DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/10/15

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• Collection: Daily Summary Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02930239
• Document Creation Date: September 11, 2018

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British reject Chinese request for arms7-Secretary Byrnes has been
informed by Bevin that Britain has refused to grant a Chinese request
to purchase arms from the UK.
2. New information on Nazi-looted gold�Murphy reports the discovery of
records which permit positive identification of certain gold, valued at
more than $67,000,000, which was seized by the Germans in Holland
and subsequently transferred to Switzerland. He suggests that since
the previous settlement with the Swiss concerned only looted Belgian
gold, an approach to the Swiss regarding this Dutch gold should now be
considered.
EUROPE
3. USSR: US protests Soviet vessels entering Alaskan port�Pursuant to
a Navy Department request, the State Department has instructed Embassy
Moscow to protest to the Soviet Government the entry into Dutch Harbor
for refueling on 23 September of a Soviet merchant vessel and two tugs.
At the time of the vessels* departure from San Francisco, Soviet author-
ities there had been informed that calls at Alaskan ports were not
authorized.
Malenkov rumored in disfavor�US Military Attache Moscow has
been intor�emec that G. M. Malenkov is in
"serious difficulties" with the Kremlin. (Malenkov is a member of the
Politburo, the Orgburo, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, Secretary
and Chief of Personnel of the Central Committee of the Party and is con-
sidered one of the three or four most influential men in the USSR.)
New currency issue rumored--The MA also reports a rumor of
uncerta n re la e effect t outstanding Soviet currency is to
be recalled and replaced with a new issue of approximately equal value.
The MA comments that such a measure would facilitate an unofficial
investigation of any funds derived from illegal operations and would
tend to deflate currency by reducing the amount in circulation.
4. RUMANIA: US employee released--US Delegation ACC Bucharest
reports that its employee who was arrested last May (see Daily Sum-
mary of 31 May, item 2 and 10 June, item 6) has Just been released.
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pressure to reveal all he knew concerning the US Delegation and finally,
as a condition to his release, signed statements which named persons
from whom he had obtained "minor bits" of information for the Delega-
tion and falsely implicated the Delegation in the "resistance movement
In Rumania."
5. YUGOSLAVIA: Treatment Of claimants of US citizenship�The State
Department has instruc m assy e gra e o re ec e Yugoslav
Government's contention that its treatment of claimants to US citizen-
ship is "in full harmony with the laws and customs of other civilized
peoples." The US contends that Yugoslavia's treatment of these Per-
sons "claiming the nationality of a friendl power" (a) possesses "no
features distinguishable from slave labor,' (b) "violates established
principles of international law," and (c) l�nfeilor even to that speci-
fied for prisoners of war by the Geneva Convention. The note demands
that Yugoslavia promptly permit ,all US citizens now detained to leave
the country.
6. HUNGARY: Government to sign Peace Treaty�According to US Minis-
ter SchoenfeirTreitiTer� ag/r y-7�rrfr--5 assodan ates are determined to
accept the Peace Treaty in view of (a) their belief that the Western
Powers are striving for world peace based on democracy and justice;
(b) their hope of finding a more favorable solution to their problems
under UN; and (c) their desire to avoid Soviet intervention in case of
disorders arising from popular feeling agatast the Treaty. Nagy, how-
ever, is reported to be concerned over the nationalistic peasantry's
opposition to the Treaty.
Soviet demands--According to a report which Schoenfeld "is
inclined to believe,'The Soviets recently 'insisted" that Premier
Nagy maintain the present coalition Government and force the Catholic
Church to abolish its educational and youth activities. Nagy, although
acquiescing to the first demand, is reported to have flatly rejected the
second and to have obtained Soviet assurance that the matter would be
left "entirely up to him."
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FRANCE: Explanation of De Gaulle's pre-referendum statement
Caffery on 11 October that De
Gaulle believed that the Constitution would receive popular approval on
13 October but issued his 9 October statement opposing the Constitution
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"primarily" to increase the "no" vote so as to be in a position to
lead the campaign to revise it.
NEAR EAST-AFRICA
8. IRAN: Accord with Cashga1s near--US Ambassador Allen reports that
the Oashqais have withdrawn their demands for a reshuffle of the Cabi-
net and the dismissal of Tudeh cabinet members and that a Government
delegation has left Tehran to sign the final accord. Qavam has agreed
to some local autonomy for Fars province and will appoint certain Qash-
qais as officials there. The Shah will grant general amnesty for those
who participated in the revolt. The Iranian Chief of Staff has declared
that he is confident there will be no more real fighting in the south.
FAR EAST
Now 9. CHINA: Soviet pressure, on Manchuria tuatIlnitian --Consul General
Shanghai. has transmitted a statement by Wong Wen-hao, Vice-Presi-
dent of the Executive Yuan, that Soviet pressure in Manchuria recently
culminated in a note protesting the use by Nationalist troops of jointly
owned Manchurian railways in war offensives. Wong added that the
Chinese flatly rejected the note but are "fearful" of the next Soviet
step.
In Sinkiang, according to Wong, the Soviets are interested in
exclusive rights to mineral and oil resources (see Daily Summary of
4 October, item 3) and "a degree of monetary control not yet made
clear." However, the Chinese Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs has
told Embassy Nanking that the Soviets have not made demands of an
exclusive nature; this Chinese official regards the proposal as a "bona
fide approach" to increase trade, which both Nanking and the Sinkiang
Provincial Government desire.
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