CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 16, 2003
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• Publication Date: August 10, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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L. Proposed.. Moscow trade conference allegedly not designed., to. alienate
Western Europe from US (page 3)a
2. Poland. demands embargo-sized ball bearings in exchange for coal (page 3)a
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EASTERN EUROPE
8. Polish Government orders closing of USIS (page 7)0
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GENERAL,
Proposed Moscow trade conference allegedly not designed to alienate
Western Europe. from. US,.
Yves Farge, prominent French journalist
and president of the Communist-front French
Peace Movement, denied ina;an article publish-
ed in the fellow-traveling Liberation that the
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proposed Moscow trade conference is intended to detach European countries.
from the US. The promoters of the conference want to broaden East-West
trade contacts,, specifically excluding political questions, he said, and have
requested business groups to-fix the date and the agenda. Only trade ex-
changes on a reciprocity basis will be discussed at Moscow.
Farge explained that the proposed conference
has been supported by meetings of businessmen in France, SWitzeriand,
Italy, Belgium and Great Britain. He concluded with the statement -that
Soviet and Chinese trade proposals would be "really sensational. "
lento Various Communist parties and
Communist- dominated "peace" organizations are concurrently being mobi-
lized by the USSR to bring strong pressure against the tightening of Western
economic restrictions of East-West trade. At the same time, Soviet propa-
ganda is concentrating on alleged US economic exploitation of Western
Europe and is portraying the benefits of East-West trade. This emphasis
may indicate that Western economic measures have made necessary some
alteration of Soviet tactics to obtain strategic materials from the West
Arguments such as Farge's appear designed to
anticipate US warnings to its NATO partners that the USSR would use the,
proposed conference chiefly to further cold war objectives.
Poland demands embargo- sized ball bear i s in exchange, for coal
Although the new Austro-Polish trade agree-
ment was initialled on 2 August, Poland re-
fuses to sign the commercial contracts for the
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delivery of coal to. Austria unless, the. latter.. agrees. to . deliver embargo-sized
ball_ bearings in exchange. The chief of the Polish delegation,. stated that
France was currently." supplying, bearings of this size-to Poland,. and he
declared that his country would not. sign. contracts for coal with.-any nation
failing to. agree to supply such bearings.. TheAustrians .are..asked _to deliver
bearings,for one year at a rate of 10, 000 dollars. per month.- The. Austrian
Government is very concerned over this situation, and US High Commissioner
Donnelly observes that apparently Austria must either deliver embargoed
goods, or the US must send coal from the US or the Ruhr,
Comment: Austrian industry and railroads
will be forced to reduce coal. consumption next month if new coal deliveries
are not assured. Poland behaved in a similar intransigent fashion during
recent negotiations with Finland and Norway. In the talks with Finland, the
Poles showed a relative lack of interest in money but great interest in metals
and minerals, particularly aluminum and cobalt, in exchange for their coal.
Polish-Norwegian trade discussions were suspended indefinitely because of
Poland's unreasonable demands on Norway.
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A Polish Governm t orders closing of USISo
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The US Ambassador in Warsaw was ordered on
8 August by the Polish Minister of Foreign
Affairs immediately to terminate the activities
of USIS in Poland. He stated that the decision
to close USIS was based. upon the "whole policy" of USIS, to which he objected
.strongly.
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For the. t..four years,..the Polish Govern-
ent has. been protesting against the"unfriendl,y.policy and editorial content"
of the US Embassy's News. Bulletin, most recently on. 5 May 1950.. The
embassy notes that the Foreign Minister? s complaint. against. USIS was
couched in general terms and made no great effort to present a particularized
and argumentative justification for the closing of USISO
Comment: The ISIS office in Warsaw was the
last one -operating in Eastern Eurdpe. Two years of secret police terrorism
against the Polish employees and patrons of USIS in Warsaw had failed to
prevent the successful functioning of this program. The closing of the
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