CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1952/05/10

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• Publication Date: May 10, 1952

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10 May 1952
Copy No. 53
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
GENERAL
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SOUTil ASIA
2. India to recognize Farouk as King of Egypt and the Sudan (page 3).
NEAR EAST AFRICA
3. Iranian troops at Abadan reportedly influenced by Tudeh (page 4).
4. Egyptian Interior Minister criticizes Hilali (page 4).
5. Brazil opposes special UN session on Tunisian question (page 5).
WESTERN EUROPE
6. De Gasperi wants final Trieste solution before Italian general
elections (page 5).
7. West Germans favor US proposal for four-power talks (page 6).
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SOUTH ASIA
2. India to recognize Farouk as King of Egypt and the Sudan:
according
to the Secretary General of the Indian Mini-
stry of External Affairs, India would soon
recognize Farouk's title as King of Egypt
and the Sudan. This would in no way limit India's freedom of action
with regard to the right of the Sudanese people freely to decide their
own future.
Comment: Prime Minister Nehru reportedly
Is planning a tour of the Near Easf, probably aimed at establishing
India as a prime force in Middle Eastern affairs. Indian recognition
of Farouk's title might influence Pakistan, and in turn other Asian
countries,to follow suit.
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3. Iranian troops at Abadan reportedly influenced by Tudeh;
The Iranian Chief of Staff warned the com-
manding general in the southern province of
Khuzistan on 17 April of dissension between
the Military Governor at Abadan and the
Regimental Commander. He said that "most
of the soldiers in the regiment" are under Tudeh influence and ordered
an investigation by "trustworthy special agents,"
Comment; The troops in Abadan have been
dissatisfied with their poor living conditions and lack of pay, The
Tudeh has been active among the workers in the oil fields in that area,
but there is no confirmation of large-scale Tudeh success among the
troops.
4. Egyptian Interior Minister criticizes Hilali:
The Egyptian Minister of Interior, Maraghi
Bey, who wishes to become Prime Minister
Hilalits successor, is critical of Hilalies
legalistic mentality, his lack of forceful leader-
ship and his failure to win popular support.
Maraghi Bey says that he is ready to takeover
If Anglo-Egyptian talks break down, and states that he plans to ask the
United States to become an equal ally in the defense of the Suez Canal
and to help Egypt rebuild its army. This is to be done through the
United Nations and with limited British participation. Maraghi also
plans to open direct negotiations with the leader of the anti-Egyptian
Umma Party in the Sudan; he believes that the British cannot prevent
his doing so.
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Comment: Maraghr s plan, which would un-
doubtedly be strongly opposed by Britain, is in line with the frequently
expressed Egyptian opinion that the United States should actively help
settle the Anglo-Egyptian dispute. His plan to negotiate with the
Sudanese will meet with firm opposition from British officials in the
Sudan.
Maraghi, who also holds the key portfolios
of War and Marine, has recently placed his own appointees in almost
all the top positions of the Interior Ministry, which is responsible for
maintaining order throughout Egypt.
5, Brazil opposes special UN session on Tunisian question:
The Brazilian Foreign Office on 5 May in-
structed its representatives in all Latin
American countries to request support in
opposing a special UN assembly to consider
the Tunisian question, The Foreign Office
stht�hat such a convocation would burden the United Nations need-
lessly, since all direct methods of reaching an understanding had not
been exhausted, and that such action would be prejudicial to a peace-
ful solution of the controversy.
Comment: This message is the first evidence
that Brazil is trying to persuade the other Latin American countries to
oppose the Asian-Arab proposal for a special session to discuss the
Tunisian case. This demarche may decisively influence the crucial
support of Latin American states on this issue.
WESTERN EUROPE
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Premier de Gasperi has warned Ambassador
Bunker that although "some progress" was
made on the recent London talks on Trieste,
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this will "only tide things over." He stated that a final settlement
must be attained within the next seven or eight months, prior to the
parliamentary elections, if a democratic government is to survive in
Italy.
De Gasperi declared that the neo-Fascists
and Communists are exploiting the Trieste question to the utmost; he
implied that for an Italo -Yugoslav settlement, American help would be
necessary.
Comment: The recent Trieste crisis has
further increased political extremism in Italy on both the right and
left, to the detriment of the democratic center.
The time limit mentioned by De Gasperi is the
most authoritative indication thus far as to the government's plans re-
garding the date of the general parliamentary elections. Meanwhile,
municipal elections in south Italy on 25 May will provide a fairly re-
liable indication of the national political trend.
West Germans favor US proposal for four-power talks:
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posal for four-power conversations on German
unity, as carried in the press. The coalition
parties, however, specify that the talks should take place only after the
European Defense Community treaty and the Allied-German contractual
agreement have been signed, though they do not feel that prior announce-
ment of the talks would postpone the signing. The Social Democratic
Party would prefer the four-power meeting first, since it might delay
ratification of the treaties long enough to prevent their "favorable sides"
from being exploited by the government in the 1953 elections.
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It is believed in some coalition quarters that
if the West does not take the initiative on the unity question along the
lines of the US proposal, the USSR might resort to military threats
and pressure on Berlin to bring about four-power talks.
The US High Commission believes that the
leak of the American proposal has helped convince the Germans that
the United States has not closed the door on German unity, and notes
evidence of a "wholesome anxiety" that the US may have an alternative
policy to integration.
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