CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/09/14

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• Publication Date: September 14, 1951

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SUMMARY
GENERAL
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1. Turks urge caution in approaching Egypt on Middle East Command (page 3).
FAR EAST
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2. Chinese captured recently in Korea report defensive mission (page 3).
4. Communist China reportedly forming 100 public security divisions (page 6).
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5. British Foreign Secretary not enthusiastic over US suggestion for Sudan
(page 6).
WESTERN EUROPE
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7. Steel scrap agreement clears way for abolition of Ruhr Authority (page 8).
9. British tell Acheson rearmament program is imperilled by economic
crisis (page 9).
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GENERAL
1. Turks urge caution in approaching Egypt on Middle East Command:
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In talking with the US Ambassador in Ankara
about the Middle East Command, the Turkish
Foreign Mi ister stated that his efforts to im-
prove Arab-Turkish relations had received a
setback by the untimely UN consideration of the
Suez Canal restrictions. He is willing to dis-
cuss with the US, the UK, and France, the broad
question of associating Egypt with Middle East
defense plans but not the technical question of a Middle East Command. Such
questions, according t the foreign minister, cannot be discussed formally
until all the NATO countries and the Turkish Parliament have ratified
Turkish admission to NATO.
The foreign minister appreciates the British
sense of urgency, but feels that an early demarche to Egypt on participation
in the Middle East Command would not have the desired effect. Egypt would
sense the pressure and begin to bargain� He feels that the initial approach
to Egypt should be made by the US and Turkey, without Britain.
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2. Chinese captured recently in Korea report defensive mission:
Chinese Communist prisoners of war captured
in 44th the west-central and east-central sectors
have reported that their units were assigned a
defensive mission. One prisoner from the newly-
' enti ie 7th Army in east-central Korea stated that his battalion's mission
was to defend for approximately one month beginning on 10 September, while a
prisoner from the west-central front stated that his army -- the 42nd -- was
to defend for a month until bridges in the rear areas could be repaired and the
front line units resupplied. The latter prisoner stated that following this an
offensive was to be launched to drive UN forces to the 38th parallel.
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C mment: These unconfirmed reports are
unique in that this is the first ention of an additional defensive period prior
to the launching of an offensive. Of equal interest are the allegations that
additional supplies are needed by the front line units and that the objective of
the coming offensive is the 38th parallel.
On the basis of currently accepted information,
Communist forces in Korea are still believed capable of launching a powerful.,
sustained offensive where and when they choose,
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British Foreign Secretary not enthusiastic over US suggestion for Sudan:
British Foreign Secretary Morrison has given
only limited approval to the suggestions on the
Sudan problem put forward by the US in the
current Washington talks.
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The US plan for a solution includes an Anglo-
Egyptian-Sudanese commission to study constitutional proposals for the
Sudan, appointing a temporary neutral governor-general, setting an early
date for Sudanese seLf-government, and setting up a UN commission with
general advisory and reporting functions. Egypt would also be given an inter-
national guarantee concerning the Nile waters, and a Nile Water Authority
would be created with assistance from the International Bank.
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7; Steel scrap agreement clears way for abolition of Ruhr Authority
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The UK Foreign Office has approved the US-UK-
German steel scrap agreement recently con-
cluded by the two Allied High Commissioners.
The foreign office will therefore request Prime
Minister Attlee, probably early next week, to authorize British agreement to
the abolition of the Ruhr Authority.
Comment Since spring the UK has blocked
efforts to terminate the Ruhr Authority until satisfaction was reached on Ger-
man deliveries of scrap, failure of which has been a major problem for the
British steel industry. The Bonn Government, on the other hand, has insisted
that the Allies must abolish the Ruhr Authority before the Germans will ratify
the Schuman Plan or cooperate in Western defense plans.
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British tell Acheson rearmament program is imperilled by economic crisis:
The deteriorating British economic picture
received the main emphasis at the general
US-UK talks on 11 September. Chancellor of
the Exchequer Gaitskell indicated that Britain
would be unable to continue its 4. 7-billion-pound rearmament program without
US "cooperation." Emphasizing the higher prices Britain must now pay for
imports, Gaitskell asserted that the UK was "up against it."
Comment: Gaitskell made no specific sugges-
tions at this meeting for additional US �"cooperation. On several occasions
recently the British have dropped hints for larger American contributions to
their rearm ment effort, but their m in desire seems to be the adoption of
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