CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1955/10/13

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• Publication Date: October 13, 1955

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CONTENTS
1. NEHRU MAY VISIT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY (page 3).
2. INDIA INTERESTED IN BILLION-DOLLAR AMERICAN
LOAN (page 4).
3. INDONESIAN NATIONAL PARTY SPOKESMAN
DISCUSSES PARTY VIEWS (page 5).
4. AFGHAN OFFICIAL FORESEES NEW CRISIS WITH
PAKISTAN (page 6).
5. SAUDIS AND SYRIANS MOVE TOWARD TIES WITH
SOVIET BLOC (page 7).
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1. NEHRU MAY VISIT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
UN secretary general Hammarskjold
approached Ambassador Wadsworth
on 8 October regarding the possibility
of a visit by Prime Minister Nehru to
the tenth General Assembly, which he
said was "in the wind." Hammarskjold indicated he would
issue an invitation only if Nehru expresses a desire to
come.
Wadsworth believes, however, that
Hammarskjold will actively attempt to stimulate an Indian
request for an invitation.
Comment Nehru may be interested in making
such a visit prior to or during the
forthcoming Big Four foreign ministers' conference in
order to make a dramatic bid to the great powers to re-
frain from antagonistic actions and to continue to main-
tain peaceful attitudes. He felt that the UN had been re-
vitalized by President Eisenhower's speech in December
1953 on atomic power for peace, and he may be attempt-
ing to emulate the President.
Nehru is probably alarmed over the
stepped-up Soviet activity in the Near East and American
efforts to counteract it.
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2. INDIA INTERESTED IN BILLION-DOLLAR AMERICAN
LOAN
The deputy chairman of India's Plan-
ning Commission, V. T. Krish-
namachari, "speaking as an indi-
vidual," told Ambassador Cooper on
9 October that India would like a long-term American
loan to cover the expected billion-dollar foreign ex-
change gap in its second Five-Year Plan. He expressed
the hope that the loan could be interest-free for a period
of five to ten years.
The deputy chairman added that the
government had discussed this matter and that if there
were a possibility of securing the loan, an official re-
quest would be made.
Krishnamachari stated that India is
competing with Communist China's Five-Year Plan and
that if New Delhi should fail, impetus would be given in
India and Asia to totalitarian methods. He asserted that
Prime Minister Nehru had been informed during his visit
to the USSR last June that Moscow was committed to sup-
port Communist China's Five-Year Plan even to the de-
privation of Soviet needs.
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3. INDONESIAN NATIONAL PARTY SPOKESMAN
DISCUSSES PARTY VIEWS
All Sastroamidjojo, former Indo-
nesian prime minister and spokes-
man for the National Party, which
is leading in the Indonesian election
returns, told an American official
on '8 October that the National Party council had de-
cided not to co-operate with the Communist Party.
All would not commit himself on
the composition of the next government. He did not re-
ject the possibility of a coalition of his party and the
Masjumi, but indicated he did not consider the Masjumits
co-operation essential. He said the Nandlatul Ulama had
proved itself a strong representative of the "real Moslem
element" in Indonesia.
Comment The National Party is unlikely to de-
fine its position any more clearly
until official election returns are announced a month or
more from now.
During its two years in office from
1953 to July 1955, the All cabinet, in which the Nandlatul
Ulama was represented, accepted Communist support
and tolerated greatly increased Communist activity. Its
attitude on Communismigave rise to serious animosities
between the Nationalists and the Masjumi which may stand
in the way of their co-operation at this time.
Current election returns indicate that
no two-party coalition would have a parliamentary major-
ity.
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4. AFGHAN OFFICIAL FORESEES NEW CRISIS WITH
PAKISTAN
Afghan's Foreign Minister Nairn on
8 October warned an official of the
American embassy in Kabul that
Afghanistan would have to establish
closer les with the USSR if relations with Pakistan were
broken off.
Naim stated that he had proposed a
meeting between the Afghan and Pakistani prime minis-
ters before 14 October in a "last attempt" to save rela-
tions between the two countries� Naim asked for Ameri-
can support for the proposal and repeated that Afghan-
istan is willing to participate in American plans for Middle
East defense.
Comment The merger of all of West Pakistan into
a single province is scheduled to be
made official on 14 October. Afghanistan objects because
the Pushtoon areas for which it demands independence
would be swallowed up in the merger. The strong Afghan
sentiment on this question may lead to a rupture in Afghan-
Pakistani relations, which would provide the USSR with
an opportunity to enlarge its economic offensive in Afghan-
istan.
Afghanistan will probably try to profit
from both American and Soviet interest, Although Nairn
expressed approval of American security plans, an Afghan
official has reportedly been sent to Cairo to investigate
the Czech-Egyptian arms deal.
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5. SAUDIS AND SYRIANS MOVE TOWARD TIES WITH
SOVIET BLOC
Saudi Arabian prime minister Faisal
has agreed to permit Soviet diplo-
matic representation in his country,
Syrian
chief of staff Shuqayr is now negotiating arms purchases
with the USSR. The Syrians are interested in tanks and
other ground force equipment, but not apparently in air-
craft.
Comment
These latest developments indicate
that the atmosphere of the Arab for-
eign ministers' conference, which opened in Cairo on
9 October, is distinctly favorable to doing business with
the USSR. Both Faisal and Shuqayr came to Cairo for the
meeting.
The Saudis had diplomatic relations
with the USSR before World War II, and the USSR began
last July to urge resumption of these relations.
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