CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1960/07/13

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• Publication Date: July 13, 1960

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13 JULY 1960
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
Soviet-Indonesian $250,000,000 credit
agreement, signed last February, for-
mally ratified in Moscow.
II. ASIA-AFRICA
Secession of Katanga Province from the
Congo, unless prevented through media-
tion, may presage overthrow of Premier
Lumumba.
Japan�Pro-Communist forces institut-
ing "get-to-the-people" movement in
traditionally conservative rural areas
of Japan.
III. THE WEST
Mexican foreign minister says pro-
Cuban statements by Mexican congres-
sional leaders "not necessarily" official
views of government.
Guatemala--Rightist opposition groups
with labor and student support openly
backing strike in effort to undermine
Ydigoras regime; President apparently
not seriously threatened at this inue.
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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
USSR-Indonesia: The instruments of ratification for
the USSR's $250,000,000 credit for technical and economic
aid to Indonesia, signed last February, were exchanged
during First Minister Djuanda's recent visit to the USSR.
According to the joint communique, agreement was reached
for the dispatch of a group of Soviet specialists in 1960 who
will assist in drafting recommendations for industrial in-
stallations. Both Indonesia and the Soviet Union wish to ac-
celerate use of Soviet economic credits which total $370,000,-
000, but of which only about $100 million have been obligated
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Republic of the Congo: The secession of Katanga Province
from the Congo�urrei-s-Farevented through mediation �may pres-
:k ,Kalonji, who heads the anti-Lumumba wing of the National Congo
age the overthrow of Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba. ("Albert
Movement, is predicting that the government will fall within two
; N 0-t-� months - Lumumba"s attacks on Brussels' dispatch of troops to
the Congo continue to be played up in Moscow and Peiping prop-
aganda. The Congo's request on 12 July, for the dispatch of US
as well as UN-sponsored troops to the Congo, however, suggests
j that Lumumba's anti-Western proclivities are being kept in check
by President Kasavubu and Foreign Minister Bomboko. The at-
mosphere in the Congo's major urban centers remains tense
although the number of serious disorders has declined.
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Japan: Pro-Communist forces are instituting a "get-to-the-
people" movement to penetrate the grass roots of rural Japan,
long the stronghold of the conservatives. The pro-Communists
plan to use students and teachers returning home for vacations
to present the case for a neutral Japan. (Page 2)
III.. THE WEST
Mexico: Foreign Minister Tello's 11 July declaration that
receio-Cuban statements by two Mexican congressional
leaders are "not necessarily" the official views of the Mexican
Government is apparently as far as the Lopez Mateos adminis-
tration is willing to go at this time in clarifying its stand on Cuba.
Mexico has long defended the principle of nonintervention in inter-
national. disputes.'"On 8 July the foreign ministei told
the American ambassador that Mexico has "a very serious" left-
ist and Communist problem and that the current expressions of
two-Cuban sentiment must be viewed against that background.
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Guatemala: Rightist opposition groups, joined by labor groups
and university students, are openly supporting a month-old strike
of secondary students and a two-week-old strike of teachers in an
effort to undermine the Ydigoras regime. Rightists are having
some success in increasing popular tensions by setting off bombs
almost nightly in the capital. The opposition groups are divided,
however, and so far have not won wide popular support. The Pres-
ident has army backing and does not appear to be seriously threat-
ened at this time (Page 5)
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The Situation in the Congo
The announced secession of Katanga Province from the
Congo, if carried through, may presage the overthrow of
Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba. :Albert Kalonji, who
heads the anti-Lumumba wing of the National Congo Move-
ment, predicted on 11 July that the government will fall
within two months:) Should Brussels fail to support the
concept of an independent Katanga, however, leaders of the
secessionist movement might be willing to discuss the ques-
tion of ICatanga's position within the Congo.
In its appeal for UN "assistance" in restoring order, the
Congo appears to envision both the immediate dispatch of a
UN police force and longer term assistance in restoring
discipline within the mutinous Force Publique. The Congo's
request for intervention by US troops--issued by the cabinet
in the absence of President Kasavubu and Lumumba--reported-
ly would involve the dispatch of 3,000 US soldiers "within
the framework of UN technical assistance."
A major factor in the Congo's appeal appears to be
Lumumba's desire to end Belgium's unilateral intervention
on behalf of its nationals. Should a UN-sponsored force
be sent to the Congo, however, Lumumba might attempt
to use it to coerce the return of Katanga Province. Although
there are indications that he may be kept under some re-
straint by President Kasavubu and Foreign Minister Bomboko,
Lumumba has periodically issued statements attacking the
presence of Belgian troops and blaming Brussels for the
mutiny in the Force Publique.
In his press conference in the Kremlin on 12 July,
Khrushchev denounced the dispatch of troops to the Congo
as an effort to "suppress the attainment of independence."
Peiping has also charged the United States with preparing
to intervene in an attempt to supplant 7elgium as the colonial
power.
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Pro-Communists in Japan Mount New Propaganda Offensive
With the resignation of the Kishi cabinet, now expected on
14 July, and the early installation of a new prime minister, the
conservative Liberal-Democratic party (LDP) will be faced
with a need before the general election this fall or winter
to close ranks against a mounting leftist effort to neutralize
Japan. Pro-Communist elements interpret their success in
the recent anti-treaty demonstrations as a major gain in the
organization of a broad popular front under Communist direc-
tion. They recognize the necessity of winning greater support
in the traditionally conservative small cities and farm areas
and have created organizations to supplement the work of the
"People's Council Against the Security Treaty."
One of the most important of the new propaganda organi-
zations is a "get-to-the-people" movement called Kikyo-Undo,
which is composed of leftist students, teachers, professors,
and intellectuals who took an active part in the recent demon-
strations. Members returning to their home towns during
the summer academic recess are expected to press leftist con-
victions on their rural neighbors in a major effort to penetrate
the stronghold of conservative support. In addition, officials
of the Japan Socialist party decided on 8 July to send teams
of party leaders and speakers throughout the country in July
and August.
Pro-Communist elements cite popular acceptance of
leftist leadership as their greatest gain in the recent demon-
strations, but they concede privately that a substantial gap
still exists between the leftist policy of violence and the majori-
ty reaction to it, especially outside the major cities. Leftist
defeats earlier this month in gubernatorial elections in Aomori
and Saitama prefectures, where Socialists made the security
treaty a major issue, stimulated formation of Kikyo-Undo and
realization of the need to close this gap if pro-Communists are
to succeed in severing the US alliance.
The new leftist campaign contrasts sharply with the attitudes
of LDP leaders who appear to be lulled by victories in Aomori
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and Saitama into taking for granted the party's traditional
rural support. Observers fear that this complacency may
mean that only leftist views will be convincingly presented
in the coming election campaign. Should the LDP fail to
meet this leftist challenge, prospects for the long-range
success of the pro-Communist program will be enhanced.
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,Mexican StandNow on Cuba Affected by Leftist Pressures
Mexican Foreign Minister Manuel Tello released on 11 July
a statement declaring that the pro-Cuban sentiments expressed
recently by two Mexican congressional leaders do "not necessar-
ily" reflect the views of the Mexican Government but admitting the
existence in Mexico of a "profound affection for Cuba." The Tello
statement broke the administration's silence on Mexico's position
on the US-Cuban controversy, but further clarification is not likely
to be forthcoming at this time.
The government's announcement explained�apparently in an
effort to curb rising anti-US sentiment in Mexico�that efforts to
obtain an official explanation of the Mexican position on Cuba were
In line with normal diplomatic practice. Mexico has long been es-
pecially sensitive about any action which it interprets as constitut-
ing interference in its domestic or foreign affairs.
On 8 July Foreign Minister Tello
a "very serious" leftist and Communist problem ex-
is s exico, and that manifestations of Mexican support for the
Castro regime in Cuba should be viewed against that background.
He remarked that President Lopez Mateos was forced to take cer-
tain measures to foil leftist plans and asked that the US "leave us
to handle this matter in our own way." Similar comments were
made by Mexican officials following the warm reception recently
accorded to visiting Cuban President Dorticos.
Mexico is faced with strong pro-Cuban pressures from a left-
ist minority. Influential ex-President Lazar� Cardenas, long a
stanch defender of the Cuban revolution, also maintained in a speech
of 7 July that the US policy of "economic aggression" against Cuba
was unjustified. (Vicente Lombardo Toledano, a prominent Commu-
nist leader, is Making plans for a mass
demonstration allegedly in support of President Lopez Mateos but
presumably to pressure him into a pro-Castro stand.3Radical
students and other leftist-influenced groups may provide further
demonstrations of pro-Castro support in the near future.
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Guatemalan Student Strike Being Supported by Opposition Groups
Rightist opposition factions, joined by university students
and Communist-infiltrated labor unions, are openly supporting
a month-old strike of secondary students and a two-week-old
strike of teachers. One rightist leader explains
that the purpose of his faction is to cause confusion and create
a situation in which "some group" can stage a successful coup
against the government of President Miguel Ydigoras. Rightists
are causing public unrest by setting off small bombs almost
nightly in the capital.
The opposition is divided and each group hopes to benefit
from the confusion that would follow the fall of the President.
It is unlikely, however, that they can bring down the govern-
ment unless they can unite and gain strong support in the
armed forces, which they now lack. Attendance at recent
public antigovernment demonstrations suggests that the opposi-
tion so far lacks widespread support
The armed forces would almost certainly, give the Presi-
dent strong backing if it should become necessary to follow
up his threat to "meet force with force."
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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 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 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
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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