CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1952/09/17

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• Document Creation Date: June 6, 2019
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2019
• Publication Date: September 17, 1952

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17 September 1952
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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
Office of Current Intelligence
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SUMMARY
GENERAL
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2. Comment on first announcement of results of Sino-Soviet
talks (page 3).
SOVIET UNION
3. Soviet fighter aircraft in Far East may be equipped with
VHF radios (page 4).
NEAR EAST -AFRICA
4. Iranian Kurds reportedly plot for independent state (page 5).
EASTERN EUROPE
5. Comment on new approach by Tito to Italo-Yugoslav
relations (page 6).
WESTERN EUROPE
6. Gaullists more tractable on Schuman's Saar policy (page 6).
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2. Comment on first announcement of results of Sino-Soviet talks::
The first announcement of results of the
past month's Sino-Soviet talks in Moscow reveals agreement on
control of the Chinese Changchun Railway and the stationing of
Soviet troops in Port Arthur, the only two items in the 1950 treaty
which require action during 1952. The Soviet Union will still
exercise considerable control of the railway because of China's
continued dependence on the USSR for advisory and technical aid,
rolling stock, and other railroad materials. There are an estimated
60,000 Soviet ground troops, plus naval and air forces, in the Port
Arthur area.
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The communique implies, in referring to
Sino-Soviet discussion of "important economic and political questions,"
that, as in 1950, subsequent announcements will reveal several specific
agreements on Soviet economic aid and joint ventures. The substance
of military agreements will presumably not be revealed.
A tripartite political and economic _agreement
with Outer Mongolia, which was represented at the talks, may also be
forthcoming.
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SOVIET UNION
3. Soviet fighter aircraft in Far East may be equipped with VHF radios:
Comment: Use of this equipment in fighter
aircraft will reduce the vulnerability to long-range jamming of the
Soviet air defense system which has depended on a lower frequency
band for aircraft communications. Availability of this equipment
will also contribute significantly to more efficient control of ground-
support aircraft.
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4. Iranian Kurds reportedly plot for independent state:
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Comment: Kurds now living in Turkey, Iran,
Iraq, and Syria have long wanted an independent Kurdistan.
the unrest along the Iraqi-Iranian border has been stimulated
primarily by the efforts of one of the Lahuni chiefs to unite two
branches of his tribe now separated by the frontier.
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EASTERN EUROPE
5. Comment on new approach by Tito to Italo-Yugoslav relations:
Although Yugoslavia's reply to the
American-British-French proposal for Italo- Yugoslav negotiations
on Trieste was "completely negative," Marshal Tito now is
publicly stressing the need for Italo-Yugoslav cooperation on
"safeguarding against aggression" and "economic exchanges."
The present status of the Free Territory is more to the ad-
vantage of Yugoslavia than the probable results of a negotiated
settlement. In a speech in Slovenia, Tito stated that the Trieste
problem should be put aside for the time being and agreement
worked out on the other problems.
This is the first time that the Yugoslav
regime has appeared willing to cooperate in military matters
with Italy. It is likely, however, that the Italians will not be
receptive to this approach.
WESTERN EUROPE
6. Gaullists more tractable on Schuman's Saar policy:
A French Foreign Ministry official has
informed the American Embassy that
Foreign Minister Schuman is now
optimistic that a Saar settlement may
e possible prior o parliamentary debates on the EDC treaty.
The French expect to press ahead for an early settlement once
economic negotiations get under way.
The French official added that the leading
Gaullist spokesman in the Council of the Republic, as well as
other opposition Deputies and Senators, are now satisfied with
Schuman's policy on the Saar and have agreed not to hinder him
in these negotiations.
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Comment: Schuman recently revealed that
he does not envisage French ratification of the EDC treaty this year.
In the past the Gaullists have consistently
attacked Schuman. This indication of a more flexible Gaullist foreign
policy bears out another recent report that they are less opposed
to joining a coalition government.
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