CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/03/10

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02682863
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: March 18, 2019
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2019
• Publication Date: March 10, 1951

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
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1. About sixty Soviet-type jet aircraft sighted over Korea (page 3).
2. Possible attempt at coup d'etat 1-ported in Thailand (page 3).
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3. Yugoslavia charges USSR with applying military pressure (page 4).
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1., About sixty Soviet-type jet aircraft sighted over Korea:
The US 5th Air Force has announced that on 9
March American Sabre jet fighters sighted a total
of "about sixty" MIG-type jet aircraft in flights
over northwest Korea. According to the 5th Air Force report, MIG's
were seen on three separate occasions in groups of twenty-five,
twenty and fifteen. The enemy planes reportedly refused combat,
flying back across the Yalu River into Manchuria when challenged.
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Comment: If the press report is true, this is the
largest number of Soviet-type jet aircraft seen over Korea in one day.
During the past week, there has been an increase in enemy jet activity
over Korea: seven engagements with MIG-15's were reported, as
compared with three the previous week.
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2. Possible attempt at coup d'etat reported in Thailand:
A Bangkok radio broadcast has announced
that on 6 March the Thai Police Depart-
ment ordered the arrest of Rear Admiral
Taharn Kamhiran (former Thai Marine
Corps commander) for "planning the over -
throw of the government." According to an intercepted Reuters
dispatch, the Bangkok correspondent of the Singapore Straits Times
has reported that "a revolt against the military regime in Thailand
by disgruntled Police, Army and Navy officers" has taken place,
that 'a number of Police officers have been detained and many more
arrests are being made," and that a warrant has been issued for
Admiral Taharn's arrest,
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Comment: Plots against the Phibun Govern-
ment are constantly being reported. Admiral Taharn was relieved of
his Marine Corps command following his participation in an unsuc-
cessful coup in February 1949. Recent reports have claimed that
Chinese Communists and Russians are conniving with various Thai
military cliques in such plotting; former Thai Premier Pridi and
Admiral Taharn have often been rumored as central figures in the
alleged plots. Several reports have claimed that Pridi, who was
rumored to have returned to Bangkok early in March, has been con-
verted to Communism since his exile from Thailand in 1947. Chinese
Communist and Viet Minh propaganda blasts at the Phibun regime
have accelerated recently and have included hints of imminent
"changes" in Thailand. There is, however, no firm evidence to sup-
port rumors of Communist involvement in various plans to overthrow
Phibun.
The reports (now on hand) suggest that a
plot of this kind has been uncovered in its incipient stages and that
the Phibun regime is taking strong measures to suppress it. If this
is correct, it is probable that the attempted coup will be successfully
thwarted.
EASTERN EUROPE
3. Yugoslavia charges USSR with applying military pressure:
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The Yugoslav Foreign Office has issued a lengthy 3.3,,)(2)
White Paper accusing the USSR of applying military w
pressure against Yugoslavia and supplying the
Satellite armies with arms and troops for the purpose of overthrowing
the Yugoslav Government. A government spokesman has stated that
the document will be forwarded to the UN�
Comment: This is another indication that the regime
is concerned about an attack this year and is attempting to forestall it.
In his recent Reuters interview, Tito asserted that the question of
rearmament of the Satellites in violation of their peace treaties should
be discussed at a Council of Foreign Ministers and indicated that, if
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the problem was not solved, it might be brought before the UN. By
issuing the White Paper at this early date, the Yugoslav Government
may be attempting to put pressure on the Soviet Union to discuss the
problem in a Council of Foreign Ministers meeting. On the other
hand, this move may indicate that the Tito regime believes that a
Big Four solution to the problem is impossible and therefore is filing
its case with the UN now in order to facilitate UN action in the event
of an attack.
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