Approved For Release CIA-RDP79-00927A002500040001-1 CONFIDENTIAL COPY NO 56 i OCI N0 5452 59 12 November 1959 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY Dacumenl Ila 9 0 01m- In Class 3 Manama C lnm II I B 25x13 mm- I ale 313113 12- CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE CONFIDENTIAZIW 25m Tn I Litmus cm State Dept and PACOM review s completed mm Approved For Release 00927A002500040001- 1 QB 7 25x1 '18 NovemEEr Kyu _wiII_EcEmea- Approved For Release 200Tx 10l23 A SECRET CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUHHARY November 1959 Iran President Ayub of Pakistan arrived in Tehran on9 November for a state visit and talks with the Shah They will be joined on 16 November by Turkish Premier Henderes Henderes in commenting on the planned tri- partite talks told an American official We Turks are doing what we can to bring Iran Pakistan and Afghanistan clos- er together The Shah while welcoming Ayub's visit as a politically useful event is less enthusi- astic over Menderes' visit fearing the meeting will give credibility to Soviet and Iraqi propaganda that plans are be- ing coordinated against_1raq _ UH ny Menderes to Ankara for a two day visit Sudan The group of dissident junior army officers which had postponed earlier plans against ueSudanese Government launched a coup attempt in the early hours of 10 November The ab- boud military government evi- dently was forewarned its loyal forces took swift and effective counteraction to nip the coup in the bud A few hours after the initial move by the dissi dents the government had the situation under control and an- nounced the arrest of several of the ringleaders of the plot The regime is still under pressure from strong religious and political elements demand- ing a return to civilian govern- ment and the restoration of civil liberties Among these elements are the head of the powerful conservative Ansar religious sect many leaders of the major political parties and those officials of the Sudanese Communist party who are not in Jail Their campaigns of agitation and propaganda have stressed the allegation that the Abboud government's favorable Nile waters agreement with the UAR signed in Cairo on 8 November is a sellout of Sudanese in- terests These civilian groups have been behind a small walk out of railroad workers and widespread strikes by university and secondary-school students The Sudanese Ministry of the Interior is making preparations to cope with a possible general strike on or before the 17 No vember celebrations of the an niversary of the military re gime's assumption of power f_ SOVIET ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Soviet statements and com- mentary on 7 November marking the 42nd anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution developed the main theme of a new era in international relations and were devote largely to Moscows present campaign for peaceful coexistence and universal disarmament The peace theme was emphasised by the routine nature of Hoscow's military parade It featured only gun artillery rocket launchers and an assortment of vehicles No guided missiles or tanks PART I Approved For Release 2007 10 23 0F IMMEDIATE INTEREST Page 4 of 5 25x1 25x1 Approved For Release 20077101523 CIA-RDP79-00927A002500040001-1 SECRET CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUHIARY 12 November 1959 were shown and only one new weapon a multiple rocket 1auncher- was observed The traditional keynote speech on the eve of the an- niversary delivered by party presidium member Averky Aristov contained a review of Soviet economic and technological achievements and an outline of the present situation in in ternational relations The relatively short speech stressed Moscow's peace offensive P contained no new foreign policy proposals and was little more than a condensed version of Khrushchev's speech to the Su- preme Soviet on 31 October Aristov made numerous flattering references to Khru shchev praising him as leader policy maker and indefatigable fighter for peace -He pointed to Khrushchev s visit to the United States as a model in the practice of peaceful co- existence Portraying the visit as a personal triumph for Khrushchev Aristov claimed that the trip had won the many new friends and that Khru- shchev had received a sympa thetic response from the ma- jority of Americans Defense Minister Harshal Malinovsky in a short speech following his review of the troops on 7 Hovember adhered to the same general line by stressing the peaceful inten tions of the Soviet Union but ended with the statement un til such time as our disarme ament proposals are adopted and until the numerous American military bases set up around a the Soviet Union are liquidated the Communist party and the Soviet Government consider it their sacred duty to maintain the country's armed forces in a condition of high military preparedness In Peiping statements by Chinese Communist leaders in connection with the October Rev- olution anniversary contained strong reaffirmations of soli- darity with the USSR and ex pressed willingness to work for the complete realization of oscow's peace initiatives Politburo member Peng Chen told the Peiping rally that lasting peaceful international environ- ment is necessary to develop China's socialist construction Signs that the Chinese do not intend to moderate their criti- cism of the United States how ever appeared in Peng's call for continued struggle against the warlike imperialist circles in the which continue to create international tension in Tarkey Laos and many other places Chervonenko the USSR's new ambassador to Peiping told the rally that the Soviet Gov- ernment fully supports Commu nist China on the question of the liberation of Taiwan and will continue to do so until the question is thoroughly settled Like Khrushchev however he avoided specific endorsement of Peiping's right to use any means including force to seize the offshore islands_and Taiwan SECRET PART I 0 IHHEDIATE INTEREST Page 5 of 5 Approved For Release 2007i10l23 CIA-RDP79-00927A002500040001-1 This 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