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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.
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Approved for Release: 2019/09/16 C03000973 is ‘ V‘ "““'“ “" ‘ 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. \ \ 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 '11/\ I‘) C‘ l’.'fY I‘) IT"T' Approved for Release: 2019/09/16 C03000973
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 9 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.