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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.
Approved for Release: 2019/08/20 C02066866 g _ -)£§CHI‘71_ ‘Id ‘€ I II. THE WEST Britain Plans Further Cuts of Forces in Germany_ —~_fi __ —"_ . : — ————, W a. . W - - Britain's present plan to maintain on the Continent five brigade groups totaling 45,000 men from 1959 to 1961 represents a further reduction of 10,000 from the number the ‘WEU Council approved in January for the coming year. British planners regard this as the appropriate proportion for the Continent of the total future armed forces of 375,- 000 by 19 62. Foreign Secretary Lloyd told German Foreign Minister Brentano on 6 March in Rome that failure to solve the sup- port cost problem would force a complete or major With- drawal of British forces from Germany. That warning, and British press speculations on a 35,000-man reduction, ap- pear to reflect the Treasury view that even the 45,000 may be more than Londo:n can afford. The present plans and threats of complete withdrawal will intensify European suspicions of'Britain's long-term in- tentions toward defense of the Continent and thus indirectly further impede London's efforts to establish a European free -trade area. General Norstad has warned the British that - such an advance denczision on the cut would subject Britain to criticism from its allies for acting before -approval of this year's special study of minimum forces essential to NATO over the next five years, and would also adversely affect the Western position in any negotiations with the USSR 14 Mar 58 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 12 Approved for Release: 2019/08/20 C02066866
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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.