CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/05/27

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• Document Creation Date: March 18, 2019
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2019
• Publication Date: May 27, 1951

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SUMMARY
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2. Communists claim Chinese Nationalist troops are in Korea (page 3).
4. Agreement between Tibetan delegation and Peiping is expected
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5? Indonesia prompted by UN embargo to request additional US
exports (page 5).
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6. Comment on Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's request for arbitration
(nage 6)
8. Friction inside Libya threatens UN plan for independence (page 7).
SCANDINAVIA
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10. Finland plans locally-made radar warning system to avert Soviet
aid (page 8).
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Communists claim Chinese Nationalist troops are in Korea:3.3(h)(2) )7C A
Comment: Communist propaganda has already
begun to exploit the alleged presence of Chinese Nationalist forces
in Korea: a Peiping broadcast of 26 May claims that "30 Kuomintang
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soldiers" were among thpfiN !prisoners cantured durinr the recent
Communist offensive.
North Korean propaganda, alleged earlier that Japanese units were
fighting with UN forces in Korea. Chinese Nationalist order of battle
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4 Aceement between Tibetan delegation and Peiping is expected soon:
US Emb London
The UK High Commissioner in New Delhi,
25 Mayj.1 quoting Indian Foreign Office sources, re-
ports that an agreement between the Tibetan
delegation and the Peiping regime is expected
In the "next few days." These sources anticipate that Peiping will
assume responsibilitylor Tibet's defense and foreign relations They
claim that India advised the Tibetan delegation that Tibet "would not
be justified in resisting such terms," but also encouraged the
delegates to seek an agreement that Chinese Communist troops would
not be stationed in southern Tibet in the absence of a "threat from
Nepal or India. "
C�omment� The head of the Tibetan
dele-
gation, which arrived in Peiping in late April, publicly stated that
he intended "to negotiate a successful liberation" of Tibet. While
India has hoped for a semi-autonomous Tibet under Chinese suze-
rainty, it is expected that the Communists will exercise effective
control over Tibet just as they do over any. other "liberated" area
populated by an ethnic minority. Peiping's propaganda has already
perceived a "threat" from territory bordering Tibet
5. Indonesia prompted by UN embargo to request additional US exports:
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The Indonesian Government has officially
stated that it will honor the UN embargo of
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adhering to the trade pattern thatodsted
-before the embargo was recommended. According to Foreign Minis-
ter Subardjo, this pattern included no rubber shipments to China. How-
ever, both Subardjo and Indonesian Ambassador to the US Ali stressed
to the US Ambassador in Djakarta the unhappy results that the embargo
would have on Indonesia and stated that a new approach would be made
to the US for consumer goods. Ambassador Ali stated that he feared
Communism would grow in Indonesia as a result of the drop in rubber
prices and the consequent lowering of living standards. The US Ambas-
sador replied that Indonesia had done almost nothing to suppress Com-
munism since its achievement of sovereignty and the disorders had
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reached their height during the past few months when the greatest
profits were being obtained from rubber and when economic pros-
perity was generally increasing. He added that everything possible
was being done to Justify legitimate and reasonable Indonesian re-
quests for US products.
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Comment on Anglo-Iranian Oil ComptLyCs request for arbitration
The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company has asked
the International Court of Justice to appoint an arbitrator to help set-
tle its dispute with Iran over oil nationalization.
Since the Iranian Government turned down
a British request for arbitration on 20 May, this latest action is
probably designed to make clear the AIOC' s legal position before it
agrees to enter into any discussions which start from the premise
that the principle of nationalization is now accepted by the British.
This maneuver may somewhat improve the British position minter-
national public opinion but will be only additional irritation as far as
the Iranians are concerned.
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8. FrictiOn inside Libya threatens UN plan for Independence:
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According to the US Consul General in Tripoli,
political troubles within Libya threaten the
Implementation of the UN-sponsored plan to
set up an independent Libya with Emir Sayed
Iddriss, the Cyrenaican Senussi chieftain as
King. The current crisis results from ti re-
cent bombing attempt against the Emir's life
as well as from the generally hostile reception
he received in Tripolitania during the early stage of his tour throughout
Libya to show himself to "his people. " The Consul General reports that, /
for the moment, Bayed Iddriss has apptently decided to attempt to finish
his trip through Libya, and warns that his failure to do so would strike
a serious blow at .the plan for an independent Libya
under the Emir's leadership.
Comment: The appointment of the aging Sayed
Iddriss as King Designate Of the UN-sponsored independent Libya is
popular only in Cyrenaica, where he heads the Senussi tribes. The
internal troubles accompanying the formation of an independent Libya
are further complicated by the opposition of Arab League countries,
particularly Egypt, to the creation of an independent Libya on 1 Janu-
ary 1952.
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10. Finland plans locally-made radar warning system to avert Soviet aid:
According to a Finnish army officer, the
Government of Finland is planning to install
a Finnish-maniesethrecl radar early warning
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System in order to preclude "any further "Soviet request to set up
such a system. The radar network will include at least eight stations
along the western border of Finland. A Finnish-manufactured experi-
mental model is already in production, although certain complicated
parts are still being obtained from The Netherlands.
Comment & This report tends to,confirm
the USSR had approached Finland regarding
the installation of an early warning radar system in Finland and that
the Finnish Government had decided to establish such a net'in order
to avoid Soviet pressure. Available information indicates that the
Finnish radar will have an effective range of 110-125 miles. The
first working model is expected to be completed in the fall of 1951,
Or in early 1952.
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