DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/03/13

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Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 C03164655 APPROVED FOR RELEASE - Historical Programs Staff 30 August 2018 3.3(h)(2) EO 13526 1.4(c)<25Yrs 571iAit EUROPE-AFRICA IRAN: War of nerves continues--The US Consul at Tabriz reports coM.�iiiied Soviet troop movements and, in addition, an unusual amount of aerial activity. Tanks and other equipment are still arriving in Tabriz from the USSR. The Military Attache at Ankara reports that unusual military activity is in progress opposite the� Turkish border in both the USSR and Iran. Ambassador Murray, after reviewing recent Soviet moves in Iran, concludes that the ultimate Soviet objective may be complete control of the entire Middle East area, including all oil-producing regions. He believes that the Soviets are about to use Zionist-Arab tensions in order to increase their own prestige at expense of US and Great Britain. FRANCE: Communist coup--Additional estimates have been received as to the possibilities of an imminent Communist armed coup in France Daily Summary of 11 March. Item 9). [T-2,ot1=1.1he US hmbassy and the Military Attache, Paris, believe the coup "presents possibilities" but consider that there is only a slight probabi- lity of armed revolt by French Communists in April unless direct orders arereceived from Moscow'. � � -. _ . � . Dilemma: over Spain�Bidault has emphasized to Caffery his extreme concern over e "spot he is In", because the US and UK have refused to join France in submitting the Spanish question to the Security Council, while the USSR has agreed to do so. The State Department has suggested that Caffery inform Bidault of the US belief that. the US, UK, and French Govern- ments actually have been put "on the spot by an ill-considered French action contrary to the best interests of the three Govern- ments. " Document No. s. (t) $10 CHANGE in Class. 0 6'1'1 DECLASSIFIED tiass. ClIANO_D TO: TS DDA Memo 4 A-r 77 .Auth: DDA 117C.. 77/116'1 : � WM Ey: 011 / I378 0 Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 C03164655 Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 C03164655 APPROVED FOR RELEASE - Historical Programs Staff 30 August 2018 Leon Blum plans to leave Par 14 March, according to a report from r the US by plane on bassy Paris. 3. POLAND: Reported Soviet troop activities�Ambassador Lane in Warsaw has received reports from 6refiab1e sources" that 20,000 Soviet troops, including members of the NKVD in Polish uniforms, have recently moved into an area only a few miles from Warsaw on the other side of the Vistula River. The pur- pose of the movement is not yet known, but Lane is seriously concerned in view of reports he has received that the under- ground is planning a revolt against the Polish Government. 3.3(h)(2) Lane adds that, although that the Soviets are rectucmg tneir torces in Poland, the US Military Attache in Warsaw believes that � Soviet troops are being increased in northeastern Poland. 4, BULGARIA: Rumors of troops for Tito denied-- The Bulgarian Foreign Minister has denied to Barnesthe truth of persistent rumors concerning Soviet demands for Bulgarian troops to aid Tito in suppressing insurrectionary forces in Yttgoslav Mace- 3.3(h)(2) donia. However, � considers that serious developments may be taking place in Nov that area and that Soviet or Bulgarian forces may be concen- trated nearby. 5. YUGOSLAVIA UNRRA sup1y distribution uestioned--Embassy Belgrade has received the following information from a high UNRRA official in Yugoslavia: (a) the local UNRRA Mission has granted a Yugoslav Government request to transfer 300 tons of wheat to the Yugoslav Army,: contrary to UNRRA policy � which forbids the distribution of food to armed forces; (b) stocks of canned milk are accumulating in warehouses because of improper distribution and prohibitively high retail prices; (c) all medical and pharmaceutical supplies are distributed by a Yugoslav Govern- ment agency at a profit, and the prices of some of these supplies are so high that they are, generally unobtainable by the public; and (d) supplies of cotton and needles for hand sewing apparently ara being used by the Yugoslays to produce material for military uniforms. Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 C03164655 Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 C03164655 APPROVED FOR RELEASE - Historical Programs Staff 30 August 2018 T-G4a�dziciitu 6. AUSTRIA: Soviets oppose jnatterial-- General Clark has notified the JCS that the Soviets will oppose a quadripartite ACC agreement to preserve purely defensive war materials and installations in the US zone in Austria pend- ing determination of Austria's status as a sovereign state. Be- cause the Soviets will insist on the complete destruction of this material, General Clark has requested authority to proceed with its temporary preservation on a unilateral basis. FAR EAST 7. &LI Dutch Protest withdrawal of British forces--The US Naval Liaison Officer in Batavia reports that high Dutch officers have protested to British commanders against British plans to withdraw their forces from the N.E.I. The Commander of the Netherlands Naval Forces in the N.E.I. has stated that his forces are not sufficient to assume the responsibility of policing Japa- nese concentrations in the outer islands. The Dutch Army Com- mander has stated that Dutch troops available in the next three or four months would only be sufficient to controlS. present British bridgeheads in Java. 8.21,12=ZA,; r nch alter techieig,..n dealin with natives-- The Commander of the Allied Control Commission has Wormed an SSU representative that General Le Clerc has made a com- plete "about-face" in his attitude toward the natives. He has issued strict and detailed orders to his troops to treat the natives with the greatest geltlenesS and to encourage Annamese desertions by kind treatment to prisoners of war. 9. SIAM,: Indochina and Math lack agreement on border settlement-- US Political Advisor Yost in Bangkok reports that 4t) Siam- Indochina border negotiations are shortly to be resumed in Singa- pore, and (b) the Siamese are apparently prepared to restore all disputed territories if they clin obtain assurances tbat France will give up western Cambodia. Yost and other US observers in Bangkok believe that the French will not yield any part of Cambodia, and are likely to back with force their own demands Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 C03164655 � Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 C03164655 APPROVED FOR RELEASE - Historical Programs Staff 30 August 2018 ilk lb for territory. Under such circumstances Siam would probably yield and submit its case to the UNO. 10. CHINA: US consular representation in_y_anchulA--Consul General Sturgeon has reported, through Naval channels, that the Soviet authorities at Dairen have concurred in preliminary arrangements for the reestablishment of U.S. consular repre- sentation there. The Soviet commander holds that agreement as to the communications facilities to be provided must be reached between the US and Soviet Governmentsibut is willing to discuss locslly the provision of other facilities, in the light of the existing military situation and the Sino.Soviet treaty. THE AMERICAS 11. HAITI: US x..._s_Qamilim_s141/2z1,--The State Department has advised Embassy Port-.au-Prince that no decision has been reached on the recognition of the Haitian Junta, because of the reluctance of several American Republics to recognize a whAly military regime. Teia-ntrITZT Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 C03164655
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