CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/12/30

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02008402
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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: April 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2019
• Publication Date: December 30, 1951

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SUMMARY
FAR EAST
1. Importance of Vietnamese right to full independence stressed
(page 3).
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3., Egyptian rioting continues on Suez issue (page 4).
WESTERN EUROPE
5. French request postponement of February NATO Council meeting
(page 5).
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1. Importance of Vietnamese right to full independence stressed:
The importance of a promise of full inde-3.3(h)(2)
pendence to Vietnam now, to be effective
when the threat of Communism has passed,
was stressed by the Papal Nuncio to the
Philippines upon his return from Indochina. General Romulo, the
Philippine statesman, seconded this view, stating that although French
forces could not be withdrawn from Indochina now, French recognition
that there is a Vietnamese independence movement would lighten the
task of combatting Communism.
Comment: Despite mounting pressure in
France for a solution to the Indochina problem, Paris has never conceded
to Vietnam the right to secede from the French Union. Lacking this
privilege, the majority of politically influential Vietnamese have never re-
garded Vietnam as truly independent.
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3. Egyptian rioting continues on Suez issue:
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The continuation of small but violent student
demonstrations in Egyptian cities has resulted
in the closing of secondary schools as well as
universities. The Egyptian press, meanwhile,
Is publishing the most exaggerated stories of incidents in the Canal zone.
Comment: Public opinion has become so inflamed
that the government, which originally promoted support for its own position,
is now finding it increasingly difficult to maintain public order. The current
rash of demonstrations, with their new note of toughness, was touched
off by King Farouk's staff appointment of two officials generally considered
pro-Western.
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5. French request postponement of February NATO Council meeting:
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The French Foreign Office has requested a
two-week postponement of the NATO Council
meeting currently scheduled for 2 February
in Lisbon. The Foreign Office explains that
the French Assembly is expected to debate
the European Defense Forces after its recess
in late January.
The US Department of State has expressed its
strong opposition to this proposal, but has indicated that it might agree
to "some postponement for the convenience of the French" if it knew
that agreement had been reached by the six European Defense Community
power so
Comment: Before leaving for the November
NATO meeting at Rome, Foreign Minister Schuman was obliged to assure
the Assembly that no commitments on the European Defense Community
would be made without parliamentary approval. Current studies on a
revised French military program are not expected to be completed before
the Assembly recesses, and Pleven's request for postponement of the
Lisbon session probably stems from a desire to attend this meeting
with the prior assurance of Assembly support.
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