CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A001700080001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 27, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

27 August -1954
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SUMMARY
S+DUTHEAST ASIA
? y says en es-France w~. ve unqua ie suppor o e na.m
(page 4).
SOUTH ASIA
3. Pakistani Foreign Ministry uncertain .regarding SEAP role .(page 4)~
NEAR EAST -AFRICA.
4 .Jordan .alarmed over Israeli. mobilization .(page 5).
5. American ambassador sees American-Saudi relations improving (page 5).
WESTERN EUR?PE
7. Italians and British :distrust Mendes-France (page 7
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20 Ely says Mendes-France will give unqualified .support to Vietnamm
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French commissioner general Ely, who had
just retu:r?ned to Saigon from Paris, told ,
Ambassador Heath on 24 .August that at first,
Premier Mendes-France seemed disposed to
adopt a "specia po cy" toward the Viet Minh, but finaaly gave him
"unqualified assurance" of support fvr Vietnamo
Mendes-France allegedly also agreed that it
had been a .mistake to give Jean Sa,in'teny the title of "delegate general
to North Vietnam:' Instructions drafted since Sainteny's appointment
restrict his activities to consular functionsa
CommentA The French have little .regard
for the ability of the -Diem government to marshal Vietnamese
nationalist support, and it is unlikely that they will reduce efforts
to maintain contact with the Viet Minh, particularly if they expect
Viet Minh influence to increase in the southo
SOUTH ASIA
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The Pakistani Foreign Ministry is
apparently uncertain .regarding the -atti-
tude Pakistan should take toward a South-
east Asian pact, according to the American
embassy in Karachi.
Acting Foreign Secretary Hilaly has ex-
pressed the fear that, by joining SEAP, Pakistan may be isolated
from the other Colombo powers and thus unable to influence themo
He believes Ceylon is already in ithe neutralist camp,
Commerite Hilaly's remarks do not
necessarily reflect fears of top policy makers regarding SEAP.
Pakistan's influence with the other Colombo
powers has never been greate A.s a .SEAP participant, however,
3. Pakistani Foreign ,Ministry uncertain regarding SEAP role;
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.Karachi could serve as a link between the West's allies and Ceylon
and Burma, the two Colombo powers which have refused to join
SEAP but indicated sympathy with its objectives
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4. Jordan alarmed over Israeli mobilization;
Israel's large-scale mobilization is
causing deep concern in Jordan, accord-
ing to the senior British officer in the
Arab Le?;ion headquarterso He states that
mobilization of the Legion and the National Guard is under considera-
tion so that Jordan will not be caught unprepared if tha Israeli mobili-
zation should be in preloaration :?or, an attack.
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General Glubb, head of the Legion, has
informed the British Foreign Office that Jordan believes Israel
can succeed in almost any act of aggression unless there is effec-
tive intervention by Britain or other Western powerso
Comments Israel is in the midst of its
annual military maneuvers, of which the present mobilization may
be part. Israeli forces may undertake minor border actions during
the maneuvers, but they are unlikely to initiate alarge-scale attack,
5, American ambassador sees American-Saudi relations improving;
Ambassador Wadsworth in Jidda believes
the recent unfavorable trend in relations
between the United States and Saudi Arabia
has been reversedo
He reports that on 24 August King Saud had
a cordial discussion with him on American-Saudi relations, and also
with a,n ARAMCO official on the Onassis tanker agreement. Saud
apparently wants to "get out from under" that arrangement.
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Commento During .King .Baud's first year
as monarch he has revea a traits and ambitions .that still leave in
.doubt his willingness and ability to help put American-Saudi relations
on a firm basiso He has rejected an American .arms aid agreement,
canceled a .Point IV program and consummated the Onassis agreement
in violation of the AR.AMCd concessiano
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7o Italians and. British distrust Mendes-France:
The undE~r secretary of the .Italian .Foreign
Ministry believes that French premier
Mendel-France, despite his lip-service
to the need for Western solidarity and
German rearmament, is actually opposed
to these ob~ectiveso The under secretary
is convinced that Mendel-France went to
the Brussels talks determined to assure the
c}estruction of EDC a
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According to the American .embassy in
London, the British evidently do riot trust Mendel-Franceo .Churchill,
in his talk with .Mendes-France on 2~ August, strongly urged EDC
ratification as the best means of obtaining an early West German con-
tribution to the Western defenses
Commente Mendes-France's switch from
support of EDC to public oppositicin calls for caution .regarding his
professed desire for early German rearmamento Growing distrust
of his sincerity among France's EDC partners can be expected to
strengthen their belief that Mendes-France has wilfully misinter-
preted the British attitude as adverse to EDC and early German re-
armamento
Pro-ED(: elements in .France still seem
unable to mount a vigorous defense of EDCe .The American embassy
in .Paris estimated on 25 August that the treaty would be defeated in
the national assembly by nearly 6~ votes if the premier did not
defend ito
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