CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1953/12/03

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• Document Creation Date: July 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2019
• Publication Date: December 3, 1953

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1. Communists may be planning to break off Panmunjom talks
(page 3).
2. No secret pact reported as result of Rhee-Chiang talks (page 3).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
3. Bao Dad fears French may accept Ho's offer (page 4).
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
4. Tudeh reportedly plans demonstrations against Vice President
Nixon (page 4).
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1. Communists may be planning to break off Panmunjom talks:
Ambassador Dean believes that the Com-
munists may be preparing to break-off the
preliminary talks at Panmunjom. He notes
that the Soviet Union is now "holding back"
on the political conference and adds that
Soviet and Chinese plans to rehabilitate North Korea, Peiping's ten-year
pact with Pyongyang, and the military importance to the Communists of
their territories bordering on Korea all militate against the UN objective
of peaceful unification of that country.
Dean thinks that opposition to the political
conference is being cloaked by an insistence on "neutral" participation,
which the Communists know is unacceptable to the United States.
Comment: The Soviet and Chinese Commu-
nist grants of substantial aid to North Korea seem designed to integrate
the latter further into the bloc and do not support the Communists' con-
tention that they are seeking the unification of Korea. Communist propa-
ganda has not yet suggested, however, an intention to break off the
Panmunjom talks.
2. No secret pact reported as result of Rhee-Chiang talks:
The Chinese Nationalist foreign minister 3.3(h)(2)
told the American ambassador on 30 November
that nothing had been "signed" as a result of
South Korean president Rhee's visit to Chiang
at-s e an no mention was made of using Chinese Nationalist troops
in Korea. The foreign minister, who claims to have been present at all
the Rhee-Chiang conversations, states that they agreed that "nothing
could be accomplished" without American approval and support.
3.3(h)(2)
Comment: In Seoul the South Korean for-
eign minister stated publicly that Rhee had "made no secret agreements"
during his visit to Chiang. He also observed that "even the Chinese don't
think the time has come" for an operation against the mainland.
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
3. Bao Dai fears French may accept Ho's offer:
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Discussing the Viet Minh peace feeler
with Ambassador Heath on 1 December,
Bao Dai was bitterly critical of the initial
reaction of Secretary of State for Associated
States Jacquet, which he interpreted as indicating a serious intention on
the part of the French to conclude an armistice. He said that certain
French expeditionary units were already asking why further sacrifices
were necessary. Rather than agree to any armistice, Bao Dai said, he
would go into exile and later attempt to reconquer Vietnam.
He pointed out the urgency of a strong French-
Vietnamese alliance, attractive to Vietnamese nationalist aspirations, and
stated that Premier Tam would be removed immediately after his return
from Paris.
Comment: Even if the French were eager to
deal with Ho, they would probably find Vietnamese opposition to an armi-
stice an unsurmountable barrier. Vietnamese leaders are convinced that
an armistice would result in early Viet Minh control of the country. Bao
Dai's insistence on the conclusion of a new French-Vietnamese treaty and
his decision to remove Tam promptly, the only Vietnamese authority who
has admitted the possibility of dealing with Ho, are contrary to French
predictions that he would retire to an inactive role if an armistice were
considered.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
Tudeh reportedly plans demonstrations against Vice President Nixon:
The Tudeh party is planning violent demonstra-
tions during Vice President Nixon's visit to
Iran between 9 and 12 December,
3.3(h)(2)
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Comment: Demonstrations may be
attempted in connection with the Nixon visit, but they are not likely
to disturb significantly the political equilibrium in Iran. The swift
action taken by the security forces during the attempted pro-Mossadeq
demonstration on 12 November indicates their ability to prevent serious
disorders.
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