CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 18, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 19, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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SUMMARY
SOUTHEAST ASIA
2. Cam o a em ar ng on neu ra is course a
ge 3).
Comment on threatening Indonesian cabinet crisis (page 4).
NEAR EAST _ AFRICA
4. Comment on Israeli relations with the Arab states and the
United Nations (page 5)
EASTERN EUROPE
5. Moscow radio credits Xugoslav partisans with role in liberation
page 5) .
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2.
Cambodia embarking on neutralist course:
The king of Cambodia recentl left the
strong impression
hat he would try to steer a precar-
ious middle course between the East and
es , The king
hopes in this way to~ be able to obtain the ene i s o o ~3Vestern
aid and Communist good will.
The chief of the French military mission
in .Cambodia has told Ambass~.dor McClintock that while many
Cambodian .leaders were opposed to any attempt to steer a .middle
course, the king would not listen to them.
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Comment: The .American embassy has
recently suggested that an attack of "Nehruitis'' in .Cambodia has
been brought on partly by the neutralist advice of French, British,
and Indian officials there.
Despite evidence of the king's neutralism,
Cambodia appears determined to rid itself of Communist influence
and has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the .delayed and in-
complete demobilization of native ~Tiet Minh forces in .Cambodian
3. Comment on threatening Indonesian cabinet crisis:
The demand of the Greater Indonesian
Party (PIR), a small .nationalist group,
that Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo's cabi-
net resign before 25 October or face the
loss of its support, represents the most serious threat to the gov-
ernment since it came to power 14 months ago. Two other parties
represented in the cabinet have also called for ashake-up and
would undoubtedly join the PIR in any walkout.
Government leaders have indicated--with
confidence of success--an intention to fight to remain in power.
In this they probably will be supported by President Sukarno,. who
is still extremely influential despite the scandal created by his
matrimonial difficulties. Moxeover, to overthrow the government
by a vote of no confidence, practically all opposition members as
well as the defecting parties would have to be present and voting.
The rebellious attitude within the govern-
ment coalition has been .motivated in part by dissatisfaction over
the .division of spoils. It also reflects growing disgust in Indonesia
with incompetence and corruption in government agencies, particu-
larly the Finance and Economic Affairs Ministries, and the inability
of the overnment to deal with increasingly severe economic prob-
lems.
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.NEAR EAST -AFRICA
4. .Comment on Israeli relations with the Arab states and the United
Nations
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ing to i e some ng,
The UN group investigating the alleged
firing on Egyptian fishermen by the
Israeli vessel Bat Galim has tentatively
concluded that that the Egyptians are sin-
cere in their accusation but have no proof
whereas the Israelis are "lying and try-
UN truce organization in the area.
group in the Israeli government. to eliminate the influence of the
Israeli foreign policy
is Curren y ca cu ated to hamstring the
UN in its efforts to improve Arab-Israeli
relations .
Ambassador Lodge in New York says that
the "diatribe" of an Israeli representative against the Palestine
Conciliation. Commission's recent position on the Arab blocked-ac-
counts issue- was an obvious attempt to put the commission in a
bad light. Lodge reports that the :representative's statement and
demeanor at the 15 October meeting were replete with "implica-
tions of wrongdoing, evasion of responsibility and bad faith on the
part of French, .Turkish and United States representatives~~"
UN truce supervisor Burns has told the
American consul general in Jerusalem that he believes the refusal
of the Israeli delegate to sign an Israeli-Jordanian "commanders'
agreement" represents another effort on the part of the "activist"
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EASTERN EUROPE
Moscow radio credits Yugoslav partisans with role in liberation:
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Moscow radio, in one of a series of tenth
anniversary accounts of the liberation of
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Yugoslavia, gave- the Yugo-slav partisans cr-edit for playing a major
roleo Although the account emphas-ized the role of the Soviet army,
it made repeated references to the collaboration and assistance of
the partisans. The broadcast concluded that tenayears have not
erased the memory of the .time when the Soviet- and Yugoslav peo-
ples fought side by side against the common enemy.
Comment; This is the first time since
1948 that the Soviet Union has recognized the-role of the .Yugoslav
partisans in the liberation. This lack of Soviet recognition in the
past had been regarded by the Yugoslavs as a distortion of history
and had been a major public factor in Yugoslav-Soviet antagonism.
. The significant reversal of attitude this
year is a further manifestation of the Soviet propaganda campaign
for improved relations which has included the quotation of selected
excerpts from the Yugoslav press and the cessation of hostile prop-
aganda, including the removal of anti-Tito books in Polando The
new move will probably impress Yugoslav Communists more than
past "normalization" moves, but; Tito's policy still app-ears to be
based upon obtaining the maximum benefits from the Soviet attitude
without dropping his gus,rd.
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