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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006100060057-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2008
• Sequence Number: 57
• Publication Date: January 26, 1950
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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GENERAL
.i , Early Trieste settlement urged-- US Embassy Belgrade
reiterates its firm belief that an early settlement of the
Trieste problem by direct negotiations between Italy and
Yugoslavia would be very much to US advantage, The
Embassy strongly endorses the idea of a joint US-UK
demarche to Italy and Yugoslavia and points out that the
UK Foreign Office also believes an early settlement is
desirable. In addition, the Embassy expresses the
opinion that the Yugoslavs are sincerely desirous of an
early settlement of the Trieste issue because Soviet
acceptance of the US-UK-French declaration in 1948
favoring the return of all of the Trieste Territory to Italy
would place the Yugoslav Government in an "obviously
critical" position, The Embassy comments that there is
no prospect of an It.lian compromise unless US influence
is exerted to alter the "negative attitude" of the Italians
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2n iews on UN seati,of Chinese Communists - -The US
Delegation to the UN expresses the opinion that it would
be In. the interest of the US to accept the UN seating of
Communist China's representatives in due course "as
gracefully as possible and without unnecessary delay."
The Delegation suggests that this policy be followed
irrespective of the timing of US recognition of the Chinese
Communist Government.
State Dept. review completed
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