DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/08/10

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Daily Summary Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01068510
• Document Creation Date: September 11, 2018

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1 Turks ready to confer with USSR on Straits--US Ambassador Wilson
has teen ritish colleague that Turkey is prepared to agree
to the 'Soviet request for a It erence on revision of the Montreux Con-
vention governing the Black Sea Straits (see Daily Summary of 9
August, item 1), "provided Turkish sovereignty and independence are
respected." The Turkish Foreign Minister has remarked that the
Soviet proposal for joint Soviet-Turkish defense of the Straits was
"obviously the nub of the matter and followed the familiar Soviet line."
The Foreign Minister stated that he would not reply to the Soviet note
until he had heard from both the US and UK, adding that he attached
great importance to US participation in the conference.
2. British efforts to. sto � Me imm ation into Palestine--A member
o er s ore '41 � Ace has Id US Charge Gellman that the- UK
recently has requested a number of European Governments, inclu
Rumania, France, Italy and Belgium, to assist in preventing the depart-
ure from ports under their eontrol of ships carrying illegal immigrants
to Palestine. None of the countries has yet replied to the British request.
The British official stated that (a) he did not think representations had
been made to the Soviet Government in Moscow, but (b) the British have
more than once protested to the Soviet Representative, ACC Rumania
against the departure of such "ships from Rumanian ports.
3. Sweden less firm on arms e rt to Ar. entina--The Swedish Foreign
Office has tol US Charge Ravndal that it does not know "what would be
involved" in its "limited" arms shipments to Argentina -(see Daily Sum-
mary of 8 August, 'item 1). Randal feels that the Fore Office sought
to intimate that in the event of a showdown Sweden would not permit the
shipments unless satisfied that the US no longer had "justifiable objec-
tion.'
eement indicated for US Recffe base--Brazilian President
Dutra s � � ssa or ey te agrees in principle to the
US proposal that the US continue to Use the Leland on which the Recife
Naval Radio Station is located. The proposal calls for an initial ten-year
extension, with provision for further extension in five year periods
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5. US to re � - e new Bolivian Government on 12 A -The State
14e � � � - ct � its diplomatic missions in the other Ameri-
can Republics to notify the Governments to 'which they are accredited
that the US will extend formal recognition to the new Bolivian Govern-
ment on 12 August. The Department cites the fact that the Government
Is in control of the country, appears to have popular support, and has
already beenrecognized by several other American Republics. -
EUROPE -AFRICA
6. USSR: Milita chiefs re � asted confer in Crimea--US Military
Attache Rome has � en reliably informed that on 6 August "all the
Marshals of Russia" met in conference in the Crimea. The MA adds
that the duration and purpose of the conference are unknown.
7. HUNGARY: Policies at Peace Conference--Premier Nagy has told US
Minister Schoenfeld that Hungary will ask the Peace Conference for per-
mission to ray reparations to the USSR in cash rather than in kind.
According to Nagy, this request will show whether the USSR intends to
permit Hungary to resume its ties with world markets, or to subordinate
Hungary entirely to the Soviet economy.
Nagy added that Foreign Minister Gyongyosi has been instructed
to inform the Peace Conference that, while the Danube question is a
matter for "big power determination," Hungary desires the maximum
possible navigation on thor Danube. A member of the Hungarian Foreign
Ministry has, however, warned Schoenfeld that Molotov may privately
"persuade" Gyongyosi to support Soviet views.
8. CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Threat of "reorientation to East" a bluff --US
Ambassador Steinhardt believes thal aiscontinuance of UNRRA aid in
1947 will_not threaten the national economy of Czechoslovakia. (The
Czechoslovak delegation to UNRRA recently has publicly stated that
such discontinuance might cause economic "collapse" in Czechoslo-
vakia forcing' the country to reorient its foreign trade policy "to the
East.') Steinhardt believes that, since Czechoslovakia is already
oriented to the East "almost as much as seems politically and econo-
mically feasible," the Czechoslovak "bluff should be called."
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9. KOREA: Soviet-sponsozed norsjrdjze --According
to General Hodge, Soviet-circulated rumors in South Korea that the US
will abandon Korea within three years have driven many Koreans Into
the Communist fold and may jeopardize the success of the US mission.
Hodge suggests that the US make known its policy of not abandoning
Korea until satisfactory arrangements have been made to insure that
Korea becomes an independent nation under a government of her own
choosing.
THE AMERICAS
10. HONDURAS: Invasion of Guatemala believed unlik4:2--US Embassy
Honduras reports no unusual activities in Honduras which-mioht be
preparations for an attack on Guatemala or other border incident (see
Daily Summary of 9 August, item 10). The Embassy believes that the
story may have been planted to set the stage for another invasion of
Honduras by Honduran exiles reported to be concentrated near the -
Guatemalan border.
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