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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A005800040019-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: October 22, 1946
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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1. USSR will not take put in a ese re rations conference--Soviet offi-
cials in Washington have informed the State Department that the USSR
will not attend the Japanese reparations conference which the US has
proposed to the Far Eastern Commission. Soviet refusal to attend is
based on the Department's insistence that the conference take into con-
sideration Japanese assets in South Sakhalin and the Kuriles, and Soviet
removals of industrial equipment from Manchuria. Since the USSR will
probably veto the US proposal In a final FEC vote on 24 October, the US
is now considering calling a conference unilaterally and may invite the
USSR to send an observer.
2. UK views on elections to Security Council--US Delegate Austin reports
that adogan is not sympathetic with Greek aspirations to the Security
Council. Although he has not been formally instructed on the subject,
Cadogan indicated that the UK would probably favor Colombia and Bel-
gium for the SC and New Zealand and the Netherlands for the ECOSOC.
3. UK position on the Faroe Islands issue--The British Foreign Office- offi-
d charged with Scandinavian matters has informed Embassy London
that the UK would "deplore" full independence for the Faroes. The UK
desires that the Faroes remain attached to Denmark but with sufficient
autonomy to satisfy the population.
EUROPE
4. USSR: MA cts Soviets have decided inst early war--US Military
Attache Moscow suspects t1at Stalin's replies to Alexander Werth reflect
a.decision by the Soviet War Council against any military venture for. the
present.
Komsomols object of official criticism--US Military Attache Mos- _
cow reports that the most recent object of official censure is the Komsomol
(Young Communist) organization which Is charged with "inadequacy to
numbers and improper training.' The MA comments that this move tn-
dicates an extension of the purge to the "very bed rock of Communism."
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5. YUGOSLAVIA: Terms for reonenina library --The Yugoslav Govern-
ment has notificd the State Department that it would reconsider its de-
cision to close the USIS reading room in Belgrade
provided USLS (a) restricts Its y solely to
Drava on on the life and culture of the American people; (b) refrains
from publishing material "against the Yugoslav people and their laws";
and (c) distributes its daily news bulletin only to Government Ministers
unless prior permission has been obtained for a wider circulation.
6. FRANCE: ?e G:zulle's views to bons-
told Caffery that, because of MRP
e with the ommuntsts An Gaulle has " t
confidence" that, once the deputies are electe
9 "%p d, the MRP will either break 25X1
with the Communists or fight for revision of the Constitution. Caffery be-
lieves that, although the General will probably issue a statement next
week, he will not make a "final decision" regarding his future course un-
til after the 10 November elections.
7. AUSTRIA: USSR reluctant to remove zonal food barriers--US Charge
Denby reports that Chancellor Figl personally requested General Tsinev,
the acting Soviet Commander, to remove restrictions on movements
across Soviet zonal boundaries, particularly of food from Soviet-held es-
tates. Tainev replied that the Soviets would not relax these restrictions
until they were assured that their zone would be treated on.a par with
other zones in the distribution of food and raw materials.
8. DENMARK: Plan for autonomous state of South Schleswig Legation Copen-
hagen reports that leaders of the Danish-minded population of South
Schleswig are working on a plan which they rather than the Danish Gov-
ernment would present to the ACC in Berlin for an autonomous state of
South Schleswig (excluding Holstein). The state would have a customs and
monetary union with Denmark.
9. NORWAY: Soviet Interest In Spitzbergen and Bear Island--US Embassy
Oslo reports that Molotov has privately expressed to Norwegian Foreign
Minister Lange a desire to discuss Spitzbergen and Bear Island with him
while they are both in New York for the General Assembly of the United
Nations
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10. ITALY: Plot to sabo a Italian Fleet reported--President Ridault has
informed Caffery that he has ..trustworthy information" to the effect
that certain Italian naval officers plan to sabotage the Italian Fleet.
NEAR EAST-AFRICA
11. IRAN: US gesture of support s ested--US Ambassador Allen reports
that the Shah has made several strong pleas that the US publicly demon-
strate its economic interest in Iran. Allen recommends some encourage-
ment from the US, even if only a press statement. ,
FAR EAST
12. iC A: Soviet provosal for Simi concessions--Chinese Foreign 13f-
flee officials have confirmed to Embassy Nanking that the USSR is seek-
ing exclusive mining rights in Sinkiang Province and that the Soviet pro-
posals include joint Sino-Soviet operation of a tin mine and a wolfram
mine. The Embassy points out that the USSR could use wolfram as a sub-
stitute for the molybdenum which it previously imported from the US.
(Other evidence of Soviet interest in Chinese wolfram was received at the
end of July, when it was reported that between 2,000 and 3,000 tons of the
metal had been shipped from Shanghai to the USSR since V-7 day;
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