DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/11/08

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Daily Summary Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02931558
• Document Creation Date: September 11, 2018

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GENERAL
8 NOV 1946
I. US and UK to coordinate economic assistance to Eastern Euro --The
State Department has US had left
the matter of the $10,000,000 UK loan to Czechoslovakia "entirely to
British decision," but that in the future, in view of Secretary Byrnes'
policy on US economic assistance in Europe (see Daily Summary of
26 September, item 1), the US and UK have agreed to "coordinate"
their economic assistance program in Eastern Europe.
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2. McNutt proposal on Philippine base issue--In order to counteract the
growing Philippine impression that the US is demanding base rights and
other local privileges and that the Philippine Government is yielding un-
willingly to these demands, Ambassador McNutt proposes to declare in
an Armistice Day address that the US will not ask concessions from a
weaker power against its will. He proposes to add that, if the Philippine
Government and people decide that the presence of US troops is a burden
outweighing the security it provides, he is certain the US will reconsider
its commitments and withdraw from current discussions.
3. British estimate of C.F.es.1.112_.ikt_T..'i,)Lttrn Minister--A British Foreign Of-
fice official has told Embassy London that the-Trattitude and approach" of
Czech Vice Foreign Minister Clementis (during an interview with Attlee)
was typical of "Soviet stooges in satellite Governments," and that
Clematis is being sent to the UN to keep non-Communist Foreign Min-
ister Masaryk "in line."
4. US Minister s est_ALUS u_jie v_/iLle.E...a_s_tonEnallatin21ochina.--US Min-
ister Bangko reports that a US observer, recently returned from the
Free Laos area which is to be transferred to France, is impressed with
the strong desire of Laotians for independence or at least autonomy.
Minister Stanton suggests that, in view of US good offices in effecting the
settlement of the Franco-Siamese border dispute, it would be opportune
now for the US to urge France to grant a wide measure of autonomy to
native peoples in Indochina, as a step toward encouraging stability in
Southeast Asia.
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5. POLAND: Mikolajsuls13 views has told US
Charge Keith that if the Government continues to arrest Peasant Party
candidates and members at the present rate, it will be almost impossible
for the Party to place candidates in the elections. Mikolajczyk is con-
sidering an appeal to the Yalta Powers and later may boycott the elec-
tions and "appeal for some action by the Security Council."
6. GERMANY: USSR denies "forced" labor removal--Murphy reports
that, after insistent US and UK questioning, the Soviet representative on
Coordinating Committee has reluctantly and unconvincingly denied the
use of force in recent deportations of German skilled labor to the Soviet
Union. Agreement was reached that the Coordinating Committee at its
9 November meeting should approve a public statement opposing the use
of force in recruiting German labor for service abroad.
7. SPAIN: 1.21m9ss of stp.mill2IL kcgranco--US Charge Madrid confirms
reports that certain Spanish leftists have reached an agreement with the
liberal monarchists, but points out that an assessment of the "potentially
effective support" of these groups within Spain is difficult. Action
against Franco still depends upon convincing Army and other conservative
elements that the advantages of eliminating the present regime outweigh
the obvious risks. The Charge, however, notes "progress" in coalescing
rightist and leftist oppositions to Franco and believes that Syndicalists,
Socialists, and Republicans especially have made "important" conces-
sions of "doctrinaire points of view."
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