DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/09/06

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Daily Summary Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02036403
• Document Creation Date: September 11, 2018

Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 CO2036403 APPROVED FOR RELEASE - Historical Programs Staff - 30 August 2018 , Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 CO2036403 Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 CO2036403 APPROVED FOR RELEASE - Historical Programs Staff - 30 August 2018 8 SEP T446 171 I. US hopes UK troo s will not quit Greece soon�In an instruction to ers o son, ecre a states that the US military and the State Department believe that the continued presence of British troops in Greece is a stabilizing factor. The US hopes that the UK will not commence an early withdrawal following the plebiscite, as the US has understood may be the British intention. 2. USMA Athens denies cha of British interference�The US Military ns an as absolutely false Gromykots allegation that British troops interfered in the Greek plebiscite. 3. Iceland suggests on of base ro sals�US Legation Reykjavik repo e ce and c r e Minister and leaders of the Conserva- tive and Social Democrat parties have suggested that US base proposals be amended to give Iceland the right to cancel the agreement after five years. The Icelandic representatives believe that it would be "humil- iating" to Iceland to condition the duration of the agreement on US obligations in Germany and thus on events "beyond Iceland's control." 4. Salazar believed to have a� � roved Azores understans -US Embassy repo azar has apparen y ec de approve the short- term understanding which General Kissner expects to sign with the Portuguese Secretary of War (see Daily Summary of 5 September, item I). The Embassy points out that the arrangement will save the US "many millions of dollars" and now recommends that in the interest of smooth cooperation the US turn over gratis the surplus property desired by Portugal. 5. US Na s. ts Soviet subs ma be rat off Greenland�The Navy pa me s suggest that the uniden'ted submarines sighted in the Davis Straits on 1 July and 26 August may have been Soviet vessels engaged in reconnaissance of Operation Nanook or in establishing weather stations. 6. Soviets to use Polish Jews as tators abroad--US Military Attache "Wartia-7-1; iirarriFicurces that the USSR is training a large number of Polish Jews who will seek to emigrate from the USSR to Poland and Germany and ultimately to South America and the Middle East for the purpose Of dislocating the local economies and ov Inciting political disturbances. Document No. NO CHANGE in Class. 0 0 DECLASSIFIED � 1 � lass. CHANGED TO: TS S DDA Memo, 4 Apr 77 Auth: DDA REG. 77/1763 COW' AL Date: 1 5 MAR 1q713 BY g, Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 CO2036403 Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 CO2036403 APPROVED FOR RELEASE - Historical Programs Staff -30 Au ust 2018 TI T ENTIV El OPE -AFRICA '7. YUGOSLAVIA: New envo to US e lains slane incidents--ICosanovich, the new Yugoslav m � t savor the S. prior to his departure for Washington on 6 September, told Dunn in Paris that he would explain the recent plane incidents as resulting from many "provocations" by flights of US aircraft over Yugoslavia. Kosanovich stated that the recent order "to ground US planes" was in part caused by the con- viction of Yugoslav officials that the US Government had been conduct- ing espionage activities for many months. He said that the spy ring, led by a US Embassy employee, had also been engaged in smuggling arras into Yugoslavia. 8. VENEZIA GIULIA: Increased 14 itical activi � ted--General Harding, Commander orps, expe an crease in "action squad" activity by both Italian and Slav groups when Trieste is discussed in Paris. Harding also advises against revoking the warrants for the arrest of the leaders of the July general strike, since pro-Slav propa- ganda would claim the revocation as a victory over AMG. The US Political Advisor at Caserta believes that revocation of the warrants would weaken AMG authority and probably increase pro-Slav aggressive- ness. 9. USSR: Soviet forces in Eastern Euro--US Delegation ACC Rumania has received number of reports of Soviet troop movements and an Increase of Red ground and air strength in southeast Rumania. There Is, however, no indication of any major logistical build-up. US Military Attache Warsaw reports information confirming the reduction of Soviet troops in western Poland and strongly indicating that the Red Air Force in Poland is being withdrawn. 10. GERMANY: Repatriation of anti-Tito Y slays demanded--Murphy reports that e presen � a memorandum to the ACC on the "Inadmissibility" of keeping in Germany foreigners hostile to the Allies. The memorandum chides the British for delay in disarming and repatriating anti-Tito Yugoslays, particularly "those which the Yugo- slav authorities consider as criminals." -2 TIA0 Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 CO2036403 Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 CO2036403 APPROVED FOR RELEASE - Historical Programs Staff - 30 August 2018 US unable to make up cut in Ruhr coal export--Acting Secretary Clayton has informed Secretary Byrnes that it is "very doubtful" that the US could increase coal exports to Europe by 350,000 tons per montbr from October through January, to compensate for a projected decrease In coal exports from the Ruhr (see Daily Summary of 5 September, item 5). 11, FRANCE: Communists openly_preaeh world Communism--Caffery re- ports that for the first time since the liberation French Communists are openly declaring that Communism cannot succeed until It is established throughout the world. 12. ITALY: Corbino urged to solve financial crisis--According to US Em- bassy Rome, Minister of the Treasury Corbin� has received the full support of Premier De Gasperi who has also appealed to him to save the present financial situation. Corbin� apparently intends to remain firm and to have a final showdown with the Communists. FAR EAST 13. KOREA; Chinese to be invited "to set up Consulate--The State Depart- ment has directed US Embassy Nanking to invite the Chinese to estab- lish a consulate in Seoul. The Department suggests that the invitation might be linked to a request for clarification of the status and rights of Koreans in China, without however placing the US in the position of formally representing Korean interests. (France and the UK have also been invited to open consulates in Seoul.) 14. FRENCH INDOCHINA: Anti-US press attitude--The State Department has instructed US Consul S zit�ttnue lila efforts to counteract the tendency of the French colonial press to picture the US as "aggres- sive and imperialistic." The Department observes that certain French colonials are "unwittingly, for the most part, very close to the Commu- nist Party line." - 3 - Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 CO2036403