Appro veordF rReleas se'p0 a 14 October 1961 25X1 Copy No Bid CENTRAL BULLETIN 25x1 State Dept review completed Approved For Release 2003IO4I17 CIA-RDP79T00975A006000150001-8 Approved For nudaIse 2003104117 r5m0001500029 1 14 October 1961 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN CONTENTS Communist China Chief of Staff Lo Jui-ching reaf- firms China's determination to become nuclear power Page Syria New regime approaches West Germany for $25 000 000 loan Page ii Mali 15 Soviet military personnel reportedly now stationed in Mali Bloc military aid continues Page it Great Britain EEC countries react favorably to Britain's presentation of its terms for entry into Com- mon Market Page tit Brazil Propaganda campaign to prepare for Quadrosl return to active political role gathering momentum Page Colombia State of siege decreed on 11 October intended to counter growing subversive agitation Page in Approved For Release 2003104117 25X1 Approved For Ru ase 2003mm CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 14 October 1961 DAILY BRIEF Communist Chinaz iinese Chief of Staff Lo Jui-ching has reaffirmed China's determination to become a nuclear power Speaking in late September I Lo repeated several times that China will not be cheated by a test ban aimed at preventing the emergence of new nuclear powers He admitted that Pei- ping does not have nuclear weapons at present but declared that China like France will conduct tests as necess uj Approved For Release 2003104117 CIA-RDP79T00975A006000150001-8 Approved For ase 2003I04I17 37513960001 50001-8 Enos an army without nuclear weapons cannot be considered mod iChina's determination to become a nuclear power has met with oviet reluctance to help China achieve this status and the issue has been a point of friction between Peiping and Mos- cow In contrast to the Soviet line that the spread of nuclear weapons will increase the danger of war Communist China's foreign minister maintained in a recent press interview that the danger of would lessen as more countries obtained nuclear weapons Backup Page l ria The former governor of Syria's central bank Izzat Tara who is chairman of a Special government committee considering Syrian economic affairs has approached a West German commercial attach for a $25 000 000 two-year loan to cover short-term Syrian obligations Tarabulsi said the loan was urgently needed to permit convertibility of Syrian currency and thus to encourage confidence in the economy the new regime has announced its hope of attracting foreign private investment capital President of the Executive Coun- cil Kuzbari last week asked for quick supply of PL-480 grain from the United States The Syrian Government will probably 25x1 also seek longer range loans to compensate for the loss of eco- omic develo ment funds was to have su lied According to the French military attach in 25 Bamako I5 Soviet military personnel now are stationed in Mali Most of the members of this military mission apparently are operating at Malian Army headquarters in Bamako although some are said to be supervising construction of an antitank range outside Bamako at one of four military installations re- cently evacuated by France The attache also reported that the intelligence chief of the Malian Army is scheduled to leave shortly for a three-year training tour at the USSR military academy Mali has in recent months continued to receive from 14 Oct 61 DAILY BRIEF Approved For Release 2003104 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