CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1956/06/02

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• Document Creation Date: October 25, 2019
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• Publication Date: June 2, 1956

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CONTENTS
. "RESIGNATION" OF MOLOTOV
(page 3).
2. USSR ESTABLISHES OFFICES TO PLACE DEMOBILIZED
SOLDIERS IN JOBS (page 4).
3. HATOYAMA-CHOU MEETING MAY BE IN OFFING
(page 5).
4. RHEE THREATENED BY DISSENSION WITHIN HIS PARTY
(page 6).
5. SAAR PROBLEM UNRESOLVED ON EVE OF ADENAUER-
MOLLET MEETING (page 7).
_THE_AR - IABMi.AELI SITUATION
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1. "RESIGNATION" OF MOLOTOV
The "resignation" of Soviet foreign minis-
ter Molotov, who had been losing influence
since Khrushchev's ascendancy, appears to
have been timed to precede the visit of
Marshal Tito to Moscow as evidence of the Soviet leaders' sin-
cere desire to secure a full rapprochement with the Yugoslav
Communist Party. Molotov, who strongly opposed the reopen-
ing of Soviet relations with Yugoslavia last year, was closely
associated in Yugoslav eyes with Stalin in responsibility for the
1948 break with Tito.
Molotov's successor, D. T. Shepilov, editor
of Pravda since 1952 and a top-ranking party ideologist, has been
active in Soviet foreign relations since at least 1954 when he ac-
companied Khrushchev and Bulganin on their trip to China. He
accompanied them again on the trip to Belgrade in 1955 at which
time there were rumors that he had been picked to succeed Molo-
tov. In July 1955, he represented the Soviet leadership in Cairo
in concluding the arms deal with Premier Nasr. He was elected
a Communist Party secretary under Khrushchev in July 1955 and
in February 1956 was also made a candidate member on the
party presidium. He will probably relinquish his secretariat
position and the editorship of Pravda in order to devote himsell
to his new duties.
Molotov's resignation will remove a figure
long identified in Western opinion as the uncompromising execu-
tor of Stalin's foreign policy. The top Soviet leaders may be-
lieve that Shepilov will be more effective in carrying out the more
flexible diplomatic program which the USSR has been developing
since March 1955.
Although Molotov retains his posts as first
deputy premier and probably as a member of the party presidium,
he has long since lost any influence he may have had on Soviet
policy.
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2. USSR ESTABLISHES OFFICES TO PLACE
DEMOBILIZED SOLDIERS IN JOBS
The USSR announced on 26 May that it
recently established special commissions
to help place former servicemen in civil-
ian jobs.
Since there is already an established
mechanism for placing unassigned personnel, Lthe setting up
of these special facilities suggests that the USSR intends to
carry out the announced reduction of its armed forces on a
major scale. (Prepared by ORR)
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3, HATOYAIvIA-CHOU MEETING MAY BE IN OFFING
Both Chou and Hatoyama have. expressed
a desire to meet to discuss common problems, particularly
the question of official relations. Chou recently told a visit-
ing Japanese delegation that the Chinese Communists "would
reserve Peiping airport exclusively" for Hatoyama if he should
visit China.
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4. RHEE THREATENED BY DISSENSION WITHIN
HIS PARTY
20 Liberal Party assemblymen have
resigned from President Rheets Liberal
Party since the 15 May elections, and
about 50 more have threatened to resign. The Liberal
Party had controlled about 140 of the 203 seats in the Na-
tional Assembly.
Liberal Party dissension stems from
concern over the recent election results and dissatisfac-
tion with party policies.
Comment President Rhee probably will be success-
ful in forestalling any large-scale switches of allegiance
within the assembly. Since the party resignations began,
the government has removed two high officials who had been
under attack by the assembly and promoted two Liberal Party
assemblymen to cabinet posts.
Rhee, in concentrating on party harmony,
is ignoring the more serious problem of popular dissatis-
faction, which manifested itself strongly in the elections.
He has indicated that he plans no changes in government
policy.
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5. SAAR PROBLEM UNRESOLVED ON EVE OF ADENAUER-
MOLLET MEETING
French premier Mollet and West German
chancellor Adenauer will meet on 4 June
at Luxembourg with important aspects of
The Saar problem still unresolved by the
technical specialists. Meetings since mid-
May on the problems of the Warndt mines
and the Moselle Canal have failed to reach
the settlements which France has declared
are a prerequisite for the transfer of the Saar from French to
West German controL
According to a French Foreign Ministry
spokesman, one of the greatest difficulties is the French
Finance Ministry's haggling over details. Mollet may have
to intervene in order to avoid a stalemate.
A Bonn Foreign Ministry spokesman has
concluded that the lack of progress makes it unwise for
Adenauer and Mollet to discuss the Saar in the coming meet-
ing. Since, however, Adenauer desires to reach agreement
with the French on EURATOM and the common market, he may
feel constrained to make enough concessions on the Saar to es-
tablish a basis for further negotiations.
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
(Information as Of 1700, 1 June)
The wording of the joint Jordanian-Syrian
communiqu�nnouncing conclusion of a military agreement be-
tween the two countries indicates that Jordan continues to resist
Syrian and Egyptian pressure to become a full member of the
Egyptian-Syrian-Saudi alliance. The Jordanians have, however,
taken a significant step in that direction by agreeing to the es-
tablishment of a "military council" and a "permanent joint opera-
tions organization." Such an organization presumably will be the
counterpart of the existing Syrian-Egyptian joint cgmmand struc-
tut e.
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