DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/02/25

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USS MISSOURI to take body.A.272Fkish envoy._ home�The re-
mains of Munir Ertegun, former Turkish Ambassador to the
'US, 'have been temporarily interred here � since his death last.
year. If diplomatic arrangements- are concluded, Ertegun's
body will be returned early in April to Istanbul aboard the -
_battleship USS MISSOURI, On its return voyage the MISSOURI.
wIll visit several Mediterranean ports.
2, Disposition of Italian cables discussed--According to Winant,
initial US UK conversations regarding the disposition of the
Italian cable system disclosed that the 'UK would like an agree-
ment with the US providing for a division of: these cables as -war
booty. The British emphasized the expense incurred in setting
up present arrangements 'and questioned the feasibility. of res-
tbring Italian cables to the pre-war situation. The British were
informed of the. US view that, since Allied acquisition of Italian
cables would. conflict with the position taken by the US and UK
regarding reparations, the cables should be ret urned to Italy.
3. Pol.a.nd. protests UNRRA quota reduction-4'he Polish 'Foreign Office
has sent a note to the American Embassy in 'Warsaw,protesting
the UNRRA decision to reduce quotas, particularly of grain.,
The Embassy learns that the Polish Prime Minister has .also
discussed this matter with UNRRA officials, The Prime Minister
declared that this action by UNRRA would be presented by his
Government to the Polish people, .Who- would deduce that they had
been deserted by the Western Powers. He also said that an appeal
.for assistance would then be made to the ,USSR, The Embassy re-
ports that Soviet military authorities have recently removed
200,000 tons of seeding gram from Poland.
EUROPE-AFRICA
4. USSR: Postwar palti.gy--US Charge Kennan has submitted to the
State Department a detailed analysis of the basis. of Soviet foreign
policy in the postwar world and has presented recommendations
from the standpoint of American foreign policy,
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fj... VENEZIA GIULIA: Departureit2f. boundar commission de-
lat-ed�The Deputies of the Council of Foreign. Ministers have
tentatively accepted a formula defining the area in Istria to be
visited by the Commission, but have been unable to agree as
to the nature of the investigation to be made with respect to
Fiume and Tarvisio. Dunn concludes that it is the Soviet pur-
pose to have the Commission make ostentatious visits to areas
claimed by Yugoslavia, while denying it access to Italian-
elaimed areas. it appears also that Gusev seeks to utilize
the present discussions to negotiate a erefinainary agreement
on the eventual boundary
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Yugoslav reinforcements �According to Kirk, the
latest XIII corps report is that large-.scale Yugoslav troop
movement into Venezia Giulia ceased on 17 February, six new
divisions having joined the original four. Kirk has learned that
Tito explained this movement to the British Ambassador in Bel-
grade as merely provision of replacements to bring the original
four divisions up to strength. This explanation is plausible, in
view Of the announced Yugoslav demobilization program but
ean be proved only by disbandment of the newly identified units
and incorporation of their personnel in the original divisions,.
YUGOSLAVIA: Yuaoslav mobilization reported�MA Belgrade
has "reliable" information that general rern.obilization is in
progress in the provinces. He has also heard that Soviet troops
are moving south through Belgrade under cover of darkness at
a rate of one battalion per night, that two Soviet divisions from
-.Digoslavia have reached the Greek-Bulgarian frontier and that
Soviet anti:-tank, artillery and engineer units equivalent to one -
division are moving toward Trieste
The War Department has directed US Commanding Gen-
erals in Europe and the Mediterranean to report on the situation
with respect to Yugoslavia and the means available to meet an
emergency. However, troop movements will be made only on
order of the Combined Chiefs of Staff.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: US intrusion incident closed--Foreign
Minister Masaryk has told Ambassador Steinhardt that he is
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entirely satisfied with the US Government statement on the
recent iiicident involving removal of documents from Czecho-
slovak territory by US troops. He declared that upon return
of the documents the incident would be considered closed.
8. GERMANY: Wheat stocks low�General Clay has reported to
the War Department that until the next harvest available stocks
of wheat and shipments in prospect (for the US, British and
French Zones) will provide less than 1,000 calories per day for
the normal conSumer.
9. AUSTRIA: Indications of,Soviet oilskas--Erhardt reports
that the USSR probably is preparing to form a single Soviet
oil company comprising all former "German" oil assets which
it claims as reparations. These assets are estimated to involve
roughly 65 percent of Austrian crude production, 50 percent of
refining capacity and 35 percent of marketing facilities. Erhardt
suggests that the US counter such a move by bringing specific
oil cases into the Allied Council and by urging the Austrian
Government to prepare cases for restitution of oil assets now
claimed as reparations by the Soviets.
10. RUMANIA: Communist Minister to U*1.2r.229.s_el--US Mission
Bucharest understands that prospective candidates for the posi-
tion of Rumanian Minister to the US are being opposed by the
Communists on the grounds that they are too friendly to the US.
The Communists insist on the selection of a Communist as
Minister; since the mission's purpose will be "to impress upon
the Americans the superior advantages of the type of democracy
exemplified by the Groza Government, and only a Communist
could do this.
11. EGYPT: British issueksisalszatja�Following the 21 Feb-
ruary riots, Which resulted in considerable damage to British
property, the British have lodged an official protest with the
Egyptian Government. The protest stated, according to Minister
Tuck, that despite assurances that law and order would be main-
tained, the Egyptian Government has permitted the creation of an
anti-British atmosphere and has afforded every opportunity for
attack on British life and property. The Chief of the Egyptian
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Department of the British Foreign Office has told Ambassador
Winant that he is unable to find a satisfactory explanation for
the current unrest in Egypt. He said that there are no clear-
cut issues, such as in 1919, to provide any obvious grounds for
Egyptian agitation.
12. PALESTINE: ewish immigration�Murphy quotes a British
member of the Anglo-American Palestine Committee as saying
that the UK would probably accept 100,000 Jews for entry into
Palestine from the US and UK zones in Germany, �provided the -
US would participate on a basis of joint responsibility.
FAR EAST
13, KOREA: Representative_everrIment jec!pardied�General
Hodge reports that the Communist in. North Korea has
been consolidated. The four parties represented are controlled
by the USSR, and Korean moderates report all members are
violent Communists or unknown Koreans brough'r, from Man-
churia or the USSR., The leader of the "People's Part Y" in
South Korea has announced that he and his party are Commu-
nist and has openly admitted using Communist techniques to
discredit the American military and military government.
General Hodge believes that the USSR plans (a) to
force acceptance of their North Korean Government members
as the Democratic representatives and (s) concurrently to com-
pel the US to include Communist representation in Sduth Korea.
This would give the Communists control of the Korean Interim
Government, General Hodge plans to keep up the prestige of
the Korean Representative Democratic Council and discredit
the Communists.
14, FRENCH INDOCHINA:: French request ammunition--General
MacArthur has forwarded General LeClerc's request for 2,000
tons of small arms ammunition to replace a similar amount
previously obtained by the French and subsequently. lost at sea.
15. CHINA: US Air Assistance�The War Department has notified
the Commanding Generals of US Forces in China and India-Burma
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that the JCS have approved the limiting of US assistance to the
Chinese Air Force program to eight and one-third Groups,.
16. AFGHANISTAN: `1.117.91.2.: rosiwith USSR--The US Minis-
ter Kabul has asked the Foreign Office whether the USSR-
Afghan non-aggression pact (which expires on 29 March) will
be renewed. The Afghan Government hopes for renewal of
this pact but has not yet approached the USSR because it -
fears that the USSR might propose supplemental conditions
unacceptable to Afghanistan.
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