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sibali of Arab-Tewish truce in Palestine--US Ambassador
rgls has been for ed by the Jewish Agency (JA). represen -
tative in London that in a recent conversation, hector McNeil
of the UK Foreign Office expressed the view that King Abdullah
will cupy #aly the Arch areas of Palestine and a truce between
the Je'rs an , ' Abdullah is therefore a possibility, The JA repre-
7-sentatfbo, said that the Jews would welcome Abduilah as a neigh-
7bor bufthe' I'A would have to "protest loudly" if he Invaded
Palestine. The representative expressed the opinion that if
Abduflah baits his invasion at the Jewish frontier, the Jew. ought
to begin immediate negotiations with hi for a truce.
US Ambas:ador.Tuck reports front .Calm that it t
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f dually "coming appars nt" that the Arabs would now .rel-
come "almost any face-saving device" which would prevent
open war.. Tuck expects that as a result of British pressures
Abdullah's forces will move only as far as the Jewish frontier.
Tuck adds that British Minister Clayton is continuing to urge
the Arabs to accept partition and to confine their future action
to economic and guerrilla warfare.
(CIA Comment: Although CIA agrees that Arab leaders
themselves would welcome a ""face-saving" device which would
avoid the necessity of full-scale warfare against Haganah, Arab-
Jewish hostilities will almost. certainly increase and continue for
some time when the Arab governments--compelled by public
opinion--send their armies into Palestine.)
conversations should include the UK and } t No .
Spaak of Belgium has expressed to US Ambassador Kirk in
Brussels his approval of the recent US approach to the USSR
and of Ambassador Smith's "excellent" statement. Spivak
feels that Molotov's reply reflects an increased concern by
the USSR over the coalescence of anti-Soviet world opinion
and may also signify an actual desire for discussions with
the US. Spaak suggested that the US should give careful con-
sideration to plans for carrying on such discussions with the
Soviet Union: Spaak added that he saw no necessity that these
2. Spank favorable to direct US-Soviet talks--Ex-Prime Minister
State, Interior
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3. CZECHOSLOVAT(IA: Renes j:lads resignation i uie --US
Ambassador Steinhardt hia.s been reliably informsUS
Embassy Nanking has l e; i rnec i from the principal adviser to
Vice -President Li Tsung-jen that Li and his followers plan
to present within a few weeks a reform program to Chiang
Kai-shek. Source adds that unless this program is acceptet
in its entirety, Li will provoke a political crisis, following
which Chiang will be permitted to retain only limited presi.
dential powers and a new cabinet will be named by U. Source
is optimistic that Li's group will be enabled by its overwhelm..
ing popular support to obtain its objectives peaceiay.
(CIA Comment: Until the preponderance of the mili-
tary forces in Nationalist China have shifted their pport
from Chiang Kai-shek Lo Li Tsung-jen, it is unlikely that
Chiang would acquiesce In such a reform program and gov-
ernment reorganization or that Lt would risk a political
crisis.)
Ti :AMERICAS
5. PUERTO RICO: e C gmmunIst disturba.ncee s, -.-The
secretary to the Governor of Peerto Rico has communicates
to the US Department of the Ihaterior his conviction that
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Nationalist and Communist agitators will cause troszble if
the Caribbean Commission holds its 24 May conference in
San Juan.
(CIA Comment: CU believes that such disturbances
are quite possible. Recent ultra Nationalist and Communi1
activities on the part of the students have forced the closing
of the University for the remainder of the current term.
Furthermore, presence in Puerto Rico of the violent Nation _
ist leader, Albii Campos, after ten years incarceration fot
sedition, encourages anti US excesses.)
6. CHILE: Con over Ar inn Mira mission to US--
Foreign Minister Vergara has asked U A assn o were
for US reassurances concerning the visit of an Argentine
military mission to Washington and the US attituda toward
the mission's purposes. Ver;aradeclared that, V the the Arge1ti
mission succeeds in obtaining large amounts of military tpp
meat and arms production facilities, the Chilean . gray woul i
demand heavy appropriations to meet the resulting danger,
with consequent serious effects on the Chilean economy. Vo r
gara believes that most Latin American countries would be
deeply concerned by any such US action in ~iding :Peron to
build up a powerful military machine.
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