DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/03/12

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GENERAL 4704t
Proposed Arx__m_ap.s1.61LE9rce rov_p_ of Italian treaty:-
USFET Londpn reports that the Four-Power Military Group
has decided to recommend to the Deputies of the Council of
Foreign Ministers the following provisions for inclusioa in
the peace treaty with Italy: (a) Army and Carabinieri per-
sonnel will be limited to 265,000 (Army, 200,000; Carabi,-
nieri� 65,000), but a, fixed type of organization or system of
recruitment will not be prescribed,. (b) The Air Force Will
be limited to 25,000 personnel, 150 fighter and 200 other
aircraft of which not more than 50 may be transport.
(Organization, armament, and deplo3rment of both Army and
Air Force will be designed to meet only the necessities for
maintenance of order and frontier and AA defenses.) (c)
Italy shall not possess or experiment with guided
guns with range over 30 kilometers, Sea miles, torpedoes,
submarines or assault craft. (Inspection ana control
machinery has not yet :been agreed upon.)
These Proposals provide ratios of (a) greund force
to air force personnel of approximately 10 to 1 an' l (b) air
force personnel to aircraft of approximately 72 to 1. '0-SFET
suggests that similar ratios be followed in drafting the Balkan
treaties.
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Polish 1_,..eftt__.enchun--Regarding the disposition of Polish
troops in Italy, the US representative ACC reports that: ())
General Anders was to depart on 12 March for London where
the British will attempt to obtain his cooperation ia a plan to
circularize Bevin's statement urging all Polish troops in
Italy to return voluntarily to Poland; (b) every effort will be
made to complete the circularization before the meting of
the Security Council on 21 March; and (c) informed British
officials in Italy state that the support of General Andees is
necessary for the successful execution of the plsr but believe
that, regardless of the General's stand, only about 10 percent
of the Polish troops in Italy will elect to return to Poland.
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3. asrj...liAtr.19.2221,211mcot.isle,...q.11s--The Navy reports
that the cruiser USS LITTLE ROCK is completing a round
of courtesy visits to South American ports. It arrivee at
the Canal Zone on 11 March and will visit Cartagena,
Colombia, during 16 to 18 March.
EUROPE-AFRICA
4. IRAN: Premier reviews Moscow talks--In a long corrsrer-
sation vath Am or uz"griTy�E-retran on 10 March,
Premier Qavarn gave the following account of his recEnt
talks in Moscow:
gavam raised three points on which he sought
Soviet agreement: (a) a promise to withdraw troops
before 2 March; (b) moral support in settling the
Azerbaijan difficulty; and (c) the appointment of a
new Soviet Ambassador to Tehran. On only the last
point was he successful. In regard to point (a), tho
Soviets fell back on the statement that their (inter -
ests" required the retention of troops. In regard -.o
point (b), the Soviets said that they could do nothinl�
because "Soviet honor was involved."
oavam quoted Stalin and Molotov as saying: "Ne
do not care what the US and Britain think and we a,7e
not afraid of them." Ambassador Murray believes
that this statement may have been prompted by an
effort on navarn's part to advance the US and UK
attitude as the reason for his inability to comply
with Soviet wishes.
Both Stalin and Molotov raised the question of
oil concessions, but Oavam stated that he was unalle
to discuss the matter and refused a Soviet offer to
form a joint Soviet-Iranian company in which the
Soviets would have a 51 percent interest.
Murray has made clear to both Qavam and the Shah
the seriousness with which the US views the retention of
Soviet troops in Iran and the US intention to place the
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matter before the Security Council immediately.
Murray adds that gavam "made a point" of telling
him that (a) on arriving in Baku on his way from Moscow he
had observed the city "impressively surrounded by anti-
aircraft guns," and (b) according to the Iranian ansul
General in Baku, "this was the result of an order for gen-
eral mobilization in the Soviet Union."
5. USSR: Soviet attitude toward Churci--Embassy
Moscow believes that the Soviet press attack on C.Iurchill's
Fulton speech was initiated only after the Soviet lE aders
noted hostile reactions to the speech in the US and Britain
and therefore concluded that Soviet influence could profit-
ably be exerted on international public opinion. The Embassy
feels that Moscow's approach reflects relief, and the belief
. that the western democracies will not likely succe ad in
organizing an effective military bloc against the U3SR.
6. BULGARIA: Government is apprehensive of elect: ons--
Barnes reports that the growing popular support for the
Bulgarian opposition has made the Communists in:reasingly
apprehensive of holding elections or convoking a C onstituent
Assembly until the peace has been signed. Soviet encourage-
ment has led the Bulgarian Government to expect -;arly
conclusion of a peace treaty and recognition by thE western
democracies.
7. _RUMANIA: US replies to Kin s in uiries on Uipplicy.--
As previously noted, ing Michael recently asked ,:or an
expression of US economic and political policy touard
Rumania during and after peace treaty negotiation:: (Daily
Summary of 4 March, item 3). The State Department has
replied that (a) the US desire for the establishment of truly
representative democratic governments is well knDwn; (b)
the great powers, as stated in Secretary Byrnes' Epeech
of 28 February, have no right to garrison troops In other
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sovereign states without their approval and must not
impose troops on small, impoverished states; (c) all
territorial questions should be postponed until the final
peace settlement, when the US will approach these prob-
lems with sympathy for the wishes of the populations
Involved and with careful attention to ethnographic, eco-
nomic and political factors; and (d) the US continues to ��
view the economic rehabilitation of nations that have
suffered from the war and the establishment of normal
world-wide commercial relations as cornerstones of a
stable peace.
8. HUNGARY: Army strength�Voroshilov, during an in-
formal discussion with the American representative ACC,
stated that the present strength of the Hungarian Army is
32,600 and will soon be reduced to 25,000. Voroshilov
denied press reports that the Hungarian Army, with Soviet
help, would be increased to 100,000.
Freedom of Dress and speech curtailed�Schoenfeld
has reported further encroachments on Ihe -freedom of
press and speech in Hungary during the past two weeks.
The Soviets have taken control of the Hungarian radio,
which now has a definite pro-Soviet and anti-British bias.
Four newspapers were suspended briefly for articles
unfavorable to the USSR. The AP correspondent states
that his dispatches have been censored and subjected to
inordinate delay.
FAR EAST
9. CHINA: Inactivation of the China Theater--General
Wedemeyer, at the suggestion of General Marshall,
recommends that the China Theater be inactivated on
1 May. He feels that the step might be expected to
strengthen China's hand in pressing for the early removal
of Soviet troops from Manchuria.
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General Wedemeyer is opposed to the permanent
assig iment of additional functions to the US Military
Adviory Group in China, although he believes that there
woulc be no breach of faith if the group were charged with
overEll supervisory duties of winding up residual functions
in thE theater. He proposes that the Shanghai Port Command
be re)rganized to take over residual operational functions
of the China Theater.
10. CHIN aing:t_a_9ArisLrja hai_duo facilities--According
to the Commander, Seventh Fleet, the Navy will make
available for cemmercial and UNRRA shipping at Tsingtao
arnplo deep-water berthing at piers having warehouse space.
At Ti mtsin-Taku the virtual completion of Japanese repatria-
tion and Chinese Army embarkations, as well as some
elecrease in US Marine requirements, make it feasible to
resin le moderate scale shipping. Lighterage at Tientsin-
Taku controlled by the Chinese Merchants Association, is
repo/ ted to be adequate,.
JAPAA: Administrative division recommended�CINCPAC
has r 3commended that the Izu Islands north of 30 degrees
latitude be controlled by SCAP because of currently unsatis-
factory administrative conditions and a threatened serious
food shortage. Under the Japanese regime, these islands
were administered as a part of the Tokyo metropolis.
12. Dutch-Indonesian discussions�Consul General Foote
repo i ts that Sjahrir has ignored Soekarno's latest order to
return to Djocjakarta for further talks, and is ready to begin
negotiations with van Mook on 12 March. Foote believes that
Clark Kerr's threat to terminate his visit, the introduction
of ne' 1 money in the and the landing of additional
Dutcl troops in Java, led Sja.hrir to renew talks without
delay
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