DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/12/11

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• Collection: Daily Summary Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02931575
• Document Creation Date: September 11, 2018

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1. o v_191smias emen b; eltqr Austria--According to US Delegation ACC
Hungary, no troop trains have crossed Hungary from Austria since
those of 1-2 December which carried about 3,500 men (see Daily Sum-
mary of 6 December, item 1). During the past five days, however,
three trains have passed through Hungary from Rumania into Austria
carrying about 2,500 troops, apparently replacements.
2. No evidence of Soviet demobilization In Poland--According to US Mili-
tary Attache Warsaw, there is no evidence that Soviet troops in Poland
are being demobilized or that Soviet troops have traversed Poland from
Germany to the USSR.
EUROPE
3. POLAND: Troops deployed in preparation for elections�US Military
Attache Warsaw reports that detachments of Polish troops are gradually
being stationed in many cities and villages to maintain order during the
19 January elections, and possibly to force voters to the polls. The MA
adds that Polish troops are also being used in increasing numbers to
liquidate illegal bands.
4. HUNGARY: President 1Tild_ to visit Moscow--US Minister Schoenfeld
reports that President Tilt, will leave this week for Moscow, reportedly
to ascertain the extent of Kremlin participation in current Communist
pressure against the non-Communist and majority Smallholders' Party.
Schoenfeld states that Tildy is "overpowered by fear" and favors full
concessions to the Communists. Premier Nagy, on the other hand, be-
lieves that the Communists are bluffing, that any concessions now would
only grant a brief respite, and that support of Communist tactics by local
Soviet officials is without Kremlin sanction.
5. GERMANY: Soviet-operatedslan tax-free�Acting US Political Ad-
viser Heath has received information he believes reliable that the
approximately 220 leading industrial concerns comprising the "Soviet
Industries, A.G." were greatly undervalued by the Soviet authorities
and have been declared exempt from property and capital taxes. The
"Stakanov" piece-work pay system reportedly has been instituted in
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6. DENMARK: Foreign Office "agittlte_cr. Jjz,"Greenland matter"--The
Danish Foreign Office has informed US Minister Marvel that it feels
the "Greenland matter" cannot remain obscure much longer. The
Foreign Office is "quite agitated" by a US request for a joint US-
Danish mapping survey of Greenland because it feels that public
opinion and Soviet pressure require action terminating US activities in
Greenland rather than instituting new ones.
NEAR EAST-AFRICA
7. IRAN: Surrender of Azerbaijan forci�_ees_1--US Ambassador Allen
reports that the Iranian Minister of War received a telegram of sur-
render from Azerbaijan leaders Pishevari and Djavid at 1400 hours on
10 December. Azerbaijan forces reportedly have been ordered to cease
fighting. No further details are available.
FAR EAST
8. KOREA: Rhee's mission to the US--General Hodge warns that Dr.
Syngman Rhee's campaign against the Moscow Decision and for UN
recognition of an independent South Korea may disrupt the coalition of
Left and Right in the US zone and wreck US policy for Korea. Rhee
claims that by maintaining a balance of power between Left and Right
I n South Korea the US is actually favoring the Communists who hold an
uncontested preponderance in North Korea. General Hodge believes
that while Rhee may be acting from patriotic motives, his actions may
ta fact be based upon a realization that the implementation of the Moscow
Decision would eliminate his chance of being the first president of
Korea. (Rhee, South Korean rightist leader, is on his way to the US;
see Daily Summary of 2 December, item 13.)
9. CHINA jn in Kalgan critical of former Communist control--A US
Foreign Service officer who recently visited the former Chinese Commu-
nist stronghold of Kalgan (reoccupied by the Nationalists early in October)
reports that the former Communist regime failed to win mass popular
support. The Communists' most serious blunder was the destruction of
industry upon withdrawal, an error which alienated the class of people
die Communists had tried hardest to win over.
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10. VENEZUELA: mrnentcn rrnrs of revolution--US
Ambassador Corrigan reports, in connection with rumors of an
imminent revolutionary movement led by ex-President Lopez
Contreras, that Junta President Betancourt and his Minister of Defense
assure him there will be no disturbances.
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