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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A005800040072-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2006
• Sequence Number: 72
• Publication Date: December 24, 1948
• Content Type: SUMMARY

Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP78-01617A005800040072-2
DIA & DOS review(s) completed.
Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP78-01617A005800040072-2
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Albanian reply to British on Corfu Straits incident--US Embassy
London reports that the UK Foreign Office considers a note it has.
received from Albania regarding the Corfu Channel mining incident
as "entirely unsatisfactory." In the note, Albania disclaims all
responsibility, rejects the question of compensation and Indemnity,
suggests that Greece laid the mines, and accuses the British of
violating Albanian sovereignty.
EUROPE
2.., ITALY: Currency conversion pr ogTam compromised--US Embassy
Rome reports that the Dalian currency programs been seriously
compromised by the theft of the printing plates for the 500 and 1000
lire notes.
THE AMERICAS
3. BOLIVIA: Constituent Assembly supports Betancourt--US Military
Attache Caracas reports that that the Venezuelan Constituent Assembly
has validated the Revolutionary junta's decrees, and extended junta
President Betancourt's powers until. new elections are held,,
4:, ARGENTINA: Bolivian Ambassador unaware of Argentine pressure--US
Charge Buenos Aires reports that the Bolivian Ambassador to Argentina
(a) is unaware of "any Argentine pressure designed to secure Bolivian
acceptance of a trade treaty and customs union," but (b) believes a
Bolivian commitment to deliver to Argentina 300 tons of tin monthly
would "very considerably" ease Bolivia's food imports problem.
Approved For Rel
Auth: DDA P.G. 777/1763
Date: TT 1978 By: J
NO CHARGE in Class. o
fl DECLASSIFIED
Class. CHANGED TO: TS
DDA Memo, 4 Apr 77
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