DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/09/19

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GENERAL
19 SEP 1946
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1. Soviet troo_ps reported m9 into Bulgaria--According to US Delega-
Trretrikiiiiiini�Klgrafrars who reciilj have returned from the
Rumanian-Bulgarian border area report "strong indications" that
Soviet forces, numbering possibly four to eight divisions, have crossed
the Danube into Bulgaria during the past three weeks.
2. Jenrayungla_v_tro_22s2pcentration
According to US Ambassador MacVeagh, US Military Attache Athens
believes that 60,000 to 70,000 troops may be in south central Yugoslavia,
but that the nature of the terrain would preclude large troop concentra-
tions near the Yugoslav-Greek border. The MA still estimates that an
attack on Greece or Turkey, while certainly possible, is not probable at
present
3. Vatican authos_Wees even chance USSR will start war thisipar�Car-
dinal Tisserant, Vatican authority on Soviet affairs, has told US Charge
Vatican City that he firmly believes there is a "fifty-fifty chance" that
the USSR will provoke war this year. Tisserant added that the USSR
"obviously is now in a Zavorable position to overrun Western Europe,
gearing Germany and local Communist organizations into the Soviet
war machine."
4. USSR submital to UN Military Staff Committee�The text of the
six-point Soviet proposal to the Military Staff Committee on the purpose
of UN armed forces, as reported by Herschel Johnson, includes provi-
sions for (a) the employment of such forces only on decision of the
Security Council and (b) their withdrawal within 30 days after the termi-
nation of their activities, unless otherwise decided by the SC.
5. British s est admission of Ital to Ties.dnn.lsji.ation--A French
-TWO-Ern-Mliiiitry official has tol oiraTioniarl-aritiiih suggestion
that Italy be included at once in the administration of the International
Zone of Tangier.
6. Early conclusion of UK-Egpan trea e cted--US Embassy Cairo
reportstion conversations "marks
the final and crucial stage." The Embassy has been informed by the
British that they are offering the Egyptians "new formulas, not new
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proposals." The Egyptian Vice-Premier has stated that the treaty will
be signed by 23 September, although some observers believe the Egypt-
ians will again reject the British views,.
7. Close vote e c_v_tittakkglandic basement--In view of the antici-
Ilated very narrow margin of voteir in the aging on the US base
agreement, US Minister Dreyfus urges that the US arrange Immediate
air transportation enabling Asgeir Asgeirsson, a leading Icelandic
Social Democrat, to reach Iceland in time for the vote.
EUROPE
8. USSR: Fmbalsi�Mocm_y_l_gr skixitditimsfilS brqacjogs--US Charge
Durbrow in Moscow reports growing fear among the Soviet people that
the US is seeking war against the USSR. Durbrow comments that radio
is the only way of easing this fear directly, and urges that the inaugura-
tion of Russian-language broadcasts by the US receive high priority and
that great care be taken in the preparation of programs to insure maxi-
mum influence.
9. ITALY: Soviet activities in Venice area--The State Department has
approved�UTPalltrarrMiCintyington s position that the US at present
has no grounds to request Italy to order the withdrawal of the Soviet
mission in Venice (see Daily Summary of le September, item 7). The
Department expects, however, that the Allied Commission in Italy will
discuss with the Italian Government the disturbing Soviet activities in
the Venice area.
FAR EAST
10. N.E.I.: Dutch troo as to relieve British in mid-November--US Naval
Attache ta repo accor Ing c --aneral Spoor, Dutch
forces relieving British troops will arrive in Indonesia by mf.d-Novem-
ber rather than early in December.
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11. KOREA: Detertoatthg conditions in Soviet zone--General Hodge reports
that any wthdrawa1s of Soviet troops from certain areas in North Korea
that had occurred during the second half of August (see Daily Summary
of 12 September, item 13) were probably caused by growing shortages of
local food supplies.
12. CHINA: CNRRA Director to resign--US Consul General Davis at Shang-
hai repoMIEresiang has said he will resign because
of political differences with Kuomintang leaders. Davis believes that, if
Tslang's report of political complications is correct, serious difficulties
will be met in obtaining continued Chinese adherence to UNRRA principles
and distribution policies.
THE AMERICAS
13. PANAMA: Former President reported planning revolt--US Embassy
Nov Panama has received reports from "widely different sources" that for-
mer President Arndt) Arias (recently released from Jail) is planning to
lead a revolution some time before January 1947.
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