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OPERATIONS COORDINATING BOARD
Washington 25, D. Ce.
18 October 1956
INTELLIGENCE
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Sepen - Private Trade Plan with Communist China Extended
Representatives of three private Japanese trade groups failed
to get Communist Chinese agreement on a new trade plan because the
Chinese would not permit fingerprinting their proposed permanent
trade mission to Japan,
Consequently the two groups agreed on an
extension of the previous agreement. CIA comments that these
negotiations point up some of the non-economic impediments to Sino-
Japanese trade, While pressures for trade will continue to build,
_ the Japanese realize that the normalisation of Sino-Japanese
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iraq - American Expert Needed for Iraq Development Board
Unless an American member is provided for the Iraq Development
Board soon (the position has been vacant for six months) the choice
of a non-American can be justified by the US failure to act, accord-
ing to USOM Iran,
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(ICA Datly Cable Summary, 17 Oct., Secret)
Egypt - US Program Approaching difficult Stage
WOM Egypt reports that despite cordial relations with its
Egyptian counterparts it is evident that the Egyptians realize the
program is being deliberately slowed down. The mission points out
that care must be taken to avoid passing beyond the point where the
program cannot be revived.
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(ICA Daily Cable Sunmary, 19 Oct., Secret)
East Germany - Strikes in Heavy Industry
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A West Berlin newspaper reports that strikes are taking place |
at the Karl Marx plant in Magdeburg and several other heavy industrial
installations in Chemnits as a result of increased work norms without
corresponding increases in pay. The paper says 2,000 "People's
Police" were moved into Magdeburg on the morning of 17 October to
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(FBIS, 18 Oct., Official Use Only)
USSR = Scientific Advance in Mechanical Translation
After recent discussions in Washington with a top Soviet
scientist, two highly reliable US experts have declared that the USSR
is at least one year ahead of the US in the perfection of techniques
for mechanical translation. They feel that the USSR has solved the
—~~—“theore tical problems and are now only confronted with a few technical
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