DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/09/27

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87 SEP 1946
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1. British Foreign Office.view of Stalin statementAccording to TiS Em-
erniatTnder S�cretaro the British Foreign
Office considers that Stalin's recent statements w*re designed (a) to
reassure the Soviet people, who had apparently become too stirred 4p
through internal propaganda; and (b) to keep going the controversy set
Off in other countries by Wallace's New York speech.
2. British press criticizes US "harshness" toward USSR--US Military
Attache London reports that the British press has begun to criticize
the US for its harsh attitude toward the USSR, and to advocate that the
UK follow a middle course. The MA comments that this development
follows the announcement of a new Anglo-Soviet trado agreement, and
"smacks of old British balance of power tactics."
3. Swedish-Soviet trade talks r� rted "stic"--According to US Em-
bassy Stocklo rn, a w is elegate to the Swedish-Soviet tradellego-
*ow tiations in Moscow has told a US correspondent that the negotiations
are becoming "stickier" day by day.
4. Violence feared as Iceland debates ES base tromii_ls--US Minister
Dreyfus reportsthat Vii-trneg�Zirators have been unable to extract
any commitment from the Icelandic Progressive leader, Hermann Jonas-
son, to vote for the modified US base proposals. jonasson has, however,
categorically denied that his party wal work with the Communists and
has predicted that the Althirg will accept the proposals.
Dreyfus also states that Prime Minister Thorp believes that he
can count on enough votes in the Althing for the US base agreement to
"squeeze through." Thors fears, however, that a group which has been
secretly organized and possibly armed by the Communists will cause
serious trouble and may try to bar access to the Althing building. Thors
Is determined to distribute `his" men through any mob of demonstra-
tors and throughout the Alththg galleries, and hints that he has organ-
ized young Conservatives for "'counter-measures."
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EUROPE
5. USSR: Reaction to Stalin statement�US Military Attache Moscow re-
ports that the Soviet public has readily accepted Stalin's replies to
Alexander Werth and is relieved by the assurance that there is no dan-
ger of war and that the atomic bomb has been over-rated as a weapon,.
US c�rre: tridents'.views on!talintementsta --US Embassy
Moscow has transmitted a joint report 1-1[6m� representatives of five
US news agencies to their principals containing the following observa-
tions: Stalin's remarks about the prospect of friendly relations with
Great Britain are a long-expected maneuver designed to win the Brit-
ish away from the US, or at least to neutralize them in the power
struggle between the US and the USSR. The remainder of his replies
are merely a tactical deviation intended to promote pro Soviet opinion
In the US and Britain and are in complete contradiction to internal Party
propaganda. The correspondents warn that the USSR has "not backed
down one whit," but is maneuvering to soften up American resistance
to Soviet policy.
Lectures for Soviet officers in Bucharkst--US Delegation ACC
Bucharest has learned
Ijhat Soviet officers wno are communist Party members are at-
ending a series of lectures In Bucharest which have recently included
the following subjects:- (a) the �Profintern" in the struggle for world
revolution; (13) operations of British and US "trusts" against the 'USSR;
(c) socialization of Europe by 1950, a step toward comraunikation of the
world; (d) stages of the entry of the Balkan countries into the USSR. (The
"Profintern," a Communist-sponsored and Moscow-directed International
trade union organization, apparently has been dormant for some years;
this suggests the possibility that it is to be re-activated.)
8. BULGARIA: Veltchev appothted Minister to Switzerland--Acting US
RepresentattviIewInke1 has been IMormed that Zveno War Minister
Veltchev (who has been on "sick leave" since August as a result of
the Communist purge of the Army; see Daily Summary of 8 August,
Item 7) has been appointed Bulgarian Minister to Switzerland. Rewinkel
reports a general belief that Prime Minister Georgiev obtained Veltchev's
appointment as Ms price for full support of Communist plans.
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7. IRAN: British statement sought.12suiet rebels.--US Ambassador Allen
has been told by a dose associate of Qavam that current difficulties in
southern Iran could be settled quickly if the British Government would
deny the accusation of British machinations in southern Iran and notify
the tribes that they would receive no aid from Britain. The British Am-
bassador has informed Allen that he is in favor of such a public state-
ment and that Sevin is already probably preparing one for the House of
Commons. The Ambassador also stated that all British Consuls had in-
structions to inform the tribes they could expect no British help. Allen
Is inclined to believe that the revolt will stop if Sevin makes a public
statement.
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FAR EAST
8. JAPAN: Repatriation from Soviet areas--SCAP has accepted a Soviet
offer to begin repatriation of Japanese prisoners of war and civilians
from the USSR, including Sakhalin and the Kuriles, and has agreed to
provide the necessary number of ships to evacuate personnel at the
rate of 10,000 to 15,000 a month from a Siberian port and 7,000 to 10,000
a month from Southern Sakhalin,
9. INDIA: Jlnnah expected to jt Government--US Military Attache New
Delhi believes that J1imtii will-join the Government before the opening
of the Constituent Assembly on December 9. US Charge London reports,
however, that the British India Office does not believe chances are very
bright at the moment for full Moslem participation in drawing up a con-
stitution. without which the British cannot quit India.
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10. PANAMA: Crittenberger objects to defense site draft--General Critten-
limner, US Commander in the Caribbean, reports that he has requested
Ambassador Hines to defer presentation to the Panamanian Government
of a proposed draft note on the defense site question. Crittenberger ob-
jects to the note because it envisages (a) termination of the existing agree-
ment without adequate guarantees of US rights pending a new agreement,
and (b) a US-Panamanian' joint commission to supervise further study of
Panama Canal defense.
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