DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/10/05

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• Document Creation Date: September 11, 2018

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5 OCT 1946
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1. _Designation of Austria as "liberated area" recommended--US Charge
Vienna believes that the clear designation of Austria as a "liberated
area" would now be justified in view of the NuremberF judgment that
the Austrian anschluss represented "aggressive war' by Germany.
2. US approves Austrian-Bulgarian diplomatic relations--The State Depart-
ment recommends that the US element AC Austria approve the establish-
ment of diplomatic relations between Austria and Bulgaria.
EUROPE
3. USSR: Food ration restricted--Embassy Moscow transmits as "be-
lieved "reports that: (a) the eligible age for issuance of food
cards to the unemployed has been raised (by 5 years) to 55 for women
and 60 for men; (b) only potatoes are available on the cereal ration;
and (c) workers in a Moscow automobile plant have been informed that
strict rationing is necessary because of drought in the Ukraine and
floods in Siberia. The Embassy believes these cuts possibly have been
made to build up reserves and not because of a bread-grain shortage;
it adds that US correspondents' stories on these reports have been
killed.
4. YUGOSLAVIA: British plane forced down�US Military Attache Bel-
grade was informed by the Yugoslav Ministry of National Defense on
4 October that a British plane was forced down at Nis by Yugoslav
fighters and that all occupants are believed safe.
5. CZECHOSLOVAKIA: US ur:.acceptance of Polish ewish refugees--
The State Department has ak�E uriibiissyrague to urge that
the Czechoslovakian Government on humanitarian grounds accept the
temporary residence of 10,000 Polish Jewish refugees.
6. PORTUGAL: Rumored revolt re rted cancelled�According to US
Military Attache Lisbon, the revolt scheduled for 5 October (see Daily
Summary of 4 October, item 6) has been cancelled in view of Salazar 's
reported intention of "ousting' all Ministers and forming a temporary
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"Council of Ministers" pending free elections. The opposition feels
that this move accomplishes its own objectives. The MA also reports
that the Minister of War has called in all military leaders for consulta-
tion and therefore has made a coup impossible.
NEAR EAST-AFRICA
7. TANGIER: Visit by Sultan of Morocco--US Diplomatic Agent Ailing
confirms th1hSultaoT cco will visit Tangier early in Novem-
ber. The Sultan reportedly will be accompanied by the French Resident
General; the Spanish representative at Tangier interprets this as a .
maneuver by the French to "demonstrate" their hegemony over Tangier.
FAR EAST
8, CHINA: USSR colleen data. on US m. 1111...tar --The Commander of the
US Sevenir-Pre�erieports at the USSR is "assiduously" collecting
information on all Chinese incidents involving US military forces. He
believes that this information will be used in a propaganda campaign
to cause a split in US-Chinese relations and to force withdrawal of US
forces.
Central Bank official concerned over Chinese f nalL jsa--US
Treasury ttache Nanking reports that the Governor of the Central Bank
of China is deeply concerned over a drain of US $250,000,000 on the
Central Bank's foreign exchange and gold resources since last March.
The Governor feels that the basic lack of confidence in China's currency
cannot be remedied under existing military and political conditions.
9. KOREA: Rail strike amsis_ls.t of radical uogrgsq--General
MacArthur transmits reports that North Korean radicals consider the
railroad strike in South Korea as part of their own program to prevent
a coalition of South Korean political parties, to forestall the establish-
ment of a legislature in South Korea, and to discredit the US.
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THE AMERICAS
10. PANAMA: Dela in US return of Talara base urged--US Ambassador
Hines reports Ms concurrence with General Crittenberger in urging
that return of Talara airbase to Peru be deferred in order not to preju-
dice the defense sites negotiations in Panama.
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