CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1959/02/09

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9 FEBRUARY 1959
.I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Khrushchev continues to press for
summit meeting.
USSR may be preparing to break off
Geneva talks.
New Sino-Soviet industrial-aid agree-
ment signed.
Revisions in itinerary of Tito's trip
may cause further difficulties with bloc.
Soviet President Voroshilov to visit
India in late February.
IL ASIA-AFRICA
Iran-USSR - Shah decides to sign bi-
lateral agreement with US, but con-
tinues negotiations with USSR.
Jordan - New conspiracy reported
against King Husayn.
New Iraqi cabinet appears more left-
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against Sihanouk.
CD Japan - Faction of ICishi's party may
attempt to unseat him by opposing
revision of US-Japan security treaty.
III. THE WEST
Austrian cabinet rejects ban on July
World Youth Festival.
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DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
USSR:CKhrushchev told the West German ambassador
on 4 February that East-West talks at the foreign-ministe
level would be unproductive and that he prefers a heads-o:1
government meeting where basic decisions would be taken
which the foreign ministers could subsequently implement
In a talk with the Swiss ambassador on the same,day, Khru-
shchev indicated preference for talks without a formal agenda
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s speeches to the party congress stressed the "positive re-'
ction" throughout the world to the 1955 Geneva summit meet -
g and made it clear that the USSR will continue its efforts to
convene another heads-of-government conference
NO FUR HER DISSEMINATION
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Britain for an unequivocal response to the USSR's demands
for a permanent test-cessation agreement suggests that Mo
cow is preparing the record in anticipation of an early break
off. The Soviet delegate said on 6 February that the talks ar
deadlocked and warned that the delegates may part "in a fe
days" without being able to submit reports to their governmen
because the Western powers have failed to present their full
position. (Page 1)
USSR - Communist China: Premiers Khrushchev and Chou
En-lai on 7 February signed an agreement under which the
Soviet Union will supply China with 78 heavy industrial enter-
prises worth five billion rubles ($1.25 billion at the official
rate), according to a press report. The Chinese will pay for
these projects with commodity exports, just as they are pay-
ing for at least 156 "aid" projects the Soviet Union is already
helping them build. Although considerations of military aid
and political support are cause enough for the recent Chinese
backdown on ideological claims, Moscow may have used the
economic-assistance issue as another lever to hasten Peiping's
retreat. (Page 3)
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Yugoslavia-USSR: Tito's recent extension of his impend-
ing visit to the UAR later this month and the inclusion of Greece
in his itinerary will probably cause a further intensification of
his current dispute with the bloc. He probably will be in Damas-
cus on 21 February for the celebration of the first anniversary
of the founding of the UAR. A display of unity between Tito and
Nasir on this occasion will strengthen Moscow's belief that Tito
is promoting current differences between Cairo and Moscow.
The USSR also is likely to be concerned about possible discus-
sions during the Yugoslav leader's visit to Athens on ways to
strengthen the Balkan Pact. (Page 4)
USSR India: Cihe previously postponed visit of Soviet Pres-
ident Voroshilov O India has been announced by Moscow for late
February. The trip apparently will not include a visit to Nepal
returning King Mahendra's June 1958 visit to the USSR, despite
reported recent Soviet pressure on the Nepal Government for
such a visit. While the Soviet head of state's visit to India will
be largely for ceremonial purposes, the USSR will probably at-
tempt to use the visit to reap propaganda gains from Soviet aid
programs such as the Bhilai steel plant which was formally
opened on 4 February.1
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� Iran-USSR: Iranian Court Minister Alauhas ddvised Ambas-
sador Wailes tha he Shah, who is also informing the British,
now has decided to sign the bilateral defense agreement with the
US. Ala also stated that the Shah had seen a Soviet delegation
and that the USSR had agreed to proceed with a nonaggression
pact on Iran's original terms, provided Iran did not sign the US
agreement. These terms reportedly provide that the Soviet Union
cease hostile propaganda against Iran and that Iran not permit
foreign bases on its territory. According to Ala, the Shah told
the Soviet delegation he would consider their offer. The Shah
feels the Soviet Union would not go ahead with the pact if Iran
signed the US agreement, but Ala indicated that Iran would like
to conclude both agreements. Ambassador Wailes told Ala he)
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vided Iran did not conclude the Soviet nonaggression pact but
he agreed to submit this question to Washingtoria
Jordan:
new conspiracy among anti-monarchical Jordanian Army of-
ficers aimed at assasinating King Husayn and Crown Prince
Muhammad prior to the King's departure on a visit to the Far
East and the US in early March. Husayn maintains that the
plot is supported by UAR Interior Minister Sarraj and by ultra
nationalist Jordanian political groups. The planned absence
from the country of both the King and Premie be
conducive to further plotting and in5tabi1ity:3
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*Iraq: The new cabinet announced on 7 February appears to
be a shift to the left, with the exclusion of all civilian political
leaders who could be termed anti-Qasim nationalists. Little
is known of the political leanings of the four newly appointed
army officers; two may be Qasim supporters. None of the new
ministers appear to be personalities who would be inclined to
make a serious attempt to restrain increasing Communist in-
fluence. The ministries of � nd development are now
filled by extreme leftists.
The UAR ambassador has implied that Qasim, by his ap-
pointments, has blocked possibilities of a coup by removing
key military leaders from direct command.
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� Cambodia! ambodian General Dap Chhuon has made a
last-minute decision to postpone a move against the Sihanouk
government which had been planned for about 8-10 February,
Chhuon recently had
indicated that while he might temporarily defer action, he felt
the time was ripe for a showdown with Sihanouk over the latter's
soft position on Communism. The postponement may have been
occasioned by Thailand's rejection of an urgent appeal for sup-
port. The delay may also enable Chhuon
to deve op e ec uth ietnamese slotters
against Sihanouk
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Japan: The Yoshida-Ikeda faction of the ruling Liberal-
Democratic party is threatening to oppose revision of the US-
Japan security treaty as the only issue available on which to
unseat Prime Minister Kishi. The faction, which is pro-US,
claims that as many as 67 votes might be cast against the treaty
--enough to block ratification if Socialist opposition is unanimous
in the event it is signed by April as desired by the government.
The threat, designed to prevent Kishi from scoring a political
victory, was passed to a US official in an apparent effort to en-
ur e a �ostponement of the treaty's revision.
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I IL THE WEST
Austria: A concerted effort by official and nonofficial
Austrian elements to persuade the cabinet to ban the Commu-
nist-front World Youth Festival scheduled for Vienna in late
July has apparently failed. Since there is strong public oppo-
sition to the festival and since it is being actively boycotted by
all non-Communist youth groups, there is a growing possibility
of extensive disturbances during the festival.
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
USSR Preparing Record for Possible Breakoff at Geneva
The Soviet Foreign Ministry statement on 8 February de-
manding an unequivocal Anglo-American response to Moscow's
insistence on a permanent unconditional test-cessation agree-
ment, in combination with recent Soviet moves at Geneva, sug-
gets that Moscow is preparing the record in anticipation of an
early breakoff of negotiations. The statement's detailed criti-
cisms a the Western position on the key issues of'duration of the
treaty and voting procedures in the control commission were de-
signed to present the USSR's stand in the most favorable light.
On 6 February chief Soviet delegate Tsarapkin said the con-
ference was deadlocked and warned that the delegates may part
"in a few days" without being able to submit a report to their
governments because the Western powers have failed to present
their full position. Tsarapkin criticized the "piecemeal" methods
used by the United States and Britain in intrOthicing their- draft ar-
ticles.
Other recent Soviet statements also suggest that the USSR
is preparing its position for a breakoff. On 22 January Moscow
charged officially that failure to reach agreement on the dura-
tion question was not only blocking progress of the negotiations
but was making the talks "senseless." On 30 January, after in-
troducing a draft article which would give veto rights to the three
nuclear powers on the control commission, Tsarapkin criticized
the US and Britain for withholding their "long-promised" proposal
on duration. Then, in an unusual move which suggested prepara-
tion for a showdown, he summarized for the record the USSR's
over-all position at the, Tsarapkin charged on 5 February
that a recent State Department press release criticizing Soviet
insistence on veto rights had distorted the Soviet position and had
prepared the ground for a conference break.
On the same day, Ehrushchev warned in his final speech to the
21st party congress that the USSR would "never agree" to allowing
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the Western powers, under cover of inspection to violate the
sovereignty of the USSR. He charged that the United States and
Britain apparently intend to "drag things out" at Geneva while
they prepare public opinion for disruption of the negotiations.
As a final move before a breakoff, the Soviet delegate may
propose that the nuclear-test issue be discussed at any future
high-level East-West conference.
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Soviet Union and Communist China Sign New Economic
Agreement
Premiers Khrushchev and Chou En-lai on 7 February
signed an agreement under which the Soviet Union will supply
China with 78 heavy industrial enterprises worth five billion
rubles ($1.25 billion at the official rate, which overvalues
the ruble). These enterprises will include chemical, coal,
oil, and metallurgical plants as well as electric-power plants.
China will pay for these projects with exports, just as it
is paying for at least 156 "aid" projects--worth more than
$2 billion--the Soviet Union is already helping to construct.
Most a the original projects are either finished or under con-
struction, and Peiping and Moscow probably agree that China's
economy is ready for another large injection of Soviet assist-
ance to further its Second Five-Year Plan (1958-62).
Although considerations of military aid and political sup-
port give sufficient cause for the Chinese backdown on ideolog-
ical claims, Mosco7 may have usedthe issue of economic aid
as another lever to hasten Peiping's retreat. The Chinese Com-
munists have recently been effusive in their praise of the USSR
as a model for economic development, and on 6 February For-
eign Minister Chen Yi said that Soviet technical specialists
brought valuable "political" as well as economic and scientific
knowledge at a time when they were badly needed at home to
help with the Soviet Seven-Year Plan.
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Tito's Middle East Tour to Add Fuel to Bloc-Yugoslav Dispute
The decision to extend considerably Tito's forthcoming
visit to the UAR late this month and to add Greece to his itin-
erary will probably result in a further intensification of his
current dispute with the bloc. Tito will probably be Nasir's
guest at the 21 February celebrations in Damascus on the first
anniversary of the founding of the UAR. Such a show of unity
at this time is likely to cause more concern in Moscow than was
the case last summer when the two met in Yugoslavia on the eve
of the Iraqi revolution. The Soviet Union has charged that Tito
has been instrumental in promoting current differences between
Cairo and Moscow.
Tito's visit to Greece in March is cited as being unofficial,
but the present rapport between Belgrade and Athens makes of-
ficial talks likely. Should the current talks between the Greeks
and Turks on the subject of Cyprus prove successful, the Balkan
Pact will probably be discussed during Tito's stay in Greece.
Athens has recently indicated a desire to strengthen the pact--
which Khrushchev attacked in his speech to the 21st party con-
gress--if the Cyprus issued is settled. The Yugosia,vs
have repeatedly expressed a desire to get the pact "back on the
track"--to them it is an important manifestation of active coex-
istence--and they should be receptive to any Greek initiative.
Belgrade has responded sharply to attacks on Yugoslavia
in Khrushchev's closing speech and in the Soviet party congress
resolution, calling them "rude interference in the internal af-
fairs of Yugoslavia." Moreover, Soviet presidium member
Mukhitdinov's criticism of Belgrade's policy of friendship with
Afro-Asian countries was labeled by a Yugoslav Foreign Secre-
tariat spokesman as "uncalled-for and impermissible interfer-
ence with Yugoslav foreign relations." The Yugoslav ambassador
in Moscow told Ambassador Thompson on 5 February that it now
was clear the dispute "had never been ideological but was a
question of Yugoslav independence."
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II. ASIA-AFRICA
KingeHusayn Reports New Plot Against Jordanian Monarchy
ordanian security forces have uncovered a new conspiracy
of antimonarchic army officers and politicians, according to
King Husayn. The plot, reportedly to be supported by UAR In-
terior Minister Sarraj, contemplates the assassination of King
Husayn, Crown Prince Muhammad, the king's uncle Sharif Nasir,
and the head of the royal secretariat Bajat Talhuni, prior to
the King's departure in early March on a trip to the Far East
and the United States. Jordanian authorities obtained informa-
tion that the coup would be attempted at the end of this month
or early in March, following the opening of the new 100-kilowatt
radio station in Amman;-)
-Principal army elements in the plot are said to be artillery,
infantry, and engineer officers; the civilian members are asso-
ciated with thp Raathists. Arab nationalists, and other radical
groups. The infantry troops involved re-
portedly incivae elements ot the brigade on the Syrian border.
(__The planned absence from the country of both the King and
Premier Rifai will be conducive to further plotting and insta-
bility. Additionally, UAR concern over the hostile trend in Iraq
may well increase the urpymev of attempts to install a pro-UAR
government in Arnmar0
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The New Iraqi Cabinet
The composition of the new Iraqi cabinet announced on 7 Feb-
ruary indicates the political balance in that country has shifted
further to the left. The civilian faction of the former cabinet,
which had opposed further Communist inroads in Iraq and had fol-
lowed a pro-Nasir policy--short of union with the UAR--has been
excluded.
Two critical posts now are held by extreme leftists: the
Guidance Ministry (propaganda) has been given to Hasan Jamil,
a member of Emil Chadirchrs leftist National Democratic party;
the Development Ministry has gone to Talaat ash-Shaybani, an
American-educated economist who reportedly has placed Com-
munists in government jobs assiduously since 1955. These men
join the pro-Soviet minister of economy, Ibrahim Kubbah, and
extreme leftist Minister of Finance Muhammad Hadid in the cab-
inet. The Foreign Affairs post has been taken over by "liberal
opportunist" Hashim Jawwad, who has been chief of the Iraqi del-
egation to the United Nations since the revolution last July.
Little is known of the political leanings of the four additional
army officers appointed. Two appear to be Qasim supporters,
while another, Education Minister Muhl ad-Din Abd
commander of the Fourth Division, has been removed from ef-
fective military command. Qasim has retained the Defense Min-
istry portfolio.
Minister of Social Affairs Brig. Abd al-Wahhab Amin, for-
mer military attache in Cairo and recently director of the prime
minister's office, was believed by the Egyptians to be pro-UAR,
and they had hoped that he would be a restraining influence on
Qasim, The status of Commu-
nist Salim Fakhri, Director General of Radio in the previous
cabinet, is unknown.
According to Sadiq Shanshal, former minister of guidance,
the ministers dropped from the cabinet are said to be planning
to "undertake the organization and preparation of the nationalists."
They evidently plan to withdraw from the all-party National Front
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and form an anti-Communist bloc. This group probably will
not be effective in barring further Communist inroads, how-
ever, and it may find itself charged with "antistate activities."
The UARts reaction to the new cabinet has been a press
campaign in Damascus alleging that a large rebellion move-
ment has begun in the Iraqi Army. Certain army commanders
are said to be disobeying Qasim's orders and preparing for a
showdown, but there is no substantiation to these reports.
The UAR ambassador in Baghdad stated that Qasim has
"killed two birds with one stone; he has satisfied the Communists
by giving an obvious leftist aspect to the cabinet and has pleased
the military by picking two of the best officers." Qasim's "ele-
vation" of the divisional commander to an insignificant cabinet
post may have be irritant-lad tn ninentia tie military and forestall
a coup attempt
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Intrfiparty Opponents Threaten to Attack Kishi on US-Japan
Security Treaty Revision
a new move to unseat Japanese Prime Minister Kishi,
Liberal-Democratic party dissidents led by former prime min-
ister Shigeru Yoshida and ex - finance minister Hayato Ikeda
are threatening to block ratification of any revision in the US-
Japan security treaty,
The dissidents allege that as many as 67 votes may be
cast against the treaty--enough in combination with unanimous
Socialist opposition to block Diet ratification--if it is signed
this spring as presently planned by the Kishi government
(The dissidents, who also took part in a movement against
Kishi last month, want the United States to delay the entire
question of a treaty revision, intimating that the US may ob-
tain more favorable terms if it cooperates in delaying, thus
not jeopardizing its security position. They fear that a suc-
cessful revision would give Kishi a political victory and make
his leadership invulnerable at least until the spring of 1960:3
The dissidents are studying the draft revision for possible
points on which to subject Kishi to public criticism. Presum-
ably, they will seek public support for including the Bonin and
Ryukyu Islands in the new treaty area as a step toward rever-
sion of the islands to Japan. The group favors giving the US
a free hand in bringing nuclear weapons to Japan, but it is
doubtful that the Japanese public would endorse this position.1
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III. THE WEST
Austrian Cabinet Declines Bid to Ban Communist= Front
World Youth Festival
A concerted effort to persuade the Austrian Government to
withdraw its permission fOr the Communist-front World Youth
Festival to convene in Vienna next July apparently has failed.
only Minister of Education
Drimmel favored a ban on the festival when it was discussed
at a cabinet meeting on 3 February, and further government
consideration is unlikely. The only remaining possibility of
preventing the Vienna meeting is to maneuver the preparatory
committee itself into withdrawing.
It seems certain that the festival which is expected to draw
some 30,000 participants, will raise embarrassing problems
for Austrian neutrality. There is strong public opposition to
the meeting, and all of Austria's non-Communist youth groups
are committed to countermeasures of one kind or another. Out-
side support for these groups and the large refugee population
resident in Austria pose the danger of demonstrations and dis-
turbances.
Chancellor Raab and other Austrian leaders who decided
last year in favor of authorizing the festival were influenced
both by monetary considerations and by the belief that exposure
of Communist participants to Western influences would be desir-
able. The authorization was also in keeping with the appease-
ment tendencies evident in Vienna's foreign policy last year, how-
ever, and the government may fear thatr..aban at this late hour
might provoke a sharp Soviet reaction.
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