CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1955/09/13

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• Publication Date: September 13, 1955

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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CONTENTS
1. BOHLEN ANALYZES BASIC SOVIET FOREIGN pOLICY
OBJECTIVES (page 3).
2. COMMENT ON FRENCH AGREEMENT WITH MOROCCANS
(page 4).
3. GREEK AND TURKISH GOVERNMENTS MOVE TO EASE
TENSION (page 5).
41. USSR URGES IRAN TO FOLLOW A NEUTRALLST COURSE
(page 6).
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1. BOHLEN ANALYZES BASIC SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY
OBJECTIVES
Ambassador Bohlen believes that the
Soviet press campaign emphasizing
that the Geneva conference has en-
hanced the outlook for world peace
has aroused general relief and satisfaction among the
Soviet people. As a result, he feels it would be more
difficult now than in the past for the Soviet Union to re-
turn to a campaign of anti-Americanism and hostility to
the outside world. Bohlen also points out that the series
of high-level, visits abroad planned for well into neNt year
makes a swift reversal of the Soviet official attitude un-
likely.
Bohlen believes that Soviet policy ob-
jectives, particularly in Europe, were set forth with un-
usual clarity at the Geneva conference. For the present
the USSR is seeking to gain the acceptance of the status
quo, particularly the division of Germany. Equally clear
is the longer-range objective of dissolving NATO and achiev-
ing the withdrawal of American and British forces from
the Europea,n continent.
Bohlen believes that the disarmament
question may offer an area of agreement with the West,
particularly in view of the common recognition of the need
for safeguards against surprise attack.
He suggests four factors accounting
for the USSR's adoption of this new attitude: the institu-
tion of committee rule in place of one-man rule, which he
sees as the key factor in post-Stalin development; the final
official acceptance by Soviet political leaders of the impli-
cations of modern nuclear warfare, which Stalin deliberately
avoided, and which Marshal Zhukov probably had a hand in
achieving; the apparent realization by the Soviet leadership
that self-isolation was harmful to Soviet technical and in-
dustrial development; and the influence of Western strength
and cohesion and particularly the adoption of the Paris ac-
cords. In connection with the last factor, Bohlen points
out that while the USSR has not primarily yielded to pres-
sure, it has recognized that its former policies were in-
creasing the danger of war.
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2. COMMENT ON FRENCH AGREEMENT WITH
MOROCCA7
French premier Faure can be ex-
pected to take steps immediately to implement the
Moroccan agreement his cabinet accepted on 12 Sep-
tember. Protectorates Minister July told American
officials on 10 September that a Moroccan Council of
the Throne would be announced within a few days and
a Moroccan government formed possibly within 10 days
July anticipates long and tedious negotiations with this
government to determine Morocco's eventual relation-
ship with France. Faure will attempt to head off the
opposition when the National Assembly convenes on
4 Weber with a plea for patience until such negotia-
tions result in an agreement. Faure has strained his
right-wing support to a dangerous degree, and his ability
to retain the premiership will depend to a large extent on
an end to terrorism in Morocco and Algeria.
Former sultan Ben Youssef will be
the key man in France's attempt to establish a new re-
lationship with Morocco. Paris, however, will remain
distrustful of Ben Youssef after his return to France.
American minister Holmes in Tangier
warned again on 11 September that the Moroccan nation-
alists would not hesitate to revert to force and sabotage,
since they are convinced that they have gained concessions
only through the use of force. Holmes cautioned that,
though nationalist leaders are believed to have counseled
patience, the Moroccan "resistance" has gained such mo-
mentum that there is always the danger of wilder elements
getting out hand.
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3. GREEK AND TURKISH GOVERNMENTS MOVE TO EASE
TENSION
he Turkish and Greek governments
re moving to cairn passions aroused
uring and since the London talks on
Cyprus.
he American consul general in Istanbul
redicts an early major reshuffle ol the
rkish cabinet, with the elimination of
cting Foreign Minister Zorlu, whose
tatements in London were particularly
ffensive to the Greeks, and others.
e minister of the interior has already
n replaced for not having prevented
e anti-Greek riots of 6 and 7 September. Moreover, the
militant "Cyprus-is-Turkish Society" has been banned and
most of its officers arrested.
The Greek government, meanwhile, is
taking steps to prevent any anti-Turkish demonstrations in
Greece. Although Athens has canceled Greek participation
in the NATO naval exercise scheduled for 22-30 September,
Deputy Premier Kanellopoulos says he hopes the atmos-
phere will improve enough to allow Greek participation in
NATO exercises next month.
Greece will probably insist on airing
the Cyprus question in the UN General Assembly, but the
discussion there may be more temperate than had been an-
ticipated earlier. Some Greek leaders are even reported
to be seeking a means of putting the Cyprus issue "on ice
for many months to come."
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4. USSR URGES IRAN TO FOLLOW A NEUTRALIST COURSE
Soviet ambassador Lavrentiev, dur-
ing an audience with the Shah on
8 September, urged a policy of neu-
trality as best for Iran and said the
ovie Union would respect such a policy. According to
Prime Minister Ala, Lavrentiev protested in "strongest
terms" against what he described as heavy pressure be-
ing brought on the Iranian government to join the Turkish-
Iraqi pact. He stated that Iranian adherence to the pact
would be a blow to world peace, prejudicial to friendly
relations between the USSR and Iran, and contrary to ex-
isting Soviet-Iranian treaties. Prime Minister Ala told
the American ambassador on 9 September that the Shah
is "somewhat concerned" at Lavrentiev's approach.
Comment By offering Moscow's assurance that
Iran's neutrality would be respected
by the USSR, Lavrentiev is acting on Bulganin's statement
at the end of the Geneva conference that the USSR was pre-
pared to guarantee the neutrality of any country desiring
such a guarantee.
This Soviet approach may encourage
Iran to maintain its traditional policy of playing off the
big powers against one another. It also has given the
Shah another opportunity to increase his pressure for
more American aid.
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