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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006000050027-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Sequence Number: 27
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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GENERAL
UK Foreign office "warning" to Sweden that if the Swedes per-
might
sist in following their present neutrality policy the British
have to reconsider their policy vis-a-vis Sweden. According
to the British Ambassador, the UK Foreign mice rejected Swed-
ish arguments for neutrality by stating that., (a) no part of Europe
could escape participation in a future -war; (ti) Scandinavia would
not be merely a "subsidiary theater of war;' (c) the Swedish
conclusion is "premature" that help would not reach Scandinavia
in time to be effective; and (d) prior strategic preparations are
emphatically important.
in tockholrr has learn British Ambassador of a
1. UK presses Sweden on neu' li issue--}US Ambassador Matthews
that the 'strategic advantages resulting from Italy's adherence
to the Brussels Pact would outweigh the disadvantages. The
British believe that although Icy would be a military liability,
the availability of Italian bases to the western European union
powers and their denial to a potential enemy are of "prime
importance."
Embassy London, the ritts arms services chiefs consider
2..British view of Italy's stra c position--.According to US
'Document No. 6
after havinx first voted affirmattwly the USSR resolut
3. US2osttion regard US UK co rationn on Palestine--The
Department of State e has Info ei A s `o o glas, in
response to his recent reports concerning Bevin's hopes for
increasing US -UK collaboration on the Palestine question, that
the US is fully aware of the need to work with and not against
the UK, although the mutual task would have been easier if the
British had not been eremely-laard in dealing with a
crisis largely of their win making. Drruglas is authorized
to tell Bev$n that the US will not lift the arms embargo ex-
cept in conjunction' with Security Council "action or inaction."
The Department indicates that the US is prepared: (a) to sup-
port 'the, Ui4 cease-fire resolution with, certain modifications,
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Date :1-4 MAR 1978 By:
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