DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/12/16

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Daily Summary Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02930226
• Document Creation Date: September 11, 2018

Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 CO2930226 APPROVED FOR RELEASE - Historical Programs Staff 30 August 2018 . Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 CO2930226 '1 Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 CO2930226 APPROVED FOR RELEASE - Historical Programs Staff 30 August 2018 38 erRE ENTIALi GENERAL is DEC 194 255 1, Tito's position on Italian Trea and Macedonia�According to US Charge Hi oS., to te to UK Airibassador Peaks that if the Italian treaty is to be signed, some concession, however minor, must be made to Yugoslavia. Peake believes that Yugoslav nationalism rather than orders from Moscow prompted this face-saving request In regard to Macedonia, Tito told Peake that he saw no alter- native to a complete break in relations with Greece. Peake believes that, while a break is a definite possibility, Tito himself is not anxious to break relations but is under pressure from his advisers to do so in order to conceal loss of prestige on the Trieste settlement 2. Yugoslav aid to Greek in.__m._&me,L_Its--US Military Attache Belgrade re- ports, on the basis of personal observations by the Naval Attache and Assistant Military Attache, that the Yugoslays are "obviously" aid- ing Greek insurgents with "materiel, training, evacuation and pro- tection to the maximum?' The MA has no knowledge of Yugoslav troops fighting in Greece and considers this "an unnecessary risk" as long as enough Greek irregulars are available. On 6 December all roads out of Skoplje (in Yugoslav Macedonia) to the Greek and Albanian borders were closed to all but Yugoslav Army traffic; the MA attributes this action to the southward movement of large quanti- ties of military equipment and stores. 3 Satellites believed supplg arms to USSR�US Delegation ACC 3.3(h)(2) Bucharest transmits hat three train- loads of AA equipment and motor trucks have passed from Prague through Budapest en route to the USSR. All equipment was newly 3.3(h)(2) manufactured The Delegation con- cludes that this Is a - aennite motcation 01 tne manufacture, in satel- lite countries, of military equipment for the USSR. 4 Venezuelan President fears trouble with Dominican Re2glic�Accord- ing to US Embassy Caracas, President Betancourt has received intelli- gence reports that an "expedition was being organized in (the) Domini- can Republican for Venezuelan exiles to invade Venezuela." Betancourt states that in case of any overt act from the Dominican Republic, Vene- zuelan Constellations will bomb Ciudad Trujillo. 1 Document No. . NO CHANGE in Class. 0 DECLASSIFIED Class. CHANGED TO: TS DDA Memo, 4 Apr 77 Auth: DDA REG. 77/1763 Date: 1 6 MAR 197}1 BY: Cl/ Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 CO2930226 Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 CO2930226 APPROVED FOR RELEASE - Historical Programs Staff 30 August 2018 3.3(h)(2) 16(PfVettrITIAli EUROPE 5. USSR: Recent UN acreements interpreted as,sigtsry_for_LL_RISS --US Ambassador Smith reports that Soviet domestic propaganda has pre- sented the recent agreements among the Foreign Ministers and at the UN as Soviet victoritm. The USSR's consistent observance of "demo- cratic principles," it is alleged, forced the UK and US to make con- cessions which have led to concerted decisions. Smith comments that these face-saving tactics are designed to depict as spontaneous pro- posals Soviet concessions which, in fact, resulted from the firm attitude of the UK and US delegations. 6. POLAND: Mik_:_olalc_zyk predicts civil war by May--Mikolajczyk has told US Ambassador Lane that civil war will break out in Poland by April or May following fraudulent elections, economic demands on the peasants, and the dissolution of his Polish Peasant Party. Mik.o- hjczyk also stated that he probably would not be able to resist pres- sure from his Party to inform the Yalta Powers of true conditions in Poland. The US has advised Mikolajczyk against such a communi- cation; (see Daily Summary of 19 November, item 2). He estimates that 150,000 persons are now under arrest for political reasons and predicts that after the elections the Communists will eliminate the Polish Socialist Party as well as his own - 2 - Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 CO2930226 Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 CO2930226 APPROVED FOR RELEASE - Historical Programs Staff 30 August 2018 IDENTIAC NEAR EAST-AFRICA 8. IRAN: UK indicates su r_p_mAitgayr_pf_aam's --US Ambassador Allen reports his belief that Qavam s fears of an Anglo-Soviet agree- ment to divide Iran into spheres of influence will be alleviated by a recent telegram from Bevin to the British Ambassador supporting Qavam's present policy, Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 CO2930226