- Approved WIease 200502 082 38 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY CONFIDENTIAL I 25x1 25x1 12 9514 State Department review completed Approved For Release 200502 Approved For We ZDOSIOZHT 0017 009000145 SECRET CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY 8 May 1958 between Nasir and the Soviet willingness to make peace with Government has been reached Israel in accordance with concerning Israel Another the 1947 UN resolution--a report says that during his visit Hasir will announce his solution Moscow has fav the past I 25X1 MAY DAY CELEBRATIONS IN THE BIND-SOVIET BLOC This year's May Day cele- bration in Moscow with its peaceful coexistence theme was the least Spectacular in years The military portion of the 40- minute parade lasted only 15 minutes and no new equipment was observed A steady drizzle may have canceled a planned fly-by of aircraft for which several rehearsals had been held none of the family of missiles shown in last fall's October Revolution parade ap- peared although armored per- sonnel carriers self-propelled antiaircraft artillernImultiple- rocket launchers and medium and heavy artillery were shown Moscow's unexciting show and Defense Minister Malinovsky's protest against flights of American aircraft over the Arc- tic were echoed in other bloc capitals Eastern Europe Among the East European satellites only East Germany included military participation in its parade bringing protests on 3 Hay from all three western powers in Berlin All the mil- itary and paramilitary services were represented in a parade in East Berlin which was described as the most extensive military display since the establishment of the East German Army in 1956 Defense Minister Staph in his order of the day stressed the role of East Germany as a peace outpost against West German rearmament based in East Germany did not Soviet units' participate in the parade but staged an extensive display of military equipment'at'One'of their field training areas The display included at least one of each type of weapon' known to be used by the units at this time In Poland Party Secretary Gomulka delivered a harsh attack on the West before an unenthusiastic audience and Defense Minister stressed Polish brotherhood with the Soviet Army and the' unity of the Warsaw Pact forces In Czechosldvakia Party Secre- tary which concentrated on the dangers of West German rearmament was- followed by an orderly five4 hour parade of labor student ' and other institutional groups A large military parade will probably be staged on 9 May in connection with Czech Liberation Day festivities Hungary Bulgaria Rumania and Albania held orderly parades following speeches by political leaders outlining the successes of labor and echoing the Moscow peaceful coexistence theme Nb meetings or parades were held in Yugoslavia where the annual May Day observance has been postponed until 4 July the anniversary of the uprising against the nazis Asian Communist Countries Communist China celebrated May Day this year by holding SECRET PART II Approved For Release 2005102 NOTES AND COMMENTS Page 4 of 18 Approved Four-Wm 2005102117 SECRET CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUHHARY 8 May 1958 the customary parades in major cities The general theme as in the past seemed to be one of proclaiming industrial and agricultural accomplishment with various worker groups dis- playing new products ranging from tractors to television sets Apparently the only military participants in the parade at Peiping were present as observers For the first time in eight years Hao Tse- tung who was inspecting party work in Kwantung Province was not on the rostrum in Peiping Pyongyang's parade was highlighted by columns of work- ers carrying posters and signs indicating progress in industri- al expansion and socialist con- struction Premier Kim Il-sung told a mass rally that North Korea would continue its strug- gle for the withdrawal of Amer ican troops from South Korea and the peaceful unification of the fatherland The slogans which spanned Hanoi's reviewing stand reflect- wed the program for increased pro- duction and economy and called on the people to smash the- plots of the imparialist war- mengers The armed forces ap- parently'participated in the festivities at9Eanoi 'HaiphOng and Vinh but the militaryitheme waS'generally played down I I 25x1 NEW EAST GERMAN ECONOMIC MEASURES TO BE ANNOUNCED The end of food rationing and the introduction of a new wage system possibly accompa nied by increased work norms are reportedly to be announced at the fifth congress of the East German Socialist Unity Communist party BED to be held in July Plans to end rationing have often been announced but not carried out and the present vigorous drive to collectivize private farm land may complicate this effort by causing further decreases in domestic farm pro- duction East Germany now im- ports each year about 50 percent or 2 000 000 tons of its grain almost all of it from the So viet Union- about 100 000 tons of meat half from the west and 30 000 tons of butter The impact of derationing on the East German people would be considerable Over half the budget of the average family is spent on basic and luxury food items two thirds of these coming from the rationed lists --meat sugar fats milk and eggs Imports of some of the rationed items have recently been increased suggesting that the regime anticipates heavy buying when restrictions are lifted The prices of foods reportedly will be set about half way between ration and free- market prices thus causing a price rise of 100 to 200 per- cent in such items as butter SECRET Approved For Release 2005 0211 CIA-RDP79-00927A001700090001-6 PART II NOTES AND COHHENTS Page 5 of 18 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu