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Current Intelligence Bulletin- 1955/10/15

Central Intelligence Agency · 1955-10-15 · 9 pages · text from the file's own layer

This Current Intelligence Bulletin was issued by the Central Intelligence Agency on 15 October 1955 and released in 2019. Its first item passes on a US Air Force cable. The cable says Senator Richard Russell, Lt. Col. E. U. Hathaway and Ruben Efron, travelling by train in the Transcaucasus on 4 October 1955, saw two circular flying discs take off almost vertically near Alyat Station, with searchlights nearby. The bulletin's other items cover Morocco, Yugoslav and Soviet relations and a planned Peronista strike.

  • p. 7 …to fire on French troops from Spanish terri- toryc According to the commanding general of the…
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3., FRENCH RESIDENT GENERAL ACC USES SPAIN OF
AIDING MOROCCAN REBELS
Resident General Boyer de Latour
told Assistant Secretary of Defense
Burgess on 12 October that Spain is
permitting Moroccan rebels to obtain
supplies and to fire on French troops from Spanish terri-
toryc According to the commanding general of the Fez
region, the Spanish are also jamming French military
radio communications.
Boyer de Latour said he would use
artillery and planes against rebel positions in the Span-
ish zone if such aid continueda
The American consul general in Rabat
believes that the French campaign is not going too well
and says there is evidence of bickering among French com-
manders over responsibilities and operational methods, '
Comment Other reports also indicate that aid
for the rebels is being received through
Spanish Morocco despite Spain's assurances of co-operation
with France.
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Any Spanish encouragement
to the rebels is probably designed to force France to seek
Madrid's agreement to any future reforms in the French
zone and to further Spain's long-1 standing policy of enhanc-
ing its own prestige in the Arab world.
15 Oct 55 Current Intelligence Bulletin Page 6
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