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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006100060030-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: February 27, 1950
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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GENERAL
1. Yugoslavia believed willing to compromise on Trieste--US
Ambassador Allen in Belgrade, in discussing recent reports
that Yugoslavia would refuse to enter into negotiations in-
'volving a sacrifice of Trieste territory, expresses the
opinion to the contrary that in conversations with Yugoslav
officials, changes in the boundaries of the Yugoslav Zone of
the Territory of Trieste have always been envisaged.
2. Norway does not expect Soviet aggression--US Charge
Villard in. Oslo has been informed by Norwegian Foreign
Minister Lange that information available to him does not
indicate that the USSR is preparing any move which is likely
to result in hostilities in the near future. Lange added,
however, that the cold war "might be stepped up" in certain
sectors.
3. Views on Pacific association -The Department of State has
informed Embassy Canberra that the US will watch with
greatest sympathy the development of an association of
Asiatic and Pacific countries designed to increase cultural,
economic, and general cooperation in the area. The Depart-
ment points out that to have any durable value such an
association must have firm roots and indigenous motivation
and comments that participation of such states as Australia
and New Zealand would have the advantage of ensuring pro-
Western orientation of any such association,
EUROPE
State Dept. review completed
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5. GERMANY: McCloy suggests Western steps to counter USSR --
US High Commissioner McCloy in Frankfurt reports that
there is increasing evidence that a persistent and formidable
effort will be made by the USSR during 1950 to gain, heavy
advantages in Berlin, "if not to take over the city." To
counteract Soviet pressure, McCloy suggests: (a) an im-
mediate announcement by the ECA nations that they are pre-
pared to increase their purchases in Berlin; (b) the institu-
tion, of an increased US public works program in Berlin to
reduce unemployment and bolster morale; and (c) designation
by the Bonn Government of Berlin as a "distressed area" and
the speed-up of relief measures by the West German Republica
McCloy reports that the Allied Council has agreed to reinforce
Western troops in Berlin against a possible emergency in
connection with the Free German Youth rally scheduled for
May 1950 and to undertake a further recruitment of local
police. In discussing the over-all German problem, McCloy
also expresses the view that the West runs "very serious
risks" in allowing the USSR to pose as the champion of Ger-
man unifi.cationo McCloy adds that in an effort to launch a
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counteroffensive to Soviet propaganda, he is making a
statement that a major US objective is the unification of
Germany on the basis of political freedom,
(CIA Ceimmenta CIA concurs with McCloy's esti-
mate of the urgent need for taking counteractions to offset
Soviet pressure on West Berlin.)
NEAR EAST-AFRICA
6. PALESTINE: Israel-Jordan non-aggression pact-'-US
Ambassador McDonald in Tel Aviv has been informed by
an Israeli Foreign Office spokesman that Israeli and
Jordanian representatives have initialed an "agreed set
of principles" as a basis for a five-year "friendship and
non-aggression" pact. According to the Israeli spokesman,
the "agreed principles" include a joint Israel-Jordan
guarantee of access to and freedom of the Holy Places,
continuance of present armistice lines, and initiation of
normal commercial intercourse between the two countries.
McDonald adds that another meeting is to be held 28 Feb-
ruary, with the two parties meanwhile going ahead with
preparation of a final draft to be agreed on and signed a
few days later.
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