SWEDES SEEKING TO DELAY NORDIC DEFENSE DICISION - - US AMBAS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A006000020024-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: January 27, 1949
• Content Type: SUMMARY

2 7 JAN 1949
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~. Swedes seekinto flay Nordic defense decision--US Ambas-
with Danish acquiescence, will attempt to delay a decision on
Scandinavian defense arrangements until long after 1 February.
Marvel believes that such a delay: (a) would give the Swedish
Soclaltssis more time in which' to attempt to convert Norwegian
and Danish Socialists to a neutral policy for Scandinavia; and (b)
may result in a Scandinavian agreement unacceptable to the
US. Marvel therefore recommends that the US "torpedo" the
Oslo conference by bringing pressure on Norway to withdraw
from the conference and then seek immediately an invitation
to join the North Atlantic Fact.
2. US views on allocation of arms--`?Che Department of State has
fnst cte ,'`S' Er ssY ~o on to inform the British Foreign
Office, in view of the latter's fear that Italy's inclusion in
the Atlantic Pact would divert US arms from the Western
Union pavers, that the US w-117 be guided in allocating US
arms by major strategic con ideratjo and that Atlantic
Pact membership will be the alost important but not the only
factor. The Department Added that, in fulfilling the established
US policy to prevent Italy from falling under Soviet domina-
tion, the US will supply Italy with arms whether Italy is or is
not a party to the Atlantic Pact. The Department also ex-
pressed the hope that Italy, as a natural member of the west-
ern European community, will be included from the outset in
any Western Union political arrangements recommended by
the Brussels Pact powers.
State Dept. declassification & release instructions on file
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3. CHINA: Suspension of US munitions shipments urged--.she
Chief of the joint US Military Advisory roue in C Mna
("USM.AG) has recommended that no further US military
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