DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/03/16

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03164636
• Document Creation Date: September 11, 2018

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411:42acisar,uulabiPs=,,Ylaillbalkallarnaapon�The Navy reports
that the US MISSOURI, bearing the body. of '2,1rkish Ambassador
Ertegtui, will leare New York on 21 March and, accompanied by
the cruiser 'PROVIDI.INCE and the destroyer POWER, should be
at Istambul on 5-9 April. The Commander in. Chief US Navy Forces
Europe will. be aboard the MISSOURI, arid the Commander in Chief
US Navy Forces Mediterranean, aboard the PROVIDENCE. There-
after the MISSOURI and POWER are scheduled to visit Piraeus,
Naples, Algiers and Tangier during April. The PROVIDENCE is
scheduled to visit Beti:.ut on 28,30 April. (5
EUROPE-AFRICA.
IRAN:
Embassy Tehran has received "indirect reports quoting two
separate members of Qavara'rs delegation to Moscow" to .the:
effect that the delegatioa was informed by the Soviets of impend7-
in:g troop movements in Iran and. was told that the Iranians "need
not be alarmed because this would_ have nothing to do with Iran,'
which would be "merely a passageway for troops." Ac,cording
.one of the membus, the ultimate objective of these movements
"was stated to be to break British pf5wer in this area." (Se
3. YUGOSLAVIA! .Ps ewe . of Soyit, tr..DQPri.t.LUliA.,.- -In connection
with, recent rumors regarding the presence of Soviet troops in
samosla.vi.a.. Allied H. in Italy has now reported the follow-
ng:.(a)
I that there are no soviet olvisions in 'Yugoslavia,
f:b)I /aside from
the Soviet Military Misim, there are no Soviet units in Mace-
donia, and (c) Allied HQ is "wholly in accordance" with the fore-
going views and believes that most contradicting rumors have ori-
ginated either .(I.) from opposition sources in the Balkans "who
have eyes on the peace conference" or ,92) from a de.iberate W a
of nerves. (Top
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.AUSTR:Uk-: Fig) Jirmemainst lareelecketnaute--Chancellor
e1--after being informed by General Clark that the cession of
Austrian land to any foreign power was a matter for Allied Coun-
cil deeision�forbade local authorities to enter Upon any land
contracts on penalty of high treason. SoViet authorities, who he...d
presented a new demand for 40,000 hectares of farm land, met
with Figi and his Minister of Agriculture in a bitter three-hour
session. The Soviet attitude *as that, having freed Vienna and
.4;1./.15'ia, the USSR was trying to help Austria by feeding its own
troops from the land. They scoffed at .Figl's assertion that US
troops were US-fed, (Secret)
GREAT BRITAIN: lejx.Lpo"Ligliat,tnnsle teaardeAsleresJ troon,s. -
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"resoonsible official? of the Polish Embassy in London has
stated to the US Embassy that the Polish Government regards
General Anders and his troops "not. as Polish but as British sol-
diers," for whom the British Government is responsible until
they have become civilians and have satisfied Polish authorities
that they are Polish nationals. Unless they return to Poland, the
Polish Government will assume no responsibility for eheir main-
tenance, compensation, or pensioning. Warsaw desires the return.
Of younger men only, who are Capable of productive labor and able
to adjust themselves to the "new political and social order."
(Secret)
6. FRANCE: Ereench neeptien toeUS draketeter_eaty_ap Germany.�
Ambassador Caffery reports that while the French excrrn-ot 1.1D�
favorable" to the terms of the US draft of the German treaty,
their "psychological reaction ha S been most unfortunate." The
fact that the US should propose such a treaty at a time when the
-USSR is pressing to expand its position in Germany and elsewhere
is regarded by the French as a further indication that the US is
"anxiona to pull out of Germany as eoon as possible and abandon
Hurone to Soviet Russia." (Se
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FAR EAST
7. Satisjia.o,tormrmzotiatloris j..;e:D^.2sDko,t--Etnbassy The
Hague reports that the initial meeting between Dr. Van Mac* and
Sjahrir was encouraging and that Indonesian counter-proposals
are ..rnodeeate" and ooen up favorable prospects for negotiations.
AMERIC.AS
8. ARGENTINA: F:,e.ctorssontributiTe,to ,Dtmocr?.,tic (Meat--
Charge Cabot reports a growing 'f.endency in Democratic circles
to blame their electors:4 defeat upeei nationalistic reaction to the
publication of the -31ue Book. He notes that, while this explana-
tion is a matter of opinion, the Dernocratic defeat can be defini-
tely ascribed to the following political mistakes: '
Ca) A complete lack of contact with the people and a con-
sequent lack of a 'popular program and dynamic leadership in
opposition to the material benefits offered by Peron; identifica-
tion of the DemoCratic Union with erile reaction.
b) Radical arregance toward other anti.. Peronista parties,
based on the false assvmption that the Radicals alone eonstituted
a popular majority.
(c) The consequent exclusion. of the Conservatives the
adica1s traditional rivals) from t;e.e Union. Peron 's majorities
in Entre Rios and Mendoza, and possibly in Santa Fe, are attri-
imtable to the support (.A: resentful Conservatives.
(d) Inclusion of the Communists in the Union, antagonizing
he more influential Catholic Chureh.
As a result of the political mistakes, the Democratic Union
eiad solid support ff:rom neither, the Right nor the Left, In addi-
-tion, its failure to present a united front in congressional elec-
tions ensured the election of Peronista candidates, even in pro-
vinces like Corrientes, where there was a strong Democratic
majority. . (Confide - �
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