VALIDITY STUDY OF NIE 52-55: PROBABLE DEVELOPMENTS IN PAKISTAN, PUBLISHED 15 MARCH 1955

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00400R000300100085-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2012
• Sequence Number: 85
• Publication Date: November 15, 1956
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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15 November 1956
Validity Study of NIE 52-55?
Probable Developments in Pakistan,
lished15 March
This estimate has been borne out by events in most respects, and
its basic analysis of the situation appears to remain valid. However,
it has inevitably become outdated in some respects. With the disappear-
ance from the political scene of Ghulam Mohammed, the character of
the ruling group has changed somewhat, particularly in the emergence
of Mirza as the dominant figure. The restoration of parliamentary
government, the series of political maneuvers leading to Suhrawardy's
elevation to the premiership, and the approach of general elections
under the new constitution have added new dimensions to the struggle
between the ruling group and its rivals. While Pakistan's economy
remains precarious, its immediate situation and prospects have im-
proved somewhat over the last year and a half,
In the foreign affairs field, the ending of the honeymoon
period in US-Pakistani relations, the development of the Bloc campaign
to woo the Arab-Asian nations, and the increasing articulateness of
popular feeling on international questions have all made Pakistan
likely to be somewhat more restrained in its pro-Westernism than was
indicated in NIE 52-55.
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