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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006000040071-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2006
• Sequence Number: 71
• Publication Date: July 13, 1948
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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I. UK believes Arabs wish to have truce forced on them--The
[tf1eIegation to the N, In d1scisslnthe formulation
of a Security Council resolution ordering the Palestine bel-
ligerents to cease hostilities, has informed the US delegation
of its belief that the Arabs are willing and even anxious to
be forced to accept a truce. Concerning an ultimate solution
for the Palestine problem, the UK delegation considers it
important to establish a guarantee which will give the Arabs
some assurance that the Jews will not "crowd over into Arab
territory."
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2. UNITED KINGDOM: hjmapi esik2aloais_it.a.m.cyskEmil --
The US Military Attache in London reports that, although mili-
tary circles feel increasingly that the UK must take "some
appropriate action" concerning the production of military
equipment, UK Government officials consider that the diver-
sion at this time of any appreciable amount of industrial effort
would 'wreck the British export drive. According to the MA,
tension in military circles over the Berlin crisis is growing,
and most military personnel feel that the western powers can-
not win the present issue by air lift alone.
(CM Comment: Despite this present concern, the
British estimete that an early war with the USSR is unlikely
apparently remains unchanged. In recent months, however,
the British services have taken several steps to improve their
short-term readiness.)
3. RUMANIA: Soviet annexation held yikel --US Minister
? Schoenfeld believes that the R'remlin does not contemplate.
the incorporation of Rumania into the USSR at present. Scheen-
? fold estimates that the economic and military arrangements
between the two states envisage an eventual merger rather than
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"coordination.", Be considers. however, that by openly re
moving at this time all nretense at Soviet respect for the -
independence and sovereignty of its Satellites, the Kremlin
would: ta) reduce Soviet diolonaatic maneuverability; (b)
make a t.7rce of Soviet propaganda; and (c) add nothing to
the economic a dvanta ge% of the USSR. Schoenfeld thinks t
the Kremlin would resort to annexation only after it bad
decided to "burn all?bridges to the west."
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