ITEM 5, DAILY SUMMARY NO. 312

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• Publication Date: March 5, 1947
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DAILY SUMMARY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
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1200 2 4 FE B 1947
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phrased, or reproduced in any form. Utmost se-
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1. The President
2. Secretary of State
3. Secretary of War
4. Secretary of Navy
5. Chief of Staff to the
Commander in Chief
6. Chief of Staff of the Army
7. Chief of Naval Operations
8. Commanding General,
Army Air Forces
9. Director of Plans and
Operations, WDGS
10. Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations (Operations)
11.. Assistant Chief of Air
Staff-5
12. Special Assistant to the
Secretary of State, Research
and Intelligence
13. Director of Intelligence, WDGS
14. Chief of Naval Intelligence
15. Assistant Chief of Air Staff-2
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EUROPE
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1. RU trMnwiMdraya1n_-U1-R Re wry reports
that! Soviets
have begun organizational preparations for the withdrawal, by 15 April,
of all but four divis! ns of Soviet troops currently estimated
at 10-12 divisions. r MW Soviet military
commander will have un er commana a' o le civil organiza-
tion of Soviet operators ... to control the country in civilian guise."
2. USSR: Violent propaganda attacks on US--According to US Embassy
Moscow, Soviet propaganda attacks on the US have reached an unprece-
dented intensity. The Embassy believes this attitude may be designed
to cover up certain weaknesses made evident by recent failures of
Soviet policy at home and abroad. In the Embassy's view, the present
campaign is calculated to create among the Western Powers an attitude
of pessimism regarding the forthcoming CFM meeting, so that the West-
ern delegates will be grateful for even minor Soviet concessions.
4. HUNGARY: Colic a of coalition Government again re rted imminent--
US Minister Schoenfeld reports that Premier Nagy now expects the om-
munists and Social Democrats to withdraw from the coalition Government,
because the Smallholders Party, refuses to waive parliamentary immunity
for its former Secretary-General, Bela Kovacs, who has been accused by
the Communists of participating in the alleged subversive plot against
the Government (see Daily Summary of 27 January, item 5). Nagy fears
that leftist-spired disturbances would make it impossible for a purely
Smallholders' Government to maintain order and that new elections may
therefore have to be held.
5_ FRANCE: Possible removal of key Army officers
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(CIG Comment: Should Petit become Comnomdft of
the Army, the Communists will have gone far in neutralising the effective-
ness of the Army in putting down any Communist attempt to take control
of the Government by force.)
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7. GREECE: r views on ree economic cr r- a Porter, CmW
of the Economic Mission to Greece, reports that the Greek economic
crisis is so acute that if the Greek Government awaits the final recom-
mendations of his Mission, the situation will have "deteriorated to the
point where little could be accomplished." Porter is therefore cooperat-
ing with the US Economic Mission and the US-UK Currency Commission
to formulate "specific immediate undertakings by the Greek Government"
to combat further wage and budget inflation.
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FAR EAST
8. CHINA: Chinese Government reorganir Lion--US Ambassador Stuart
has been o-rme by the Generalissimo that the reorganization of his
government will be undertaken "in the closing days of this mondh."
Courier ship deli--Stuart also reports that on 23 February
(2 days before the scheduled departure of the US courier ship for Dairen),
the Soviet Embassy handed him a note stating that it could not notify the
proper authorities concerning the ship's departure (as the US had re-
quested) because notification must be made through US Embassy Moscow
to the Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs. The State Department has
Instructed Embassy Nanking to hold the ship pending further instructions.
SUS aid in cap ur private for assets sought--T. V. Soong has.
informed US Treasury Attache Nanking that he is anxious to obtain from
the US and UK Governments a list of private Chinese holders of assets
in the US and the British Empire. According to Soong, the Chinese
Government Is considering taking steps to gain control of these private
assets. Soong believes that without US and UK gyration such steps
`4could not amount to much.,,
THE AMERICAS
9. PERU: Debt settlement offer unacce a to US--US Ambassador
Cooper, on instructions from Washington, has informed the Peruvian
Minister of Finance that Peru's latest dollar debt settlement offer is
"completely unacceptable" to the US.
10. VENEZUELA: Revolutionsat movement is reported rea? --US Military
Attache Caracas reports thatr followers of ex. president Lopez Contreras
assert that all local preparations for a revolutionary movement have
been completed (see Daily Summary of 12 February, Item 4).
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