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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006000060028-5
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• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Sequence Number: 28
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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L 1TO agreement foreseen in near fu hbe --US e-nmesentatjve _ 0 R & e- 7 . fr0sn lea p o renee that he believes
a complete agreement an all mut`.sta,ndinv issues concerning
the Eaterna.tio al Trade Organization Charter will be reached
by the Cob df eri eace in the very near fvi.tir?e. Wilcox declares
that the UK is now making a "desperate last a inute attempt
to e~ f ct additional concessions" but that no further corn
proaasises wffl be necessary., He belHeo xcs that the UK will
0. ign the final act of the Co erenice, which will authenticate
the l O Cia.rter, "w' ithin to neat fev'r days., r?
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.. US belly e iS iYn W TLJ laneVwi abife.a-Th; e,:aart: eat of
s to as fo ne ~ L~ ?~ ssy o o tit belies e, a
final split in the Jorld Feder?ation of Trade Unions (' rw)
to be iunet9ita ke and doubts the "'-.hue of an attempt to ian
ta.x~n the The Department feels that Co,rA: a nist
c?orspiiEa~?idua~ of tile ~T Ti) makes lmr0,10?o`.~able its continuance
^s a forum Where 1abor? Movements-
ovements could discuss such
Matter as the 1 urcjpefin recovery prc'rv'It?~ 1nN The epar
aanont woo:11d prefer, however, that the initiative for the brea.Fk--
up should not coa me-fr?om the US.S and that the r?es on ihi~i
be on the !Coinrnnists.
~. CJE ;C meeting planned for 15 March---US Anthassaddor
aer~;? i~naa ?. s ern ix~err~e by a French Foreign
Office official that the U.` end France laav agreed. to hold
meetings of the Committee on ,uuroiean "eGnomic Coopera--
tuon,lac iananin in Tar{ is on 15 March,. Douglas eras also told
that Forr.,Lgn Minister; Sevin and Bi'a.ult plan to attend the
opening meetings.: Douglas addo. that Dritish o ficials have
confired this nx>forrination;,
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4. FINLAND: Sta1.in I tta3: un('er coausideratlon- 4, ML)iKte
Warren report, Q w, f c,11 TAt g ref orn ,,atthn conce: -r.~.i the
letter "resid rnt .fir i :' ri iec$ived from StaljjrA )11
S 1'e
ary: (a) aas&:ivi r 3e( to reply to Stalin th 9t. the tiri
is not ripe fox ?r. Soviet f`in nisa 1.~act, scut For?eig.a 1".! iatstil
ncloell oppossl than,c r:nsf, on thy: ground that it s too lad e
to resist the ' (5viet do mandr (b) no aetion an ' a.as idiAl ':s
draft letter Wit:;, tat!;ela a: nnf:eti.ngs held on 23 e: ~ carry by
the Finnish Crririnet:, lb-f iii. uex :ers of the Diet. and all
political party n i rici a such meetings ~tre pla,* :acI
until the Diet recon 3rs3 or 2 I1arch; (d) severa:d Cabinet
members and Diet me nOen . hay 3 expressed to 34%aister
Warren the "fervennt 11C ' . '" th .t she U,13 Will give same tavi+
Bence of support for c antinved 1'lnaisl?r independkrnte; and
(e) the British. Minisfa!r ira l tel s:ir i relieves that T ?oreL3n
Minister Encir:c l is r:allc1ly slipping in his detestation
to resist the 9,c}? et do nrandt an4i that only 1'aa.sf J-Y-1 cyofzll
effectively st roan ur, a ;n r~st the LI SU R.
Swedish views an ftiet move in Fi, anA-the Se
tart'-Gene f ttie ~c: :'e {inistr Tar . are, ,c
to 11S Ambassador tit?h ews he view that the '(JET: destr+ i
to act in Finland before free elections were held, 4isclosi$g
a decline in Commuuni't strength:, The Secretary- eneral .
described the me .T. rs of the Finnish Gover ament as
"weary and disunitedl, "
(CIA Comment: The reduction of FinlanC to-comp
satellite status will k me profound effects in all kXiAd F
states, In Sweden, it pa bably will increase the enggth
the small group, chiefly, high military officers, v:Ytho cor.i
Swedish "neutrality" nonrealistic and favor a mo ro pasiti ...
foreign policy, It is uniitcelwr, however, that the in Suence
this group will be suff it lent to produce a change the wi4 A
supported policy of the present government. In Nrray, cq 1xerd
the trend toward closer cooperation with the weste.?n r.?s
has been developing for several months, the evert in Finbtnd
will undoubtedly produce greater support for this rpolicy.. )
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