DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/06/10

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• Collection: Daily Summary Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02578608
• Document Creation Date: September 11, 2018

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I. US seeks revision of Evatt'' Spanish resolution�The State Department
has suggested that erschel hnsorarTkade Evatt to revise his
�original resolution on Spain which expressly mentions a diplomatic
break. The Department approves the provision for transmitting to the
General Assembly the evidence and reports of the Subcommittee, but
believes the Council recommendation should merely provide that,
unless the Franco regime is withdrawn and political freedom in Spain
fully established, the Assembly shall take whatever action "it deems
appropriate at the time." If Evatt objects to this text, the US would
favor a Council recommendation that the Assembly "determine".
whether to recommend that UN members "terminate" diplomatic rela-
tions with Franco, or to take "any other action." If attempts to change
the Evatt resolution fail, Johnson is instructed to vote for the resolution
but to stress that the US undertakes no commitment as to its later posi-
tion in the Assembly.
EUROPE -AFRICA
2. FRANCE: Communist tactics�Embassy Paris was told recently by a .
Communist leader that (a) the Communists would launch a campaign to
discredit the US-French financial agreement, and begin with an attack
on "the sacrifice of protection for the movie industry," and (b) the
COT has scheduled a strike in the movie industry this week. Caffery
reports that the campaign already is under way, He expects it to be
extended to other clauses of the agreement,
3. VENEZIA GIULIA: Increases cow,galyn221,0ifie--The
Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean, in view of the increased
tension in Venezia Giulia, has moved the Sixth Armored Division for-
ward to permit more rapid troop deployment "In case of necessity."
SAC does not feel justified in requesting reinforcements from OSFET,
since he believes that a Yugoslav coup against Trieste is as yet no
more than a "possibility.'
4. YUGOSLAVIA: Further ratc9rt on Sq�vjgtlimplz-The US Military
Attache Belgrade has learned from British observers that since the
latter part of May, several trainloads of SoviActsmosw Rd equipment of
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moved to Bitolj near the Yugoslav-Greek border apparently for train-
ing maneuvers. (On 28 May the US representative in Tirana received
reliable reports that eight or nine thousand Soviet troops were in
southern Yugoslavia; see Daily Summary of 28 May, item 4.)
5. RUMANIA: Proposed Ambassador to US--US representative Berry in
Bucharest has received a "personal message" from Premier Groza
stating that (a) Bagdasar, Rumanian Ambassador-designate to the US,
Is seriously ill and cannot go to his post in the US, and (b) the Premier
proposes to nominate instead Mihail Ralea, a former supporter of
Xing Carol and reportedly a "secret member" of the Communist
Party. Berry has replied that Groza should be prepared for an unfavor-
able US reaction.
6. RUMANIA: Release of arrested US employees unlikely�General
Schuyler, US delegate ACC, reports that (a) the release of US-employed
Rumanian citizens "has now become a question of principle"; (b) the
Rumanian Government, with Soviet backing, will refuse to release the
arrested employees; and (c) he now believes that "further discussion
on ACC levels would be fruitless." (Schuyler had previously believed
that the matter could be settled locally; see Daily Summary of 31 May,
item 2,)
Government oyders violenc? against Opposition�Schuyler has
received from a "reliable official' of the Groza Government copies of
two Government orders issued in April, which (a) instructed all prefects
to use the "severest measures," including violence, against opposition
leaders touring the provinces during the Easter period, and (b) pro-
mised commendation and financial rewards to local officials who dis-
tinguished themselves in execution of these orders. Schuyler comments
that these orders constitute the first documentary proof that the Govern-
ment has oppressed the opposition parties in violation of the Moscow
agreement.
7 IRAN: ram's "totalitarian" tendencies�Ambassador Allen fears
that "Iran's independence and civil liberties" may be seriously endan-
gered by Qavam's tendency (a) to appease the USSR and leftist Iranian
elements and (b) to employ totalitarian tactics in crushing "internal
opposition from the Right" Allen proposes to remind Qavam that the
US public will react unfavorably to dictatorial methods in elections.
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He believes that in a "relatively free" election there is "little chancel'
of a Soviet-dominated majority in the Parliament which is the "ulti-
mate safeguard of Iran's independence."
Soviet "timing." --Ambassador Smith, commenting on the possi-
bility of a Soviet-supported coup by Qavam, expresses the belief that
the USSR is likely to "proceed slowly," since "the Kremlin can calcu-
late that in Iran time is on the Soviet side," Smith states that the USSR
"presumably" still aims at the eventual capture of the Iranian Govern-
ment "through one means or another."
FAR EAST
8. SIAM: US suggests French promise border adjustment�The State
Department is urging the French Government to announce publicly that
It will be prepared, when Siam returns the territories seized from Indo-
china in 1941, to negotiate a mutually satisfactory Siam-Indochina boun-
dary. The US would then be prepared again to urge Siam (a) to expedite
return of the disputed territory and CO to disarm and disperse unruly
elements in the area of the recent incidents.
9 CHINA: _Soviet control of Dairen�US Consul General Dairen, in a
message transmitted via a US vessel which entered the port, reports
that the Soviet Military "control everything" in Dairen and insist that
the port is closed. He adds that his office operates unrestricted, but
that Soviet officials are uncooperative.
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