CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1957/09/29

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• Publication Date: September 29, 1957

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CURRENT
INTELLIGENCE
BULLETIN
3.3(h)(2)
3.5(c)
29 September 1957
Copy No. 136
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CONTENTS
� I. YUGOSLAV-EAST GERMAN TRADE TALKS ANNOUNCED
(page 3).
&Az, 2. RISING MOROCCAN RESENTMENT OF US POSITION ON
ALGERIA (page 4).
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3. WET MINH REPORTEDLY ORDERS CONCILIATORY PATHET
LAO ATTITUDE (page 5).
ax, 4. INDIAN CONGRESS LEADER GLOOMY OVER PARTY
PROSPECTS (page 6).
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1. YUGOSLAV-EAST GERMAN TRADE-TALKS ANNOUNCED
Comment on:
/Belgrade's 27 September announcement
that it will soon hold trade talks at the
governmental level with East Germany
moves Yugoslavia one step closer to
diplomatic recognition of the Ulbricht
regime. This appears to be a compromise
between bloc pressure for formal recogni-
tion of East Germany and Belgrade's fear
that such a move would disrupt relations
with West Germany, an important trading
partner for the Yugoslav economy.
An East German official had earlier de-
clared that a governmental economic delegation would go to
Belgrade in the latter half of December, but that there were
no indications Yugoslavia would recognize East Germany in
1957,
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2. RISING MOROCCAN RESENTMENT OF US POSITION
ON ALGERIA
Reference:
American Ambassador Cannon in Rabat
reports that Moroccan resentment over
the US position in Algeria is becoming "in-
creasingly dangerous." �He attributes this
resentment to a widespread assumption that the French pacifi-
cation effort in Algeria is made possible only by American arms
furnished to France and to a "bitter suspicion" that, when the
UN General Assembly considers the Algerian question later this
fall, the United States will throw its weight in France's favor.
The ambassador believes public reaction in Morocco to a US
vote regarded as "adverse" could cause a breakdown in the al-
ready difficult base negotiations, and perhaps even a revision
of the Moroccan King's plans to visit the United States in late
November.
Ambassador Cannon cites,a 26 September
article in Al Alam, the usually restrained daily publication of
the dominant Istiqlal party, as a good summary of Moroccan
opinion. After caustically comparing the American attitudes
toward Hungary and Algeria, the article asserts that this ses-
sion of the UN will reveal the "final American point of view" and
provide a good yardstick for measuring the friendship of the United
States and other Western countries for Algerians and the Arabs
generally.
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3. VIET MINH REPORTEDLY ORDERS CONCILIATORY
PATHET LAO ATTITUDE
Comment on:
The Pathet Lao delegation negotiating
a political settlement with the Laotian
government has been instructed by the
Viet Minh to take a generally conciliatory
the Pathet Lao were
to avoid creating any situation that would embarrass Premier
Souvanna Phouma or undermine his authority.
this infor-
mation, together with other reports from Pathet headquarters
in Sam Neua, convinces him the Pathets fear that failure to
make satisfactory progress in the negotiations by early Octo-
ber may result in the formation of a new government under
Interior Minister Katay�
The Pathets, although aware of the two-
month deadline that the Souvanna government set for an agree-
ment at the time of its investiture on 9 August, are unlikely to
carry conciliation to the point of making significant concessions
to the royal government. They might rather be expected to adopt
a pose of reasonableness to keep the talks alive while creating
popular pressure for a compromise. Their hopes for compro-
mise may have been raised by the tentative agreement of gov-
ernment negotiators on 25 September to pass a special amnesty
and civil rights law for the Pathets despite Vientiane's previous
stand that the Laotian constitution obviated the need for this.
In an apparent effort to facilitate the nego-
tiations in Vientiane, North Vietnam on 22 September announced
that it had reached an agreement with the Laotian government
delegation now in Hanoi on the withdrawal of armed forces from
a disputed border area.
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4. INDIAN CONGRESS LEADER GLOOMY OVER
PARTY PROSPECTS
Comment on:
The national president of India's Con-
gress party, U. N. Dhebar, told an
American consular officer at Madras
that both he and Prime Minister Nehru
regard the outlook for the country's ruling party with consid-
erable pessimism.
Dhebar stated that the party leadership
was finding it increasingly difficult to work out an acceptable
politico-economic program which would hold the diverse ele-
ments of the party in line. He pictured Nehru as frustrated
as a result of factionalism within the organization and oppo-
tunistic elements permeating "clear to the top." Dhebar him-
self apparently feels similarly thwarted. Despite his relative
youth and popularity, he stated he plans to retire as head of
the party at the end of his current term.
The Congress leader expressed his be-
lief that the Communist government in Kerala State will last
"at least two to three years." He ruled out any immediate
attempt to overthrow the Communists, saying the Congress
party is "not yet ready to face the Kerala electorate."
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