DAILY SUMMARY - 1946/04/03

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• Document Creation Date: September 11, 2018

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GENERAL
. Soviets plan to move small naval units--The Commander of the US
The Soviets have requested that these vessels be permittedlo
make calls at four UK and Mediterranean ports. The Admiralty has
not yet decided on its reply to the request.
'EUROPE-AFRICA
2. POLAND: �Mikola cz k believed in ersonal dan er�Ambassaclor
Lane reports that Mikolajczyk, in contrast to his usual phlegmatic
calm," is seriously alarmed by recent measures of the Warsaw regime.
The Government is making a definite attempt to link Mikolajczyk and
Ins Polish Peasant Party with the increasing terrorist activities of
rightist underground groups, and-newly-established Summary Peoples
Courts are "putting away" for two years all opposition leaders on whom
they can lay their hands. Mikola)czyk expects to be dismissed shortly
from the Government and both Lane and his British colleague believe
that his life is in danger;
3. - BULGARIA: Reduction of Bulgarian armed forces�According to the
- US Delegation on the Allied Control Council or Bulgaria, the Soviet
military representative reported to the Council that the Bulgarian Army
and Navy have been reduced to a strength of 97845 and 2,950, respect-
ively. The Soviets consider that by this reduction Bulgaria has complied
with the armistice agreement.
4. HUNGARY: Soviets lease agricultural land�Schoenfeld reports that
the Minister of Agriculture has Firlimaterto lease 70,000 acres of
agricultural land to the Soviets, who reportedly plan to use it for pro-
visioning their occupation forces. Hungarian officials told Schoenfeld
that the Soviets were particularly interested in land belonging to Ser-
bians, thereby causing apprehension that the Soviets will later claim
ownership of the land on the ground that as German-owned land it
belongs to the USSR under the Potsdam Agreement.00ment No. (54.c.
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5, HUNGARY: Premier supports Yugoslav claims to Trieste--Schoen-
feld reports that Premier Nagy in a 31 March speech supported Yugo-
slav claims to territory in the Trieste area and stated that "it would
lie in HungaryIs interest to find an exit to the Adriatic Sea through
the territory of a single country with which we are on good friendly
terms." Schoenfeld believes that Nagy would not have made this state-
ment without prior Soviet approval.
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7. ITALY: King seeks foreign asylum�According to Embassy Rome,
Crown PriEFF-Dmberto has requested the views of the British Govern-
ment concerning the future residence of King Victor Emanuel in the
event of his abdication. The Prince declared that the King was con-
sidering Spain, Egypt, Palestine and Turkey and desired to settle the
question at the earliest possible moment.
8. GERMANY: Ambassador SmitWs views�Ambassadot Smith, report-,
ing on his brief visit to Germany enroute to Moscow, states that (a)
there is no country, except France, to which the US could send food
to better advantage than to western Germany, and (b) the US should
seek immediately to integrate the western zones into a politcal unit
oriented toward western Europe. He added that the Soviets will cer-
tainly use the food shortage in the western zones to further their poli-
tical program in Germany and will seek to establish in their zone an
"anti-Fascist republic" oriented toward Moscow.
9. GREAT BRITAIN: Negotiations1942"292 alliance�According to
Embassy London, the British Foreign Office has confirmed recent
press reports concerning the negotiation of an Anglo-French alliance.
As a result of Gown's recent speech advocating the conclusion of an
alliance, without insisting upon the prior settlement of the Levant and
Ruhr questions, the Foreign Office is preparing a specific official
approach.
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FAR EAST
10. SOUTHEAST ASIA: Inactivation of the India-Burma Theater--The
Joint Chiefs of Staff have directed that the India-Burma Theater be
inactivated on 31 May.
11. AUSTRALIA: US opposes demands on Siam�Legation Bangkok re-
ported on 30 March that Australia is demanding that the projected
Australian-Siamese agreement (terminating a state of war between
the two countries) include a clause denying Siam the right to enter
any international commodity agreement without first consulting Aus-
tralia and offering Australia an opportunity to be a party thereto.
The State Department now has advised Legation Canberra to obtain
Australian assurances that no such provision be included in the agree-
ment. �
12. JAPAN: ,US views on division of Japanese naval units--In February
the Soviets requested an immediate division of certain units of the
Japanese Navy (destroyers and vessels of lesser tonnage) in order to
facilitate the repatriation of Japanese from areas occupied by the
USSR (see Daily Summary of 13 February, item 5). The State Depart-
ment has now instructed Embassy Moscow to reply that (a) the Soviets
might request SCAP to assign a suitable number of such vessels for
this purpose without prejudice to their ultimate disposition, but (b)
final disposition of those vessels, as well as the Japanese merchant
marine, should await the completion of repatriation and other tasks
involved in carrying out the surrender.
THE AMERICAS
13. ARGENTINA: US recommendations--The State Department has sug-
gested to the Latin American Republics (except Argentina and Haiti)
that (a) the new Argentine Government should be given a reasonable
time to comply with the obligations it assumed at Mexico City; (b) if
Argentina does comply, its participation in a mutual assistance treaty
should be welcomed; and (c) a committee of the Governing Board of
the Pan American Union should be appointed to coordinate the five
draft treaties into a single document.
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14. ECUADOR: Requests US withdrawal from Galapagos base--The
Ecuadoran Ambassador to the US has formally requested the US to
withdraw from the Galapagos base at the earliest possible moment.
The State Department has asked the War and Navy Departments to
set a date.
15. HAITI: US to recognize junta--The State Department plans to recog-
nize the Military Executive Committee of Haiti on 8 April. This action
is prompted by the fact that three American Republics (Mexico, Uru-
guay and Peru) have already recognized it and 12 others favor doing
so (so far only Venezuela has declared itself opposed to recognition).
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