CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1953/08/30

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02872269
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• Document Creation Date: July 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2019
• Publication Date: August 30, 1953

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Comment on possible Viet Minh transfer of regular troops to south
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5. Comment on heightened Italtan-Yugoslav tension (page 5).
6. Comment on 28 August Soviet notes on Austria (page 5).
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3. Comment on possible Viet Minh transfer of regular troops to south
Vietnam:
The Viet Minh in mid-Suly reportedly
ordered the evacuation of the civilian population from several
villages in the Plaine des Jones area, about 75 miles southwest
of Saigon in south Vietnam. The area to be cleared is one of the
few in the Plaine des Ioncs capable of accommodating a large
military force.
The Viet Minh has in the past relied
largely on local guerrillas to carry out its relatively limited
objectives in south Vietnam. The transfer of large numbers
of regular Viet Minh troopS from the Tonkin area so far south
would be difficult, but would seriously complicate the French
military effort.
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5. Comment on heightened Italian-Yugoslav tension:
Italian prime minister Pella's unprecedentedly
sharp reaction to a Yugoslav reiteration on 25 August of claims to the
entire Free Territory of Trieste reflects Italy's growing fears that de-
veloping American-Yugoslav military cooperation will jeopardize its
prospects for regaining Trieste.
Pella's call of an emergency cabinet meeting,
his reported threat to move troops to the Yugoslav frontier, and the
violent reaction of the Italian press to the Yugoslav statement all sug-
gest that the Rome government will now take a more aggressive stand
In relation to Trieste. Ioint Italian-Yugoslav cooperation, which is a
prerequisite to strengthening NATO's southern flank, has become more
remote.
There is no evidence to support rumors cur-
rent in Italy that Yugoslavia intends in the near future to annex Zone B
or to settle the Trieste issue by force.
6. Comment on 28 August Soviet notes on Austria:
The Soviet government's 28 August reply to
the Western invitation to a meeting of the Austrian treaty deputies again
underlines the Soviet desire to discuss the Austrian question only in
connection with the broader German problem. Moscow repeated its
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charge of 25 May that the state treaty discussions are not within the
competence of the deputy foreign ministers, but added that a solution
of the German problem could contribute to an Austrian settlement.
The Kremlin's renewed demand for a complete
and unconditional withdrawal of the abbreviated draft treaty is probably
designed to generate additional British, French, and Austrian pressure
on the United States for acceptance of the earlier long draft treaty as
the only insis for discussion.
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