CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1956/06/05

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• Publication Date: June 5, 1956

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CONTENTS
1.74E ROTEST TITO-TOGLIATTI COMMUNIQUE
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2, SOUTH KOREAN ARMY CHIEF MAY BE REMOVED
(page 4).
3. THE BOMBAY RIOTS
(page 5).
4. SOVIET-BUILT DESTROYERS MAY BE EN ROUTE TO
EGYPT (page 6).
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
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1. ROME WILL PROTEST TITO-TOGLIATTI COMMUNIQUE
The Italian charg�n Belgrade has been
instructed to protest the communiqu�
which was issued at the conclusion of
President Tito's meeting with Italian
COmmtinist Party chief Togliatti. According to the Amer-
ican embassy in Rome, the Foreign Ministry considers that
the communiqu�onstitutes Yugoslav interference in Italian
internal affairs because Tito, as head of state, indicated a
desire for closer relations with a party in opposition to the
Rome government. The charg�lso is to say that Italian pub-
lic opinion will find it very difficult to understand this com-
muniqu�n view of the friendly relations between Italy and
Yugoslavia.
Comment Italian-Yugoslav relations, which have
been much improved since the October
1954 Trieste settlement, may worsen if Rome is led to be-
lieve that Tito wants to resume close contacts with the Italian
Communist Party or to attempt to strengthen Yugoslav influ-
ence in Albania. Despite Italy's suspicion, Yugoslavia has
thus far refrained from any action in Albania which would jeop-
ardize its relations with Italy or its Balkan pact allies.
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2. SOUTH KOREAN ARMY CHIEF MAY BE REMOVED
Comment on/.
The imminent replacement of South
Korean army chief of staff Chong Il-kwon,
ould remove from power e second
member of a nu virate, which has exerted a moderating
influence on President Rhee. The triumvirate consisted of
Chong, assembly speaker Yi Ki-pung, and the recently fired
former defense minister, Son Won-IL
Son himself has told the American charge
that Chong may be replaced as chief of staff, since positions
are needed for persons who successfully delivered votes for
Ithee and Yi in the elections. Son attributes his own removal
to the current power struggle within Rhee's Liberal Party.
Yi Ki-pung, unsuccessful vice-presidential
candidate, is confronted by strong opposition within the South
Korean assembly, although his re-election as speaker appears
probable. His prestige will suffer, however, should he be un-
able to prevent the removal of Chong as chief of staff, regarded
as one of the most important posts in Korea.
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3. THE BOMBAY RIOTS
Comment on:
The extensive rioting in Bombay reflects
the intensity of feeling which still exists
in some parts of India on the issue of re-
organizing the country's political divisions
along linguistic lines.
Marathi-speaking opponents of the govern-
ment's plan to exclude Bombay from the proposed Maharashtra
state and make it a separate bi-lingual unit took advantage of
Prime Minister Nehru's presence in the city at a Congress Party
committee meeting to attempt to repeat last January's disturb-
ances, which were directed by the Communists.
Anxious to avoid a repetition of the bloodshed
that resulted in 200 deaths in January, the Bombay police this
time were ready to handle the demonstrators. Although more
than 1,000 have been arrested, only one death has been reported
so far.
Nehru's refusal to consider inclusion of
Bombay in Maharashtra and his statement that he was deter-
mined to put down tendencies toward "violence, indiscipline,
and adventurism" indicate that the prime minister considers
it essential to maintain public decorum as well as the authority
of the government. Nehru, always sensitive to world opinion,
will be particularly annoyed by the antagonism manifested toward
himself in the riots shortly before his departure on a series of
foreign visits, including the United States,,
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4. SOVIET-BUILT DESTROYERS MAY BE EN ROUTE
TO EGYPT
Comment on:
Two destroyers of the Soviet Skoryy
class, which have left the Baltic and
transited the English Channel, probably
are being delivered to the Egyptian navy.
They reportedly were engaged in elemen-
tary training exercises at Gdynia, appar-
ently with some Egyptian crewmen, for
the past two months.
The vessels, flying Polish flags, are be-
lieved to have been transferred from the
USSR to the Poles this year for delivery
to Egypt as part of the Soviet bloc-Egyptian
arms deal. Skoryy destroyers are larger
and more modern than any warships yet transferred by the
Soviet Union to any of its Satellites. Two more Egyptian de-
stroyers purchased from Britain are not expected to arrive in
Egyptian waters prior to September.
Israel's two destroyers, recently purchased
from Britain, are expected to arrive in Israeli waters about
11 June, according to the American army attache in Tel Aviv.
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
(Information as of 1700, 4 June)
An Israeli military spokesman stated on
4 June that Jordanian forces on the outskirts of Jerusalem fired
into Israeli territory for the second day. No casualties were re-
ported. On 3 June an Israeli worker was reported killed in a
clash in the same area. (Press)
told the American army
attach�n Tel Aviv on 1 June that Israel was attempting to pur-
chase $30,000,000 worth of military equipment from Japan.
French premier Guy. Mollbt told the National
Assembly on 2 June that the present government would not enter
into more contracts for the supply of arms to the Arab states.
Mollet said that small arms were not being delivered to the Arab
states regardless of contracts by previous governments because
they might reach the insurgents in Algeria. (Press)
Egypt and Saudi Arabia have in the past con-
tracted for heavy combat eauinment. including tanks and artillery
from France.
Israeli situation.)
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(See page 6 for another article on the Arab-
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