CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1955/08/18

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03448351
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: September 20, 2019
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2019
• Publication Date: August 18, 1955

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CONTENTS
1. SOVIET AMBASSADOR GAINS AUDIENCE WITH
SAUDI KING (page 3).
3. HUNGARIAN INTERNAL POLICIES MAY BE
MODERATED (page 5).
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1. SOVIET AMBASSADOR GAINS AUDIENCE WITH
SAUDI KING
King Saud received Soviet ambassador
Lavrentiev in Tehran on 16 August,
since the ambassador's repeated ef-
forts to see him were becoming "em-
barrassing." According to a Saudi Foreign Ministry of-
Lavrentiev spoke insistently of the desirability of
exchanging diplomatic representatives. He said the USSR
is greatly interested in arming the Saudi forces and re-
quested a statement of the kinds and quantities of weapons
the Saudis desired.
The king promised to study the ques-
tions raised by the ambassador, but spoke frankly of the
religious and political differences between Saudi Arabia
and the Soviet Union.
Comment The Soviet ambassador's extraordi-
nary efforts to see Saud, in addition
to recent Soviet overtures of a. similar nature to Egypt,
indicate the extent of Soviet efforts to exploit the differ-
ences between these Arab states and the West on Middle
East defense planning.
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3� HUNGARIAN INTERNAL POLICIES MAY BE
MODERATED
The Hungarian central committee de-
cided at a meeting on 5 or 6 August
to shift to a more moderate line in
Hungary's internal policies, accord-
ing to an tmc n irmed report received by the American
legation in Budapest.
The legation comments that if this re-
port is true, it may account for the marked slowing down
in deportations from Budapest during the past few days,
and may explain the hurried and incomplete preparations
which were apparent behind Rakosi's 8 August address at
Csepel. Rakosi's speech dealt with internal matters in
a tone more moderate than has been observed in recent
months.
Comment The tone of Rakosi's 8 August speech
probably reflects his effort to get
back in line with Soviet policy, which is to make Commu-
nist political control in the Satellites more palatable.
During the past six months, political repression and co-
ercion have characterized the Hungarian Communists' ef-
forts to re-establish party discipline and tighten their
control of the country.
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