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Approved for Release: 2020/08/11 C02000169 TOP SECRET # CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 7 January 1961 ## DAILY BRIEF ### I. THE COMMUNIST BLOC USSR: Khrushchev stated at a reception in Moscow on 2 January that the Soviet party congress scheduled for February will be postponed until later in the year, and he attributed the postponement to the need to establish contact with the new US administration, according to the Yugoslav ambassador in Moscow. Khrushchev allegedly said he did not expect to meet with the new US President until perhaps July. The Soviet leaders probably believe that the Chinese Communist challenge makes it imperative that the forthcoming party congress take unequivocal positions on doctrinal as well as foreign-policy questions, and that this will be impossible until the Soviet leaders have an opportunity to assess the character and likely moves of the new US administration. Khrushchev may also feel compelled to achieve some tangible success which can be used to demonstrate the validity and effectiveness of his foreign policy before committing the Soviet party to the kind of authoritative and long-range programs that are enunciated at party congresses. It is also possible that internal Soviet developments may be at least partly responsible for postponement of the party congress. ### II. ASIA-AFRICA Nigeria: The intensity of Nigeria’s reaction to the third French nuclear test—illustrated by the severance of diplomatic relations with Paris on 5 January—imposes a further strain on the disposition of the Nigerian rulers to follow a moderate and basically pro-Western course. Nigerian attitudes toward the West, particularly the US, were already i TOP SECRET Dirab OK OK Approved for Release: 2020/08/11 C02000169

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