CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1959/08/19

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• Publication Date: August 19, 1959

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19 AUGUST 1959
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Berlin--New incident of East Ger-
man interference with autobahn
traffic.
IL ASIA-AFRICA
Korean repatriation question re-
mains key issue in Japanese - South
Korean negotiations.
Cairo orders its chief intelligence
agent in Baghdad to suspend activi-
ties.
Laos�Communists may be stepping
up military effort.
IIL THE WEST
� Moscow requests visa for Soviet
Latin American expert to visit
Cuba and report on "democratic
advances" there.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
19 August 1959
DAILY BRIEF
L THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Berlin: On 14 August, East German police attempted to
exercise jurisdiction over official Allied use of the autobahn
access route between Helmstedt and Berlin for the first time
in full view of Soviet personnel. An American officer in his
own car was stopped by the East Germans about 60 miles from
the Babelsberg checkpoint and was held for an hour and 20 min-
utes. Soviet personnel in a vehicle which had been following
the American car and keeping it under surveillance made no
effort to intervene. This incident appears to have been con-
trived to demonstrate that the East German regime is being
permitted to exercise control over Allied access to Berlin in
those areas of East Germany which are outside the immediate
confines of Soviet checkpoints. (Page 1)
IL ASIA-AFRICA
South Korea - Japan: South Korean representatives in Tokyo
are negotiating with Japan for a settlement of differences between
the two countries despite the signing on 13 August of the Japanese
North Korean agreement for the repatriation, to begin in Novem-
ber, of Koreans resident in Japan to North Korea. South Korea,
r however, remains adamantly opposed to the planned repatriation,
and, if dissatisfied with the course of the present negotiations,
may at any time use this issue as an excuse to break them off.
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*Laos: An interisification of the Communist military effort
in Laos may be in process. _
An enemy movements are taking place to isolate Sam Neua Province, - and there is stepped-up antigovernment guerrilla activity in other
provinces.
III. THE WEST'
Cuba-USSR: The chairman of the Soviet State Committee for
Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries on 10 August requested
a one-month visa for the chief of its Latin American Department
0 to visit Cuba so that he could inform the Soviet people of "demo-
cratic advances" there. The request followed a Cuban newspaper's
invitation to Khrushchev to visit Havana. Bloc propaganda over
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
East German Police Halt US Officer on Berlin Autobahn
In their fifth attempt in eight weeks to exercise jurisdic-
tion over American personnel traveling on the Berlin autobahn,
the East German police on 14 August halted a senior US officer
stationed in Berlin and, after he refused to show his passport,
detained him for an hour and 20 minutes despite his demands to
see a Soviet officer. At the time, the US officer, who was driv-
ing his own private car, was under surveillance of Soviet per-
sonnel in a car which had tailed him for some forty miles. After
the American was halted, the Soviet vehicle was driven to a
nearby parking strip where it remained out of sight. When the
US car was allowed to proceed: the Soviet car again followed.
The American commander in Berlin considers this inci-
dent the most flagrant of this character since the acting Soviet
commander in Berlin, in a letter of 22 June, declared that the
autobahn was "outside his sphere of influence" and advised Amer-
ican officials to consult with responsible East German authorities.
The Soviet failure to intervene in the current incident suggests
that the Kremlin will answer any protest with a restatement of
the 22 June letter�that Soviet authority over autobahn access
ends at the checkpoints.
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Japanese - South Korean Talks
South Korea apparently hopes that the recently resumed
Tokyo talks for a settlement of differences with Japan will
enable it to block the repatriation of Koreans in Japan to
North Korea. At the second meeting of the negotiators on
18 August, the South Koreans insisted that the legal status
of Koreans in Japan be the first subject of the talks. The
Japanese urged that priority be given to the mutual release
of Japanese fishermen held in South Korea and Koreans de-
tained in Japan.
CI_'here have been indications that some South Korean ad-
ministration leaders have recognized their inability to pre-
vent the repatriation and might welcome an over-all settle-
ment with Japan to offset this failure, which they fear may
strengthen President Rhee's opponents in next year's elec-
tion. While such fears favor the conclusion of an agreement
on some outstanding problems, Seoul might break off negotia-
tions if no progress has been made by the time the first group
of repatriates leaves Japan in November, It might also break
off the talks, using the repatriation issue as an excuse, if
it feels that the Japanese are not offering sufficient resettle-
ment payments forprospective repatriates, or favorable con-
cessions on financial claims, fisheries, and art treasures4
The Japanese reportedly are pleased that the negotiations
have been resumed but are skeptical that they will succeed.
While Tokyo hopes to achieve the limited objective of an ex-
change of detainees, it would not be likely to cancel the re-
patriation to North Korea in order to accomplish this.
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THE PRESIDENT
The Vice President
Executive Offices of the White House
Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
Scientific Adviser to the President
Director of the Budget
Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization
Special Assistant for Security Operations Coordination
Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities
Special Assistant for Foreign Economic Policy
Executive Secretary, National Security Council
The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Department of State
The Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary for Administration
The Counselor
Director, International Cooperation Administration
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Department of Defense
The Secretary of Defense
The Deputy Secretary of Defense
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
The Secretary of the Army
The Secretary of the Navy
The Secretary of the Air Force
The Chairman, The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
The Director, The Joint Staff
Chief of Staff, United States Army
Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
Assistant to Secretary of Defense for Special Operations
Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army
Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of the Navy
Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
The Department of the Interior
The Secretary of the Interior
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Director
Atomic Energy Commission
The Chairman
National Security Agency
The Director
National Indications Center
The Director
United States Information Agency
The Director
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