CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY

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• Publication Date: August 18, 1960

INTELLIGENCE
WEEKLY
SUMMARY
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to prevent any candi-
date from obtaining
the necessary two-
a federal president by the com-
bined legislatures of Mali,
Senegal, and Soudan. A top-
level decision reached last May
supposedly cleared the way for
the election of Leopold Senghor,
Senegal's principal spokesman
and the chief architect of the
Mali Federation. Now, however,
.the Soudanese are insisting they
agreed only that the presidency
should go to a representative of
Senegal.
thirds majority, also reportedly
plan to seek an indefinite post-
ponement of the balloting or, if
that is not possible, to support
Senghor's: Senegalese rival,
Lamine Gueye. Senghor's sup-
porters are reacting to these
indications with dire predictions
implying a possible move by
Senegal to secede from the fed-
eration if Senghor is not chosen.
TRIALS OF DEPOSED TURKISH LEADERS TO BEGIN SOON
The investigating commit-
tees created by Turkey's ruling
National Unity Committee (NUC)
are concluding their hearings,
and the trials of members of the
ousted Bayar-Menderes regime are
expected to begin in late August
or early September. General
Gursel, NUC chairman and interim
chief of state, has also indi-
cated that the formerly dominant
Democratic party may be banned
by court action. The principal
aim in the trials of some Demo-
cratic leaders is probably to
discredit them and, by convic-
tions for felonies, render them
unable to hold public office.
The trials, expected to be
public, will be held on Yassi
Ada, a small barren island about
ten miles south of Istanbul in
the Sea of Marmara which has been
the primary detention center for
the deposed leaders. The pro-
ceedings of the High Court of
Justice--which includes both
civilians and military--may be
broadcast, as facilities there
will permit only a limited num-
ber of observers, including some
representatives of the foreign
press. The trials may take as
long as six months.
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Some executions
will probably follow
the trials.
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breaking down. Since.the coup
there have been two suicides,
including that of the former
minister of interior, and at
least one death attributed to
sentence.
at least 100 people
could be hanged for
crimes during the
previous regime. The
law which would have
exempted Bayar and
others from the death
penalty because of age has been
amended where cases of high
treason are involved, and some
members of the new regime
feel that world criticism
can be parried by the open
manner of holding the trials.
The age of many defendants
would make a long prison
term tantamount to the death
REPERCUSSIONS IN BELGIUM OF CONGO CRISIS
Under heavy public censure
for ineptitude in the Congo
crisis, Belgium's Premier Eys-
kens has responded by convening
a special session of parliament
on 17 August and demanding a
vote of confidence. This move
followed promises to make budget
cuts--mainly on military items--
to meet anticipated losses from
Congo operations. Eyskens will
probably also reshuffle a few
cabinet posts and attempt to
work out a new financial program
acceptable to all factions.
Despite antithetical views
on most domestic and political
issues, the Social Christians
(PSC) and the Liberals have held
together since November 1958
largely because of the feeling
that national unity should be
maintained on the Congo question.
With this bond weakened by re-
cent developments, another attempt
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