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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00764R000300010035-1
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: October 20, 1949
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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ILLEGRAM
?11E1111N OF COMM?UN1CATJONS AND RECORDS
Athens
Secretary of Steat~?o
1'AMA"~~i' aF `^Jcj;oL3er 19, 4 P ,m,
E! 4G APK-. BRANCH
i' wish to pail Departme e' ttcntio fan ' 4---CF ` `s
views on this ma r . an gene-rain. : strongly app:r o ,.
Greece in . re~pon e to Uei'a.rtnlcnt Army request f '
t o ,s1ze and u c ic. ns of British Military NMII~'f.~"i .i> 'i3 '-! I I-!
te'le ;ram L412 + t?r sober .1,1 contaInino recommend
recommendations ccr to of-:::: therein, particularly t;"~4 J
su estir?g irzmedI r tc- r',6 d ^astir,. red-,actions in 'engti?:~
13G) How ' 9r,, fl i it~res of YCeair : :I~ ,t~ tiro
t at immediate s '+e ''i be Aiken to reachi
agreetil,.;r 1 E vskeen
> ~3.t.4sh partnersh-p i4i ml itary assi ; Lance to Greer e,
va ieb I presume Is still '),epartment4 policy; suggest
wasningtcn acid London, derining functions not c11:;;r of
S ons , e p~..XIts out in
sornI ii CcI .
A .ericans and Briti. h, Art x- Missions but Air and sTaval
with regard to t.hc' Army and offer's general suggest;Ions
Navy. General a re6rner?t would eliminate dupi .cat; o.a
W*r 1' 11nfStx'y for Fad .950r _`7 example carri' c 'large
onI ly in do: i:ar but in d drachma bt:::i c t as well. Grreetc
CZ)
li 3 tsry' Miss ons :t: , r r`d~C-'~,e with Qcnpequen-tl savings not
fC} ' In all i jeI * ca cfr L *~.- viss
or 14 psi;lion drat *tia for 13r_.tish,Military Missions,
b4r far largest of ' hi z- is a l my group.,
be given renew?d `cons .~.cera+:Ion a In pppasty prey n-e
gpestion of rna n' #. 3.t iris, {rsti`p rig de in r--o ~
A sUggested rIYTT"L 7 of September 233- I recommend
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-2- #AMAG 77, October 19, )4 p ~r,i , from A t; enU
this brigade may have. helped to deter? Communists from
attempting any moves against urban centers, parti-
cularly Salonika, but possibility such Communist action
r.ow remote. It seems to me doubtful that present. Brii;ish
Brigade in Greece would be any deterrent to full-scale
aggression by Soviet satellite.,. Furthermore, I do not
'believe that the disposition arid plans for this brigade
nvisage Its serving as cadre or providing bridgehead
x or despatch of larger British forces in case outbreak
of war. Brigade itself results in no direct charge )n
Greek budget or lime rl.can aid but cons ,itutea a drain on
British resources with no part=-.cular benefit. and afford:'
opportunity for Communists ? propaganda to i~ep:ict Greece
.s under foreign occupation. TUithdrawal of' bi- igade, to-
gether with reductior, of British and American Military
Missions are logical steps in view of altered military
situation and may serve to increase feeling of sell'
.reliance we are attempting to foster among the Greeks:,
MAM: IMF'
GRADY
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