CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/04/01

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02733111
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: March 18, 2019
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2019
• Publication Date: April 1, 1951

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SUMMARY 
GENERAL 
Widespread UK and French sentiment for more conciliatory Western 
position in four-power talks (page 3). 
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3. Urgent air preparations being undertaken by enemy forces in Korea 
(page 4). 
EASTERN EUROPE 
4. French Legation reports governmental crisis in Albania (page 5) 
5. Soviet consulates in Yugoslavia closed (page 5). 
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GENERAL 
1. Widespread UK ard French.L�..stir2atio..r_2E_e.m 
position in four-power talks: 
US Embassy London reports that the British 
public, which has viewed the Soviet proposals 
of 28 March as "a concession of considerable 
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critical of US policy should these proposals 
not be accepted as a basis for discussion in 
seeking to eliminate unacceptable features 
of the revised Soviet agenda. The Paris 
press has featured the alleged British feeling that the "ice is beginning 
to melt" between the West and the USSR, and has emphasized that the 
UK Government is trying to bring the US to a "more moderate policy" � 
In the Far East while appearing to count on France to use similar in-
fluence in Europe. The pro-government newspaper Figaro reported 
in particular that�wide current British opinion" had observed that the 
West "would be well advised" to renounce German rearmament, at 
least for the near future. 
Comment: The Soviet proposals of 30 March 
-- introducing additional East-West issues -- are likely to produce 
considerable public disillusionment in the UK and France, but will 
not halt the rise in popular sentiment for a more conciliatory Western 
position resulting from Gromyko's 28 March concessions. 
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3. Urgent air preparations being undertaken by enemy forces in Korea: 
Comment: According to previous indi-
cations, for the past several months North Korean and Chinese Com-
munist air units in Manchuria have been intensifying their training 
activity, and have been nearing the conclusion of preparations for 
combat. This recent information further confirms the impression 
that an imminent, significant increase in combat air activity over Korea 
is planned by the enemy. 
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EASTERN EUROPE 
4. French Legation reports governmental crisis in Albania� 
US Emb Belgrade The French Legation in Tirana reports that 
30 Mar 1 disagreement among high-level government 
SE T officials has broken out over implementation 
of the harsh law against terrorist activities 
decreed on 26 February as a result of the bombing of the Soviet Legation 
on 19 February. The Minister of Justice, Dr. Manol Konomi, has reported-
ly resigned in protest against the decree, which deprives the accused of 
all legal rights and includes arbitrary arrest, trials in camera without 
defense counsel, conviction without appeal, and execution immediately 
after sentence. According to the French Legation, Konomi, Vice Premier 
Tuk Jakova, and Major General Spiro Moisiu, commander of the Tirana 
Garrison -- with the support of Premier Enver Hoxha � are sympathetic 
with popular feelings against the decree. The Minister of Interior, Maj. 
General Mehmet Shehu, who is generally regarded as the eventual suc-
cessor to Hoxha, leads the opposing pro-Soviet faction. The Legation 
reports that the divergence of views between the two groups explains 
the tension prevailing in the ministerial residential quarter, which is 
under military guard not only for security purposes but also because 
several dissident ministers are reported to be confined to their homes. 
The Legation concludes thatibecause of the profound domestic distur-
bance, the Soviet grip on Albania has been accelerated and strengthened. 
Comment! Other reports bear out the French 
Legation's conclusion that Soviet influence and direction in Albania 
have greatly increased during the past six months. Premier Hoxha 
has been reported to be merely a figurehead in Albania. Shehu, on 
thestney hand, has the reputation of being the leading agent of Soviet 
policy in the country. 
5. Soviet consulates in Yugoslavia closed: 
US Embassy Belgrade reports that the 3.3(h)(2) 
Yugosav Government has requested the 
USSR to close its consulates in Zagreb 
and Split and to remove their eight staff 
members from Yugoslav territory immediately. The request was 
based principally on the grounds of lack of reciprocity, since the USSR 
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does not permit Yugoslav consulates outside of Moscow. The Yugoslav 
Government also noted that the Soviet consulates in Zagreb and Split 
had no proper consular functions to justify their existence. According 
to the US Embassy report, the Soviet Government has already complied 
by closing the consulates and the Soviet personnel are preparing to 
leave the country. 
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