DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/06/26

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• Collection: Daily Summary Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02578598
• Document Creation Date: September 11, 2018

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1 US scientist's views on French mill research--A War Department
scie ist who accom e rm1ry sc enlists on a recent visit
to French military research establishments has told US Military Atta-
che London that German scientists working for the French are doing
"high class work" and apparently will be fully exploited by the French.
French scientists have found Soviet representatives in Paris "unco-
operative, apparently on orders from Moscow."
EUROPE -AFRICA
2. VENEZIA GIULIA: SACMED again requests reinforcements�Supreme
Allied Commander, Mediterranean, after a personal tour of Venezia
Giulia, report S that the forces at his disposal are inadequate to main-
tain law and order indefinitely, if current CFM negotiations break down
or result in a decision unfavorable to Yugoslavia. He recommends that
CCS (a) transfer to SAC MED the regimental combat team previously
requested (see Daily Summary of 17 June, item 4); (b) press for the
withdrawal from Zone A of the Yugoslav detachment under his com-
mand; and (c) arrange to station XM Corps troops "on a more tactical
basis." SACMED believes that the US and UK will be "taking grave
military risks in Venezia Giulia" unless his recommendations are
followed.
3. POLAND: US to observe referendum�Ambassador Lane plans (a) to
Inform the Polish Government that under the Yalta decision the US is
obliged to observe the 30 June referendum; and (b) to send members of
his staff to as many parts of Poland as possible to report on polling
conditions and public reaction to the methods and results of the refer-
endum. Lane adds that many roles, aware of the Government's policy
of violent intimidation, will probably abstain from voting and are show-
ing indifference to the referendum result.
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Minister Stanczyk, before leaving to assume his new post as Assistant
Secretary General of UN, admitted to Lane that there is no freedom of
speech in Poland today. Stanczyk expressed fear that (a) if Mikolajczyk
wins the Polish elections next fall, the Government will refuse to ack-
nowledge his victory, and (b) such Government action might result in
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war, Soviet intervention, and the complete extinction of Polish inde-
pendence.
4. PALESTINE: Arabs to propose joint appeal to UN--US Charge Childs
In Jidda has been informed by the Secretary-General of the Arab
League that the Arab states decided unanimously at the Bludan Confer-
ence to open negotiations on Palestine with the British Government
under provisions of the UN Charter. The Arabs propose joint Arab-
UK submission of an "agreed-upon project" to the UN Assembly in
September; if such joint action is impossible, the Arabs will submit a
separate proposal. The Secretary-General further stated that the
Arabs are prepared to accept British trusteeship for Palestine for a
ten-year period, provided Palestine is assured independence at the end
of that period.
Ambassador Harriman in London reports that the British Gov-
ernment has received these Ar proposals but has not yet decided on
its reply.
5. IRAN: BrItish_pgssimism continues�Harriman reports that the British
still are `igenerally gloomy' about the Iranian situation and particularly
about the future of Anglo-Iranian oil installations. The Foreign Office
expects that, barring unforeseen circumstances, the Tudeh Party will
have a "practically clear field" in the forthcoming elections and feels
that the situation is developing beyond the point where "remedial"
measures, such as propaganda, might have any effect.
6. EGYPT: British policy on Grand Mufti�Harriman reports from Lon-
don that the British have instructed their Ambassador in Cairo to
present to the ngyptian Government the following views on the Grand
Mufti: (a) the Mufti should not be allowed to remain in Cairo or
Alexandria but should "be domiciled in some remote place"i (b) the
Mufti should promise not to participate in "rolitical activity'; and
(c) if the Mufti breaks either of these conditions he should be expelled
from Egypt.
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7. SIAM: Reported UN move regarding Bangkok-Rangoon RR--The State
J)epartmentlias Instructed Embassy London (a) to ascertain the truth
of reports that the British are considering unilateral disposition of the
Siamese section of the Bangkok-Rangoon railroad (which was built by
Japan and traverses what is believed to be a newly discovered rich tin
area) and (3) to inform the British that the US considers the railroad
an external Japanese asset and as such subject to joint Allied disposi-
tion.
8. CHINA: Communication with Consul General Dairen--Embassy
Nanking, in *.ew off Sovie r usa.T.V. to 6 operation of a radio station
by the US Consul General at Dairen, recommends that a US naval vessel
call at Dairen each week to clear dispatches. Be believes that the USSR
might prefer the operation of a radio station ashore.
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