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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.

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llasir Attempts to Counteract._Setbacl;in the Sudan
President Nasir has moved to counteract the setback
to Egyptian political. influence in the Sudan represented by
the recent election success of Prime Minister Khalil's
pro-Western Umma party. He has ordered the payment of
funds to the Umma's major rival, the pro-=Egyptian National
Unionist party (NUP), for use in buying the allegiance of
"independents" elected to the new parliament. He has also
ordered the start of an effort to "amalgamate" the NUP with
the People's Democratic party (PDP), the Umma's chief
support in the coalition now planning to form a new governe-
ment.
The uncertain loyalties of a considerable number of
newly elected representatives, as well as the unofficial
nature of the announced returns, make present estimates of
relative party strengths only tentative. It appears, however,
that Khalil will need the support of about 20 members outside
his own party in order to oontrol a bare majority in the 173-
member house and ensure his continuance as prime minister.
He is counting on the support of most of the estimated 25
PDP and 18 Southem Liberal party (SLT) members and will prob-
ably be backed by some of the approximately 25 "independents."
Nothing less than a mass defection from the coalition could
give control to the NUP core of 44-45 members.
It is unlikely that Nasir's efforts to win or buy opposition
to the coalition will prevent Khalil's retention of the premier-
ship and control of a house majority, but a significant accre-
tion of pro-Egyptian strength could hinder his freedom of ace
tion. \
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