CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1958/10/29

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• Publication Date: October 29, 1958

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29 OCTOBER 1958
L THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Taiwan Strait- Communist interme-
diary lists proposals for "integration"
of Chinese Communist and National-
ist governments.
Moscow rejects US-UK proposal for
nuclear test ban; question of whether
USSR will continue testing still open.
IL ASIA-AFRICA
UAR and Iraqi military forces on
alert in anticipation of possible
Israeli move into Jordan.
); Husayn to start
vacation on 9-10 November.
Sudan- Prime Minister Khalil con-
sidering plan to strengthen govern-
ment with military support; loyalty
of army uncertain.
UAR concerned over nationalist agita-
tion among Syrian Kurds.
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0 Indonesia- First bloc naval equipment
delivered.
0 Burma- U Nu transfers powers to Gen-
eral Ne Win; Nu to try to limit army's
political role.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
29 October 1958
DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Taiwan Strait situation: A Chinese Communist inter-
mediary in Hong Kong, who previously has transmitted
Communist proposals by mail to high Nationalist officials,
on 27 October elaborated on proposals designed to achieve
the "integration of two governments." In setting forth Pei-
ping's alleged proposals, the intermediary stated that nego-
tiations should lead to an "autonomous status like Tibet"
for Taiwan, and that Peiping was willing to consider "any
reasonable counterproposal". Nationalist' tiffiCials who
have received letters from this intermediary in the past
have insisted to US officials that the overtures have b- en
ignored.
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USSR: Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Zorin's 27
October statement at the UN rejecting the US-UK proposal
for a one-year suspension of nuclear tests was designed to
strengthen the Soviet position In the forthcoming Geneva
talks and may indicate that the USSR does not intend to com-
promise on its demand for an unconditional test ban. Zorin's
rejection, however, leaves open the question of whether or
not the USSR will continue testing after the talks begin.
it would
appear that at least the airbune phase of current test activ-
Novaya Zemlya has beentetmihated.,
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II. ASIA-AFRICA
UAR-Israel-Jordan: UAR forces have been placed on
alert following Cairo's estimate on.: 26 October that Israel
would probably move into West Jordan following the departure
of British troops. Although Cairo advised Damascus on 27
October that Iraq was not to be informed of the UAR's concern,
at this time,
Baghdad is readying a division headquarters and two brigades
for movement into Jordan if Israel seizes the .West Bank.
Jordan's King Husayn now plans to leave for his Euro-
�
ean vacation on the night of 9-10 November.
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*Sudan: Pro-Western Prime Minister Khalil is again
considering his plan for an army-supported coup. Develop-
ment of such a plan was first reported last July. He now is said
to be thinking of acting on or about 10 November, at which time
he would install a new cabinet, postpone the reopening of Par-
liament now scheduled for 17 November, and take measures to
control opposition elements. The loyalty of the army and the
security of Khalil's plan are uncertain, but he apparently be-
lieves that with a "few days" of military support he can form
a strengthened civilian government more capable of positive
action than his present shaky coalition.
uAit.-4uras: UAlt security autnorities are Antreasingly con-
cerned that nationalist agiattion among Syria's 250,000 Kurds is
being intensified. They believe that Mulla Mustafa Barzani, who
recently returned to Iraq from 11 years in the Soviet bloc, will
visit Kurdish groups in northeastern Syria and further stimu-
late nationalist activity. UAR operatives have been ordered to
keep a close watch over his activities.
Barzani's recent visit to northern Iraq was followed by
bloody rioting between Turkish and Kurdish elements in the city
of Kirkuk.
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Indonesia: Indonesia has received its first deliveries
bloc naval equipment.
four bloc subchasers arrived in mid-October.
I ion, 16 small landing and amphibious craft
(10 LCVP and six amphibious vehicles) are said to
have arrived this month along with training personneL Under
an agreement made earlier this year, Djakarta plans to purchase
$85,000,000 worth of bloc naval equipment including three
submarines and four destroyers. (Page 6)
Burma: Outgoing Premier U Nu, in two speeches on
the transfer of power to General Ne Win, for the first
time implied his resignation resulted from army influence.
He emphasized the army's pledge to stay in power for only
six months and to keep out of polities. Nu can be expected to
bring further pressures in an effort to restrict the army's
political role. (Page 7)
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Taiwan Strait Situation
The Chinese Communist intermediary in Hong Kong who
predicted the first cease-fire,
listed Peiping's alleged proposals for negotiations with the
Nationalists. These are: (1) Taiwan would be granted an auton-
omous status like Tibet; (2) Chiang Kai-shek would be allowed
to remain in power, but his son�presumably the eldest, Chiang
Ching-kuo�would not succeed him; (3) all existing relations
with the US would have to be severed and the Mutual Aid Treaty
abrogated; (4) no mainland troops would be sent to occupy Tai-
wan; (5) the Nationalists could choose the place for negotia-
tions; and (6) Nationalist forces would have to .be organized and
eventually absorbed into the Chinese Communist Army.
stated that Peiping is willing to consider "any reasonable coun-
terproposal."
recent activities, which include the dispatch of
letters containing negotiation offers to Nationalist China's for-
eign minister, appear to be part of Peiping's recently intensi-
fied effort to convince Nationalist officials that talks with the
Communists can be readily arranged and offer the only hope
for the future. There is no indication whether these latest pro-
posals have been transmitted to the Nationalists. Chang Shih-
chao, described as a personal representative of Mao Tse-tung,
is reported to have arrived in Hong Kong. Chang was in the
colony from October 1956 to April 1957 attempting to set up
talks between the Comiminist& and Nationalists.
The Chinese Communists also apparently are moving to
"neutralize" pro-Kuomintang newspapers in Hong Kong. The
editor of one Communist-controlled pap_er told:. personnel of
two non-Communist Chinese newspapers that they should stop
working against the Communist cause, inasmuch as the Com-
munists would control Hong Kong "within three years," and
their record would endanger their future and possibly their
lives. The owner and publisher of the two newspapers was
warned that she should either reverse or neutralize her
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