CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
USSR-Ghana: Moscow has moved quickly to set up a
diplomatic mission at Accra following Prime Minister
Nkrumah's statement last month that Ghana now is pre-
pared. to implement its January 1958 agreement to exchange
missions with the USSR. The first Soviet ambassador, M. D.
Sytenko, is expected. to arrive in early March followed shortly
by his staff, and Moscow is already pressing for "many more"
than the 20 visas granted by Ghana thus far. Guinea also
seems headed toward early diplomatic ties with the USSR,
and Liberia may reluctantly follow suit rather than see its
younger neighbors gain a possible advantage:(
II. ASIA-AFRICA
*South Vietnam - Communist China: ESouth Vietnamese
marines garrisoning one of the islands in the disputed Paracel
group in the South China Sea on 22 February seized three Chi-
nese Communist motorized junks and 70 men in the area of
another of the islands. The captured Communists are being
taken to South Vietnam for "interrogation." This action appar-
ently was taken to support South Vietnam's claims to the Para-
eels and to counter further Chinese Communist colonization of
these islands. Peiping is likely to respond with strong prop-
aganda protesting these captures and restating its own tradi-
tional claim to the Paracels. The Communists may also dis-
patch patrol vessels to protect their growing colony in the
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 Rhodesia- Nyasaland:CThe settler -dominated government
of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is being subjected
to a severe challenge by African nationalist riots in Nyasa-
land. Rhodesian troop and police reinforcements have re-
stored order, but the nationalists with their civil disobedience
campaign will probably provoke renewed rioting in their effort
to secure Nyasaland's secession from the Federation. In ad-
dition to widespread local African agitation for a separate sta-
tus for Nyasaland,there is growing European settler support in
the Rhodesias for a breakup of the Federation and dissociation
from Nyasaland, a poor and overpopulated trouble spot
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*USSR: In his speech in Moscow on 24 February, Khru
shchev mid down his terms for negotiations on major East-
West issues. He disparaged the West's proposal for a con-
ference of foreign ministers and called instead for a heads-
of-government meeting to discuss a German peace treaty,
European security, withdrawal of troops from foreign terri-
tories, and disarmament. He again stressed the USSR's
unwillingness to discuss German reunification but agreed
to consider measures to prevent the rebirth of German
"militarism," Khrushchev charged that the United States
and Britain are seeking to prevent agreement in the Geneva
talks because they wish to resume nuclear tests; he warned
that the USSR would be compelled to follow suit "in the inter-
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1. THE COMMUNIST BLOC
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II. ASIA-AFRICA
South Vietnam Seizes Chinese Communist Vessels and Men
CSouth Vietnamese marines, reacting to recently stepped-
up Chinese Communist activity in the disputed Paracel Islands
group in the South China'Sea, seized three Chinese Communist
motorized junks and 70 men there on 22 February,
The Chinese were taken into custody
at Duncan Island by a small Vietnamese marine detachment based
on nearby Pattle Island, They were to be taken to the South Viet-
namese mainland on 23 February for questioning. A Vietnamese
marine company of approximately 100 men is being dispatched to
the area for a thorough search of Duncan Island for -a possible arms
cache,
Peiping, which has maintained a small group of guano gatherers
on Woody Island--about 45 nautical mils northeast of Duncan--re-
cently began the development of fishing grounds in'the Paracels
and to increase -colonization of the islands. The resulting build-up
of the Woody settlement into a major colony, accompanied by Chi-
nese Communist probes in the other islands, has upset the modus
vivendi which has existed since early 1956 when South Vietnam .es-
tablished a base on Pattle to protect its claim to the Paracels. Na-
tionalist China, a third claimant to the Paracels, has also taken
note of Peiping's expanded activities
Peiping can be expected to protest South Vietnam's action and
restate its own claim to the area. C"_:inese Communist patrol ves-
sels may also be dispatched to protect ^'eininLr's colonvZ
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African Extremism Is Growing in Central Africa
he latest series of African nationalist riots in the British
protectorate of Nyasaland, which forms part of the Federa-
tion of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, is the gravest challenge faced
by the Federation since its founding in 1953. The nationalists,
under the leadership of Dr. Hastings Banda, have embarked on
a program of civil disobedience in an effort to secure Nyasaland's
secession from the white-dominated Federation. The federal
government has acted quickly to restore order by reinforcing
local police forces with Rhodesian police and troop units, both
white and African, and has mobilized white territorial reserve
units in case of further trouble:3
(There is no evidence that related. nationalist agitation is
planned in either Northern or Southern Rhodesia at this time.
However, Dr. Banda, acting through the Nyasaland. African Con-
gress, will probably provoke further riots throughout Nyasaland.
and may, take advantage of his growing influence in African cir-
cles throughout the Federation- -particularly among the mine
workers in Northern Rhodesia--to organize civil disobedience
in widely scattered areas
[The riots in Nyasaland, and the growing disillusionment on
the part of Africans in the Rhodesian over unfulfilled white prom-
ises of racial partnership, may have a significant bearing on
the course of constitutional discussions to be held. in London in
1960, Already, influential British circles- -especially those
associated with the labor party--distrust Rhodesia's racial pol-
icies and oppose an early grant of independence to the Federa-
tion as presently governed. The agitation in Nyasaland, in ad-
dition to the reported. growth of sentiment among Europeans in
Rhodesia for a more compact independent white state, may force
a complete review of the issue and result in a new approach to
Central Africa's political and social problems,
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Khrushchev Calls for Summit Meeting
Khrushchev took advantage of a day's recess in his talks..
with Prime Minister Macmillan to set forth in a speech on
24 February his terms for negotiations with the West. He dis-
paraged the Western proposal for a four-power foreign-min-
isters' conference and said, "We cannot agree with this." He
charged that the Western powers hope to involve the USSR in a
"labyrinth of diplomatic negotiations so that we will get bogged
down for several years."
Khrushchev called instead for a meeting of the heads of
government, because "they can take the necessary decisions.'
He did not list the participants of such a conference, except to
say they should include "the powers who are fully responsible
for ensuring universal peace.'
The first task of a summit meeting, according to the Soviet
premier, should be to conclude a German peace treaty which
would include a solution of the Berlin question. He again stressed
the USSR's unwillingness to discuss reunification but agreed to
consider measures to prevent the rebirth of German "militarism.'
Other items on the proposed. summit agenda would include Euro-
pean security, withdrawal of troops from foreign territories, dis-
engagement of the forces of both "military groupings," and dis-
armament measures such as a reduction of armed forces and a
prohibition of nuclear weapons and. tests.
Khrushchev's speech provided further evidence that Moscow
plans to conclude a separate peace treaty with East Germany
either prior to or simultaneously with the transfer of access
controls to the East Germans. He claimed the signing of a
treaty "will invalidate all the obligations regarding Germany's
occupation- -both ours and those of our allies.' The press at-
tachd of the Soviet Embassy in East Berlin said on 19 February
that the USSR wants to "establish the sovereignty of the German
Democratic Republic beyond all legal doubt" and that this would
be accomplished by the conclusion of a separate peace treaty.
The attachd hinted that the treaty would be signed before 27 May.
Khrushchev strongly attacked the Western position in the
Geneva nuclear talks as "absurd and unacceptable.' He charged
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the United States and Britain with seeking to prevent an agree-
ment so that they may resume nuclear tests and warned that while
the USSR would regret it, "we shall be compelled to do the same
in the interests of our security until a wise settlement is found:'
Khrushchev did not divulge any information on his talks with
Prime Minister Macmillan, but he underscored the USSR's read-
iness to sign a nonaggression treaty with the United Kingdom for
a term of 20 or 50 years or longer.
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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
Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization
Special Assistant for Security Operations Coordination
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 Economic Affairs
The Deputy 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 the Army
Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of the Navy
Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Air Force
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Commander in Chief, Pacific
The Department of the Interior
The Secretary of the Interior
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
United States Information Agency
The Director
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