CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/09/15

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• Document Creation Date: April 15, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2019
• Publication Date: September 15, 1951

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SUMMARY
GENERAL
1. Norway and Denmark still planning opposition to Greek-Turkish NATO.
membership (page 3).
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� 3. Tito would welcome meeting with Austrian Foreign Minister (page 4).
4. Soviet interference in local administration disturbs Austrian government
(page 4).
5. Adenauer indicates anxiety over Allied talks on Germany (page 5).
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GENER4L
1. Norway iaid Depmark still planning opposition to Greek-Turkish NATO 3.3(h)(2)
membership: 3.3(h)(2)
Foreign Minister Lange now intends at Ottawa to
oppose NATO membership for Greece and Turkey
but will finally vote for such membership if all
other members do. The Norwegians, however, reportedly believe Denmark is
prepared to veto membership if supported by one other country, presumably
Norway or the Netherlands. US Ambassador Bay points out that should the
Danes solicit Norwegian support for a veto, Lange would be placed in a difficult
position.
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o Tito would welcome meeting with Austrian Foreign Minister:
The Yugoslav Minister in Vienna has informed Aus-
trian Foreign Minister Gruber that Marshal Tito
would welcome a meeting in Yugoslavia some time
before 15 October. The proposed discussion would
cover boundary questions, trade relations, anti-
Soviet tactics, and mutual defense. Gruber refused
to commit himself to the meeting before consul-
tation with other Austrian cabinet ministers. The
US Legation in Vienna is strongly opposed to the
discussion and has considered an attempt to dis-
courage Gruber from undertaking the trip.
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Comment: An Austro-Yugoslav defense arrange-
ment, if it is included as a subject of conversation, appears premature in the ab-
sence of an Austrian army, and might cause an adverse S viet reaction. Since the
USSR apparently has not considered the Austrian treaty negotiations apart from
the Soviet position vis-a-vis Yugoslavia, any Austrian move suggestive of friend-
ship for the Titoist cause might jeopardize further the possibility of a four-power
settlement in Austria. In view of well-known Austrian antipathy for Yugoslavia, �
particularly along the border areas, it is somewhat doubtful that moves toward
closer relations between the two countries would be universally popular at this
time on the Austrian side.
4. Soviet interference in local administration disturbs Austrian government:3.3(h)(2)
Foreign Minister Gruber has advised the US Lega-
tion in Vienna that continued Soviet interference in
local admi. nistrative and judicial matters has forced
the Austrian Cabinet to complain once more to the
Soviet High Command. Describing Soviet meddling as "perhaps growing worse,"
Gruber stated that, in the absence of c rrective me asur es, his government would be
compelled to raise the issue in parliament and to protest to the Allied Council.
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Comment: Wide publicity has been given to
Soviet unilateral interferences by the Austrian press in recent weeks. The ob-
jectionable actions usually consist of an assumption of police powers by local
commanders, countermanding of Austrian directives, and intervention in
court proceedings. While demonstrating some sensitivity to Austrian pro-
tests, Soviet authorities have not heretofore been willing to sacrifice imme-
diate objectives � or to discipline local commanders -- for the sake of good
public relations.
Adenauer indicates anxiety over Allied talks on Germany: 3.3(h)(2)
West German Chancellor Adenauer has indicated
that he is most concerned over the Washington
talks on Germany's new status and its defense
role. He stressed that his whole future and that
of his government coalition are at stake. The
chancellor's emissary, in a talk with the US
Deputy High Commissioner, asserted that rifts
were appearing in the coalition and that the
chancellor was being criticized for going too far to meet Allied wishes, The
chancellor, therefore, was particularly anxious that an agreement acceptnhiP
to the German public be reached in Washington. 3.3(h)(2)
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Comment: Adenauer has been forced, partly by
the intransigent Social Democratic attitude, into a position where, in order to
sell rearmament to the German people and to the parliament, he must present
the rearmament issue in conjunction with some sort of Allied agreement re-
storing German sovereignty. Although the details of the Foreign Ministers'
agreements on Germany are not yet clear, the Washington accord appears to
have answered many of the government's conditions.
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