CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1958/10/28

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• Publication Date: October 28, 1958

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28 OCTOBER 1958
L THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Rumania - No serious threat to re-
gime apparent, despite sporadic
reports of dissidence.
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Cairo fears Israeli action against -
Jordan, issues contingency orders
to First Army in Syria. Ben-Gurion
to seek UN guarantees if status quo
ends in Jordan and may seize West
Jordan if convinced pro- UAR changes
imminent.
Cyprus - Greece rejects NATO-spon-
sored efforts to convene conference
concerning Cyprus; more violence
expected.
Pakistan - General Ayub takes
over; Mirza out.
III. THE WEST
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28 October 1958
DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Rumania: The general effort inaugurated by the Ru-
manian regime in late June to tighten its control over internal
affairs--ostensibly as a campaign against thievery and
corruption--presumably continues, but apparently at a level.'
below the midsummer peak. While there have been sporadic
reports of dissidence, no serious threat to Communist con-
trol is apparent at resent, and.the party leadership appears
to be stable. (Page 1)
II. ASIA-AFRICA
UAR-Israel-Jordan: The UAR's military headquarters
in Cairo on 26 October instructed Headquarters First Army
in Syria to be prepared to implement previously prepared
plans because Cairo's information "confirmed the probability"
that Israel would take action against West Jordan. Damascus
has asked Cairo whether Iraa should be informed of the TIAR
concern.
Israeli Premier Ben-Gurion publicly
declared that if the status quo in Jordan were changed Israel
would demand a guarantee of its frontiers by the UN and the
"great powers" and seek a UN-enforced demilitarization of
West Jordan. Israel may feel that such aims could be best
assured by a seizure of the West Bank if it decides that a
pro-UAR change in the Jordanian Government is imminent.
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Cyprus: The past month's efforts within NATO to
bring 17Fita-71, Greece, and Turkey together in search of a con-
ference settlement of the Cyprus dispute have reached an im-
passe. The Greek Government, in a last-minute cabinet
decision influenced by Archbishop Makarios, and in effect
reversing Foreign Minister Averoff's prior approval, has
decided not to participate in the proposed conference. An
intensification of violence on Cyprus is now expected.
(Page 4)
*Pakistan: General Ayub Khan on 28 October assumed full
presidential powers following President Mirza's announcement
that he was "stepping aside" in favor of Ayub. Mirza acted
shortly after the general, dominant figure in the dual regime
since its inception on 7 October, had been sworn in as prime
minister. Mirza probably relinquished his office under pres-
sure from Ayub, who may have suspected him of renewed
maneuvering.
III. THE WEST
*Haiti: An American businessman with interests in Haiti
has been warned that followers of ex-dictator Magloire will at-
tempt a coup there on 28 or 2S October. Supporters of the ex-
dictator made an abortive attempt last-July, and there have been
reports of continued plotting on their part, with the support of
Dominican dictator Trujillo.
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L THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Rumania Continues to Tighten Internal Discipline
The Rumanian regime's effort--inaugurated by the central
committee plenum of 9-13 June�to tighten its internal con-
trol presumably continues, but apparently at a lower level than
during the peak period in midsummer, when there were uncon-
firmed reports of widespread arrests, particularly for eco-
nomic crimes. Although it was originally aimed at stamping
out embezzlement or misappropriation of state funds, the cam-
paign was soon expanded to include elements of the middle and
lower echelons of the party and government who were ideolog-
ically suspect or professionally incompetent.
The penal code was amended to allow more stringent pun-
ishments for the theft or destruction of state property, and the
Rumanian judiciary was reminded of its obligation to impose
maximum sentences for offenses against "socialist morality."
At the same time, the press called for a drive against "revi-
sionism and bourgeois ideology, indiscipline, and disruptive
anarchic elements."
While there have been occasional reports of popular dis-
content and a few incidents of open peasant opposition during
the past year, antiregime hostility does not now appear to pose
any serious threat to Communist control. Recent reports in
the Western press of widespread repression and deportations
appear exaggerated and in at least some cases unfounded.
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II. ASIA-AFRICA
UAR Anticipates Israeli Move Against West Jordan
Cairo instructed the headquarters
of the First Army in Syria on 26 October to be prepared to
carry out previously prepared emergency plans, because
Cairo's information "confirmed the probability" that Israel
would take action against West Jordan, and the Jerusalem
area in particular. (
ordered con-
tingency war plans to be prepared for the Syrian Army, ap-
parently by a Soviet military mission in Syria.
the First Army commander then in Cairo, ordered the
Syrian plans and operations staff to request the visiting "chief
expert," presumably Soviet, to prepare "studies...for the
theater of operations so as to ensure coverage of all even-
tualities." The extent of Soviet-UAR cooperation, if any, en-
visaged in such plans. is unknown.
The reaction in Damascus to Cairo's warning order was
immediate, and Damascus requested
Cairo to return "as quickly as possible" all First Army unit
commanders who were in Havnt as members of missions or
committees. Damascus inquired if Cairo
desired to recall to Syria the MIG-17 jet fighter squadron re-
cently sent to Iraq, the squadron's ground elements
would require about three days to make the return move to
Dumayr air base. Damascus also inquired if Cairo wished to
inform the Iraqi high command of the "probabilities of aggres-
sion." Should hostilities break out, Western-owned oil pipe-
lines in Syria would probably be destroyed.
Israeli officials are attempting to stress the necessity of
the immediate occupation of West Jordan in the event of any
change in the Jordanian Government, on the assumption that any
new government would sooner or later be pro-UAR. The Amer-
ican army attache on 24 October received the impression
that the Israelis
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plan to move into Jordan at once in the event of undesirable
developments there, and negotiate later on a diplomatic level.
Israeli Prime Minister Ben-Gurion in a press interview on
26 October declared that if the status quo in Jordan were
changed, Israel would demand a guarantee of its frontiers by
the UN and the "great powers," and seek a UN-enforced de-
militarization of West Jordan. Israel may feel this objective
would be best assured by seizure of the Nest Bank, which could
subsequently be evacuated in return for a UN guarantees.
During King Husaynes forthcoming absence,
Jon,: , will be ruled by
a three-maxi regency council composed of former Prime Min-
ister Husayn Khalidi, Senate President Said Mufti, and Senator
Umar Matar. All of these individuals are weak moderate
nationalists who probably favor establishment of better rela-
tions with the UAR.
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Cyprus Situation
The Athens announcement that, for "juridical and proce-
dural reasons," Greece will not attend a Cyprus conference
under the terms worked out in the North Atlantic Council.
reduces prospects for an early negotiated settlement. This
decision, reached after a night-long Greek cabinet meeting,
reflects the unwillingness of Archbishop Makarios to attend
a conference as proposed and the inability or unwillingness of
the Greek Government, in view of the inflamed nature of Greek
public opinion on Cyprus, to proceed independently of Makarios.
Greece's decision not to participate in a conference is based
on a conviction that the British and Turkish attitudes would
make any serious consideration of Greece's proposals for final
solution of the Cyprus problem impossible. The Greek Gov-
ernment, along with Archbishop Makarios, had publicly re-
nounced union of Cyprus with Greece and demanded in return
that the conference exclude at the outset the Turkish objective
of partition. The principal point separating Greece from Britain
and Turkey has been Athen's demand that other NATO countries,
preferably Italy and France, participate in the proposed con-
ference, to forestall Britain and Turkey from dominating a
Cyprus conference. Britain and Turkey, however, appear to
be at the limit of their concessions.
� Having decided not to participate in a Cyprus conference
under NATO auspices, Greece's next step will be to carry its
complaint to the UN General Assembly.
The apparent impasse in the NATO negotiations is likely
to increase violence on Cyprus,
They have authorized celebrations by
�Greek and Turkish Cypriots on their respective holidays on 28
and 29 October.
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