CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/04/11

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• Publication Date: April 11, 1951

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2. Negotiations for defense of Iceland being finalized (page 3).
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4. Yugoslays seek to assign war correspondent to Korea (pag
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5. Germans seek Saar formula that will insure Bundestag ratification
of Schuman Plan (page 5).
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2. Negotiations for defense of Iceland being finalized:
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Iceland's Foreign Minister has presented a 3.3(h)(2)
draft of the US-Iceland defense agreement
which, in the opinion of the US Legation in
Reykjavik, leaves no important points unre-
solved. The Foreign Minister reportedly hopes to obtain speedy ap-
proval of the draft by the Cabinet and by party leaders. At a later date,
he intends to present to the Althing only the short basic agreement (which
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provides broadly that Keflavik Airp),-.-rt facilities will be made available
to the armed forces of NATO parties for the defense of Iceland) but
he desires to hold to a minimum published material regarding the de-
tailed annexes (which specify the composition of the forces and the
conditions under which they will utilize Icelandic facilities).
) Comment; NegotiaJ ions will probably continue
for acast another two weeks, since the Icelawlic draft must obtain US
approval and thus may be subject to a few minor changes. Absolute
agreement on the duration of the pact ha,s not been reached, and it is
expected that Iceland will continue to insist on some recognition of its
right to terminate the pact .unilaterally. The Foreign Minister feels
assured of sufficient support among the non-Communist Althing mem-
bers to secure approval of the agreement, which will probably be pre-
sented in special session, .since the Althing has adjourned for the summer.
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4. Yugoslays seek to assign war correspondent to Korea:
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US Ambassador Allen in Belgrade reports 3.3(h)(2)
that the editor of the Belgrade daily Politika
has requested US assistance in obtaining per-
mission for a Yugoslav newspaperman to be
accredited as a war correspondent in Korea. Ambassador Allen con-
siders it decidedly in the US interest for Yugoslavia to have its own cor-
respondent in Korea, since articles written by a Yugoslav correspondent
would have a greater impact on Yugoslav public opinion than foreign
news stories republished in Yugoslav papers. Allen comments that the
Yugoslav Government may desire to change its Korean policy from
neutrality to active support of the UN and may wish to assign a Yugo-
slav correspondent to Korea in order to develop an internal basis for
such a change.
Comment: Yugoslav coverage of the Korean
war would probably be useful not only within Yugoslavia but also through-
out Eastern Europe in countering Soviet fabrications regarding the Korean
war. Since the Yugoslav Government has been gradually moving from
its independent position between East and West to one of closer align-
ment with the West and is now seeking both military and economic as-
sistance from Western sources, the government is probably willing to
give moral support to UN action in Korea. However, it is not likely to
support any UN action which, in its opinion, might expand the war in the
Far East and thereby weaken Western Europe.
WESTERN EUROPE
5, Germans seek Saar formula that will insure Bundestag ratification of
Schuman Plan:
Monnet and Hallstein, respectively the princi-
pal French and German officials conducting 3.3(h)(2)
Schuman Plan negotiations, now agree that
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� most of the outstanding problems involved in
the negotiations can be settled, including
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lationship of the Saar to the coal-steel pool.
Hallstein has stated that if France insists on
signing the draft treaty for the Saar as well
as for France, German ratification would be
impossible. According to US High Commis-
sioner McCloy, Hallstein hopes that the protocol of signature will not
mention the Saar. Hallstein expected to meet Schuman in Paris on
10 April to propose a separate Franco-German protocol specifying that
the Schuman Plan will not prejudice the legal status to be assigned the
Saar by the eventual peace treaty. In the meantime, McCloy, in an
effort to eliminate German hostility and offset Socialist leader Schu-
macher's opposition to the Plan, held a six-hour talk with trade union
representatives on 7 April. US officials in Bonn believe that, in the
absence of unforeseen developments, the Schuman Plan will be rati-
fied by the West German Bundestag with a comfortable majority, de-
spite the vehement opposition of the Social Democrats.
Comment: Although the French would prob-
ably like to promote severance of the Saar's ties with Germany by giving
the Saar a distinct status under the Schuman Plan, Schuman's anxiety
to implement the coal-steel pool will probably lead him to accept a
compromise, perhaps the one suggested by Hallstein. The above re-
port gives the first definite indication that, despite differences of opinion,
all German coalition parties, and probably other important parties in
the Bundestag, are likely to support the Plan.
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