuming the full costs of
rearmament which would cut some 3301 miilion dollars from
rer -cure for fiscal year
thhe o or riginal Allies y
UN commission procedure plays into Communist hands
s~ x
--- e~ectaxar co~itioxa~
20 The UN commission to investia etet e rma~a Tesentalones rep has invited to stand e?forelater investigation.
roceduxe, rather
on 17 March discuss arrangements
US officials had warned earlier East and
Wes an would equest for p at the expense
West t Germany, woplay into the hands of the Communists
by letting them "prolong talks indefinitely
of further progress of current Allied-West German negotiations,
The Netherlands delegate to the UN commiusion% statedhthat,
although he had no evidence that t~uchSaRmove would be a
commission to enter East Germaanhis view, the Bonn lobe ament
"golden opportunity" since, in i
would refuse to consider ear11amere itasur es while gsuc re-
unification bait was dangled
21 Feb 52)
20 Feb 52; S to Geneva 632,
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Comment- Soviet and East German officials are,, according
to press reports, discussing the Communist reply to the UN
note. The only East German comment so far was much more con-
ciliatory in tone than earlier propaganda trreatdent of the
issue. Past statements have vehemently atttaecked thetprQ
ciple of UN interference in such a purely
instead of emphasizing outtrit ghtrrefu l of dmit aeUN bssion
to East Germany The preset procedure
might lead to Communist hints of eventual ermis io 'however,
entry into East Germany.; before granting pp
aa otimetihnn
the East Germans could filibuster on theeissue at
Allied negotiations with West Germany ar nearing m.
3a Proposal fob West German membership in ECE_is
shelved- T e flies have abahnndo da a try i gttoermaft?
consu tative membership in the Federal Republic to con
e
a common statement reconciling
tinued but limited participation insECE aa ctivities. The
Bonn government is extremely to i its
lationship with this body since the March plenary session
is just two weeks away. (C Bonn 1668, 22 Feb 52)...
Comment- Ida the last several months, the US and Britain
,romote est German membership in the face of Fre +h oppo-
sition. France maintained
bethat causehBonn's emembership woulde
to represent West Germany
provoke the USSR either to wFrenchwobject~onnsoandotYsespossi-
on East German membershlp
bility of Soviet counteractions have caused the Allies to
drop the idea of Germ
4. FRANCE. Faure faces severe test on new taxes: Treraure9s
m asst' in is pain s a ack picture chances of surviving a crisis this week over the budget bill,
which involves new taxes. The right-w.ra, ~a'ependents and
.Peasants are increasingly restive and hopeful of broadening
the centrist coalition to take inn1tthhetGaull sets without losing
Socialist support. The Vice Pr
1_st, the Premier's own party, stated that he expected. former
pr, rni.er Queuille to succeedd PFaure aris 5n5a government which the
Socialists would enter.
Comment- The rapidly growing threat of major economic
de-
crisis France, as reflected in the sudden further
preciation of the franc, greatly aggravates Faure's problem
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ort The government?s bleak
of retaining pos etical supp
worsened by Faure?s an~o lve vu,,-k old5 instead of nt On February
tlo cabinet outlook
that he he woewould stake
tax in creasef of 15 opercenThet t9 Socialists con-
on a demand for
a ously anticipate ove.~?nment upon
percent as pDevi into the g for
ob?n their re-entry
dit
tinus
donment of the recent measure aid to
to coxn
an
ab
kl
the unliey church schooled
nternata.o~~a,l
er I
?
.
o~?g
st~
support for M
Belgium asks as reoues e W1 . ze: an
lals al Materials
5o BELGIUM on erefcea e gg um
a er oorganaza.tl.on of the I~!.te:~ttnataon
representation of all member countries
supp?~? r a re formed of 're-
Conference to provide board. Committees 1 would um be also proposes
on the governnl,ng ference enforce and groups a Belgoducer
cos of regional
that the estigate to determine
that the an recom inv mmendatlons owhether o (C Bern
ther regul ate prices, commodities
whether shortages of of c exist
1047 s 22 Feb 52 ) move5r~rc;, ing boa. d
Comment. Bne~lu desires a seat Bitai.'aac France 2.
roupp composed of the ESy
y e its bargaining position v0anpla ne
or Cetnr,
.tries ~ The Benelux Governments have ~?ompla~.~ne cover
these undoubtedly to impro co run