CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1960/12/24

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proving relations relations with the US.
East German officials apparently expect
to reach early agreement on interzonal
trade.
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Ghana signs protocol with USSR on eco-
nomic development projects.
Dissident Saudi military officeff_seell
UAR support in planned coup.
Congo--UAR battalion commander in the
Congo urges Cairo to infiltrate guerrilla
bands and supply arms and advisers to
Gizenga.
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Gromiko reiterates Soviet interest in im-
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III. THE WEST
Cuba--Bloc resuming large.. scale arms
shipments to Cuba.
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
*TJSSR: Foreign Minister Gromyko's report to the Supreme
Soviet 3 December--the first authoritative foreign policy
statement since the Moscow conference of Communist leaders
provides further evidence that the USSR intends to combine a
bid for high-level negotiations with the West with a vigorous
prosecution of its truculent "anti-colonial" line. Gromyko's re-
marks on the Congo, Laos, Algeria, and Cuba were framed in
the militant anti-Western tone of the Moscow declaration, al-
though he avoided any general attacks on US "imperialism."
After quoting Khrushchey's telegram to President-elect Ken-
nedy, Gromyko declared, "I am empowered to state. . . that
as far as the Soviet Government is concerned, on its part there
is a complete readiness to contribute to an improvement in So-
viet-US relations." He also repeated Khrushchey's proposal that
the heads of government attend a special UN session on disarma-
ment.
rEast - West German Interzonal Trade Negotiations:
the East Germans are counting on the reinstatement of the
interzonal trade agreement before it lapses on 31 December.
"We shall continue to work until trade
can function without a hitch." The East Germans, however, have
been stubbornly resisting West German demands for a precise,
written commitment not to enforce Pankow's decree of 8 Septem-
ber requiring West Germans to secure permits to enter East
Berlin. The East Germans have now postponed further talks
with the West Germans until 28 December, presumably in order
to decide whether they can make some face-saving announce-
ment on this point. In the first high-level Soviet comment on the.
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. negotiations, Foreip Minister Gromyko war:a d that failure to
reach agreement would be "fraught with unexpected and quite
dangerous consequences."
IL ASIA-AFRICA
Ghana-USSR; Ghana and the USSR rtpor ted1:, have signed
a pr Y4wg a wide variety of economic development
prole' 'to be undertaken by the USSR under the $40,000,000
credit it extended to Ghana last ,August. One project envisaged- -
lit hydroelectric dam for depressed northern Ghana- -could upset
present plans of a Viesternconsoxtium to construct the much
larger and more important Volta River hydroelectric aluminum
roject'which Nkrurnah is determined to set started very soon.
e USSR reportedly is also examining a Ghanaian I equest for
military aid, including the construction of Laval and al: bases.
Ghana signed preliminary trade and technical assistance. agree-
. merits with Czechoslovakia in November and is rtpcited t
signed similar accords with Hungary earlic;- this met th.
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Saudi Arabia: A group of dissident Saudi militar-f officers
� has requested StiPrkort from the LIAR for their, plans to undortake
. a coup and set up an independent-state of Hijaz and Ash in the
western Dart of the country,
The plotters said the; hope to WA* advan- �
"the confused thinking" resulting from King Sates tesump-
Ontrol of the government and expressed concern OVeL Pos.-
Israeli, Jordanian, and US intervention. They asked for as-
ces that the LIAR would supply' them with antiaircraft weapons
and prevent, by military action if necessary, intervention by any
foreign state. The dissident officrs' group does not appear at
this Sage to control enough toreea or have a tight enough organ
iZatiFat. for a suceessiul coup. The LIAR will probably not commit
"to any extensive support for immediate action tiy the group,
t may offer clandestine assistance for a move several months
hence. (Page 3) (Map)
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Congo: The commander of the UAR battalion in the Congo,
following his representative's conference with dissident leader
Antoine Gizenga in Stanleyville, has urged that Cairo infiltrate
armed bands in the Congo in addition to providing arms and
military advisers for the dissidents,
Gizenga as claiming that he could
extenct nis control to 111VU and Kasai provinces if provided with
sufficient technical, financial, and military assistance. Cairo,
which reacted coolly to a suggestion in November by its ambas-
sador in Leopoldville that the Congo be turned into "another
Algeria," may still wish to limit its involvement in the Congo.
Soviet-type air-
craft have made a few flights to Stanleyville since mid-Decem-
ber ossibly carrying aid to the dissidents.
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Laos: The Soviet Union, acting in its official capacity as
co-c aFT.C�man with Great Britain of the 1954 Geneva Conference,
has requested the revival of the International Control Commis-
sion in Laos and has asked Britain's cooperation in calling a meet-
ing of all governments which participated in the 1954 conference.
In its note to the British on 22 December, Moscow also urged that
the ICC confer with Souvanna Phouma on practical measures con-
corning the renewal of the commission's activities in Laos,EWnile
the British would be reluctant to accept the Soviet proposal with-
out a favorable reaction from other governments involved, they
support the neutralist concepts of Souvanna':
The Soviet proposal comes in the wake of a concerted effort in
bloc propaganda during the past week to stimulate international
alarm over events in Laos and build pressure for reconvening a
new Geneva conference. The USSR meanwhile
has augmented its airlift capacity with eight AN-12 transports--
each capable of carrying 15 to 20to1is--which arrived in Peiping
on 23 December.
General Phourni's troops are moving slowly northward from
Vien lane in pursuit of Kong Le's force; no major contact has yeti
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trao.L.,-Cuba: two-month pause in military deliveries,
the bloc apparently large-scale arms shipments to
Cuba. The Soviet frr K E.:ovedst: currently is unloading a
4,400-ton cargo in - unc:er the stringent security conditions
usually applied to tn:'3'; _ shilraz-mts. Another Soviet ship is be-
lieved also to be unlc:te.f. arms in Cuba. At leazt three other
Soviet ships are loading or are en route from the Black
...3ea with possible area: 2:;oes for Cuba.
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Ghana Expanding Ties With Soviet#Bloc
. Ghana and the USSR re.ortedly have signed within the
last few days a protoco.- ecifyinc,f development projects to
be carried out by the under the $40,000,000 credit, it
extended to Ghana last Ae�--2...1.3t. The American Embassy in
Accra has been autherii.azively informed that the package .
agreed on includes assfe ance and equipment for a hydro-
electric dam at -Bui c.k.::.-eessed northern Ghana, as well'as
for an ancillary power tr line. This schernA (*mild
upset present Diann col-- "rv- rot,- ror
olta River hy-
um um p et.. Officials of the World Bank--
which has tentatively to advance $40,000,000 for the
Volta project-.-are cons:en-led that Ghana may not be able to
make economic use of 2C, Leech electric power arid have indi-
cated that another revicv: cf the Volta plan will be required if
the Bui dam is unclertaLen Lew. Nkrumah, however, is de-
termined to see the Volta project begun in the very near future
and would probably react zo any further delay by turning im-
mediately to the USSR.
� Other projects outlined in the reported protocol are a com-
prehensive geological cer 'ey, a fishing industry Complex, the
establfshment of three lae-;:;:i state farms, and assistance with
housing projects planned for Accra and the new port city being
built at nearby Tema. Separate negotiations are said to be un-
der way concerning the installation in Ghana of a small nuclear
test reactor. Implementation target dates vary, extending in at
least one case into 196B.
� In addition, the USSR reportedly is examining a request by
Nkrumah for aid in establishing naval and air bases and a mil-
itary aviation school which presumably would supplant the air
training program now c9nducted by Israeli instructors.
the usart had itself offered to train
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Luirusacnev had expressed willingness to provide
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t One of the Soviet negotiators
at the talks recently -n Lccra apparently was General
Sidorovich, a key Soviet organization respon-
sible for negotiating a� pie.menting arms deals.
Ghana's increasing ,-�--Ivement with the bloc, which is
being spurred by influzn,12.11,-.1t-wing elements in the Nkru-
mah regime, coincides h indications that the President is
becoming increasingly :_l_-.agonistic toward the West, t:Spe-
- cially the US, as a resu_,: of frustrations encountered in his
-African policy. He has publicly a.ccused the US of abetting
Belgian attempts to "re:-::.in control" of the C0.11 naid IS car
mitti Ghan contrec nreF.:3 to Pursue a violently anti-US
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Dissident Saudi Arabian Officers Seek UAR Aid
For Planned Coup
Representatives of the Saudi "free officers" group contacted
the UAR charge in Jidda on 22 December,
to seek support for plans to undertake a
coup and set up an independent state of Hijaz and Asir compris-
ing the two western provinces of Saudi Arabia. The plotters
hope to take advantage of the political confusion resulting from
King Saud's abrupt resumption of control of the Saudi Government.
They have asked for assurances that the UAR would supply them
with antiaircraft weapons, would recognize their new "Islamic
Republic" as soon as they proclaimed it, would "safeguard the
revolution" against possible attacks by Israel or Jordan, would
prevent "intervention by the Americans, particularly the Amer-
ican air force at Dhahran," and would be prepared to take mil-
itary action in the case of intervention by any "foreign party."
The "free officers" group is said to be composed of regular
army and air force officers who have Hijazi tribal connections
and have always resented domination of the government by the
House of Saud and other leaders from the central province of
Nejd. Most of the dissident officers are statione in
Jidda area of Hi'az Province.
The dissident officers do not, however, seem to control
enough forces or have a tight enough organization for a success-
ful coup. The White Army�which is at least as strong as the
regular army�the Royal Guard Regiment, and some units of the
regular army itself would almost certainly remain loyal to the
King.
The UAR charge's immediate reaction to the "free officers"
overture was cautious and noncommittal. The UAR is unlikely
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to undertake any extensive support for immediate action by the
group, although Saud's reassertion of authority has probably given
Nasir increased incentive to work for the overthrow of the mon-
archy. For the present, Cairo will probably limit its actions to
an offer of clandestine assistance to expand the strength of the
plotting group for a move several months hence.
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The Situation in the Congo
the commander
of the UAR battalion in the Congo, Colonel Shazeli, portrayed
the Gizenga regime in Stanleyville as insecure but capable of
expanding its control into the Congo interior if provided with
extensive outside support. followed a four-hour
conference on 18 December with Gizenga and certain of his
advisers in which Gizenga took the view that "it would be easy"
to gain control of Kivu and Kasai provinces if he were given
enough technical, financial, and military assistance.
of 6,000 troops in Orientale Prov-
ince --comprising six Longo Army battalions and two battalions
of militia--90 percent are loyal to the Gizenga regime. Nine
thousand recruits are being mobilized, but these have no weap-
ons. In the economic field, Gizenga
requires $2,000,000 per month financial aid until such time as
the dissident forces may capture some diamond mines.
Cairo send ur ently "flat-trajectory arms"
including 7.92-mm. rifles, and respond to Gizenga's re-
quest for military and technical experts. Without specifying
whether he contemplated the use of UAR or dissident troops,
observed that "our policy should be to infiltrate armed
bands and not to form battalions. � If (guerrilla) companies
were used circumspectly, it would be possible to cause diffi-
culties for the greatest of armies."
Cairo is favorably disposed toward aiding the dissidents
and may have already airlifted some supplies to Stanleyville.
Various reports have alluded to a few landings in Stanley-
ville by Soviet-type aircraft, possibly bearing UAR aid. Cairo
may nonetheless wish to limit the extent of its military involve-
ment in the Congo. It reacted coolly in late November to the
suggestion by its ambassador in Leopoldville that the Congo
might be turned into "another Algeria."
Meanwhile, Guinea, Ghana, Mali, and the UAR have ac-
cepted an invitation from King Mohamed V of Morocco to meet
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in Rabat on 3 January to discuss common problems, includ-
ing Algeria and the Congo. In addition to providing a sounding
board for anti-Western pronouncements, the meeting may pro-
mote discussion of the proposed "joint African command" for
the Congo--a plan originally advanced by President Nkrumah,
in which African contingents withdrawn from the UN Congo
force would support the dissidents independently of the UN.
President Nasir has indicated his approval of the plan, and
has urged that African nations rid their armies of "imne7a1-
let," i. e., Western, officers.
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Situation in Laos
In its efforts to prevent the Boun Oum regime in Vientiane
from establishing an effective government and to provide the
catalyst for a possible political settlement of the Laotian crisis
favorable to Communist interests, the Soviet Union has official-
ly requested the cooperation of Great Britain, as one of the co-
chairmen with the USSR of the 1954 Geneva Conference, in re-
viving the International Control Commission (ICC) in Laos and
convening representatives of all governments which participated
in the 1954 conference. The Soviet note to the British on 22 De-
cember follows recent government statements by Hanoi and Pei-
ping calling for a new conference of the Geneva participants.
Cm n view of London's opposition to Indian and Soviet efforts to
reconvene the ICC in 1959 over Laotian objections, a favorable
response to the current Soviet request appears unlikely unless
the request is supported by other governments involved or un-
less SEATO involvement--which the British are most anxious to
avoid--appears imminent. Foreign Secretary Home stated on
19 December. that Britain would approach the USSR if the Laotians
supported the Indian request for reconvening the ICC. Boun Oum
has already said that recalling the ICC would serve no useful pur-
pose in Laos. However, London has long considered a neutralist
Laos under. Souvanna�even if it involved an accommodation with
Pathet Lao elements�the best means of avoiding overt Commu-
nist intervention
The Soviet proposal referred to a request by Nehru, who had
earlier suggested reactivation of the ICC as a means of settling
the crisis. During the past week there has been a concerted bloc
propaganda effort to heighten international tension over events in
Laos and exert pressure for a new international conference to end
the civil war. Both Cambodia's Prince Sihanouk and the Burmese
Government have already expressed themselves in favor of some
sort of international discussion of the problem.
In the note, Moscow also urged that the ICC confer with Sou-
vanna Phouma on practical measures concerning the renewal of
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tts activity in Laos. The bloc continues to insist that Sou-
vanna represents the only legitimate government and hopes
that reactivation of the ICC would preserve present Commu-
nist assets in Laos and lead ultimately to a coalition govern-
ment including the Communists--an aim previously endorsed
by Souvanna. The ICC�composed of Indian, Polish, and
Canadian representatives�was deactivated in 1958. During
its existence, the commission's activities served to frustrate
government attempts to suppress the Path t Lao. Previous
bloc attempts to revive the ICC have always been thwarted by
the Laotian Government's objections.
The note, which repeated earlier charges of US military
support for General Phoumi's forces, suggested that the US
Government should take part in the efforts of the two chairmen
of the Geneva Conference to normalize the situation in Laos.
Moscow will probably, continue to build its case against the US
and may try to bring the issue before the United Nations in the
event its call for r �
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conference fails.
In the midst of their diplomatic maneuvers, the Commu-
nists continue to expand their airlift capability for supporting
military activity in Laos. Six Soviet AN-12s scheduled for
Communist China from Irkutsk arrived in Peiping on 23 Decem-
ber. They were to go on to Canton, but this flight subsequently
was canceled. In addition, two of the three AN 12s which first
flew to Canton from the USSR on 17-18 December have returned
to Peiping, bringing the total number of AN-12s at Peiping to
eight. One of these heavy transports has been scheduled on to
Hanoi. If this flight is made, it will be the first by a military
transport across the Sino North Vietnamese border.
Soviet and North Vietnamese transports continue to be sched-
uled for lift operations into Laos through 23 December. There
are indications that ten North Vietnamese light aircraft--five
Aero-45s and five Zlin-226 trainers�may also be added to the
operations into Laos. These light aircraft would most likely be
used for transporting key personnel and reconnaissance missions.
Caovernment forces continue to advance slowly northward
from Vientiane in pursuit of Captain Kong Le's force. One
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Glement encountered some enemy resistance at a point about
15 miles from Vientiane. but no major contact has as yet been
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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
Director, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Director, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Special Assistant for Security Operations Coordination
Chairman, Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities
Special Assistant for Foreign Economic Policy
Executive Secretary, National Security Council
The Department of State
The Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
The Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration
The Counselor
Director, International Cooperation Administration
The Director of Intelligence and Research
The Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
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
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
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
Assistant to Secretary of Defense for Special Operations
Director for Intelligence, The Joint Staff
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of Army
Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of Navy
Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
The Department of Commerce
The Secretary of Commerce
Atomic Energy Commission
The Chairman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Director
National Security Agency
The Director
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