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Central Intelligence Bulletin- 1958/03/14

Central Intelligence Agency · 1958-03-14 · 25 pages · text from the file's own layer

The Central Intelligence Agency's Central Intelligence Bulletin for 14 March 1958 is a classified daily intelligence brief on world events, approved for release in 2019. It covers Soviet calls for a foreign ministers' meeting before a summit, Soviet cargo ships possibly bound for Indonesia, and strained Yugoslav-Soviet relations. It also covers unidentified submarine contacts in the western Atlantic, a planned amphibious attack in Central Sumatra, and Middle East disputes. Other items are British troop cuts in Germany and Colombia's elections. It contains no UFO material.

  • p. 5 …Egyptian and Syrian attacks on King \ \ Saud, linking Him with the United States, continue at a…
  • p. 15 …press have continued their heayy assault on King Saud's plotting against Nasir and the UAR…
  • p. 17 …support Nasir i.n his dispute with King Saud and warn the Saudis against attempting to…
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Egypt May "Send Naval Vessels to Yemen
The Imam of Yemen has apparently used his COUR-
try's affiliation with the United Arab Republic (UAR) to
have Egyptian naval vessels stationed in Yemeni waters.
On 6 February the Imam requested his son, Crown Prince
Badr, to consult with Nasir about obtaining two patrol
craft to patrol the Bled Sea "between Aden and Salif." On
8 March, after a talk with Nasir, the crown prince in-
formed his father that Nasir had promised "to expedite
the sending of the ships." The Egyptian vessels would ‘
also support Nasir i.n his dispute with King Saud and warn
the Saudis against attempting to interfere in Yemen.
Yemen is with. Soviet. and Egyptian help developing
a "military area" on the coast at the southern entrance
tothe Red Sea athwart h '
ern
Eurbpe.
artillery pieces, probalily Soviet I22-mm. guns, have
been brought to this area, where emplacements were
first observed under preparation last summer. In mid-
February, moreover,\ \a
Soviet survey team visited the area for the purpose of
barracks, and fortifications.
laying out a military installation, including an airstrii,
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 25 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.