CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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SUMMARY
FAR EAST
1. Chiang Kai-shek agrees to release of Russian tanker crew
(page 3).
SOUTH ASIA
2. Afghan prime minister?I)aud may be removed (page 3).
3. Pakistan adherence to Turkish-Iraqi pact may be imminent
.(page 4),
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
4. Report of North African gunrunning foreshadows new French
pressure for US support (page 4).
EASTERN EUROPE
5. USSR reported prepared to make "unheard-of sacrifices" to
reach agreement with Bonn (page 5).
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FAR EAST
1. Chiang Kai-shek agrees to release of Russian tanker crew:
Chiang Kai-shek told the American
charge in .Taipei on 28 June he would
release the crew of the Soviet tanker
Tuapse in ten days or two weeks.
woulci make no commitment regarding release of the ship itself.
Comment: The Tuapse was seized by
the Nationalist navy off southern Formosa on 23 June 1954.
Chiang had previously told Ambassador Rankin that he would
offer to release the 40 crew members who wish to return to the
USSR in exchange for return of American airmen now held pris-
oner by the Chinese Communists. He has refused to release the
ship despite urging by his own Foreign Ministry that he do so.
SOUTH ASIA
2. Afghan prime minister Daud may be removed:
Afghan prime minister Daud may be re-
moved within a few days as a result of
efforts made by the Afghan royal family
in co-operation with the Pakistani gov-
ernment. Shah Mahmud and Shah Wali,
powerful members of the royal family,
are aroused over the prime minister's
rejection of Pakistan's latest proposal
of 25 June for settlement of the quarrel
between the two countries.
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According to press reports of 28 and 29
June, Pakistan, presumably in compliance with Shah Mahmud's
request, is preparing to sever diplomatic relations and institute
a formal economic blockade of Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the Saudi
Arabian mediator announced in Karachi the failure of his media-
tion attempts.
Pakistan adherence to Turkish-Iraqi pact may be imminent:
Pakistani defense minister general
Mohammad Ayub Khan, who is now vis-
iting Turkey, has cabled Karachi recom-
mending prompt adherence by Pakistan
to the Turkish- raq pact, according to Ambassador Warren in
Ankara. Ayub has also informed Karachi that the Turks, Iraqis,
and British contemplate setting up a council in connection with
the pact immediately following Pakistan's adherence. Ambassa-
dor Warren states that Ayub's decision followed two sessions with
Turkish and Iraqi officials.
Comment: Ayub's action may pave the
way for Pakistan's early adherence to the pact, since the defense
minister was the chief advocate of delay until Karachi could be
sure that the United States would also join.
If, however, the Karachi government fails
to act before 7 July, when the Constituent Assembly is scheduled to
meet, Pakistani action on the pact may be indefinitely delayed.
NEAR EAST - AFRICA
4. Report of North African gunrunning foreshadows new French pres-
sure or US support:
British ambassador Jebb in Paris has
informed Ambassador Dillon that careful
investigation indicates gunrunning from
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Libya to Algeria is taking place on a larger scale than the British
had previously supposed. The French government has been in-
formed of the British discovery.
Comment: -Paris, which on 20 June sug-
gested high-level talks wi as ington on mutual interests in
North Africa, will use such a report to redouble pressure on both
Washington and London for increased support on North African
problems.
In recent months the French government
has repeatedly charged American complicity in North African
nationalist activity. These allegations were largely based on re-
ports of gunrunning which Premier Faure's personal spokesman
admitted on 24 June to American officials were based on very
meager information supplied by anti-American elements.
EASTERN EUROPE
5. USSR reported prepared, to make "unheard-of sacrifices" to reach
agreement wi -Bonn-
A Soviet official in East Berlin recently
stated that the USSR will make "unheard-
of sacrifices" to secure an agreement
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with West Germany,
ssible concessions include "political wi -
drawal," the sacrifice of top-level East German government offi-
cials, and "even the revision of the Oder-Neisse line., The offi-
cial added that the USSR wants relaxation in Europe "at any price."
Comment:
These extravagant statements
are similar to others concerning Soviet
intentions toward Germany. The USSR may hope, by creating the
impression that it is willing to make great sacrifices, to convince
West Germans that they should yield on such key issues as elec-
tions and neutralization. There is little prospect, however, that
West Germany will make such concessions.
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