CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1956/11/27

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• Publication Date: November 27, 1956

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CONTENTS
1. POSITION OF IRAQI PREMIER THREATENED -*ere,
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(page 3).
2. SOVIET HARASSMENT OF ALLIED RAIL ACCESS TO
BERLIN ( a (page 4).
3. FURTHER DEMONSTRATIONS IN POLAND
(page 5).
4. NASR URGES JORDAN DELAY IN BREAK WITH BRITAIN
(page 6).
5. RUMANIA BELIEVED TO BE BUILDING CASE AGAINST
US LEGATION PERSONNEL (Seeret) (page 7).
6. SUKARNO MOVING TOWA PERSONAL RULE
(page 8).
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1. POSITION OF IRAQI PREMIER THREATENED
Prime Minister Nun i Said's attempts to
appease hostility against his government
and against Britain which erupted in Iraq
following the Anglo-French intervention
in Egypt appear to have been only par-
tially successful. Serious disturbances
occurred again on 19 and 21 November
in Baghdad when the government lifted
the restrictions imposed as a result of
r disturbances. According to the
mbassador, a large demonstration is planned for 29 Novem-
e . He has grave doubts that the Nun i government can hold
ut much longer against rising popular pressures.
These pressures will continue, particu-
larly if the British and French delay their withdrawal from
Suez, and if economic hardship begins in Iraq as a result
of the loss of oil revenues. The Nun i government has sought
to avoid a break with Britain, but in an attempt to appease
popular sentiment it has declared that it will not participate
in Baghdad pact councils attended by British representatives.
It has also broken relations with France and made strong
anti-Israeli statements.
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2. SOVIET H SMENT OF ALLIED RAIL ACCESS
TO BERLIN
The new inspection procedures imposed
by the USSR on Allied military trains
traveling between Berlin and West Ger-
many were not consistently carried out
etween 23 to 25 November. In some instances the trains
aye passed through the East German border checkpoint at
arienborn with a minimum of difficulty, while one train
as delayed for three hours and another was turned back
after a two-hour delay on the grounds that schedules were
disrupted. The Soviet authorities did not carry out their
threat to start boarding trains on the night of 25-26 Novem-
ber.
Comment
Although the USSR denies that it is chal-
lenging Western right of access to Berlin,
the unilateral effort to impose new travel regulations may
presage a serious attempt to establish more rigid controls
over Western travel to Berlin.
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3. FURTHER DEMONSTRATIONS IN POLAND
The American embassy in Warsaw com-
ments that the destruction by a mob of
a radio jamming station in Bydgoszcz
in northern Poland reflects a continued
willingness to defy authority. Delayed
Polish newspaper accounts of this inci-
dent, which took place on 18 November,
attempted to minimize it by attributing
it to "hooligans" and have appealed for
calm during the present unsettled period.
The embassy reports that the riots apparently lasted about
eight hours, and resulted in attacks on police and party head-
quarters before the rioters were dispersed.
Comment The open disavowal of the Soviet line on
Hungary by Polish newspapers in recent
days could encourage new popular demonstrations against
the USSR, which would lead to Soviet military intervention
if the Gomulka regime were unable to control them. The
Polish announcement of 24 November that jamming of West-
ern radio broadcasts has been ended will, however, eliminate
this specific object of popular resentment.
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4� NASR URGES JORDAN DELAY IN BREAK WITH BRITAIN
Nasr
urged that Jordan delay abrogation of
the Anglo-Jordanian treaty and estab-
lishment of diplomatic relations with
the USSR and Communist China until
foreign troops withdraw from Port Said. He reaffirmed
Egypt's readiness to provide a subsidy to Jordan�
Comment Nas
concern that Britain and France might
use the trend to the left in Jordan and Syria as an excuse
to delay their departure from Egypt.
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5. RUMANIA BELIEVED TO BE BUILDING CASE AGAINST
US LEGATION PERSONNEL
The American minister in Bucharest
believes that the recent increase in ap-
parent provocation attempts indicates that
the Rumanians may be attempting to lay
e easis or sec aring certain legation personnel persona non
grata. Minister Thayer feels that the Rumanians, by accus-
ing the legation of fabricating stories of student disturbances
and Hungarian deportations, could strengthen their propa-
ganda campaign against the United States.
Comment American-Rumanian relations had im-
proved considerably prior to the Hun-
garian revolt, and preliminary discussions between the two
governments to settle long-outstanding problems were con-
cluded on 3 November.
Growing internal unrest, as well as devel-
opments in Hungary and Poland, has deeply disturbed Rumania's
top leaders and has resulted in a renewed press campaign of
vilification of the United States.
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the president
is pleased with the success of the army
centralization program, since he can now
contemplate a "compact army" with which to "reduce the im-
portance of political parties' Sukarno
might be considering the use of the army to establish himself
as a dictator.
Sukarno reportedly plans to hold a meeting
with party leaders in mid-December to introduce his plan
for a simplification of the party system. He has suggested
that political parties "be buried" or that they at least sub-
ordinate their differences in the interest of the state.
In a statement to a student gathering on
26 November, Sukarno expressed admiration for construc-
tion and development work in the Sino-Soviet bloc which, he
implied, should serve as a guide for Indonesia. Sukarno
had earlier announced a program to give Indonesia what he
calls a "guided democracy." C
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