CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1955/06/11

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• Document Creation Date: September 20, 2019
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2019
• Publication Date: June 11, 1955

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
SOVIET UNION
I. Bohlen comments on Soviet invitation to Adenauer (page 3).
SOUTHEAST ASIA
2 Viet Minh collusion with Binh Xuyen reported (page 3).
More riots expected in Singapore (page 4).
EASTERN EUROPE
4. British comments on Belgrade meeting (page 5).
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SOVIET UNION
1. Bohlen comments on Soviet invitation to Adenauer:
Ambassador Bohlen has reported that
Soviet Foreign Ministry officials told
West German newsmen there were no
conditions whatsoever attached to the
Soviet invitation to Chancellor Adenauer or the offer to estab-
lish diplomatic relations.
Bohlen believes that Bonn's recognition
of East Germany is still a Soviet objective, although apparently
not a prerequisite for relations with the USSR. He expects that
the establishment of relations with the Soviet Union, and probably
later with other Satellites, will increase the pressure in West
Germany for relations with the East German regime, Bohlen
thinks that an offer to stabilize the situation in Germany would
be more likely to be made to Bonn than to the Western powers
Steps toward at least provisional recognition of East Germany
might include trade inducements and a plan to improve the Berlin
situation.
Bohlen expects that Moscow will try to
postpone the unity question, proposing direct East-West German
talks as the best channel. The proposal for trade as well as dip-
lomatic relations he interprets as a sign that Moscow does not
anticipate German unification in the immediate future
SOUTHEAST ASIA
2, Viet Minh collusion with Binh Xuyen reported:
Le Van Vien, commander of the Binh
Xuyen forces, has been in contact with
Viet Minh elements southeast of Saigon,
\Tien allegedly has traded
arms ior bacily needed rice and water, Some 200 Viet Minh offi-
cers and noncoms, belonging to the "popular militia" of Baria
Province, southeast of Saigon, were said to be in Vien's area.
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Significant numbers of Viet Minh adher-
ents have not previously been reported in the area southeast of
Saigon, but it is probable that some were left behind by the evacu-
ating enemy forces. Vien's mauled forces, down from 3,500 to
an estimated 1,500 men, are no longer a serious threat, but Viet
Minh collusion with these remnants would increase the govern-
ment's task of restoring security in the area.
3. More riots expected in Singapore:
Intensive labor agitation led by a "far
left" leader of the People's Action Party
is believed to be leading toward a new
crisis in which "Singapore may blow wide
open," according to a Malay minister in the
Singapore government.
Singapore officials describe the morale of
both Chinese and Malay members of the police force as deteriorat-
ing and the Singapore police commissioner predicts that the colony
"has a rough, rocky road" ahead.
Comment: Communist and left-wing con-
trol of Chinese student and labor groups in Singapore, the popula-
tion of which is 80-percent Chinese, was demonstrated by the
12-13 May riots in which 10,000 persons participated. The morale
of anti-Communist Chinese has suffered seriously since then.
The People's Action Party, which instigated
the strike that set off the May riots, disavows Communism, but fre-
quently follows the Communist line and appears to have Communist
support.
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EASTERN EUROPE
4. British comments on Belgrade meeting:
The British Foreign Office feels that the
visit of Soviet leaders made the Yugoslays
more conscious of their own "Western"
character as compared to the "rigid, old-
fashioned,' uninformed Soviet thinking" so sharply revealed during
the visit. The British ambassador in Belgrade had reported a
strong Yugoslav feeling that the Soviet delegation was composed
of "uncouth second-raters," and that Tito stood head and shoulders
above any of them.
The Foreign Office believes the "only
somewhat disquieting thing to watch" may be Yugoslavia's over-
confidence that it can handle "the exchange of socialist experience"
with the USSR, but doubts that the Russians could succeed in re-
establishing "comradely" relations,
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