CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: September 5, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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DAILY BRIEF
I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
.Communist China: Peiping's official declaration that its
territorial waters extend 12 miles from a base line drawn to
include all coastal islands apparently is intended to formalize
a claim to such a territorial limit. The declaration indirectly
warns the US against escort activities on behalf of the Chinese
Nationalists, stating that "no airplane or military vessel of
any foreign country" shall enter China's territorial waters or
skies without Peiping's permission. Taiwan and the Penghus
--which "will some day be restored"--are included in Peiping's
claims, as are the South China Sea islands but the warning
is not explicitly extended to these areas.
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II. ASIA-AFRICA
Indonesia: Army chief Nasution, in an appeal for addi-
tional S mi itary assistance, has stated the army intends
7 to maintain the present cabinet in power for five years and
n~ 1 cancel all elections during that period. He claims he has
already told the National Council it will not be possible to
hold national elections as scheduled in 1959. The task of
the army, as Nasution defines it, will be to steer Indonesia
down the middle of the road between Communism and a
Moslem state.
Morocco - Arab League: The decision announced by the
Moroccan Government on 3 September to apply for member-
ship in the Arab League reflects its growing interest in Arab
solidarity. The decision probably was influenced by the re-
cent visit to Rabat of the Iraqi foreign minister, the unity
ecently exhibited by Arab representatives at the United Na-
ions, and the need for continued Arab solidarity during
Vorthcoming UN consideration of the Algerian problem. F77
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jKa The government has announced that it will welcome
the return to Iraq of Mulla Mustaf a Barzani, dissident Kurd-
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ish nationalist leader. He has lived in the Soviet Union 9
the last Kurdish revolts in Iraq and Iran in 1943-46. His re-
turn seems likely to increase Soviet influence among Iraqi
Kurds and will alarm the Iranian and Turkish governments,
which are already disturbed over Iraqi. propaganda directed
at their important jCiiridish minorities.
1119. SIGNIFICANT INTELLIGENCE
REPORTS AND ESTIMATES
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August 1958.
(Available during the preceding week)
National Intelligence Estimate No. 62-58. Thailand, .19
Special National Intelligence Estimate No. 100-9-58.
Probable Develo-pments in the Taiwan Strait Area. 26 Au-
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gust 1958.
gust 1958.
National Intelligence Estimate No. 11-548. Soviet
Capabilities in Guided Missiles and Space Vehicles. 19 Au-
National Intelligence Estimate No. 100-3-58. The Na-
ture of the Sino-Soviet Bloc Economic Threat in the Under-
developed Areas. 5 August 1958.
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Peiping Formalizes Claim to 12-Mile Territorial Limit
Peipings official declaration on 4 September that its
territorial waters extend 12 miles from a base line drawn to
include all coastal islands apparently is intended as formal
documentation of its claim to such a territorial limit and
to the offshore islands themselves. The declaration was
"approved'.', on the same day by the standing committee of
the National People's Congress--Peiping's version of the
Supreme ,Soviet. China has already been operating on the
basis of a-12-mile limit in sporadic seizures of non-Com-
munist fishing vessels over the past four years.
The declaration indirectly warns the US against es-
cort activities on behalf of the Chinese Nationalists, stating
that "no airplane or military vessel of any foreign country"
shall "enter the territorial waters of China or the skies a-
bove " without Peiping's permission. Taiwan and the Penghus
(Pescadores) which the declaration says will be "re-
stored" at the "appropriate time by all suitable means " - -
are included in Peiping's claims, but the warning is not ex-
plicitly extended to these areas. There is no mention of
Hong Kong or Macao, which are covered by formal agree -
ments.
The South China Sea islands which have been marked
on Peiping's maps as Communist territory are included in
the claim. There have been Chinese Communist personnel
on one of the Hsisha Islands (Paracels) collecting guano since
at least 1955. The Paracels are also claimed by Nationalist
China and by both North and South Vietnam. 'eiping's; claims
to the an.. Sha (Spratly) ;islands farther south are disputed
by Nationalist China, South Vietnam, France, and a Phil-
ippine national.
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II. ASIA-AFRICA
Indonesian Army. Chief of Staff Discusses Anti-
Communist Program
Indonesian Army Chief of Staff General Nasution out-
lined to American General Vittrup, currently in Indonesia to
oversee the arrival of American equipment, his program for
political stability and the obstruction of Communism. In what
amounted to an appeal for additional military assistance to pro-
vide the strength to implement his program, Nasution said the
army's task is to steer a middle-of-the-road course, prevent-
ing either a move to the left and Communism or to the right and
a Moslem state.
Nasution claimed the army intends to make sure'the present
cabinet stays in power for the next five years. He has already in=
formed the National Council that parliamentary elections, sched-
uled for 1959, must be postponed. He explained to the 'council
that people in combat areas would be unable to participate, and
that any national elections would therefore be "undemocratic. "
General Nasution said he had already taken action to bring the
West New Guinea issue under army control and thus prevent the
Communists from capitalizing on the issue.
Nasution's ability to carry out his program would be de-
pendent on the support of President Sukarno. Communist and
left-wing elements, however, are reported trying to force a mis-
understanding between Sukarno and Nasution, and this pressure
will become increasingly severe as Nasution's moves become more
apparent. The Communists, who would be expected to increase
their parliamentary strength significantly if elections are held in
1959, have,alread strongly denounced the possibility of any post-
ponement.
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Morocco to Join Arab League
The decision announced by the Moroccan Government
on 3 September to apply for membership in the Arab League
reflects Moroccds growing interest in Arab solidarity. Mo-
rocco had postponed entry into the league because of its un-
willingness to be drawn into Iraqi-Egyptian rivalries. The
decision probably was influenced by the visit to Rabat of the
Iraqi foreign minister, who apparently had a cordial audi-
ence with King Mohamed V on 29 August. The Moroccan
Government also was influenced by the degree of unity a-
chieved last month by Arab representatives at the United
Nations and the need for continued Arab cohesion during
the forthcoming UN consideration of the Algerian problem.
The Moroccan undersecretary for foreign affairs, who
is in Tunis attending a meeting of the Maghreb Secretariat,
was instructed to inform Tunisia--with which Morocco has
agreed to coordinate all foreign policies--of the Moroccan
decision. Tunisian President Bourguiba was the prime mov-
er in the creation last April of an embryonic Maghreb fed-
eration, composed of Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, which
he seems to hope will serve as a counterweight to the eastern
bloc of Arab states. Bourguiba, who is outspokenly anti-
Nasir, may be expected to view current attempts to revital-
ize the Arab League as a maneuver by UAR President Nasir
to dominate all Arab countries. Should he consider the Mo-
roccan decision a threat to Maghreb unity, he may attempt to
dissuade Rabat from joining the league. Nevertheless, when
Morocco becomes a league member, domestic pressure with-
in Tunisia probably will be strong enough to induce Bourguiba
to follow suit.
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Iraqi Regime Invites Refugee Kurdish Leader to Return
Mulla Mustafa Barzani, dissident Kurdish nationalist
leader who has been living in the USSR, has been extended a
welcome by the Iraqi Government to return home. Mulla
Mustafa?s Barzani Kurds. engaged in armed uprisings against
the Iraqi Government from 1943 until October 1945. Forced
to flee with several thousand followers to Iran, he helped or-
ganize a. Soviet-sponsored Kurdish republic there in 1945.
Following the collapse of this short-lived regime, he fled with
several hundred of his followers to the USSR, where he alleg-
edly received a commission in the Red Army. The Barzani
Kurds are not a tribe, but a sect loyal to the...Barzani family
sheiks, who are regarded as prophets by their followers.
The Mulla's return to Iraq seems likely to increase So-
viet influence among Iraq?s 890a,000 Kurds and. the . warm
welcome extended by Prime Minister Qasim is likely to en-
hance Qasim's prestige among the Iraqi Kurdish element at the
expense of pro-Nasir Vice Premier Arif. It is doubtful that
the UAR will take a favorable view of Barzani?s return, since
the Kurdish nationalists probably would oppose any union by
Iraq with Nasir's UAR. The Iranian and Turkish governments,
which have large Kurdish minorities- -1,500,000 in Turkey
and 500,000 in Iran--in areas near the Soviet border, will be
alarmed by his return and will expect increased agitation among
their Kurds. Iraqi broadcasts reportedly have already ap-
pealed to Kurds in Iran to overthrow the monarchy and estab-
lish a republic.
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