CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1956/09/22

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• Publication Date: September 22, 1956

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CURRENT
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BULLETIN
22 September 1956
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CONTENTS
1. IDEOLOGICAL CONTROVERSY UNRESOLVED DURING
TITO'S JUNE VISIT TO MOSCOW
(page 3).
2. BELGRADE SPECULATES KREMLIN IS SPLIT ON POLICY
TOWARD EASTERN EUROPE (page 4).
3. NASR SAYS HE SEEKS PROPAGANDA GAIN FROM MEET-
ING WITH OTHER ARAB LEADERS
(page 5).
4. SIN AP RE GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON COMMUNISTS
(page 6).
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
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1. IDEOLOGICAL CONTROVERSY UNRESOLVED DURING
TITO'S .TITNE VISIT TO MOSCOW
Yugoslays had deviated significantly from Marxism-
Leninism. The Yugoslays rejected a Soviet plan for the es-
tablishment of common ideological bases, and instead pre-
sented their own plan which, did not
adhere to the principles of Marxism-Leninism. The Soviets
accepted the Yugoslav plan, but only after "serious correc-
tions'
Comment
The "ideological differences" probably
concern, in large part, the right of every
country to its "own road to socialism!' Developments through-
out the Communist world in the last two months may have made
the gap appear significant enough to motivate Khrushchev's
present trip to Yugoslavia.
Soviet directive to the Satellite parties warn-
ing them against Yugoslav influence. This directive, in the
version originally received by the American embassy in
Belgrade, contained a criticism of Bulganin's overly com-
niendatoty statements regarding Yugoslavia.
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2. BELGRADE SPECULATES KREMLIN IS SPLIT ON POLICY
TOWARD EASTERN EUROPE
The American embassy in Belgrade re-
ports that a high Yugoslav official re-
cently said that Khrushchev is "alone"
in the more liberal Soviet approach to
ugos avia and Eastern Europe and that the other top Soviet
leaders, including Bulganin and Mikoyan, would turn on him
"at the first false step:' Vice President Vukmanovic-Tempo
has also hinted that Khrushchev may be in trouble.
This Yugoslav hypothesis argues that
Khrushchev, having sponsored the rapprochement with Tito,
now finds that Tito is endangering the Soviet system by mak-
ing trouble in the Satellites. The purpose of Khrushchev's
trip is to get Tito to "call off the dogs."
In any event, Yugoslav officials have en-
couraged Western diplomats to believe that Soviet-Yugoslav
difficulties prompted Khrushchev's visit.
Comment Bulganin and particularly Mikoyan have
been at least as prominently associated
with Soviet policy toward Yugoslavia as Khrushchev. These
three leaders are probably the most powerful in the hier-
archy and seem to agree on the general course of Soviet pol-
icy. The consequences of recent Soviet policy toward
the Satellites and Yugoslavia have probably caused varying
degrees of concern to all Soviet leaders. The alliance of
Khrushchev, Bulganin and Mikovan has shown no sign of dis-
ruption.
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3. NASR SAYS HE SEEKS PROPAGANDA GAIN FROM
MEETING WITH OTHER ARAB LEADERS
Comment
Nasr planned to visit Saud
to discuss the possibility of shifting the refining and market-
ing of Saudi oil from Aramco to the USSR. The Saudis, how-
ever, would be unlikely to give serious consideration to such
a maneuver, particularly while the outcome of the Suez dis-
pute is still uncertain. Nasr is almost certainly anxious to
counteract the impressio audi Arabia's support of
Egypt is weakening.
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4. SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN
ON COMMUNISTS
The Singapore government's arrest of
seven Communist-front leaders in an
antisubversive program is likely to pro-
voke a sharp reaction, according to the
American consul general in Singapore.
/Since Chief Minister Lim Yew Hock had laid his plans care-
fully and had full British backing, it is believed the Commu-
nist-manipulated People's Action Party and its affiliated
labor unions will not risk a major showdown but will stage
elaborate protests, possibly involving strikes or large-scale
riots.
The People's Action Party has consider-
able resources for mass action, since it controls approxi-
mately 40 percent of Singapore's labor force and a growing
number of Chinese students.
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The consul general comments that the
life of Lim's government is staked on the outcome of his
antisubversion program.
The government arrests are a second
step in Chief Minister Lim's program to challenge and de-
feat the People's Action Party, heretofore the most vigorous
party in Singapore and probably the principal Communist in-
strument in the colony. Lim's first step was a demand for
a vote of confidence from the Legislative Assembly on 6
September. He won a unanimous vote of confidence by bas-
ing it principally on plans for self-government, while insist-
ing that the vote cover his entire program.
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
(Information as of 1700, 21 September)
Canada will sell arms to Israel, including
24 F-86 Sabre jet fighters, according to an announcement from
the Canadian prime minister's office. An affirmative decision
on an Israeli request of last spring was reached by the Canadian
cabinet on 20 September. (Press)
Jordan's King Hussain remains preoccupied
with the situation on the Israeli border, according to the American
embassy in Amman. Hussain alleged that the two isolated police
posts recently attacked by Israel had the assignment of prevent-
ing infiltration from Jordan into Israel. Since these posts had
been wiped out by the Israelis, Jordan would be obliged to abandon
similar posts which were not manned in sufficient strength to with-
stand Israeli attacks. This would, according to Hussain, defeat
the control of border infiltration sought by Israel. The Israeli
press, however, in commenting on the raids, charged that the
Jordanian police posts had been used as bases by terrorist infil-
trators from Jordan.
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