CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/12/01

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
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• Document Creation Date: April 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2019
• Publication Date: December 1, 1951

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SUMMARY
GENERAL
I. British worried about Near Eastern reaction to Soviet notes on
Middle East Command (page 3).
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4. Pro-Communist Indian Ambassador to Peiping may be assigned to
Cairo (page 5).
WESTERN EUROPE
5. British official hints review of Chinese recognition policy (page 5).
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1. British worried about Near Eastern reaction to Soviet notes on Middle East
Command:
The British Foreign Office is concerned over
the probable effects of the Soviet notes on the
establishment of a Middle East Command and is
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The Foreign Office sees no indication that the
USSR actually thinks it is being threatened by the Middle East Command,
although Britain regards the Near East as the area where establishmert (If
military bases is most likely to be viewed as provocative. 3.3(h)(2)
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4. Pro-Communist Indian Ambassador to Peiping ma be assigned to Cairo:
K. M. Panikkar, Indian Ambassador to Commu-
nist China and member of the Indian delegation
to the current UN General Assembly, has stated
that he hopes within a few months to be assigned
as Ambassador to Egypt.
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pacts. to arrive in Cairo about the end of March 1951.
Comment: Panikkar, an opportunist, is a close
personal friend of Indian Prime Minister Nehru and reportedly exerts a con-
siderable Influence over him. Panikkar has a strong predilection toward
Communism and is believed to be largely responsible for Nehru's current
views regarding Communist China. Regardless of where Panikkar stands
ideologically, his assignment to Cairo would present him with an opportunity
to encourage among the Egyptians both anti-Western attitudes and collabora-
tion with Communism. 3.3(h)(2)
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5. British official hints review of Chinese recognition policy:
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The British Foreign Office states that a remark
credited to Colonial Secretary Lyttelton in Singa-
pore to the effect that the Conservative govern-
ment might review the question of the continued
cogn on o ommunist China was made without prior Cabinet clearance.
Foreign Office sources thought the matter would have to be referred to
Prime Minister Churchill.
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Comment: A general review of the elements of
British Far Eastern policy woulniT-normal procedure for a new government
in Britain. Although there is some evidence that the Churchill government
wishes to reconsider certain aspects of British policy and tactics in the Far
East, the conviction that the Communist regime in China should not be re-
garded as indissolubly tied to the USSR appears still dominant in official
circles.
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