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This is the Central Intelligence Agency's Central Intelligence Bulletin for 1 February 1960, a daily brief released in 2020. It covers a planned pre-Summit meeting of Soviet bloc leaders in Moscow and Soviet aid for Egypt's Aswan Dam. It also covers the Sino-Burmese border agreement, the Shah's order to watch the Iranian army, the Algiers settler insurrection and Venezuela's protest against the Dominican Republic. A late item reports a Soviet vehicle launched from Tyura Tam to the Pacific impact area. It contains no UFO reports.
Approved for Re|_ea__se_:_2_0g0/03/13 C03157411 V1. THE COMMUNIST BLOC V. Moscow Meeting of Bloc Khrushchev and top bloc leaders, with the possible; ex- ception of the Chinese" Communists, apparently will hold a pre-Summit strategy conference in Moscow during the next few days... The delegations announced so far include the party first secretaries, premiers, chairmen of the state planning commissions, and agricultural ministers. This composition suggests that general policy matters concerning the bloc and questions concerning agriculture and economic planning will be discussed. _ Even though most of his principal lieutenants are out of the country, Khrushchev's heavy schedule probably would pre- clude any othertime for a meeting until mid-spring. In his first major bloc meeting since the Camp David talks last September he will probably stress that the "Camp David de- tente“ does not allow for any relaxation of internal controls within the Communist countries. He probably will discuss the apparent improvement in Soviet-Yugoslav relations and developments during the recent Moscow visit of Yugoslav politburo member Vukmanovic—Tempo. Khrushchev might take the opporttmity to discuss a reduction in the satellites’ military forces land his plans, I I t make a "proportionate" reduction of Sovieflroops in Eastlern Europe] Agricultural weaknesses and the consequent hindrance to the bloc's economic growth will probably dominate the agricul- tural discussions. In 1959 only Hungary and Rumania achieved their agricultural plans. Problems include inadequate mechan1- A. zation, a shortage of fertilizer, poor planning by collectives, and a continuing shortage" of livestock, caused in part by a shortage of fodder. The food problem in East Germany and to a lesser extent in Poland may be of immediate concern. —SE€-R-E5" 1 Feb 60 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN Page 1 Approved for Release: 2020/03/13 C03157411
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 16 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.