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1. Rumored Soviet attack on Istanbul considered "doubtful "�The US Dele-
gate ACC Bulgaria transmits a report from a Dutch Consular official
that a Soviet attack on Istanbul is scheduled for the night of 18-19 Sep-
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1. Soviet concessions in Germany_possible--According to Murphy, the
Soviets may be in such urgent need of consumer goods from current
German production that they would be willing to grant as a quid pro
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1. British attitude on Palestine plan--Grady has informed Byrnes that
the l3ritish do not expect either the Arabs or Jews to approve formally
the US-U1K plan for Palestine as worked out in London but are count-
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I. US seeks revision of Evatt'' Spanish resolution�The State Department
has suggested that erschel hnsorarTkade Evatt to revise his
�original resolution on Spain which expressly mentions a diplomatic
break. The Department approves the provision for transmitting to the
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Soviet views on Peace Conference conVocation--Ambassador Smith in
Moscow reports that the Soviets, in reply to the French note on the
convocation of the Peace Conference (see Daily Summary of 28 March,
item 2), have informed the French Embassy that (a) the Moscow deci-
sion provides that the Conference should be convoked when the prepara-
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1. _Soviets cancel Allied flights iiLEasterso --US Delegation ACC
Budapest reports that the Soviet Ground Command has cancelled all
Allied flights over Hungary, Rumania and Czechoslovakia from 9 through
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