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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006100070033-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Sequence Number: 33
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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1. Austrian views on Soviet policy--US Minister Donnelly
in Vienna transmits the view of Foreign Minister Gruber
that March through July will be the critical period in
Europe, with Yugoslavia as the possible Soviet target.
Gruber also feels that if hostilities do not break out by
July and if the US and the NATO countries accelerate their
defense plans, the West may not only prevent war but
weaken the Soviet position within the USSR and the Satel-
lites. Regarding Korea, Gruber remarked that US prestige
would not suffer from a forced evacuation but that it would
be impaired if the US yielded to Soviet and Chinese Com-
munist political pressure to leave Korea.
EUROPE
hind the Allied policy on German unity. In pointing out that
Adenauer's reply is being interpreted as tantamount to re-
jection of talks "which might advance the German cause,"
the High Commission stresses that the Grotewohl letter and
attendant Communist propaganda has made a definite impact
on West Germans and has demonstrated again that with respect
to German unity "blood is thicker than ideology." The High
Commission adds that popular response to the Grotewohl
2. GERMANY: Present status of German unity efforts--In an
analysis of Chancellor Adenauer's reply to the Grotewohl
proposal for -East-West German talks on German unity,
the US High Commission in Frankfort notes that the reply,
though not completely satisfactory, marks an advance in
that it was agreed to by all Bundestag factions except the
Communists and aligns the West German Government be-
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proposals is further indication of the recent trend toward
neutralism- in West Germany and warns that the USSR will
probably make every effort to exploit West German dis-
satisfaction with the Adenauer reply. In the Commission's
view, the USSR attaches great importance to early all-German
talks in order to strengthen its hand at a forthcoming Council
of Foreign Ministers meeting.
3. ALBANIA- Anxiety spreading throughout country--US Em-
bassy Belgrade reports that the French Legation in Tirana
regards recent Albanian complaints of border violations and
espionage against Greece, Italy, and Yugoslavia as an effort
to lay the foundation for a possible appeal for outside assistance
and to rally the Albanian public to its leaders. The French be-
lieve that these Albanian actions may explain the increase in
the number of Soviet `.'specialists" in Albania but doubts that
the Albanian Government will be successful in overcoming the
opposition of the majority of the.. Albanian people who "delight
in the government's inability to prevent frontier violations,"
FAR EAST
4. INDOCHINA- Estimate of military position--A French official
in Hanoi has told US Consul Blancke that he believes the battle
now underway between the Viet Minh and the French will be
decisive "for months to come," barring full Chinese Communist
intervention. The Viet Minh, following the Chinese Communist
precedent, are not concerned with occupying territory but are
now set to meet and destroy the main French forces, The
French official stated that General de Lattre has "accepted
the challenge" and that "all chips are down," each side hoping
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to annihilate the other. The official said further that the
Viet Minh have fairly strong uncommitted reserves 20 miles
north of the battle lines, but he believes these are insufficient
to take Hanoi if the French win the present battle. Blancke
adds, "we are optimistic" but the next four days should tell.
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