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GREAT ERITALN:""Eolica_cassidekte.Ealost at
MA London reports that the British General Staff, assuming
that atomic bombs will be dropped from aircraft for some
time to come, has concluded (a) that defense against them
must depend on transportable, super -heavy, remote-controlled,
anti-aircraft Weapons capable of engaging single aircraft or
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L Gusev, to rema.in in�London�Gusev, Soviet deputy on the
Council of ForeigrrMinisters-, has told Dunn that he will not
return to Moscow as his Government now "considers it
very important to get on with this treaty preparation."
EUROPE-AFRICA
2. USSR: Merger of armed forces�Embassy Moscow's Joint
Working Committee has prepared the following preliminary
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L Slemareetress in draltzEIta,11/0�.2=9 eeety--Dunn reports
that the committee drafting the Italian peace'treaty at the
Council of Foreign Ministers has so far agreed only on the
preamble ar.t1 two articles. Both of those articles relate to
Italian prisoners of war, and the. Soviet delegation has re-
served the right to challenge one of them later,.
The State Department considers that a treaty drawn up
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USS MISSOURI to take body.A.272Fkish envoy._ home�The re-
mains of Munir Ertegun, former Turkish Ambassador to the
'US, 'have been temporarily interred here � since his death last.
year. If diplomatic arrangements- are concluded, Ertegun's
body will be returned early in April to Istanbul aboard the -
_battleship USS MISSOURI, On its return voyage the MISSOURI.
wIll visit several Mediterranean ports.
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L Delivery ofYugoslavia se .--Embassy
Belgrade reports that a high UNRRA official has learned
that three 0-47's with US crews and mechanics are expected
to arrive soon at Belgrade to assist in the training of Yugo-
slays. The Embassy is opposed to the delivery of these planes
to the Yugoslav Government in view of the latter's refusal to
discuss civil aviation proposals and its efforts to force ATC
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1. PyczAfta.qttlement of Lend-Lease wit.Turicey�The State
Department has referred to Embassy Ankara tentative recom-
mendations for the settlement of Lend-Lease and surplus
property with Turkey. These provide that: (a) Turkey pay for
those Lend-Lease supplies in its .poss.ession that have a
recognized civilian postwar utility; 0)) Turkey pay for supplies
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L Balkan treaties:--The State Department has suggested to
Dunn that the Deputies at the Council of Foreign Ministers
might begin work on the Balkan treaties while awaiting
instructions and committee reports on the various provi-
sions of the Italian treaty., The Department also suggests
that Dunn obtain information regarding the USSR's attitude
on the economic and military aspects of the Balkan treaties.
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I. AUSTRIA; Treatment ,o).` German assets Embassy London reports
that the BritliiEnieigtt 'nice has-submitted lo the US and French
Missions memoranda proposing a f.ormula for the treatment of
German assets in Austria, with a view to later submission to
the USSR. The memoranda propose that (a) measures already
'taken against German assetS in Austria constitute full satisfaction
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(U) The First "First Customer": Harry Truman
(U) Harry Truman did not set up the first postwar central intelligence organization solely because
"all [he] wanted was a [classified] newspaper" prepared by a "global news service, delivering
daily bulletins." Having next to no experience as a consumer of intelligence when he suddenly
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