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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006000040032-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2006
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: August 26, 1948
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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GENERAL
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1. UK favors osjponenient on.Lj idFr1trea--UK Foreign
Secretary Bevin has informed US Ambassador Douglas that
he is most anxious that a common US-UK-French policy be
worked out before the September General Assembly meeting.
Bevin prefers a two or three-year postponement of a decision
on Libya and Northern Eritrea but believes that agreement
can be reached on giving the Danakil coast to Ethiopia immedi-
ately. Sevin indicates that during thin postponement the UK
would expect to be relensed from the restrictive obligations of
The Hague Convention in order that a civil administration mule
be installed and internal reforms instituted. Although Bevin
? still hopes that at the end of this period the US would accept
trusteeship over Tripolitania, he would not in principle oppose
Italian trusteeship if he were satisfied by then that the return
of the Italians would not cause serious distathances which
might involve British troops. US Ambassador Douglas agrees
on the desirability of three-power accord but believes it
improbable that the GA would agree to a long postponement.
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2. GREECE: US observer sa effective Satellite aid is coaltimft-
US Embassy Athens transmits an estimate by the U military
adviser to the Balkan Commission that General Markos is still
receiving sufficient aid from Albania, Yugoslavia, and Bulgaria
to maintain his present scale of operations. The US observer
considers it significant that Yugoslavia has continued to co-
operate with the guerrillas even after the Tito-Cominform break,
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The Department of State has informed US Embassy Athens of the
receipt of a note from the Greek Ambassador referring to alleged
Instances of the use of Albanian territory by the guerrillas and
of firing from Albania into Greece. The Department indicates that
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In the note the Greek Government declared it has found V.
necessary to consider firing from Greece into Albania in order
to prevent the repetition of such incidents. The Departnistat
Informally advised the Ambassador that the Greek Goverament
should continue to submit to the UN Balkan Committee att avail-
able evidence of Albania's cooperation with the guerrilla', but
should avoid any precipitate action which might compromise
the previous excellent record of Greek forbearance and al-
verseiy affect the Greek case before the UN.
NEAR EAST-AFRICA
3. PALESTINE: Reported concern over Israeli UN memberp-
Concerning possible US support for Israeli raembershiplii the
UN, US Minister Keeley in Damascus comments that remit
Israeli expansionist statements seem to indicate that Israi)1 is
neither peace-loving nor disposed to carry cut the ohligabons
of the UN Charter. Keeley relays the opinion of some of his
diplomatic colleagues that such encouragement of Israel by the
US will only further antagonize the Arabs and thus make mare
difficult any eventual compromise.
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