DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/04/10

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Daily Summary Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01068484
• Document Creation Date: September 11, 2018

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10 APR.1946
GENERAL
1. Jackson's views on second trial of German war criminals�Justice
Jackson urges that no US commitment be made regarding another inter-
national war crimes trial until the result of the current proceeding is
known. Justice Jackson bases his 'position on the following points: (a)
no US commitment to participate in another international trial exists;
(b) the present trial has documented the history of Nazi conspiracy,
aggression, and atrocities "beyond our most hopeful expectations,"
(c) an acquittal of Schacht would probably preclude the conviction of
other industrialists; and (d) unexpected and very considerable costs to
the US have resulted from its position as host at Nuremberg.
EUROPE -AFRICA
2. ICELAND: Premier considers issue of US bases "completely lost' --
The Icelandic Premier informed Charge Carlson on 9 April that he
now considered the possibility of granting US bases in Iceland to be
"completely lost." Helasserted that (a) all political parties have
assumed a negative attitude on the issue, (b) the Icelandic Communists
have gained support by their aggressive opposition to granting bases,
and (c) in the coming elections any candidate favoring bases for any
country would have absolutely no chance" of being elected.
The Premier claimed that one main reason for considering
the issue closed was the statements of prominent American leaders
such as Secretary Wallace and Senator Pepper, calling for withdrawal
of all US troops from Iceland. He added that the constant demands in
the US for the return of the soldiers showed that there is no popular
sympathy for the retention of American troops on foreign soil.
The Premier stated that he himself had been opposed from the
outset to granting bases and had refrained from so stating only because
� of his "personal friendship for the US."
3. RUMANIA: Groza Government seeks Army support--General Schuyler,
IS delegate ACC, reports that on 30 and 31 March two meetings and
a "top secret" luncheon were attended by nearly 40 top ranking Ruman-
ian Army officers. The principal speeches were by Marshal Tolbukhin
� and Premier Groza. The latter declared that (a) it is essential that
his Government be reelected because it has the confidence of the USSR,
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�and (b) no other Rumanian Government could remain in power, even
though it expressed the will of the majority of voters, because "under
present conditions the USSR will make the'final decisions." Schuyler
considers it significant that the Government deemed it necessary to
appeal to these officers who, for the most part, are unsympathetic
toward the Groza Government and the USSR.
4. FRANCE: iszpsarent astisji�Ambassador Caffery reports
that, as expected, the arrival at IVIarsei3le of the first shipload of
Soviet wheat was followed by "tremendous" French Communist propa-
ganda designed to convince the French people that (a) they are not
solely dependent upon US aid, (b) the USSR will extend as much material
help as the US, and (c) even if US aid should decrease as a result of a
Communist victory in France, the USSR could be expected to meet French
requirements. Caffery believes that shipments will continue until the
June elections, and each will be fully exploited by the French Communists.
Ambassador Caffery reports that, in the opinion of sources
close to French Communist circles, Stalin's pre-election speech of
9 February was designed to notify Communists abroad that "the struggle
for final power" has begun between (a) the USSR, its satellite states and
"fifth columns" and (b) the capitalist states. (Stalin's speech declared
that the USSR must be prepared "against any eventuality" and that
"monopoly capitalism', inevitably breeds international war.)
FAR EAST
5. JAPAN: CINCPAC recommendation approved�The joint Chiefs of
Staff have an � orize o a � m � is er e lzu Islands north of 30
degrees latitude, including Sofu Gan, as recommended by CINCPAC
(see Daily Summary of 12 March, item 11).
6, PHILIPPINES: Roxas expected to winepideEttPr ial election--US Army
Headquarters inlighat a es-----mates----t-ROxastha will win the Philippine
presidential elections by 50-60,000 votes. Mrs. Quezon will designate
him as her candidate and the choice of her late husband- a move which
will gain Roxas votes in vital areas.
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7, SIAM: Siamese-French negotiations--US Charge Yost in Bangkok
reports that a Siamese exploratory mission is en route to Saigon to
confer with French authorities regarding the restoration to Indochina,
of territories seized by Thailand in 1941. Yost comments that the
Siamese seem reconciled to restoration but still hope for a later
"generous gesture" on the part of the French.
�THE AMERICAS
8. CHILE: Sale of US vessels approved--The Navy Department has in-
formed US Naval Mission, Chile' that the sale to Chile of "a consider-
able number of minor combatant and auxiliary vessels with armament"
has been approved.
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