DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/09/24

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Daily Summary Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02036426
• Document Creation Date: September 11, 2018

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GENERAL
I. US dames warned to kee on course over Albania--'US Political Repre-
sve aco s � irana z. as. MriliWICiis on the Tirana-Sofia
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flight be "urgently advised" not to deviate from the prescribed course
over Albanian territory. In view of the insistence of local authorities,
Jacobs considers it "highly dangerous" for US planes to fly over the
possibly fortified coastal areas of Saseno and Saranda or the oil fields
south of Tirana.
2. UK denies British intr e in southern Iran--According to US Charge
a man, r s �reign ice stated that neither Consul
Trott nor any other British official has been guilty (as charged by the
Iranian Government) of "complicity, connivance or even indiscretion".
In alleged plotting in southern Iran.
3. Greek estimate of Soviet forces in Bulgaria--According to US Military
Attache Athens, the Greek General Staff believes that Soviet forces in
Bulgaria have been "Increased to slightly over 160,000," and that Soviet
troops are concentrating near the Turkish border. The General Staff
refuses to speculate on whether the concentxation manifests a definite
aggressive intent or is merely part of the war of nerves.
EUROPE
4, ICELAND: Communists organize protests hist base agreement--
USMinister"BreyTu-s reports that on 2 September the Icelandic Federa-
tion of Labor Unions called a two-hour general strike for the following
day and that the Communists have organized worker and student demon-
strations in an attempt to intimidate the Althing in its consideration of
the US base proposals. Dreyfus states that demonstrators already have
manhandled a leading Conservative and that the situation is "fraught
with consequences which cannot be predicted."
FAR EAST
5. N.E.I.: Status of Dutch-Indonesian nelfrotiations--US Consul General
Batavia states that at the first meeting of the Truce Commissio) the
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Dutch rejected Indonesian demands that no further troop arrivals from
The Netherlands be permitted. Van Mook and Sjahrir have agreed that
when negotiations are resumed in Batavia, Lord =learn should pre-
side at the ftrst meeting and thereafter stand by in readiness to assist
If necessary.
THE AMERICAS
6. PANAMA: Long-term base artreement doubtful�US Ambassador Hines
believes that the US will have difficulty in obtaining base leases in Panama
of greater duration than three to five years (see Daily Summary of 10 Sep-
tember, item 11). Panama's Foreign Minister has emphasized, in talks
with Hines, his country's great sensitivity to possible infringement of its
sovereignty by the US.
7. CHILE: s e s. m sion at ina ra --US Ambassador
Bowers reports that delegations to Gonzales Videla s inauguration may
Include a British cabinet member, the Vice President of Argentina with
a battleship escort, a cruiser-escorted special ambassador from Uru-
guay, and special ambassadors from Spain and Brazil. Bowers believes
the US should counter imminent attempts to divert Chile from her close
cooperation with the US by sending a special ambassador accompanied
by a military air squadron.
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