DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/12/05

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• Collection: Daily Summary Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02931572
• Document Creation Date: September 11, 2018

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5 DEC 1946
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I. British to take action on Corfu Straits incident.-According to US Embassy
London, e British Government has now decided to present a "strong note"
to Albania within the next few days protesting the Corfu Straits mining inci-
dent (see Daily Summary of 20 November, item 2). If, after a limited time,
no satisfactory reply has been received, the British intend to take the issue
before the UN Security Council.
EUROPE
2. GREECE: Political crisis possible during Tsaldaris' absence--US Em-
bassy London has been informed by a Foreign Office official that the Brit-
ish Embassy Athens feels Tsaldaris may have dug his "political grave"
by going to the US, as it is possible that a coalition government under
Sophoults might be formed during his absence. The Foreign Office offi-
cial added that the King is taking all steps he "properly can" to form a
more liberal government.
..tizner advises reot_lenization of Greek Army--US Embassy
Athens reports that Field Marshal Montgomery has strongly advised the
Greek Government to convert the whole Greek army into forces specially
trained and equipped for bandit fighting to take the field in the spring and
eradicate the banditry. "If it isn't done," Montgomery remarked, "Greece
Is lost."
3. BULGARIA: Situation on Greek border--According to US Representative
Barnes in Sofia, US and UK military officials there agree that conditions
on the Bulgarian-Greek frontier will soon be similar to those on the Alba-
nian-Gzeek and Yugoslav-Greek borders.
4. POLAND: Communist-Socialist relations--Mikolajczyk has told US Charge
Keith that the Socialists failed to obtain anticipated concessions from the
Communists as a result of the recent agreement between the two Parties,
and accepted "obligations which go far toward eliminating their independ-
ence as a party."
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5. RUMANIA: Government reaction to stre of * 4 ition �US Represent-
ative Berry reports that the roza � vernment was severely disillusion-
ed" by its lack of support even from trusted adherents in the recent elec-
tions. The adverse vote was so heavy that the Government falsified the
results only after receiving direct orders from Moscow. Berry states that,
according to reliable reports, the National Peasant Party alone received
70% of the total vote, with only 8% going to the Government bloc. As a re-
sult of the Opposition strength, the Communists may abandon their plans
to hold elections for a Constituent Assembly.
6. ITALY: Jewish terrorists reported using UNRRA e....3_,n10.--US Charge Key
has reliable reports that Jewish terrorists are using UNRRA camps as
"shields" with the connivance and active support of Jewish UNRRA employ-
ees (see Daily Summary of 23 November, item 5).
Reciprocal airhi:412. wit111--The State Department has in-
structed US Embassy Rome to advise the Italian Government confidentially
that the US will support Italy's "insistence" on reciprocal air rights in the
proposed Soviet airline to Rome. Should the objection be raised that ac-
cording to the Armistice terms Italy is prohibited from operating_ external
air routes prior to the conclusion of the Peace Treaty, the US is "pre-
pared to seek favorable action by the Combined Chiefs of Staff" toward
removing such prohibition.
FAR EAST
7. CHINA.: Transition to Constitutionalism in the balance--US Ambassador
Stuart reports that the Draft Constitution presented to the Chinese Nation-
al Assembly seems a "reasonably good document which in general follows
the principles laid down by the Political Consultative Council agreements."
A growing revolt, apparently organized by the Kuoraintang's ultra-conserv-
ative CC clique, seeks to increase the Executive's powers by relieving him
of responsibility to the elected Legislature. Success of this revolt, accord-
ing to Stuart, would play into the hands of traditional Chinese authoritarian-
ism, whereas adoption of the present Draft would encourage development
of popular responsibility for the actions of the government Stuart adds
that,whether the Assembly and Constitution will prove to be "just another
sham" or whether the Generalissimo will throw his weight behind abolition
of one-party dictatorship, "remains to be seen."
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8 FRENCH INDOCHINA: Prospects for peaceful transfer of territories--
US Naval Attache Bangkboltevas tht the transfer ot borarS. iWeri, es
from Siam to French Indochina will be completed without major incidents,
except for possible clashes in one small area. The Attache adds, however,
that Free Cambodian groups appear to be committed to civil war against
the French as soon as the transfer is accomplished.
THE AMERICAS
9. BOLIVIA: A tine border discrimination r .rted--US Embassy La Paz
states that i has ma Et an 1 comp r to the Argentine Govern-
ment concerning alleged detentions of Bolivians and the partial closing of
the Bolivian-lirgentine frontier.
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