CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1960/01/16

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• Publication Date: January 16, 1960

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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
IL ASIA-AFRICA
Turkey�Political leaders exchanging
sharp partisan attacks; government may
call early elections.
III. THE WEST
France--Pinay says his party will move
over to the opposition in the assembly
and try to call a special session.
West Germans and Spanish to discuss
contingent military planning.
Cuban Government planning to set up in
urban reform institute.
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16 January 1960
DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
IL ASIA-AFRICA
Turkey: The current step-up of mutual recrimina-
tions and warnings by Prime Minister Menderes and chief
opposition leader Inonu, a former president, points to the
probability of early elections and a heated political campaign.
There are widespread reports that the government intends to
call for national elections this spring, more than a year ahead
of schedule, in order to take advantage of favorable popular re-
action to the initial benefits of the economic stabilization pro-
gram. Inonu, who has considerable prestige among military
leaders, has, in effect, warned that his party would not permit
the government party to run roughshod over the 'opposition and
the people. Page 1);
III. THE WEST
France: ciinay has stated privately that his powerful Inde-
pendent party now will move into the opposition in the National
Assembly and try to call a special assembly session--a move
requiring signatures of a majority of the deputies. Pinay may
overestimate his influence in the party, but the resignation from
the government of another Independent, Max Flechet, suggests
that party leaders are planning to capitalize immediately on Pinay's
ouster. An effort to force a special session might stimulate a
move by De Gaulle to reduce parliament's powers. Pinay also
said that Finance Minister Baumgartner, a civil servant, has been
given to understand by both Debrd and De Gaulle that he is to be
only an "administratorol'i
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West Germany - Spain: *st German and Spanish mil-
itary logistics experts are scheduled to hold conversations
in Madrid between 18 and 22 January on a number of topics
relating to the shift of certain West German Air Force units
to Spain in time of war. Bonn, more favorable to military r Lt
cooperation with Spain than some other NATO members, an
ticipates some opposition from these sources but may have
underestimated its extent, in view of the current wave of anti-
German sentiment. Defense Minister Strauss plans a later
visit to Spain on the aSsumntion that 'HIP tiartinir 1 tallr
make good progress%1
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Cuba: The Castro government is apparently planning to
set up an urban reform institute early in February. As in
most Latin American countries, heavy migration to the cities
has led to serious housing problems in Cuba. However, like
the agrarian institute established early last year, the urban
institute would probably be used by the government as a mech-
anism to i s control over Cuba's economic and polit-
ical life. (Page 4)
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Heated Political Campaign Foreseen in Turkey
Recent sharp exchanges between major opposition leader
Inonu and Prime Minister Menderes have increased specula-
tion that the government will soon call for early national elec-
tions and have added to the probability of a heated campaign.
The 76-year-old Inonu, who was president of Turkey from
1938 to 1950, delivered an unusually strong speech on 10 Jan-
uary in which he vigorously denounced incumbent Democratic
politicians and warned that if, against popular will, they tried
to maintain themselves in power by illegal means, then the
"world would collapse on their heads." Two days later Men-
deres answered in kind and warned of severe retribution if
there were any attempt to instigate political violence.
Inonuis threats are not without some substance. As a for-
mer commanding general in the revolutionary army of Kemal
Ataturk, Inonu won lasting prestige among Turkish military
circles. By many he is regarded as the "heir of Ataturk."
Zrne army officers have been highly critical of the oppressive
tactics used against Inonu and other opposition politicians, es-
pecially of the rough treatment given Inonu during the past year
At one point Inonu might have been killed or seriously injured
if an officer bystander had not intervened to protect him during
a government-sponsored demonstration last spring. Inonu is
not believed to favor forceful action against the government but
may be tempted to resort to it if the government tries to rig
the elections,j
Menderes is unlikely to make any official announcement re-
garding early elections until six to eight weeks prior to the ac-
tual date selected. As now scheduled, national elections would
not be held until late 1961 or early 1962. It now appears that
Menderes has tentatively decided to hold elections this spring
or summer, but events during the next two months may alter
that decision.
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III. THE WEST
Pinay Says Independent Party Will G9 Into Opposition to
Debre Government
&.inance Minister Antoine Pinay has told US officials that,
as a result of his departure from the Debre government, the
powerful Independent party--second largest in Premier Debre's
coalition�will move ihto the opposition in the National As-
sembly. According to Pinay, the party leadership will attempt
to call a special assembly session to discuss economic policy.
The resignation from the government on 15 January of another
Independent, Secretary of State for Foreign Economic Affairs
Max Flechet, suggests that the party's leaders are planning to
attempt to capitalize on Pinay's oustelg
[Although Pinay, as a symbol of economic stability, has a
public following, he may overestimate his influence within his
party. During his term in the Finance Ministry under De Gaulle,
his tendency to try to play a national rather than party role
alienated some Independents, and the party's parliamentary
leadership was assumed by some of his personal rivals. Further-
more, the constitutional provision that a majority of the as-
sembly deputies must request a special session would tend to
reduce prospects for success of such a maneuver at the moment.
Nevertheless,any such effort would aggravate De Gaulle's irri-
tation over parliament's increasing efforts to reassert the pre-
rogatives it had under the Fourth Republic, and might stimulate
the President to move to reduce its powers still furthezp
[According to Pinay, his successor as finance minister,
Wilfrid Baumgartner, has been given to understand by both
Debre and De Gaulle that he is to be only an "administrator"
and that the government intends to pursue the expansionist
economic 'Policies to whirl-) Pinny had objectesg
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West German Military Talks in Madrid Scheduled
Rest German and Spanish logistics experts are scheduled
to hold conversations in Madrid between 18 and 22 January
on a number of topics relating to the shift of West German
aircraft to Spain in time of war. It appears likely that the talks,
which were arranged during Spanish Foreign Minister Castiella's
visit to Bonn in November, will cover broader grounds as well,
including the subject of armaments and an exchange of views
on the military situation in Europ_g
Rest Germany, unlike certain other European NATO mem-
bers, has long openly advocated NATO membership for Spain.
Spain is interested in joining NATO and may feel that increased
military cooperation with the West Germans will evoke greater
interest for its admission. Bonn, however, may have under-
estimated opposition from some NATO quarters to the Madrid
discussions, especially in view of current anti-German senti-
ment stemming from the recent anti-Jewish incidents. Public
knowledge of Bonn-Madrid talks at this time might also revive
memories of Nazi-Franco collaboration before and during World
Itj
he West Germans claim that the need for cooperation
with Spain was made apparent in a NATO logistical exercise
in September.. Such cooperation would also provide advantages
for West Germany, including the use of air training bases in a
climate more favorable than that at home. Advantages for Spain
would include assistance in developing its arms industry and in
obtaining German equipment. Two noted German aircraft de-
signers, Dornier and Messerschmitt, have been designing air-
craft in Spain since the end of World War LW
dionn Defense Minister Strauss now is in Portugal, con-
ferring with tOp officials and visiting arms factories. The
Portuguese are strongly in favor of Spain's inclusion in NATO
as soon as possible
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Cuban Government Planning Further Drastic State Controls
The Castro government is planning to establish a National
Institute of Urban Reform AS rhr npyt trinnth
Though the urban reform decree is apparently only
in preliminary draft, description of its basic as-
pects suggests that it may parallel, in the urban real estate
field, the methods and principles of Castro's drastic agrarian
reform law. The new institute is apparently to be empowered
to expropriate certain urban lots. Owners are to be paid in
20-year bonds and expropriated houses sold on the basis of
"popular need" with present renters having priority. Heavy
migration to the cities and inflated urban real estate values
in Cuba, as elsewhere in Latin America, have led to serious
housing problems. The new institute will probably be used by
the regime as another mechanism of increasing its control
over Cuba's economic and political life.
The agrarian reform institute (INRA) and its department
of industrial development are continuing their programs. Sig-
nificant acreages of sugar-cane land were seized this week for
the first time when a Cuban-owned as well as an American-owned
company was affected. INRA's executive director, suspected
Communist Antonio Nunez Jimenez, declared on 12 January that
"all large cattle ranches in Cuba now represent free land be-
longing to INRA and in a few days all large sugar plantations
will also come under INRA's control." Revolucion, considered
the press spokesman of the Castro regime, editorialized on
14 January that 1960 will be "even more notable as the year of
agrarian reform than was 1959."
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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 Treasury Department
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Department of State
The Secretary of State
The Under Secretary of State
The 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 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
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Director
Atomic Energy Commission
The Chairman
National Security Agency
The Director
National Indications Center
The Director
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