DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/10/10

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Daily Summary Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06749300
• Document Creation Date: September 11, 2018

Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 C06749300 APPROVED FOR RELEASE - Historical Programs Staff 30 August 2018 TWEFAI: GENERAL 200 10 OCT i946 1. Czech GoVernment not et advised of Soviet flight restriction�US Mili- tary c e e reports the.Czech Government "knows nothing of and is very puzzled by" the Soviet notice to the US Delegation ACC .Huogary which includes Czechoslovakia among the countries over which all Allied flights-have been prohibited until 14 October (see Daily Sum- mary of 9 October, item 1). EUROPE 2. USSR: US radio correspondents are denied broadcast facilities�Accord- ing to Embassy Moscow, representatives of US broadcasting companies have been denied the further use of Moscow radio facilities. The corres- pondents have been unable to learn whether the ban is temporary or permanent. 3. ITALY: Eximbank loan suggested�The Undersecretary of State has re- quested Secretary Byrnes views on the advisability of an immediate Eximbank loan to Italy, because the lack of essential materials already Is apparently checking Italian recovery and Italian exports are failing to make the gains essential to a stable economy. Premier desires United Police Mission�Admiral Stone has in- formed US Embassy Rome that Premier De Gasperi is concerned over the low efficiency and the extent of political influence in the Italian police forces. De Gasperi would personally welcome a United Police Mission in Italy, but he considers that an exclusively Anglo-American Mission would be "politically, impossible," and that Soviet participation in such a mis- sion would be "most undesirable." Stone may trdtlate a study of the Italian police situatio and allbmit recommendations to the Italian Gov- ernment. FAR EAST 4. CHINA: Soviet intentions in Manchuria�Consul General Dairen reports that the Soviets are keeping the free port of Dairen closed probably be- cause they wish to gain control over all Manchurian resources before CI - 1 - THE C.I.A. HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE DECLASSIFICATION OF NTHIS DOCUMENT. � No. 2 1 MAR 1978 011 COIIIPPINFET Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 C06749300 Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 C06749300 APPROVED FOR RELEASE - Historical Programs Staff 30 August 2018 they allow other countries to use the port. Though the Soviets are abstaining from direct political action in the area, Chinese Communist Influence is increasing despite the fact that most of the people are pro- Kuomintang,. THE AMERICAS 5. CHILE: Soviets promote German products�US Ambassador Bowers has been reliably informed ISTETNiffertommercial Attache has been urging German merchants, formerly on the US "black list," to buy products manufactured in the Soviet zone of Germany. The Attache has been stressing the superiority of German heavy chemicals and farm equipment over US products. Approved for Release: 2018/09/05 C06749300