CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1956/09/26

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• Publication Date: September 26, 1956

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CURRENT
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26 September. 1956
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CONTENTS
PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT MAY FALL OVER SUE
ISSUE (page 3) .
2. SHIPS DELAYED AT SUEZ FOR FIRST TIME SINCE
FOREIGN PILOTS WALKED OUT page 4).
3. BURMA READY TO EXCHANGE DP LOMATTC REPRSENT-
ATIVES WITH OUTER MONGOLIA (page 5).
� 4. COMMUNIST CHINA SIGNS TREATY WITH NEPAL
(page 6).
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
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L PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT MAY FALL OVER SUEZ ISSUE
Comment on:
Differences of opinion between President
Mirza and Prime Minister Suhrawardy of
Pakistan on Pakistan's adherence to the
Suez Canal users' association seem likely
to result in a dispute which will cause the
fall of Suhrawardy's government.
Mirza, who favors adherence, has said he
would see to it that Pakistan joins, and he has indicated a
willingness to put heavy pressure on the prime minister.
Suhrawardy has stated that while his government would not
denounce the association, it could not join it.
Since Suhrawardy's government has widely
publicized its lack of sympathy for the users' association, the
prime minister cannot now alter his stand without exposing
himself to the criticism of yielding to Western pressure. This
he is unlikely to do, having stated in his speech on assumption
of the prime ministership on 12 September that Pakistan would
not be a pawn in international politics. It seems probable,
therefore, that Suhrawardy will resign or be ousted by Mirza
in the near future.
Since the present coalition government of
the Republican Party and Suhrawardy's Awami League is the
only combination which currently appears able to rule in Pakistan,
Suhrawardy's fall might well lead Mirza to assume dictatorial
powers. Mirza's ability to govern successfully for any length
of time is doubtful in view of the violent opposition he would
probably face both on the Suez issue and from Suhrawardy's
followers in East Pakistan�
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2. SHIPS DELAYED AT SUEZ FOR FIRST TIME SINCE
FOREIGN PILOTS WALKED OUT
Comment on:
The American naval attach�n Cairo
reports that on 23 September three
ships were held up at Port Said be-
cause pilots were unavailable to take
them through the Suez Canal. Accord-
ing to the attache,this is the first instance of delay from
this cause since foreign employees of the Suez Canal Com-
pany -walked out on 14 September.
The attach�lso reports that an Egyptian
pilot has stated that the strain on pilots is severe, owing to
the fact that a pilot must now take a ship the entire length of
the canal with a layover of only 9 to 11 hours before return-
ing with another ship. Previously pilots were on duty con-
tinuously only as far as Ismailia, about half way along the
canal.
The Egyptian operation of the canal has
been favored by a decrease in the number of ships seeking
transit. However, this number has more recently risen from
a low of 30 ships a day on 18 September to about 40 on 23 Sep-
tember. It is not clear whether this upward trend will con-
tinue, but if it does, it will place a further strain on the re-
duced pilot force, which even with recent additions still totals
only about half the prenationalization group of over 200 men.
Moreover, none of the 40-odd foreign pilots who have arrived
in Egypt since 14 September have yet completed their training.
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3. BURMA READY TO EXCHANGE DIPLOMATIC
REPRESENTATIVES WITH OUTER MONGOLIA
Comment
Burma's decision is in response to an
initiative by Ulan Bator's representative
in Peiping last June and is consistent with its support of the
principle of "universal" membership in the UN.
The question of Outer Mongolia's effective
sovereignty was the basis for opposition to its admission last
year. Recognition of Ulan Bator by Rangoon, following Indian
recognition last December, will be advanced by Outer Mongolia
in support of its claim that it is eligible for UN membership.
Premier Tsedenbal of Outer Mongolia recently sent a letter to
Secretary General Hammarskj old reapplying for admission.
The USSR has given no indication of retreat-
ing from its insistence on UN membership for Outer Mongolia
as a condition for Japan's admission.
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4. COMMUNIST CHINA SIGNS TREATY WITH NEPAL
Comment on:
Under the terms of the friendship
treaty and accompanying notes signed
by Communist China and Nepal on 20
September, China gains the right to
establish a consulate general in Katmandu
as well as three trade agencies with normal consular privi-
leges and several trade centers elsewhere in Nepal. Nepal
loses its long-standing extraterritorial rights In Tibet, and
the small Nepalese military forces which have protected
trade routes in Tibet are to be withdrawn within six months.
On the other hand, both parties agree
that they will "for the time being" be represented by their
respective ambassadors to India. Nepal will have some con-
trol over the timing of the establishment of any Chinese mis-
sions in Nepal, since the treaty and notes specify that their
locations and dates of establishment will be "determined at a
later date:'
New Delhi, which has sought to keep for-
eign missions in Katmandu to a minimum, is opposed to the
expansion of Chinese influence in Nepal. The Nepalese am-
bassador in New Delhi has indicated that his government hopes
to delay, possibly for a number of years, the opening of the
consulate general in Katmandu. The number of Sino-Nepalese
contacts seems likely to increase whether the exchange of
consulates is delayed or not. Steady Chinese pressure and
anti-Indian sentiment in Nepal can be expected to work against
such a delay.
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THE ARAB-ISRAELI SITUATION
(Information as of 1700, 25 September)
An Israeli tractor driver was killed and
another wounded in an incident on the Jordan border, according
to an Israeli military spokesman. (Press) 41,
The American embassy in Tel Aviv reports
that the Jordanian attack on the Israeli archaeological party on
23 September has aroused public concern in Israel to an unusual
degree.
The entire Jordanian army, about 38,000
troops, with the exception of two armored car squadrons and
one battery of antiaircraft, is now in West Jordan, according to
the American army attach�n Amman. In the attachO'a opinion
this disposition would make it possible for Israel to d -f--
capture the entire Jordanian army within a few days.
Greece granted Syria overflight and landing
clearance between 21 and 25 September for eight Vampire jets
en route from Italy to either Damascus or Cairo, according to
the American air attach�n Athens. Syria reportedly ordered
44 reconditioned Vampires from Italy last spring. Including
these eight, Syria has now obtained 24 of the 44 ordered. All
of the previous Vampires were sent to Egypt where Syrian pi-
lots are training.
The Syrians are also planning to have flying'
personnel trained in fighter tactics in Poland or Czechoslovakia.
Soviet bloc negotiators have indicated that winter weather would
prevent the start of such training before February. Syrian crews
are now training under bloc supervision in Egypt.
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