CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1953/08/08

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02872253
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• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: July 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2019
• Publication Date: August 8, 1953

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SUMMARY
FAR EAST
'Recall of ambassadors suggests Chinese Communist policy
review (page 3).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
2. Viet Minh reportedly intends to capture Luang Prabang late
this year (page 3).
SOUTH ASIA
3. Comment on reported Soviet agreement to negotiate barter
deal with India (page 4)0
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5. Saudi Arabia reported considering diplomatic break with
Britain (page 5).
WESTERN EUROPE
West German officials comment on Soviet note (page 6).
French government reaction to Soviet note pessimistic
and cautious (page 6).
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1. Recall of ambassadors suggests Chinese Communist policy review:
Radio broadcasts from Peiping reveal
that Chinese Communist ambassadors
to the USSR, Poland, Bulgaria, East
Germany, North Korea and Outer Mon-
golia are all absent from their posts. The whereabouts of the
ambassadors to Czechoslovakia, Hungary and the Viet Minh is
not known. Of the Chinese envoys to Orbit countries, only the
ambassador to Rumania is known to be at his post.
Comment: This recall of Peiping's
envoys to Soviet bloc states began with the return to Peiping of
the ambassador to the USSR just before Stalin's death last March.
It suggests that the Chinese Communist leadership has been con-
ducting a lengthy review of its policies toward other Orbit states,
including the USSR, in the light of developments since early March.
SOUTHEAST ASIA
2. Viet Minh reportedly intends to capture Luang Prabang late this
year:
that Viet Minh
plans for Laos include the capture of
Luang PraPang, the royal capital, during the last quarter this
year.
Comment:
possible Viet Minh plans for an expected
attack this fall. The enemy has maintained several battalions
In the general area and in late July reportedly was planning to
reconnoiter the city's defenses. French strength there now
amounts to three battalions.
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The French on 7 August announced the
second clash within 10 days between their troops and guerrillas
believed to be on reconnaissance missions near Luang Prabang.
Plans for an attack against the capital would not preclude addi-
tional offensives against other important objectives in Laos and
Tonkin.
SOUTH ASIA
3. Comment on reported Soviet agreement to negotiate barter deal
with India:
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The proposed three-year Soviet-Indian
barter agreement providing for the exchange of unspecified
amounts of Soviet wheat for Indian products could be used by the
Soviet Union as an indication of its interest in the well-being of
backward nations. The Indian government, meanwhile, probably
views such an exchange as a means of showing its neutrality,
saving dollar and sterling exchange, and demonstrating its fore-
sight to the Indian people.
On the basis of past Soviet agreements
with India and Afghanistan, it is not likely that the final agreement
will be for as long as three years or that it will be fully implemented.
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5. Saudi Arabia reported considering diplomatic break with Britainr
Saudi Arabia is considering breaking diplo-
matic relations with Britain because of
British stubbornness on the Buraimi ques-
tion.
told a US embassy repre-
sentative that the possibility of a break was being discussed by
King Ibn Saud and the Foreign Ministry.
The American charge in Jidda, in report-
ing this, observed that by furnishing this information to the embassy,
the Saudi government may hope for a stronger American attitude to-
ward Britain. The charge does, however, believe that the Saudi
government may be exploring more drastic methods of solving the
issue than those presently employed.
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