CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1956/01/06

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• Document Creation Date: October 25, 2019
• Document Release Date: October 31, 2019
• Publication Date: January 6, 1956

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CURRENT
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BULLETIN
6 January 1956
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CONTENTS
1. CHILEAN LABOR CALLS GENERAL STRIKE
(page 3).
2. BURMESE PLANS FOR UTILIZING SOVIET ECONOMIC AID
(page 4).
3. KING SAUD APPROVES POLISH BID TO SURVEY
RAILROAD PROJECT (page 5).
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
(page 6)
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1. CHILEAN LABOR CALLS GENERAL STRIKE
Leaders of Chile's dominant labor con-
federation, CUTCH, have issued a
call for a general strike, to start at
midnight 8 January, in protest against
a government bill to freeze wages and
prices. The strike would affect some
half-million workers. The bill, which
passed the Chamber of Deputies last month, was approved
by the Senate on 4 January by a vote of 20-19.
Comment CUTCH reportedly is divided over tac-
tics. One group favors a general strike
of indefinite duration. Another group, including the Com-
munists, favors a 48-hour general strike. The Communists,
whose party is illegal, are opposed to an indefinite general
strike because they fear they may be singled out for repres-
sive action. There are indications that if a general strike
of indefinite duration is called, they will try to break it even
at the risk of splitting CUTCH.
Since the wave of strikes last July, the
administration has adopted a much firmer position against
leftist and CUTCH pressures. This new firmness was a big
factor in the decision of the opposition United Conservative
and Liberal Parties to support the wage-price bill.
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2. BURMESE PLANS FOR UTILIZING SOVIET ECONOMIC AID
A high Burmese planning official in-
formed the American embassy in
Rangoon on 29 December that Soviet
economic and technical assistance to
ncentrated on agricultural and irriga-
tion projects. No Soviet help has yet been requested for
industrial projects, since most planning in this sphere
had been completed prior to Moscow's offer of assistance.
Burma intends to turn to the USSR for the establishment
of industrial enterprises only in cases where present plans
do not produce results.
The Burmese official volunteered that
Rangoon was satisfied with its American and UN economic
advisers, and would not replace them with Soviet experts.
Comment A joint communique issued on the eve
of the departure of Bulganin and Khru-
shchev from Rangoon last month announced that in return
for Burmese rice, the USSR would assist Burma in agri-
cultural development, the construction of irrigation works,
and the establishment of industrial enterprises.
In a desire to balance the participation
of East and West in its development program, the Burmese
government may wish to limit Soviet participation in the in-
dustrial phase of its ambitious development program. How-
ever, its continuing shortage of foreign exchange may lead
it to turn to the USSR for help in the establishment of at
least some factories. Burma is unable to sell all its rice
in free-world markets, and its sales to the Orbit are result-
ing in the accumulation of sizable credits there. (Concurred
in by ORR)
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3. KING SAUD APPROVES POLISH BID TO SURVEY
RAILROAD PROJECT
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bid for the survey of the Hejaz rail-
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According to a Warsaw radio broadcast
of 30 December, the contract
for this work was signed in
Damascus on 28 December.
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bid paves the way for Warsaw
to win any subsequent contract
for actual construction of the
rail line from Maan to Medina
and possibly contracts for
other construction projects in
the Near East. (Prepared by ORR)
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
(Information as of 1700, 5 January)
The American military attache in Tel
�Aviv reports that Israel has taken steps to increase its petro-
leum stocks by 250 percent by 1 March. According to the
chairman of the principal organization for settling immigrants
in Israel, Tel Aviv has decided to cut its investment in new
immigrant housing in order to meet increased military expend-
itures.,
\Saudi Arabia nas presentea a iormai re-
quest to purchase from the United States 25 F-86F jet fighters
and six T-33 jet trainers.
the Soviet freighters Alexander Ushakov and Sukhona
indicate that both were headed toward Egypt. These vessels passed
Istanbul coming out of the Black Sea on 31 December and 2 January.
Both declared cargoes of machinery for Albania. Similar bogus
declarations were made by several of the Soviet freighters which
previously carried military equipment to the port of Alexandria.
The Ushakov delivered one such cargo, arriving at Alexandria on
4 or 5 December.
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