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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T01146A001200250002-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 27, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 12, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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12 September 1952
CIA No. 49800
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TO THE CURRENT INTELLIGENCE DIGEST
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THIS MATERIAL CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL
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1. Chinese Communists negotiate purchase of Chilean copper:
The Chinese Communist Government has reportedly negotiated
the purchase of 6,000 tons of electrolytic copper from Chile.
The transaction is being handled through middlemen in
Switzerland who are reputedly able to furnish the affidavit
of final destination necessary for obtaining possession of
the copper in Chile. The copper will be routed via Antwerp
25X1 A and Gdynia.
Comment: During the period of the US-Chilean copper
agreement, from 8 May 1951 to 2 May 1952, known and probable
diversions of Chilean copper to the Orbit totalled 13,361
tons. None of this is known to have gone to China.
The Central Bank of Chile, which administers copper
sales, demands that foreign purchasers supply non-re-export
guarantees, but has approved purchase orders with only
cursory investigation. The Chilean Government recently
indicated that it would accept a delivery verification cer-
tificate procedure on a government-to-government basis.
2. Afghanistan rejects Soviet protest on oil-drilling
operation: e g an Government has rejected the Soviet
demarche protesting preparations by a French firm to drill
for oil in northern Afghanistan, claiming that the oil-
drilling project is a purely internal matter.
The Afghan Foreign Minister has stressed to the
American Embassy the seriousness of the Soviet protest, the
possibility of unrest if the government fails to improve
economic conditions in northern Afghanistan, the friendship
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of Afghanistan for the United States and its desire for
American assistance. The Foreign Minister said that settle-
ment of the frontier dispute with Pakistan was now essential,
though he failed to indicate whether Afghanistan was pre-
pared to offer any concessions. (S S/S Kabul 125 and 126,
10 Sept 52)
Comment: There is no evidence that the USSR plans
drastic ac ion at the momenta On the other hand, it is pre-
sumably prepared to increase pressure on the Afghan Govern-
ment if. this and UN-conducted economic project's in north
Afghanistan are not abandoned.
Afghan ability to withstand Soviet pressure depends upon
the solution of such complicated problems as settling the
dispute with Pakistan, which cannot be easily or quickly done,
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4, Chilean-US military assistance agreement to be campaign
theme: prominent Ibanista leader has stated that the desire
for abrogation of the Chilean-US military assistance pact
will continue to be used as campaign. material in the March
1953 congressional election. He said that "denunciation of
the pact prior to the election will prove ... that the
Ibanistas intend to fulfil promises."
The US Embassy in Santiago comments that when Ibanez
learns the details of certain Chilean verbal commitments to
the United States, the Ibanistas may use this information in
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their campaign and charge that President Gonzales Videla
was "again attempting to sell the country down the river by
establishing a secret military base behind the backs of
Congress and the public." (S S/S Santiago 81, 9 Sept 52)
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