TOP SECRET SUPPLEMENT TO THE CURRENT INTELLIGENCE DIGEST

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T01146A001200150002-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 28, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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28 August 1952
CIA No. 49780
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TO THE CURRENT INTELLIGENCE DIGEST
(including S/S Cables)
Not for dissemination outside O/CI and O/NE.
Office of Current Intelligence
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This digest 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
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THIS MATERIAL CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL
DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
ESPIONAGE LAWS, TITLE 18, USC, SECS. 793 AND 794, THE
TRANSMISSION OR REVELATION OF WHICH IN ANY MANNER TO AN
UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
GENERAL
1. American delegate urges revision
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merican delegate to t-he Consultative Group
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strictions: Tfi
ofZ.states that the whole problem of secrecy is approach-
ing a critical stage as a result of the forthcoming semi-
annual Battle Act report, Representative Battle's current
tour of European countries, present and prospective excep-
tions to East-West trade controls, the question of admitting
Japan to COCOM, and recent press disclosures about the ex-
istence and functions of COCOM.
He recommends that the United States seek a more flexi-
ble policy on. secrecy at the September meeting of the Consul-
tative Group. He points out the present policy is creating
difficulties between executive and legislative branches of
member governments and in their relations with business
interests and the public.
France and Britain generally oppose disclosures, but
Italy, West Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands are ex-
pected to favor publicizing COCOM controls, (S S/S Paris
1185, 25 Aug 52)
2. French comment on four-power talks: The head of the
Political a rs Section of the renc Foreign Ministry
favors agreeing to another four-power meeting on Germany,
despite its obvious futility. His personal opinion is that
the latest Soviet note is a "signing-off on what the Russians
had started in March." The USSR has abandoned hope of in-
fluencing the West against integrating West Germany into
Atlantic defense planning and is now concentrating on German
opinion. (S S/S Paris 1197, 25 Aug 52)
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Comment: The French Government will probably insist
on con inuing the exchange of notes, and may even press for
immediate talks if public sentiment develops in that directicm
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