CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/05/29

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• Document Release Date: March 28, 2019
• Publication Date: May 29, 1951

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CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 
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SUMMARY 
GENERAL 
1.. Return of German scientists from the USSR (page 3). 
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Two Manchurian airfields closed for repairs (page 3). 
Main body of Kuomintang forces reported to be still 
in Burma (page 4), 
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4. Nehru anxious to have US economic aid (page 5), 
5. Syria concerned by Israel's failure to halt Lake INle 
drainage project (page 5). 
EASTERN EUROPE 
Differences in Yugoslav Politburo over socialist develop. 
ment (page 6). 
WESTERN EUROPE 
7. UK Conservative leaders press for strong action against 
Egyptian Suez Canal restrictions (page 7), 
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GENERAITJ 
1. Return of German scientists from the USSR,. 
Information dated November 1950 
has been received which states 
that the group of German scientists 
working on atomic energy develop, 
ment at Sukhumi will ndt leave the USSR for at least another 
two and one half years. 
Comment: This group of scientists 
in the Sukhumi area is engaged in research on "peripheral" 
problems connected with Soviet affifiiic energy development. 
According to present Information German scientists have 
been taken into the heart of the Sbviet atomic energy pro-
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gram. 
It is considered that the retention 
of these German scientists in the USSR for two and a half 
years more indicates that they are still making a contribu-
tion to the Soviet effort. It is probably also true that they 
currently and for at least another year have information 
which the USSR cannot at this time afford to make available 
in as vulnerable a spot as the Soviet Zone of Germany. 
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2. Two Manchurian airfields closed for repairs: 
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Comment: The nature of the re-
ported repair or construction is not known, but.i.t.may be 
necessitated by the intense air activity of the past six months 
in Manchuria. Another possibility is that the Chinese are 
expanding the capacity of certain airfields in Manchuria, 
although Kungchuling was only recently expanded to handle 
YAK-15 and YAK-17 jet fighters. 
3. Main body Kuomintang forces reported to be still in Burma: 
the -Main 
body of Chinese. Nationalist troops 
in Burma, about 4, 000 strong, has 
not re-entered. Yunnan, :but has 
been mewing., into_ the Northern Shan' 
and Wa States of ;tirma� where it 
may join forces with an additional 4, 000. anti-Communist 
guerrillas that have been. collected by the local chieftains:  
 also reports that the KuomintaLrhg force is still in Burma, 
doubts that these troops would risk destruction by mOving 
Into Yunnan. The US Embassy in :Rangoon comments that 
it is still possible that the Nationalist objective is Kengma, 
Yunnan, 
Comment: While the Chinese � 
Nationalists in Burma are Apparently Ohl the move, there 
Is no reliable evidence that 'they have made any serious 
effort to. return to Chinese territory.. 
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. Nehru anxious to have US,econornic aid:  
Prime Minister Nehru of India 
has told US Ambassador Henderson 
that India needs US economic as-
sistance, that he (Nehru) is most 
anxious to have it, and that he would be willing to accept 
such aid on existing ECA terms and conditions, Nehru did 
not object to any of these terms or conditions, but he did 
attempt to assure himself that acceptance Of US aid would 
not be taken by the US Gdvernment or by the Indian people 
to imply that India there4y committed itself directly or in-
directly to follow the US lead in matters of domestic or 
foreign policy. 
. Syria concerned by Israel's failure to halt Lake Hule  
drainage Project:  
The Syrian Prime Minister has 
asked US Charge Clark in Damascus 
to inform the State Department that 
Syria takes a serious view of 
Israel's non-compliance with the 
18 May. UN Security Council resolu-
tion, which provided that the Israeli 
drainage work in the Lake Hule de,. 
militarized zone be suspended. The Premier stated that 
while Arab hopes were initially raised by the firm tgsT resolution 
the newly-found Arab confidence in the UN was tast ebbing 
away. Clark also reports that the concern of the Syrian 
Army was indicated when the Syrian Army Chief of Staff 
telephoned the Us Military Attache that Israeli tractors were 
continuing the Lake Hule drainage project. According to 
Clark, UN officials have reported that the Israelis recently 
moved large calibre guns into their defensive zone and re-
fused to let observers inspect them, 
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Comment: Initial Arab satisfaction 
with the terms of the 18 May UN Security Council resolution 
has been reflected in reports from several Arab capitals. 
The possibility gists, however, that Arab confidence in the 
UN will again be Shaken by Israel's failure to comply in 
full with the Security Council measure and that criticism 
of the US and UK will reappear in the Arab press. 
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6. Differences in Yugoslav Politburo over socialist development:  
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a difference of opinion has developed 
In the Yugoslav Politburo over the 
speed with which Yugoslavia should change its Soviet-based 
pattern of political economy to a new indigenous type of 
socialism. The more theoretical and idealistic group, led 
by Djilas and Pijade, favors drastic decentralization and 
the withering away of the bureaucratic state. The second 
group, headed by Kardelj and Rankovic, favors a. slower 
evolution of Yugoslav socialism. Tito, who has been in-
active in recent debates on this issue, is said to lean toward 
the latter group. Ambassador Allen believes that a com-
promise solution will be reached, with Tito casting the de-
ciding vote whenever he decides to show his hand. 
Comment: The evolution of a new 
type of Yugoslav socialism, evidenced by recent changes 
In the governmental apparatus and increasing Yugoslav 
contacts with Western socialists, may well have resulted 
in differences within the Politburo; In recent months the 
Yugoslav Government has introduced several reforms which 
ostensibly strengthen the power of the local governments at 
the expense of the central authority. Yugoslav leaders 
probably hope in this manner to abolish much duplication 
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and bureaucracy. Under the Yugoslav Communism two lines 
.of control have actually existed -- the Federal Government 
and the Communist Party. None of the reforms to date, 
however, has weakened the authority of the Party. 
WESTERN EUROPE 
7. UK Conservative leaders press for strong action against 
Egyptian 
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Anthony Eden, deputy leader of 
the UK Conservative Party, is 
reported by US Ambassador 
Gifford to favor the adoption of 
strong measures' against Egypt if it continues to restrict 
the passage through the Suez Canal of British oil tankers 
_bound for Haifa. Pointing out that Eden is not given to 
urging such courses of action without careful consideration, 
the Ambassador indicates his belief that Churchill agrees 
with Eden and that other influential Conservatives would be 
inclined to go along on the matter. 
Comment: The views expressed 
by Eden on this subject suggest that a Conservative govern-
ment might even attempt coercive measures to reopen the 
Suez Canal to Haifa-bound British tankers. The present 
government,� concerned about the currently delicate state 
of the defense treaty negotiations, is unlikely to adopt any 
such measures as urged by Eden; but it is well aware of 
both this Conservative pressure for a tougher line toward 
Egypt and of similar pressure from among some of its own 
supporters. It will therefore be particularly cautious about 
concluding any Anglo-Egyptian defense arrangements which 
would appear to make concessions to Egypt 
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