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411:42acisar,uulabiPs=,,Ylaillbalkallarnaapon�The Navy reports
that the US MISSOURI, bearing the body. of '2,1rkish Ambassador
Ertegtui, will leare New York on 21 March and, accompanied by
the cruiser 'PROVIDI.INCE and the destroyer POWER, should be
at Istambul on 5-9 April. The Commander in. Chief US Navy Forces
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1. Prospects dim for Azores bases on US terms--Culbertson reports from
Lisbon that the Portuguese are still "adamant" in refusing to consider
the 30 May agreement in connection with the current long-term dis-
cussions. The Portuguese do not regard the present US long-term pro-
posal as a basis for negotiations. Their "commission" does not con-
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175
1. US delegatecjaa_tru ted to oppose Gram ko ro sal--The State Depart-
ment has instructed Herschel Johnson to oppose the Soviet proposal that
the Security Council consider the question of Allied military forces in
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1. Davis Strait sightlnIs identified as submarine�The Navy Department
now considers the aircraft sightings of 1 July and 26 August to have been
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1. Dominions Prime Ministers conference�The Foreign Office has given
Harriman a summary of recent developments at the Dominions Prime
Ministers conference which now has been adjourned until 20 May pend-
ing the arrival of Mackenzie King. .
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0 DEC 1948
259
. Proposed French-US base ne otiationse-The State Department has
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requested TYS Ambassador rT77 to inform the French Foreign
Office that, in response to its note of 28 November, the US would
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1. British trooa s ma remain in Greece "at least another ear"--The
Commanding General British land forces in reece has to US Ambas-
sador MacVeagh that, in his opinion, British troops will remain in
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