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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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WK Central Sumatra for 17 March and ..wi’ll be concentrated
continue at a higher than normal level.
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Indonesia: I
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attack is planned on the Padang area of the west coast of
near the town of Pariaman, 30 miles north of Padang.
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Watch Committee conclusion_-jlndonesia: There is no
evidence oTSin'oJSov'ief'intent'ion tojaecome militarily in-
volved in the Indonesian situation. The Djakarta. govem-
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Pf/0 ment is proceeding with military measures to subdue the
dissidents, but an early resolution of the issue is unlikely.
The general situation continues to favor the Communist
position on Java and exploitation by the Sino-Soviet bloc.
Saud vs. Nasir: Egyptian and Syrian attacks on King \ \
Saud, linking Him with the United States, continue at a high
pitch. Saudi Crown Prince Faysal is alleged to have asked Q
)1,@ Nasir to spare the Saudi royal family in the course of Nasir's
denu.nciation of King Saud. Saud's UN ambassador, Ahmed
Shuquaire, who may secretly aligned himself with Nasir in
the Saudi-UAR dispute, recommended strongly to Saud on
11 March that Shuquaire be appointed the King's emissary to
effect a reconciliation with Nasir. If Saud accepts the offer,
Nasir may hav a gence on Saud's
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hf Eg pt - Yemen: Yemen's affiliation with the United
' Arab Republic may be followed shortly by dispatch of
Egyptian naval ships to be based in Yemeni waters. Yemen
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