gop BECRET hE-OE ma SOR re ee PT - om ’ emt re es 2 A a will try to pull his forces together. Hatta, who should have been the leader of the reorganization forces, has been reluctant to act in Sukarno's absence. He is proving unwilling to head the dissident movement or to take over the government. This is the existing situation. We may expect a renewed crisis in another ten days after the Central Government makes its decision. The situation in Guatemala was quieting down, according to Mr. Dulles. The National Assembly had elected Ydigoras as President and thus avoided a revolution. There was reason to hope for the best. Ydigoras was a competent individual, though very far to the right in his politics. In East Germany, Ulbricht has carried out a purge of three leading members of his cabinet. From this action Mr. Dulles deduced _that the Soviets were extremely apprehensive of what might happen in East Germany, and had decided that they could not risk the creation ' there of a regime like Tito's or Gomulka's. Accordingly, they had strongly backed Ulbricht's tough policy in East Germany. It remained & question whether the widespread opposition to Ulbricht would take the purge lying down. Though we may see possible sporadic difficulties in East Germany, a large-scale revolt was highly unlikely. The resignation of Chou En-lai as Foreign Minister of Communist China did not signify any change in the existing situation in that country. Mao Tse-tung's health is not good, and Chou will perhaps take over more of Mao's duties, though he will remain in the third position in the Communist Party of China. Developments in Korea, said Mr. Dulles, may require of us careful consideration from the policy angle. Communist China and North Korea were making a determined effort to reunite Korea, and have made proposals to this end to the governments of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC). Events in Tunisia had been pretty largely reported in the press. At present the Tunisians had clamped a virtual siege on all French troops and naval vessels. Bourguiba, hard pushed by public opinion, had decided to take the case to the United Nations. Gailiard had admitted that the bombing had been done without the authority of the Government in Paris, which, however, felt compelled to assume the responsibility. Both sides were now attempting to avoid incidents, and had been successful so far. Tunisia hopes that the United States will intervene. The National Security Council: Noted and discussed an oral briefing by the Director of Central Intelligence on the subject, with specific reference to the situations in Indonesia, Guatemala, East Germany, Communist China, Korea, and Tunisia. » .TOP SECRET