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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A005800040073-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2006
• Sequence Number: 73
• Publication Date: December 26, 1946
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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China ro ses Sino-British intervention in Indochina--US Embassy
London reports that Chinese Minister Tuan called a second time at
the Foreign Office and "pressed" the Chinese proposal for Sino-
Britlsh Intervention In Indochina. The proposal has been referred
to l3evin who is expected to turn it down.
us expresses its cconcern to France--The State Department has in-
formed the French Ambassador at Washington of Its deep concern
over the outbreak of hostilities in Indochina. The Department has no
desire to offer to mediate under present conditions but is willing to
do anything the French might consider helpful.. The Department be-
lieves that if present unsettled conditions continue, other powers may
seek to bring the matter before the Security Council and attempt some
form of intervention unsatisfactory to the US.
EUROPE
3. USSR: US to ur a earl negotiations for lend-lease settlement--The
State Department has instructed Ambassador Smith to make vigorous
representations to the Soviet Foreign Office on the "highest level"
regarding the early initiation of negotiations for lend-lease settlement,
disposition of lend-lease merchant vessels, and the return to the US of
three naval ice-breakers. The USSR had failed to respond to communt-
cations of 14 September and 31 October on the same subjects.
:. SPAIN: US views on solution of Franco issue sou ht--Accords to Military Attache Madrid 25X1
the Franco Government wo welcome a visit by a US Senator or
equally important person to study the situation and discuss with
Franco some "`reasonable solution" d approve.. The
MA adds that, fficials of the
regime recently Estated the US should take advantage of Franco 's
present strength to negotiate with him a reasonable plan for Spain's
political evolution, and that dealing with the Opposition is a "waste
of time."
Official seeks British views on new Government--US Embassy
London reports that the Director General of the Spanish Foreign Office
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informally inquired of a member of the British Embassy at Madrid
what composition any new Spanish Government should have in order
to receive British recognitions The British "may consider" making
a reply if the inquiry is put more formally.
FAR EAST
5. CH NA: Soong homes for share of US relief grant--T. V. Soong has
handed a memorandum to US Ambassa&r Stuart requesting him to
seek White House support in obtaining for China an "appropriate
share" of the foreign relief grants which are to be recommended to
Congress. General Marshall recommends that a f `suitable amount"
be requested from Congress for "possible use" in China.
6. FRENCH INDOCHINA: Suggested reasons for Vietnam attack--US
Consul Hanoi reports that, al houg the reasons w y e amese
attacked the French are unclear, theories advanced in Hanoi are that
(a) the attack was ordered by Moscow either "'simply to -upset South-
east Asia" or possibly to enable the French Communists, if they
should assume power in France, to strengthen their position by arrang-
ing a quick and favorable settlement; and (b) the Vietnamese! having
lost hope of a satisfactory settlement when the return of d'Argenlieu
was announced, are following the Javanese example of fighting while
negotiating.
7. BURMA: Burmese leaders may accept , invitation to confer in London--
The UK Foreign Office has informed US Embassy on in strict
secrecy that a delegation of Burmese leaders, including .Aug San,
will probably accept the British Government's invitation to come to
London in January.,
Posstbil#y of Civil @V --US Military Liaison Officer Singa-
pore, commenting on Aung San s threat to resign from the Executive
Council unless Burma is granted independence by the end of January 1947,
expresses the view that his resignation might precipitate a general
strike including a police strike, and that "possibilities of civil war
in Burma are greater now than at any time since the end of the war."
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0. PANAMA: Negotiators cite "needs of Panama,"--US Ambassador
T
ies has been of by Panamanian negotiators- on the defense sites
sue that Panama no longer desires even token abandonment of the
sites now held by the US. These negotiators, however, have drawn
attention to Panama's "needs" (mostly financial), implying that if
the us "showed herself ready" to meet these needs, the new defense
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would soon be signed."
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