DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/05/11

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• Document Creation Date: September 11, 2018

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11 MAY 1946
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1. Reported Soviet troop movements In Balkans�Rumcmia: General
Schuyler, US delegate ACC, reports that the Soviets have decreased
by approximately 45 percent their food requisitions from Rumania
for the upkeep of Red Army troops there during the next few months.
Hungary: According to US military observers, recent Soviet
troop movements in Hungary confirm previous reports (see Daily Sum-
mary of 30 April, item 8) that the Soviets are maldng substantial with-
drawals of occupation troops from Austria.
Bulgaria: The Commander of US Forces Mediterranean reports
that, according to a reliable Bulgarian source, the Soviets have informed
the Bulgarian Minister of War that they will withdraw 18,000 Red troops
from Bulgaria during the first half of May.
EUROPE-AFRICA
2. HUNGARY: US to sup. art British right to issue news bulletin�The
State Department has as, e. eneral ey, de egate C , to support
the British forcefully, if the Soviets repeat their request that the British
cease publication of their news bulletin in Hungary. The US considers
such Soviet action to be (a) arbitrary, discriminatory and without legal
warrant; (b) a unilateral denial of the rights of an Allied power repre-
sented on the ACC; and (c) a violation of the principle of freedom of the
press.
3. FRANCE: Communist coup reportedlyp.,9s1.--US Military Attache,
Brussels, reports that the execution date for the Communist seizure
of power in France has been postponed and that no new date has been
set. (The same "unimpeachable" source had stated on 7 May that the
French Communist Politburo had scheduled a coup d'etat for 12 May;
see Daily Summary for 8 May, item 'Z .)
Communist strategy. Caffery reports that the new Communist
strategy UTitThe 2 Tune elections (a) recognizes that the Party, through
overconfidence, seriously erred in the referendum campaign by trans-
forming it into a plebiscite on Communi3m, and (b) aims for success
In the elections by modest behavior and professed attachment to the rules
of democracy.
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4. TURKEY: Soviet pressure increases unity.-the British Foreign Office
has informed Embassy London that the Turkish Government wishes to
hold elections at an early date because the Soviet war of nerves has
Intensified national unity and the Turkish economic situation is good.
5. GERMANY: US economic plan--The State Department has proposed to
the Secretary of State an economic plan for Germany which seeks to
(a) resolve the present crisis in ACC; (b) prevent the creation of sepa-
rate eastern and western economic units; and (c) fix the blame on the
Soviets if the Potsdam Declaration is not carried out. The two main
features of this plan to treat Germany as a single economic unit are:
(a) settlement of the Ruhr-Rhineland issue in order to Insure French
acceptance of a central administration and to determine whether Ruhr-
Rhineland resources will be available to the German economy in carry-
ing out reparations; and (b) resumption of the reparations program,
If the Soviets agree in principle to a common export-import program.
8. GERMANY: Protest against prorosed Baar coal allogatiQns--General
Clay has protested the proposed agreement to give France all coal from
the Saar in excess of present German domestic allocations. He considers
that such unilateral distribution of coal would (a) weaken quadrapartite
authority; (b) be inconsistent with the US position on imports from the
Soviet zone; and (c) prevent the development of a minimum level of in-
dustry necessary to comply with the "disease and unrest formula."
7. POLAND: � rnfie t ,o t < . � � Jr:A! A 1
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Military Attache London transmits the statement of a "completely
reliable" source that (despite its demands) the Warsaw government
(a) "does not really want" Poles who served in Italy to return to Poland,
and (b) is sending agents to dissuade those who intend to return.
FAR EAST
8,, INDIA: political discussiong--US Consul Calcutta reports that the
Viceroy has informed the Governor of Bengal that agreement in the
discussions between Indian political leaders and the British cabinet
delegation is "not yet in sight but there is hope." According to the
Viceroy, the chief obstacle is disagreement on the strength of the pro-
posed "Central Government."
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9. ARGENTINA: Soviet bid for influence�Charge Cabot reports that
Soviet attempts to establish a political belchhead in Argentina (see
Daily Summary of 17 April, item 7) are increasing and cites (a) Soviet
determination to outbid the US for Argentine ptoducts, (b) increased
Communist press attacks on the US; and (c) repeated efforts to in-
fluence Peron against US. Cabot believes that Peron, though reluctant,
may be forced to reestablish diplomatic relations with the Soviets.
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