ARABS RESERVING DECISION ON PALESTINE TRUCE- - US EMBASSY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006000040076-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2006
• Sequence Number: 76
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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1.. Arabs reserving decisiorj 9:1 '2alestine truce--US Embassy
Cairo has learned from zn VaToleagte official that the, Arabs
are reserving their c'ecisioaon prolongation of the Palestine
truce while awaiting UN Mediator Bernadothe's reply -;.o he
Arab counter-propotals or ;. permanent Settlement. The
Embassy reports tin h Ambassador's belief that ate
bellicose Arab assertions e?luuld no:: be taken fully at fwe
value and that the Arabs m1.3 pro tong the truce despita itate-
ments to the contrarv.
UK advises as t iTetit d'tice extension--:7Oreign
Secretary Bevin has tom i.I3 lraassTigTou?iiiilhat lie
wishes to leave no stone urtxtrneel Ir karittsli efforts te. extend
the Palestine truce. Dovkglu; reports that the UK is atilising
the Arab governments of its views that: (a) the truce nr.ist be
extended; (b) if the krabs ar? ret:pcnEible for the res?Amptice
of hostilities, Security Council condermation is inevitable and
future UK arms deliveries will be impossible; (c) a ierish
state is an established fact; and (d) the UN Mediator'f4 Iro-
posals are more favorable tc, the Arabs than any suggested
before and should be, used at 6. b;t6i:3 or negotiations.
EUROPE
2. YUGC6LA.VIA: Reoorted reasons .fot ? inform a
The US Military fittachelil)arir, transmits
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Leader Duclos,at a rneetimg of the French Communist Party
Polftburo,concernin7 the C orainforn Atack on Marstal
According to Dudes, Zhdanvv (Soret Cominform reprOsenta-
tive) charged Tito with Itiolating the rrinciples of international
Communism by: (a) supporting 73ulge.rian Premier DiMitrov's1
opposition to the Kremlin, presuma.bly in connection with the
Balkan Federation; (b) failing to support the Greek guerrillas
and exploiting the Greek sltuationof:artunIteungtosNlao.via's Profit;
(c) making territorial demands on.Trieste; and (d) op csing
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the pronosal that the Barran Communist parties vire
support to the westeyn C'emannist.!,..?artios. I
according to Zhdanov, the USER had decided trtl:
demnation of. Tito NrcIA pr3ferabla to allowing Tito to PIS :!1:11
leaks of information concerning his divergenciee rith tt
Tcremlbit movid..ing :.nrnitnition for foreign anti-C o Aral -
nist propaganda..
(C14,, Conunact: CIA believes that Tito 1t:111121.1
prevented from obeZag I-re/Alin orders by the probleti
Ing from Yugos1:717 naticrWism" and intern. ficonorn
!political difficultiet;.)
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3. INDOCHINA: Fran4...act.;.on..held --The 2S C .41'(
in Saigon reports that. the stixultion in French -416.ochine.
become so confuseCI that it 1:3 essential for the 3.?rench i-
ment to take 7.3os1tivw and prompt action both on the rec Tritt
of a change In the status of ("cylvin China (now a rench c1eI y)
and the official acceptance C. the Franco-lrietmmese
ment of 5 June 1948. The Ccnsul adds that latkof actio
confirm the Vietnar.a belief that the French Go.l.rqrnatent *eat'
to acknowlet :e the agreeinerI arranged by Frei:1.th High 4
. missioner Bollaert, thus 'Leaving the Vietnainele with noia4k4
to hope for from the ttccord f320 from future neuctiaticrw4 '
(CIA. Cornmeal: C 1 lielieves that the prent X
regime in Indochina itis little chance for succesi beeau th4
Schuman Government not likely to jeopardite its posig on
at this time by rtskinn: debate over the liberal: cOriicessi
necessary for the conthaue.tion of the regime.):
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