CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY- NOTES AND COMMENTS

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• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: December 16, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-01914
• Publication Date: September 15, 1955

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15 September 1955
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The serious drain on many
power and unfavorable public
reaction to the harsh methods
employed by recruiting offi-
cials reportedly forced East
German Socialist Unity Party
(SED) officials on 11 July to
suspend all recruiting for one
month. Although there has been
no report of resumption of full-
speed.recruiting; the flood of
young men tv West Berlin has
continued tp increase.
Many refugees have been
attracted by abundant job op-
portunities in booming West
Germany.. The East German
economy, already suffering
from serious manpower shortages,
Greek and Turkish Governments
Move to ase ens ons
The Greek and Turkish gov-
ernments are moving to calm the
passions aroused during and
after the London conference on.
the Cyprus issue. Although a
gradual easing of Greek Turkish
tension is likely, the unre-
solved differences over Cyprus
and other issues will continue
to make their relations uneasy.
Following the anti-Greek
riots of 6 and ? September in
Turkey, the Greek government
took extreme precautions to
protect the Turks in Greece,
Turkish establishments were
placed under heavy guard and
troop reinforcements were sent
to Thrace to protect the Turk-
ish minority there. Public
gatherings were prohibited,
Athens did, however, com-
plain to Ankara, to NATO, and
to various foreign governments
in an apparent. effort to capi-
talize on the situation,
Ankara rejected an official
Greek note of protest on 10
September because one of the
wi 2.1 tie further handicapped by
thf~ loss of actual or potential
workers, particularly skilled
labor and technicians.
The recent marked increase
in the number of refugees may
also be due in part to growing
despair of any liberalization
of political conditions in East
Germany,
To halt the refugee flow
through West Berlin, the major
escape center, East German
authorities are seeking to dis-
courage travel into the western
sectors. East Germans and East
dTest sectors of Berlin,
$erliners have been asked to
sign pledges not to visit the
pas:ages attributed responsi-
bil:lty for the anti-Greek riots
to the Turkish government.
AthE:ns decided to delete the
objc;ctionable passage before
resubmitting the note.
Athens also canceled
Greek participation in interna-
tior.:al conferences meeting in
Istasnbul and in forthcoming
N~TC- exercises, Deputy Premier
KanE~llopoulos later told the
American embassy that he hoped
the atmosphere would improve
sufficiently by early October
to permit Greek participation
in NATO exercises then.
Some evidence indicates
official Turkish toleration in
early stages of the riots in
Istanbul and Izmir, The gov-
ernment evidently did not ex-
pect such large-scale mob vio-
1enc~e as developed, however,
and lbelatedly took severe
measures to restore order.
Amba:asador Warren in Ankara says
subs~:quent Turkish actions re-
flect the government?s profound
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 15 September 19:15
distress and determination to
make full reparation. The
Turkish minister of the interior
has been replaced for failure
to prevent the riots, and the
militant "Cyprus-is Turkish
Society" has been banned.
The Turkish Grand National
Assembly, meeting in extraor-
dinary session on 12 September,
unanimously condemned the riots.
It promised "proper" punishment
for those responsible and full
compensation for those who suf-
fered damages. Estimates of
the damages run as high as
$100,000,000. -The assembly
also approved a six -month ex-
tension of martial law declared
in Istanbul, Izmir, and Ankara.
b9eanwhile the Greek and
Turkish positions on the Cyprus
French North Africa
Morocco: Moroccan nation-
alists are likely to engage in
widespread violence unless
Sultan Mohamed ben Arafa departs
in the next feW days. His de-
parture, on the other hand, may
set off disorders instigated by
the French settlers who strongly
oppose the Faure program.
Acceptance by former sultan
Mohamed ben Youssef of French
premier Faure's Moroccan program,
seems to have had an at least
temporary quieting effect. A
nationalist-directed general
strike scheduled for 12 August
in the event Sultan Ben Arafa
was still on the throne failed
to materialize, even though
Ben Arafa again issued a com-
munique stating he would not
step down.
question remain irreconcilable.
Athens and Ankara both rejected
the British proposal for self -
gove~rnment on Cyprus, and Greece
remains committed to pursue its
appeal to the United Nations.
While Greece apparently has
tried to use the Turkish riots
to improve its position on this
issue in the UN, Ankara insists
that the riots cannot be used
to force any Turkish concessions
on Cyprus.
Nevertheless, present in-
dications are that a mutually
satisfactory formula for shely-
ing the Cyprus issue for the
time being may be found. Some
responsible Greek leaders are
reported to be seeking a way
to put the issue "on ice for
many months to come."
Considerable danger is in-
here~it in the arming of same
20,01)0 civilians to assist in
maini~aining order in the citiea.
Many members of this new militia
sympf~thize with the reactionary
Prest3nce Francaise organization
and ~vould not be wholly reliable
shou7ld the settlers decide to
act.
Algeria: The Algerian Com-
munlf~t~arty was outlawed on 13
September, ostensibly because
it supported the anti -French up-
rising of 20 August, but more
prob~.bly in response to French
sett7,er pressure. The extent
of Cammunlst involvement in the
20 August violence is not known.
Rebel activities continue
and may be increasing. Martial
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