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RECISION TRADS MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM DIARY Book 857 June 22, 1945 ROLL NO PRECISION - MICROSTAT TRADE MARK 2 June 22. 1945 9:15 A.M. ( Cong. Lewis Ludlow: Hello, Mr. Secretary. HMJr: Pardon't L: I say I think he is in the city. HMJr: HMJr: How do you do? L: I'm very well, thank you, and hope you are. L: HMJr: I'm all right, thank you. HMJr: L: Mr. Secretary, this in a matter I just wanted to nek a little information HMJr: Please. L: About the Collector at Indianapolis there. I L: L: I wanted to get you to tell me about. it yeaterday. Hello? L: Yes. HMJr: And I've called up Bob Hannegan to drop in and tell no what it was all about. L: Oh, yes. HMJr: And he is coming in here in the next half hour. L: Yes, I see. Well, I had always understood that Will Smith was one of the best collectors in the country. That in that he rated well with... I agree with you. It is a complete mystery to me, and I only heard it in a round about way. So HMJr: immediately got in touch with Bannegan and asked him please to come in because I wanted to know L: HMrr L: what it was all about. After Hannegan leaves, I'll be glad to get in touch with you. Well I wondered -- would you feel like - you'd be willing to see Smith and talk to answer you'd HMJr: HKJr: L: HMJr: L: Well, I'm being very honest with you. It in a mystery to me and I's trying to find out what it is all about. I see. Well, maybe he could help to elucidate the matter, and I'll ask him to come and see you. Has he been in any political troubles out there? Well, of course, there 1. always - you can't run an office, I reckon, without somebody criticizing you. Well, I mean - would you help me out a minute I mean I don't know Indiana politics, see, and are there what are the factions out there? Well, I don't know that he has been identified with any particular faction, he MAR appointed first on the recommendation of course, the mera member of the House, as you know, is not in the state of his equation. He was appointed on the reconsendation of Senator Van Nuys. HMJr: Yes, L: And, in fact, I think he did more to make Van Nuys A Senator than anybody out there. HMJr: I see. L: And Senator Van Nuye' death then kind of threw the thing into, more or less, chaotic conditions. oh, surely. I think he 18 in the city here. Now. I think I can reach him, and I'11 suggest that like tobit. ask. That might clarify the atmosphere a little L: HMJr: Just a moment, please. I could see his at 3 o'clock today. to his. If you'11 just let that against him - Will Smith. Well, I only heard about At what time would you suggest? I'm sure he'll be glad any stand, questions well then, hear that there is some movement out there HMJr: Well, if you know where he is if you will have his get in touch with ne, I'll be very glad to see him. HMJr: Well, who be wanting to move in and get his outI mean, - I mean outwould there? 3 C I just don't know that, Mr.Secretary it is L1 as much a mystery to me as it is to you. HMJr: Pardon? L: I say I don't know - it is as much a mystery to L: Yes. HMJr: Well, we need it. L: Yes, I know you do. me as it is to you. I just heard of it today. HMJr: We've run into some very bad cases in Indiana. HMJr: Yeah. Well, you think he is a good man? L: You have? L: Oh, I think he is efficient. HMJr: L: HMJr: HMJ group of Indiana bankers there. You know? Yeah. Well, when I know a little more about it, I'11 call you. L: Well, all right. But I moved just as fast as I could, and I thought I'd go right to Hannegan and ask what it is all HMJr: HMJr: L: Well, he might throw some light on it. I think he can throw a lot of light on it. All right, thank you. And if I contact him, I'll suggest that he come to see you at three. HMJr: If you would. L: Thank you very such. HMJr: Hello? L: Yes. Yes, yes, there was some oriticism out there. HMJr: I never actually had any letter from them, but I just heard rumblings. 0 L: oh, I see, yeah. HMJr: But I think the most - they tell no - comes from a Republican banker out there that never likes anything that we do. HMJr: How are we getting along with our appropriation bill up there - the one for more money for Internal And I thought if they really found out that they L: L: HMJr: Yes, I know. were bad cases that they were good enough citizens that they would get on the bank wagon. about. L: And I thought it wouldn't do any hars to sort of talk about then because - on account of that little Is that so? I didn't know the genesis of it Teah, I can get the name for you if you ever want it, but there is one Republican banker that is spearheading the whole thing. L: Is that 807 In Indianapolis, eh? HMJr: Yeah. L: I see. Well, all right, Mr. Secretary, thank you. HMJr: Thank you very much. Revenue. L: Well, I think it in coming along, Mr. Secretary. HMJr: In the hands of your committee? L: Yes, I think it will be reported out very shortly now. HMJr: Are we going to get about what we asked for? L: I think you are going to get it-good part of it, yes. HMJ You do? 5 June 22, 1945 9:30 n.m. C MR. COE: Not with what they want, Harry, but with LEND-LEASE the amount of money they are asking for. ITALY H.M.JH: Could I read the original letter? Present: Mr. White Mr. Glesser Mr. Coe Mrs. Klotz MR. HITE: Now, Glasser just got the letter late last night that WAS dated June 19th, A copy of a letter from the Secretary of War to the Secretary of State with reference to this thing, which thrown a different light on it. Incidentally, I got Bob Hannezan to come over on a very important setter. I have asked him to case to see me, so when he comes I'll ank you gentlemen to go back to your office and I'll let you know. (quoting from 8 letter to the Secretary of State from the Secretary of Ter, dated June 19, 1945, Attachment A. "This acknowledges receipt of letter of June 9, 1945, from Mr. James A. Kaxwell Who is Vannell? H.M.JR: What WAS the date? MR. WHITE: June 19th is the date of the letter. VR. GLASSER: He's down the line. Maxwell in the State Department tried to get this cable cleared with the H.M.JR: When did Glencer get it? MR. WHITE: Late last night. MR. GLASSTRAAfter conversation with the State Department he sent a special messenger over to get it. MR. WHITE: This letter changes the discussion because it says that the draft of the telegram that the War Department itialled is not in accord with the policy which the war Department thinks should be pursued. I don't understand who ititialled it. H.M.JR: Telt a minute. Does the telegram the War Department initialled--in it in tuse with what the War Department manta? MR. WHITE: No. Here's the letter. Ter Department--the name cable we brought in yesterday. H.M.JH: (Reading):. to General E. S. Greenbeun inclosing 1. draft of the proposed cable from the President to the Prime Minister in response to the Prime Minister's cable of May 28, and requesting comment on this draft. Is Nexwell in the State Department? MR. CLASSER: That's right. B.N.JR: (Reading) "Yesterday I received from the Director of Bar Mobilization and Reconversion & letter dated June 13, 1945, copy of which is attached. Have you got that copy? MR. GLASSER: Yes, sir. (Mr. White hands the Secretary copy of letter to the Secretary of liar from Mr. Fred V. Vinson, dated June 13, 1945,Attachment 8.) RECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTATI CROFILM ROLL NO. 1 8 . c -4H.M.JR: (Reading) "The proposed cable appears to Wer Department to be consistent with the direction the contained in that letter. If the cable is to be sent, by it is believed that its accuracy would be improved making the second sentence read as follows:" MR. WHITE: Isn't that Somerveil's letter, the one he wrote?wrote That's Somervell to--the beginning--that's the letter H.M.JH: Don't you have that? Have you had this before? KR. GLASSER: No, I got that late last night, too. MR. WHITE: I think be better get . copy of that. H.M.JR It's F hell of B may to work, not for us, but for us to comment and get this stuff later. that, H.K.JR: accordance with those in (Reading) understandings, agreed lendlence should be furnished on basis which permit This is from Vinson to the Secretary of War. from Attachment 5.) "Your letter of May 15, 1945, (Quoting with reference to the requirements of the British VE-Day, C Empire for RSP anterial for the period following on WILL the subject of B discussion held in my office June 4, 1945, with Under Secretary Patterson, Mr. Crowing Mr. Clayton and me. Wasn't Glasser present? " In general, it WALE and equitable reconversion in was further agreed that the Kingdom. estimated proportional in It requirements would the United the meetings held in October and November 1944 should be accepted as the basis for present requirements. Such estimates, however, are always subject to considerations. change in the light of strategic desands and supply "I assume, of course, that the War Department's budget requests appropriations adequate to fulfill these commitments. MR. COE: Mr. Bell WAS there. Now, you haven't got a complete file? H.M.JHI They don't even mention us. MR. COE: That's right. They didn't mention it. MR. WHITE: I just got that about five minutes before I class in. It's a meeting me were at. H.M.JR: They didn't even mention the Under Secretary of the Treasury. (Reading) "It was agreed that the tentative principles enunciated in your letter-- that letter is that? MR. COE: That WEB a letter which Stimson had written to Vinson. H.E. JH: Have you got that? MR. COE: No. to me. H.N.JRI It's a hell of a may to present something MR. WHITE: I was going to surgest in caning in with those letters that they are no longer really urgent because we need . chance to study the letters. I haven't had 6 chance to read el ther one. H.E.JR: with all due respect to all of you I think you should have had the complete file before itwat suggested that I okay that cable yesterday. MR. WHITE: That's right. 9 10 -5- -6- H.M.JH: I think that's 5 bad presentation to me, gentimen. I say that with all seriousness. (Reading from Attachment A) "It should be noted, however, the the War Department's requests for appropriations for military lend-lease were arrived at, and have been presented to the Congress, under policies considered appropriate by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which contemplate, among other things, the MR. WHITE: Sure, that's true, but how would we possibly know of the existence of those letters? ar materials I don't know how you happened to find out. furnishing by the Department of only those MR. CLASSER: I only found out because I was having 0 discussion with the State Department and they mentioned the letters and I immediately asked for them. We had no idea of that correspondence. They asked us to clear the cable without giving us which are not available to, and cannot otherwise be provided by the British Enpire on the premise that the Empire will maintain its forces for the war against Japan to the fullest possible extent from its own stocks and production. MR. WHITE: We ought to say--I certainly would say in the future when we B.BK for anything like that we ought to have every thing that is pertinent. "This policy is not in accord with the implications of the proposed cable. It may be necessary, therefore, for the Ber Department to request the Congress for funds for the specific purpose of carrying out the direction contained in the letter of June 13, 1945. the full record. R.M.JR: I certainly would. (Reading from Attachment A.) "I've intend to furnish lend-lease during the Japanese Tar in accordance with the general policy discussed between you and President Roosevelt at Quebec on September 14, 1944, and that was the basis for the discussions between Anofican endPritish representatives in Washington in October and November 1944 in regard to lend-lesse C requirements for the first year following the defect of Germany.' That's B substitute peragraph. MR. GLASSER: That incorporated in the draft Well, I am just roing to wait until you get a complete file on this thing,sn you can simply any you gentlemen can't advise me until we have all the correspondence, starting with the first letter that Mr. Stinson wrote to Mr. Vinson taking him. And if they don't want to give it to us, the hell with them! I mean, to take up my time and your time by having us do A piece of it--who does this over there? The asked you from the State Department? it. MR. GLASSER: Mr. Collado's office WAS asking for we showed you yesterday. H.N.JRI Tell College I CBS say, "What in God's H.M.JR: Well, I like Vinson's letter. (Reading from Attachment 8.) 'It was further agreed that the name coes he mean asking us to okay a cable blind and not knowing . thing about it? Also tell him requirements estimated in the meetings held in October and November 1944 should be accepted 0.5 the basis for present requirements. Such estimates, however, are always subject to change In the light of strategic demands and that I sm very much ennoyed. MR. HITE: I learned ze didn't get . copy of President Truman's cable until the day before yesterday. supply considerations. I like what be said. (Reading) "I assume, of course, that the har Department's budget requests appropriations adequate to fulfill these MR. COE: I must my though, that I think the blame really applies to Vinson in this instance, because It is-- commitments. V 12 -8. H.M.JH: I don't care. Let's not take the time. The fact reasins there is no use prolonging this dis- H.M.JR: I see. Go ahead. cussion. MR. COE: The Italy matter is this: The Var Department doesn't mant the responsibility for imported service supplies into Italy any more. Crowley hasn't asked for money for Ituly, and apparently doesn't intend to ask for any,and this circunstance the State Department through one of the MR. WHITE: Well, do you want to raise that Italian subject? (The Secretary holds a telephone conversation with Mr. Gaston) committees on which we are represented has asked for our views on it, and the propose telling them BE follows: We think so long as there le any military government in Italy the United States and the British military jointly are responsible for bringing in or not bringing in supplies, JR. OUE: Mr. Secretary, could TO clear briefly with you the Italian matter? H.M.JH: You can if you will first clear General Clay's letter with me. and it in their job. H.M.JR: The military? NR. WHITE: What? MR. COE: Yes, and we think further that the state- H.K.JR: General Clay's letter. Where is that ment which Roosevelt and Churchill made last September letter from Clay? on this matter which said that some alrimo supplies would be brought in and some minimum rehabilitation MR. THIVE: That doesn't need any action. We are going alienc. That be saye is that they agreed to would take place under Allied suspices still stands and should be carried out even though we an everyone else known that in fact they have done nothing toward it. having transferred out of It into & civilian status the members of the military forces. Now, they are going ahead BE fast as they can. In other words, our view in that we propose to MR. COE: And he thanks you. continue on that. It is still . military responsibility. H.M.JR: Shouldn't I acknowledge his letter? H.M.JH: As opposed to what? MIL COE: No, sir. You wrote Elsenhower a letter requesting that and Colonel Bernstein carried it over with him. You may not remember. It WBS # long technical letter. MR. COE: An opposed to its being nobody's responsiMlity which I guess would be the may. There is a British proposal to make Italy an UNREA responsibility, but they still want military government in there. H.M.JR: I don't know. H.N.JH: And It is the English who sant to withdrew. MR. COR: And Clay just thanks you on behalf of Eisenhower and says they are doing what you asked, MR. COE: And our military. Really, all the divilian agencies on our side want to withdrew, too, because they aren't doing anything about it. that is, transferring people out of the Army. I don't see what such else you can do. v PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO 14 E 10 MR. COE: That's what me thought. H.M.JH: You can't let Italy EO to hell. MR. COE: That's what me thought. MR. BETTE: Here is fl letter prepared for my signature going to Clayton as Chairman of the Liberated Arent Committee. H.N.JR: libe in Chairman of that? C MR. WHITE: Clayton. Or it can go under your signature to the Secretary, if you most to live it that much importance This is the last perograph. (quoting from draft of letter to Ur. Clayton from Hr. White, Attachment c.) "It is disturbing to me to know that the policy announced to the world by President Roosevelt and Prime Vinister Churchill in their joint statement of September 26, 1944, has not yet been implemented, and that it any not be implemented in the future. Such & complete failure to cerry out the promise made in the September 26th declaration should not, in my opinion, be permitted to occur. But that goes to Clayton. H.M.JR: I think it ought to go from mm to the Secretary of State. MR. WHITE: That would give it more importance. H.M.JR: Have you got one that may? Herold usually has three drafts. Incidentally, I had lunch with Robert Brand yesterday. He wanted two things: He mented Thite to go to England, and I said would I put it up to him? MR. DRIVE: He spoke to me about it and 1 said no. H.M.JR: You sold no? MR. WHITE: This BILE DONE time ago, a couple of meeks ago. H.M.JR: I confirm that now. and the other thing is he is very curious to know about this Advisory Committee on bretton Woods, would that mean eventually all financial matters would 20 to Treasury rather than State, and he said that would be most interesting to the Chancellor. I said, "Don't send a cable. Wait until you get home to tell it. MR. WHITE: We might as well raise it now. They are proposing to stop the arrangement which has been in existence in the last five years whereby American holders of sterling are guaranteed against loss of ! gold guarantee. It is called 'registered sterling, and they can withdraw. They now are going to tell then that is coming to an end. They are going to do the name thing with certain South American holdings, and with some Egyptian holdings. and so forth. The net results would be a substantial delinquency in their gold holdings, I assume, because a lot of the holders will say to themselves. "This looks like a decree in a possible delinquency in sterling, either in the Bretton woods arrangements or sometime prior to that. Otherwise, they will say to themselves. Why is England worrying about stopping the guarantee? I think most of the holdings will be withiram. The only holdings that will be kept there are those absolutely essential for the conduct of business. so one of the effects will be a decrease in the rold holdings, which may be one of the objectives. A second, and more significant one 18--I don't know whether they are indicating--he claims not--that they are paving the way for readjustment of the sterling rate downward, but they are asking us whether the letter which they have to go forward to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is all right with us. I don't see how we can say no. I am going according to the significance of the letter. H.M.JR: I don't want to be unkind, but may I say in cassing that I as very lad I didn't okay the telegram that you brought in yesterday, this one for Truman? 16 11 12 MR. WHITE: I am . little sorry we cign't needle then . little. MR. WHITE: I presumed something tast mannt so, because he called me and said they wanted this technical inform tion and would the Secretary want to come up and H.M.JR: Who? confine himself to that? I said, "I don't think so. MR. WHITE: The British. He said, "The other matter, you know, is out. So, I had assumed that you knew about it. I naic, "Well, if the other matter is out,you want just technical H.M.JR: I to glad I don't blindly initial it yesterday. information." WHITE:No. They thought I would initial it and I said, this is too important. The Secretary him Truman H.M.JH: didn't I told went him any it hearings. WE E out, but He I said, also "I told will be interested. How you disagree with us. an going to talk to Truman tomorrow and I will ask him that, and I said, "After you have spoken to him, will you speak to me? H.M.JR: No, I in just rubbing your nose a little. You said everybody has initialled it and it is all right. MR. WHITE: It is all right with us. That doesn't mean it is all right with you. MR. WHITE: You should call him up. H.M.JH: I will do it now. MR. COR: Rhat about that Chinese matter, Mr. Secretary: MR. NITE: If they are still on, I think that the MR. WHITE: Let me get through with this before you start the Chinese matter. aen are preparing material This is a letter to Kilgore which is . response to the invitation which you received over . month ago, but was taken up orally. listimal Bank and that stuff? Is that kicking around-- Now, the clerk of the coumittee called up and said that apparently you were not going to appear, and they wented somebody to appear to tell them whatever facts we have with respect to fresen assets, KR. WHITE: Yes, end I asked to have the thing investigated, whether It had gone to the Secretary or not, and they said it had. that we drafted. (Referring to Attachment D.) here. H.M.JH: Thatever happened to Hoffman and the Chase the Chase Bank--Paris? MR. COE: The sent that in to you, Harry. cartels, tips, and so forth. So, this is the letter MR. COE: It is completed. It should have been H.M.JR: I think I will use this as an excuse to call up Kilgore because I told Kilgore the President mented the whole hearings postponed, and I read In the paper he is going ahead. He said he === going to telephone the President, and that wes two days ago, and RSB going to let me know. So, I will use this H.N.JRI The Hoffman thing? in. WHITE: I have had it at least several meeks. You have had the original, I think, at least-- H.M.JR: Kilgore is out of the city until Monday. as an excuse. See if I have Hoffman's report on the Chase Bank in Paris. I think I have it. (To Mrs. Klots.) V 13 14 to answer the letter so they won't answer it. (Discussion off the record.) MR. WHITE: Here in the HIS matter if you want to read the memo. It is one page long. It will tell you about it, but me are mending . letter to all the Ministers of Finance who Tere up at Bretton Woods. (Referring to Attachment E.) H.M.JH: A memo about the BIS? MR. WHITE: We received 8 letter from the HIS as H.M.JR: would put it,Pending hearing from you : do not intendI town MR. WHITE: : don't know whether this would have the SALE effect. To will think about it. KR. WHITE: that we must to do is--the other country may ansker that letter. well U.S. # communication from the State Department enclosing something which the Pritish had received from the RIS. in which the RIS has indicated it is staking out Its claim spainst certain Cerman assets. (Referring to Attachments F. G, H. and 1. To all feel that it in . MOTO to increase the prestige and enhance the importance of the BIS end to show they are in the picture and that they cannot be cut off. So, we had is meeting here and we are Interested in it, but only in this Department. We all agreed finally that the thing to do is send A letter similiar to the one that you are sending to Anderson except that it differs with several of the countries because some of the countries are members of the HIS, and others are not, but the gist is the same. You can read the answer probably, and then read the amo. (Mr. White hands the Secretary Attachments J. K, and L.) H.M.JR: I could may, do not contemplate answering the letter addressed to me until I have had chance to consult with you. MR. WHITE: The letter doesn't really need any answer. It is just for-well, that night be B way of handling it. H.M.JH: Or else leave the sentence out entirely, "I would appreciate your advising me how you expect me to treat those communications. It's just as good. Look, It's just as good, seel MR. WHITE: I'll tell you what EO wanted to do. Be manted to notify the other countries that you are not going E.N.JR: Think it over,and if you went the to do It your my, I mill. I have got to stop. VR. WHITE: One other thing. We are not asking the State Department on this,and we are not making them deliberately because we think we will have trouble with the State Department, but it is to clearly . Treasury and Bretton Woods metter and there is one other thing about China. Adler is going back to China but he is going to get . ten-day vacation first, and Frank tells as there is something-- MR. COE: Could you set up . meeting later? mind. H.M. You know. I have told you what I have in MR. WHITE: You want the to tell these part of it-- that part which relates to--beare directly or It or not? H.E.JH: I'll telk about it. EREIN ATTACHMENT A 20 19 SECRET 19 Jun 1945 C The Honorable Department to request the Congress for funds for the specific The Secretary of State, purpose of 13 June of 1945. carrying out the direction contained in the letter Washington, D. C. Sincerely yours, Dear Mr. Secretary: This acknowledges receipt of letter of 9 June 1945 from Mr. Janes A. Maxwell to General E. S. Greenbaum inclosing a draft of the proposed cable from the President to the Prime Minister in response to the Prime Minister's cable of May 28, and requesting comment on this draft. Incl. Cy 1tr 13 Jun 45 Yesterday I received from the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion a letter dated 13 June 1945, copy of which is attached. The proposed cable appears to the liar Department to be consistent with the direction contained In that letter. If the cable is to be sent. it is believed that its accuracy would be improved by making the second sentence read as follows: "We intend to furnish lend-lease during the Japanese War in accordance with the general policy discussed between you and President Roosevelt at Quebec on September 14, 1944, and that was the basis for the discussions between American and British representatives in Washington In October and November 1944 in regard to lend-lease requirements for the first year following the defeat of Germany." It should be noted, however, that the War Department's requests for appropriations for military lend-lease were arrived at, and have been presented to the Congress, under policies considered appropriate by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which contemplate, among other things. the furnishing by the Mar Department of only those materials which are not available to. and cannot otherwise be provided by the BrItish impire on the premise that the Empire will maintain its forces for the war against Japan to the fullent possible extent from its own stooks and production. This policy is not in accord with the implications of the proposed cable. It may be necessary, therefore, for the War € Secretary of Har. ATTACHMENT B OFFICE OF WAR MOBILIZATION AND RECONVERSION Washington 25, D. C. P Y June 13, 1945 SECRET My dear Mr. Secretary: Your letter of May 15. 1945, with reference to the requirements of the British Empire for war material for the period following VE-Day, was the subject of a discussion held In my office on June 4, 1945, with Under Secretary Patterson, Ar. Crowley, Mr. Clayton and no. It was agreed that the tentative principles enunciated in your letter were not broad enough to cover the understanding reached between the later President and the Prime Minister at Quebec. In general, It was agreed that, in accordance with those understandings, lend-lease should be furnished on a basis which would permit proportional and equitable reconversion in the United Kingdom. It was further agreed that the requirements estimated In the meetings held in October and November 1944 should be accepted 8.8 the basis for present requirements. Such estimates, however, are always subject to change in the light of strategic desanda and supply considerations. I assume. of course, that the aar Department's budget requests appropriations adequate to fulfill these commitments. Sincerely yours, Fred M. Vinson Director The Honorable The Secretary of War Washington 25, D.C. MICROSTAT US. U.S.PAT.OFF MICROFILM BOLL ATTACHMENT B C OFFICE OF HAR MOBILIZATION AND RECONVERSION Washington 25. D. C. P Y TRADE MARK 0 ISION June 13, 1945 SECRET My dear Mr. Secretary: Your letter of May 15, 1945, with reference to the requirements of the British Empire for war material for the period following VE-Day, was the subject of a discussion held In my office on June 4, 1945, with Under Secretary Patterson, Hr. Crowley, Mr. Clayton and no. It was agreed that the tentative principles enunciated in your letter were not broad enough to cover the understanding reached between the later President and the Prime Minister at Quebec. In general, It was agreed that, In accordance with those understandings, lend-lease should be furnished on a basis which would permit proportional and equitable reconversion in the United Kingdom. It was further agreed that the requirements estimated In the meetings held in October and November 1944 should be accepted as the basis for present requirements. Such estimates, however, are always subject to change in the light of strategic demands and supply considerations. I assume, of course, that the as Department's budget requests appropriations adequate to fulfill these commitments. Sincerely yours, Fred M. Vinson Director The Honorable The Secretary of War Washington 25, D.C. PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT REG U.S.PAT.OFF MICROFILM ROLL NO ATTACHMENT C 25 Dear Mr. Clayton This is in reply to your letter of 7 June addressed to Rr. White conterning the termination of military responsibility for civilian supplies in liberated areas. 1 understand that discussions have been proceeding between Mr. Hellay, Mr. Crowley and yourself on these matters. If I may consent, however, 00 the letter of Mr. MeGley which was attached to your letter of 7 Jane, it sains to - that the military has responsibility for the importation of civilian supplies in Italy as long as part of that country is under Allied Military Government in which the United States takes . part. In any case, 1 assuse that the military relief program will not be terminated without prior consultation with the ( Italian Government as provided in President Truman's letter also attached. It is disturbing to - to know that the policy amounted to the world by President loosevelt and Price Finister Churchill in their joint statement of 26 September 1944 has not yet been implemented, and that is may not be impleneated is the future. Such a complete failure to carry out the proaise ande in the 26 September declaration should not, in my opinion, be permitted to occur. Sincerely, Honorable William be Clayton, Chairman, Liberated Arona Consittee, Department of State. ( Where 6/16/45 22 PPRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO ATTACHMENT D COPY My dear Senstor Kilgore: with reference to your letter of 9 May 1945 concerning hearings of the Subcounittee on War Mobilization "The Economic Base for German Aggres- sion and National Security," I understand that you desire the Treasury Department to present testimony relating to informat ion in its possession concerning methods of economic penetration and current German activities of this Department designed to eliminate the German economic basis for further aggression. In view of the nature of the information which you desire I have asked Mr. Michael L. Hoffman, Acting Director of Foreign Funds Control, to testify for the Treasury Department. Sincerely yours, Honorable H.M. Kilgore Chairman, Subcommittee on War Mobilization United States Sensite Washington, D. C. 23 PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROFILM MICROSTAT 24 ATTACHMENT ROLL NO / -2- ( Secretary Morgenthau H. D. White An important issue has arisen concerning the Bank for International Settlements. You recently received two letters from MeKittrick of the BIS. One transmitted a copy of . letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer setting forth the HIS position under the treaties establishing the bank and asserting, in effect, its immunity from politics-i.e. the WAF. The second letter is & statement of the for resuming service the German International 56% Loan of need on the letters. It will thus be obvious to them that we do not intend to negotiate with the BIS. Such letters from us MAY stiffen the backs of countries which would like to liquidate DIS but hesitate to take any Initiative. 4. The Chancellor of the Exchequer should be advised of our action, reminded of Bretton Woods Resolution No. 5. and asked what he is doing about the letters addressed to him. If you approve these letters, those for the other retton Boods signatories will be prepared immediately. You will note that the letters differ slightly because of the fact that some of the retton Woods countries also got letters from BIS and some did not. 1930 guaranteed by various German state revenues, and is addressed to the governments on whose behalf this loan was issued under the Young Plan, and to governments of countries in which substantial parts of the loan are held. We are in the latter group. The MeKittrick letters are "for the record" and do not require a reply. We propose, however, to write letters to other Bretton Woods signatories. Attached are three nodel letters for your signature. These letters are based on the following position: ( 1. Bretton Woods Resolution No. 5 calls for the liquidation of the BIS at the earliest possible moment. We do not want to appear to be retracting in the slightest from this resolution. On the other hand, we do not want to precipitate a direct battle with BIS until the Bretton Woods legislation is onected and other countries have adhered to it. 2. MeKittrick's letters are part of an obvious effort to stake out & claim for the IS in the post-war world. is such, they are, in effect, a challenge to Bretton Woods. This is particularly true of the letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer which was probably cleared with the iritish Treasury before It was sent. 3. The other signatories to the Bretton Woods Act should be advised of the HIS action, should be reminded of Fretton Woods Resolution No. 5, and should be advised that we are not answering @ MLHoffmanimba 20 June 1945 LCAarona PRECISION MARK MICROFILM MICROSTAT NO 26 The elaboration of this New Plan was entrusted to a Committee of Financial Experts, and this Committee, under the Chairmanship of Mr. Owen D. Young. submitted its report on 7th June 1929. The report was approved. in principle, In the Hague Protocol of 31st August 1929 and, finally, in the "Agreement with Germany" ATTACHURITY COPY BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SEPTLEMENTS signed at The Bague on 20th January 1930. Basle, 2nd May 1945. 2. Upon signing the New Plan, the Governments of the United By Air Mail Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan, Portural and Yugoslavia demanded the The Secretary of the Treasury, this purpose signed with the German Government an agreement entitled: issue of & new loan for the mobilisation of reparations and for "Arrangement as to the financial mobilisation of the German annuities", which forms part of the various instruments drawn up at The Hague at the same time as the Agreement with Germany. Washington, D. C. Sir: The German Government International 5 1/2% Loan 1920 WILD issued As Trustee of the German Government International 5 1/2% Loan in June 1930 on the markets of Belgium, France, Germany, Great 1930, it is our duty to craw your attention to the rights of the Britain, Holland, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. Subscriptions produced net proceeds of more than 300 million Dollars. which were distributed according to an Agreement reached In Paris on 10th June 1930 as follows: The question of the rights of these Bondholders will, in particular, arine at the time when a settlement is to be reached of matters left in suspense by the interruption of payments provided for by the Hague Agreement: of 1930. A similar question will arise with respect to the Bondholders of the German External Loan 1924. The Trustees of this Loan submitted this matter, in December 1944. respectively to the Governments of the United States and of the United Kingdom. We have, in consequence, the honour to submit to you the following: 1. The problem of reparation for the material damage caused in the war of 1914-18 was raised. without being solved, by the Treaty of Versailles. By this Treaty the Remaration Commission was charged with the task of fixing the total of payments and other peparation to be made by Germany. The fixing of Germany's obligations and their execution having given rise to many difficulties, the Creditor Governments were led to settle the reparation problem by means of two new agreements. The first agreement, the so-called Dawes Plan of 1924 a provisional solution - WILD followed by the issue of a first loan to mobilise reparation payments In an amount valent to 800 million gold marks. This loan is the Vernan External Loan 1924. The second agreement, the New Plan of 1930, was to bring about 5 final and complete settlement of the reparation problem. : France Germany British impire Italy Japan Yugoslavis Portugal $132.7 million $100.4 50.3 13.2 2.1 1.9 0.7 . Bondholders of this Loan. As regards the conditions of the Loan, we would refer to the bearer bonds issued and the general bond which WILL signed on 10th June 1930 by the German Government. For the purpose in view it suffices to mention the following special points: n) The Loan constitutes "a direct and unconditional obligation of the German Government to the Bondholder, for which the full faith and credit of Germany are pledged". b) The Service is secured: 1) as to one-third by the general revenue of the German Government; 2) as to two-thirds by a charge on the unconditional annuity of RM 612 million which the German Govern= ment has undertaken, in the Bon Plan, to pay to the Bank for International Settlements in courrencies other than the Reichanark. PRECISION MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO 29 --28 c) The service of the Loan benefits up to two-third, by the guarantees provided by the New Plan for namely by the charge placed tax German Government by the German Company and given by the German Government subject payable Reparations, by the to undertaking the upon the the killway payment special of to the charge securing the German External Loan 1924 to reserve free from any charge the proceeds of the Customs. the Tobacco Taxes, the Beer Tax, the Tax on Spirits (Administration of the Honopoly) and such additional revenues be required by the Bank for International Settlements pursuant to the conditions contained in the Engue Agreement. 3. The service of the Loan WBE effected with regularity by the German Government until the beginning of 1933. It *** not effected by the Hoover Moratorium and the suspension of reparation payments, the London Protocol of the 11th August 1931 (Article 1) and the Treaty of Lauranne of 9th July 1932 (Article 7) having expressly exempted the Loan from the facilities granted to Germany. Difficulties began to appear in May LSS. The German Government commenced no longer to place at the disposal of the B.I.S. the 82215 necessary to ensure on # gold basis, BE provided in the general bond, the interest and amortization of the bonds issued in countries which had depreciated their currency. A few meeks inter, the German Government completely suspended the transfer of foreio exchange required for the tervice of amortization. Finally, the German Government refused 15 from let July 1934, to continue to take through the R.I.S. the necessary transfers for the interest service. Later certain payments were effected outside the conditions of the bond in various countries, as the result of Individuel rrangements con- cluded by the German Government. As Trustee the H.I.S., on each occasion, immediately proteste in the most energetic manner against the unilateral and wrongful breach of the undertakings given and expressly reserved the rights of the Trustee and of the Hondholders of the Loan. 4. This summary shows: a) that the Loan has issued at the request and as to twothirds for the benefit of the Governments of the United Kingdom, France, Italy Japan, Portugal and Yugoslevia; b) that, BD counterpart, these Governments cave DE guarantee to the Bondholders of the Loan part of their rights with respect to German reparation payments and the guarantees attaching to these payments; o) that in spite of the actual interruption of reparation and in spite of the wrongful and unilateral Bondholders breach payments of the loan contract by the Geraan Government, the and the Trustee have preserved all their rights. In consequence, 10 trust that the Governments on whose the Loan USE issued and who have ceded to the dondholders in behalf guarantee part of their rights, will take all possible steps as soon as circumstances permit to ensure that the engagements solemnly entered into be respected, that the arrears be paid, and that the service of the Loan be resumed in accordance contracts with the conditions of the international agreements and the have which govern it. In our capacity 0.5 Trustee of the Loan, forual we the honour, by the present comunication, to make the request that appropriate sessures to this end be taken. This communication is addressed in the first instance to the Finance Ministers of the Governments of the United Kingdom, which France, Italy, Portural and Yugoslavie respectively, Governments at prozoters and beneficiaries of the Loan are perticularly called upon to watch over the interests of the Bancholders. The present letter is also being sent to the Finance of the Governments of Belgium, Greece, Holland, Ministers Poland, joumania, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States, these countries being directly concerned either through the of an important tranche of the Loan on their markets, issue or 0.0 Creditor Governments under the Hague Acreement of January 20, 1930, or in certain instances B.B both. I have the honour to be, Sir, Yours most respectfully, (signed) T. H. NcKittrick President ATTACHMENT G 31 30 COPY (COPY) ATTACHMENT H BANE FOR International SETTLEMENTS BASLE, 2nd May 1945. DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON THE PRESIDENT BY AIR MAIL In reply refer to FN 462.00R 296 B.I.S./ 5-545 The Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C. U.S. America SECRET The Acting Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Honorable the Secretary of the Treasury and encloses . letter dated May 2, 1945 addressed to the letter by Mr. Thomas H. McKittrick, President of the Bank for International Settlement s, with the enclosure thereto, relative to the rights and obligations of the Bank in connection with the functions assigned to It under the Hague Agreement of January 20, 1930. The letter and its enclosure were forwarded to the Department by the Embassy at Bern, Switzerland, at the request of Ur. McKittrick. Sir, I have the honour to inform you that the Bank for International Settlements in fulfilling the functions assigned to it under the Hague Agreement of January 20, 1930, sequired during the years 1930 and 1931 substantial investments in Germany and that the Bank today holds a large part of the portfolio which thus came into its possession. The rights and obligations of the Bank in this connection have been set forth in . letter which is being addressed to the Ministers of Finance of the countries who signed the Agreement mentioned above. For your information and records a copy of this letter, 88 put before the Chancellor Enclosure: As above-described of the Exchequer in London, is enclosed. I have the honour to be, Sir, Yours most respectfully, (Sgd.) T. McKittrick President 33 32 COPY ATTACHMENT The Hague agreements of 1930 form n legal whole, each individual document being linked with the others by definite references, and serve BE the basis of the rights and obligations of the perties. BY AIR MAIL The Chancellor of the Exchequer, In virtue of these Agreements, the B.I.S.: (1) was founded by the central banks designated for this (11) was required to carry out various functions in purpose; H.M. Treasury, Whitehall, London, S.W.L. tion with Reparations, and (111) concluded with the Creditor connec- Governments the Trust Agreement provided for in Annex VIII Sir, to the Agreement with Germany. have the honour to submit to you herewith . I of the rights and oblinations of the Pank for II. The rights and obligations of the B.I.S. arising out of International summary Settlements arising out of the Eague the cague Agreements may be sumerized BE follows: Agreements of 1930. 1. The general functions of the Fank These Agreements have established . legal connec- with between the Hritish Government and the B.I.S. tion reciprocel rights and obligations. In view of the to decisions which the Governments concerned may have take then the appropriate time comes in connection said with the application or the possible amendment, of the I 823 submitting to you, for such steps 6.8 you Agreements, may consider desirable to take, the following observations. This summary in also being communicated to the other Creditor Governments under the Hague Agreements. In addition to the general objects fixed by Art. 3 of its Statutes, the B.I.S. *** given special tasks cerning of the Plan, which are summarized conin Art. 4theofapplication the Statutes. 2. The R.I.S. Trustee of the Creditor Governments On 17th Kay 1930 the Bank concluded with the Governments referred to ar "the Creditor Governments" the Trust Agreement, which is in conformity with Annex VIII of Eague Agreements and expressly refers to the Plan. The obligations of the Bank, as Trustee for the In January 1930, nt The Hague, the German reportion formed the subject of R number of Agreements, the problem principal of which were the agreement with Germany and the Convention with Switzerland. The agreement with Germany comprised two annexes which are Important for our purposes, namely the Debt Certificate of theGerman Government (Annex III) and the form of Trust Agreement (Annex VIII). The Convention with Switzerland contains the Constituen Charter and the Sintutes of the B.I.S. Further, the agreement with Germany lay# down that the Experts' Report of 7th June 1929 forms an integral part of the documents approved at The Hague. credit Creditor Governments, include the receipt and entry to the of an Annuity Trust Account" in the name of the said Governments of a) all summ received from the Agent General for Reportions on winding up his accounts, in the funds to be received each month from the German Government b( conformity with the Plan (Art. II of the Trust Agreement) The Credit Governments may freely withdraw the credited to their account except a) the "minimum deposits" sums without Interest mhich these Governments are required to leave in the Annuity Trust Account for the duration of Plan and which are fixed at 6 total equivalent to 125 million the Reichanarka; b) the amounts in Net chamarks necessary for the settlement of Deliveries in Kind. (Art. IV and V of the trust agreement.) 34 The Bank must intervene in order to forestall "circumstances which night of themselves lead to 6 In the Trust Agreement the B.I.S. expressly takes transfer postponement. (Art. 69, Part 6, of the note of the following obligations entered into by the Experts' Report.) German Government in the Debt Certificate: The measures to be taken by the Bank are defined The German Government undertakes to maintain at the in the Plan. They are in particular: a) Direct senistance to the Keichsbank in the form of short-term credits in foreign exchange which will provide 'temporary assistance in transferring the annuities"; b) Indirect assistance in the form of investments in Bank, during a period up to 31st March 1966, . noninterest-besring deposit equivalent to 505 of the deposits of the Creditor Governments, that is to may, B minimum of RM 62.5 million. (Art. IX of the Trust Agreement.) The German Government in required to deliver to the Bank and the Bank CAS the right and the duty to demand in payment of the monthly installments under the Plan "currencie other than Rel chemarks' subject to the proviso that the Bank may accept RM for an amount equal to the fraction of the annuity payable in the form of Deliveries in Kind under the Plan. All suns, even those payable in currencies other than the W. are calculated in RM, but the German Government has riven the undertaking "that the RM shell have and shell retain its convertibility in rold or foreim exchange as provided in Section 31 of the Law of the 30th August 1924, and that, in all circumstances, for the general purposes of the Plan. the FK shall have and shall retain n mint parity of 1/2790 kilogramme of fine gold, n # defined in the German Colnage Law of August 30, 1924." (Art. III of the Trust Agreement and Art. 91, Part 8, of the Experte' Report.) 3. Intervention of the Tank provided for in the Plan. Apart from the rights and obligations defined in the Trust Agreement, the R.I.S. has received under the Plan other rights and obligations of great importance, which constitute the essence of the new financial mechanism substituted by the Young Plan for that of the Dames Plan. The Bank must in fact, by the terms of ti.e Plan, net up "machinery which will provide an electic element between the payments to be nade by Germany and their realization. "In consequence, the Creditors will have further assurance that the effects of economic changes on the flow of payments will be miximised, and Germin, for her part, will have the possibility of existance during temporarily unfavorable conditions. (A.t. 54, Part 6, of the Experts' Report.) Reichmarks on the German market, in agreement with the Reichsbank, of part of the annuity receipts, which will have the effect ofthe"returning to the German economy part credit mechan in making it Bank's of the annuity, possible "to provide the foreign exchange with which to pay the current allotments to the Creditors on account of the annuity". (Art. 69, Part 6 of the Experts' Report.) Not only is It the function of the Bank to intervine in order to prevent the risk of an Interruption in transfers, but in also laid done that the second measure, that of investing within Germany sosie portion of the annuity receipts, should also find its uses in normal times. (Art. 70, Part 6, of the Experts' report.) The limits of the intervention required of the Bank are also fixed: Both measures are necessarily limited by the funds which the Bank will have at its disposal and by the requirement that it maintains its liquidity at all times. (Art. 70, Part 6, of the Experts' Report.) 4. Guarantees provided for the B.I.S. Important guarantees have been given to the Bank. a) by the terms of Art. X of the Agreement with Germany "The Bank, its property and assets and also the deposits of other funds entrusted to it, on the territory of, or dependent on the Administration of, the Parties shell be immune from any disabilities and from any restrictive measures such as censorship, requisition, seizure or confiscation. In time or time or MRF, reprison prohibition or restriction of export of told or currency and other similar interferences, re- trictions or prohibitions. This article applies, inter alia, to investments node by the Bank on the German market. 36 b) In addition-and this for the Bank is an essential guarantee-- the Bank, which had the responsibility under the Plan of fixing the time and extent of its interventions on the German market, had also not only the right but the practical means of reducing or of removing Its investments on that market at any time which it might consider opportune and in any case before the and of the period of application of the Plan. The Bank had, in effect, the right and the obligation of demanding each month fras the German Government in "currencies 31 An expressly required, and in particular by Art. 69 and 70, Part 6, of the Experts' Report, the Bank has done all in its power to prevent an Interruption of transfers, with this end in view the Pank progressively increased, as from July 1930, its investments or the German market. As the situation because critical in Lay-June 1931, it increased its intervention to the in the two ways expressly stated In the articles quoted above; s) It participated to the extent of one-quarter with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Bank of England other than keichmarks and at the rate laid down by Art. 91, Part 8, of the Amperts' Report, the sums fixed by the Plan. The Bank also had the choice (but not the obligation) of and the Bank of France in the short-term credit of $100 million opened in favor of the Reichmbank. accepting in Reichmarks the summ necessary for the payment of deliveries in Kind. (Art. 79 of Annex of the Experts' b) It increased its Investments on the German market to the maximum competible with its Leans and with due regard In reducing its investments in Germany when it considered desirable, the Bank had merely to utilize for the payment of deliveries in Kind (of which the minimum amounts were fixed by Art. 134, Part 8, of the Experts' Report) the Kel chamarks addition to the summer neccesary for the current payments for Report and Art. III of the Trust Agreement.) previously acquired and to demand from the German Government at the time of the monthly payments B higher proportion in "currencies other than Relchmarks In other words, after having, at the time of its interventions, purchased more Relchmarks than was necessary for the payment of Deliveries in Kind, the Bank possessed in the mechanism of the Plan itself the means of converting these Reichmarks into currencies other than Reichmerks at the rate laid down by the Plan as BOOD BD it considered desirable and in any case before the end of the period of application of the Plan. It is recelled that by the terms of Art. 149 of Annex IV of the Experts' Report "the liability of the German Government with regard to the annuities contemplated in this Plan is not fulfilled until all sums, the state, the transfer or payment of which may be from time to time postponed, have actually been transferred in full to the Bank for International Settlements in approved foreign currencies, or utilized for Deliveries in Kind. III. The Bank has fully carried out its obligations The Bank has fulfilied oil the obligations laid upon it by the Hague Agreements. to its liquidity. In July 1931, the Park had thus invested in Germany, in Deliveries In Kind, an amount equivalent to: (1) The total of the resources st long term at its dis- poss) under the Plan (minimum deposits of the Credito Governments and the deposit of the German Government); (11) B.D. important fraction of Its own funds. The Bank had thus fulfilled all the obligations Incumbent upon it within the limit of its means, que regurd being taken to its liquidity. IV. Hoover Moratorius and de facto suspension of the plication of the PIST On the 20th June 1931, the President of the United States proposed the suspension for one year as from 1st July 1931 of all payments in connection wi th Inter-governmental debts, and the governments concerned agreed to such provisional suspension. On the 23rd of July 1931, the late Rt. Hon. J. Ransay MacDonald, Chairuan of the conference which had net in London officially communicated to the Bank . joint declaration of the representatives of the Governments of the United States Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom. This declaration recommended: TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM 1) that the credit recently granted to the Reichabank by the central banks and the P.I.S. should be received at maturity; 2) that concerted measures should be taken by the financial institutions of the verious countries In order to maintain the volume of credits they had so for granted to Germany. The B.I.S. FOR also invited to constitute without delay . Committee to consider the further credit needs of Germany. On 19th November 1931, the German Government requested in conformity with Art. 119, Part 8, of the Emprise Report, the convocation of the Special Advirory Committee provided for in the event of the suspension of the transfer of the postponable part of the Annuities. As & result of the report presented by this letter Committee, a conference of the interested Governments net in Lausanne in June 1932. Pending . final settlement, provisional measures were taken (declaration of 16th June 1932) to suspend all payments other than the service of the loans. On 9th July 1932, an agreement HAS signed which included final settlement replacing the annuities under the lague Agreements. This settlement provided for the deposit by the . PRECISION German Government with the RIS of 5% redeemable bonds for a total of 3 milliard Heichwarks of the present weight and fineness. The Treaty of Lausanne WBE, however, not ratified later by any of the signatory Powers. As the result, the provisional sectures have alone remained applicable and since 1932 there has been 5 defecto sumpension of the annuity payments fixed by the Hague Agreements without these agreements having been repealed or replaced by any new valid text V. The present position of the H.T.S. with respect to the Hague Agreements 1. On 31st March 1945, the M.I.S. bossessed Investments on the Gerasn market to , total of : bout (5) 237 million. ROLL NO 39 These investments represent the remainder of its Interventions on the German aerket under the Plan. In fact the Bank, consi dering that it had fulfilled its obligations to the maximum, has since then confined Itself to facilitating the reimbursement of the short-term credit in Dollars to the Reichabank (which was completed in April 1933) and to ensuring the payment of Deliveries in King by news of funds set aside for this purpose. In addition, the Ben k has been able during the course of recent financial years slightly to diminish the total of its Investments. The Bank, on the other hand, is debtor: a) towards the Creditor Governments in respect of the :erest-bearing balance of the Annuity Trust Account for . total equivalent to H 126 million (Art. IV (e) of the Trust Agremient); b) towards the German Government In respect of its long- ter. deposit of 50/ 62.5 million (Art. IX of the Trust Agreement) 2. The rights and obligations of the B.I.S. as creditor and debtor under these various headings have not been altered by the aspension of annui payments, which, as already stated, WBS not accompanied by any instrument which could validly modify the previous legal position. If, owing to the suspension of the payments provided for in the Plan, the Bank has suffered DE terial damage (loss of the commission provided for in Art. XVIII of the Trust Agreement) and if it 06 B been deprived, during the period of payments suspension, of the means of ensuring, as it uld have been able to do when monthly ps yments mere made, the reimbursement of its investments on the German market, the Bank in nevertheler regularly received the interest on its holdings at the rate of exchange laid down in Art. 91, Part B, of the Experts' Report. So long 58 the application of the Plan is merely suspended in thin manner, the essential rights of the Benk have suffered no finel harm and the Bank, placed in these circumstances, can only reserve the right of asserting them at the time of a final mattlement. Under Its Statutes, the Bank is in any event required to hold itself entirely aloof from political questions which are the exclusive sphere of the interested Governments. 40 COPY The Bank, therefore, had not to Interfere in the relations between these Governments and it must maintain this attitude in future, except naturally in cases where it becomes A question of exercising the incontestable right of satisfying itself that the guarantees concerning the service and the future reimburseof investments in Geruany made by the Bank under the Plan are el ther simply maintained and respected or replaced by advantages and guarantees of equal value. Having thus sumarized the rights and obligations resulting for the Bank from the texts in force, I venture to G FRE attention to theinterest: following points to which events may shortly ive practical 1. In view of the obligations it has contracted towards the British Government in conformity with the stipulations of the Trust Agreement, the B.I.S. requests not only that the said Government abstain from any action whice may effect its rights but also that the said Government do all in its power, 8.8 soon as circumstances permit, to place the bank in a position to exercise the rights which it possesses under the Hague Agreements. ATTACHMENT J Exceilency: I recently received two letters from Mr. Ketittrick of the Bank for International Settlements, each dated May 2, 1945. I note from one of these letters that you received & similar communication. to I do not contemplate answering the letters addressed me. Since you likewise participated in the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, which unanimously recommended the liquidation of the Bank for International Settlements at the earliest possible accent, I would appreciate your advising me how you expect to treat this communication. Very sincerely yours, 2. If any treaties, agreements or other instruments to which the British Government becomes & party, modify finally or annual totally or partially, explicitly or implicitly, the Hague Agreements and the texts annexed to these Agreements, the B.I.S. will request that this modifientic or this total or partial, explicit or implicit annulment shall not deprive It of the essential rights granted to it by previous instru- ments to which the Britich Government has been 5 party, unless the Bank be riven compensation which it accepts as the equivalent. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, (signed) T. H. McKlttrick President. Secretary of the Treasury His Excellency Rene Pleven The Minister of Finance Paris, France 43 42 COPY COPY ATTACHMENT L ATTACHMENT K Excellency: My dear Sir John: I recently received, from Kr. McKittrick of the for2,International of . dated 1946, which be you. letter, Bank May Settlements, of sent c the copy to same Mr. VeKittrick also sent me a letter date from which it appears that you have received a similar communication. I do not contemplate answering the letter addressed to me. Since you likemise participated in the United Nation: Monetary and Financial Conference, which unanimously recommended the I recently received from Mr. McKittrick of the Bank for International Settlements, a letter, dated May 2, 1945, and N copy of a letter of the same date which Mr. McKittrick sent to the British Chancellor of theExchequer. I do not contemplate answering the letter addressed to me. Since you likewise articipated in the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conferences, which unanimously the Bank for Settle- ments liquidation at the of earliest International recommended the possible moueht, I an sending herewith copies of these letters to you for your information. liquidation of the Bank for International Settlenents at the earliest possible moment, I would Very sincerely yours, appreciate your advising me how you expect to treat these communications. Very sing erely yours, Secretary of the Treasury His Excellency Secretary of the Treasury The Right Honorable, Sir John Anderson, Chancellor of the Exchequer, H.M. Treasury Great George Street, London, S. E. 1, England Hr. Arthur de Sours Costs, The Minister of Finance, The United States of Brazil, Rio de Janerio, Brazil June 22, 1945 10:43 A.M. -2- 44 ( HMJr: Hello. HMJr: Senator McKellar: Mr. Secretary HMJr: Henry talking. M: Yes, this is McKellar. HMJr: M: M: M: HMJr: M: HMJr: M: M: I hope you are feeling in a good humor, like you HMJr: Polk. HMJr: Yeah. M: His term is out, or he is resigning - going to give up the office. And I have recommended and Senator Stewart has recommended a man by the name of Joseph V. Hale, Would you take that down - Joseph W. Hale. HMJr: M: I'm taking it down, yeah. He vas my collector down there for a while and made a splendid one. HMJr: M: Yeah. Collector of Internal Revenue. He's very familiar with it, and he's very wide avake and well educated and highly qualified san, and we have recommended him. Senstor Bankhead, Senator I'll tell you soon as I can think of it - Hill, have recommended somebody from Alabama. HMJr: HMJr: I'll tell you what I wanted to ask you. All right. M: Yeah. And I want you to look into it yourself, if you will. You'll find Mr. Hole is a very qualified man, and in you can see fit to recommend after looking into it, I think he would appreciate it. Now, just to that I understand it - what is the The position is Agent in Charge. It is under Mr. Nunan. (Laughs) Down in ay state - at Nashville, Tennessee, ve have an agent in charge by the name of Mr. Polk. How do you spell that? I see. position, Senator? Good morning. (Laughs) (started to say Good afternoon) laugh. HMJr: The office is in Nashville, but it seens that Alabama in included in the district. M: oh, yes. Agent in Charge, and he'11 come to you about it, of course. HMJr: Fine. Well, I'll give it ay personal attention - I'll look into it very promotly and before I do anything I'll have another talk with you. M: Thank you, sir. HMJr: It will be a pleasure. M: Thank you very much. ( PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT REG MICROFILM ROLL NO 47 June 22, 1945 10:58 A.M. And I wouldn't know where to reach him to call L: it off. HMJr: Congressman Ludlow: Hello. HMJr: Congressman? L: Yes, Mr. Secretary. HMJr: Mr. Hannegan just left. L: Yes. HMJr: And he said that - he authorized me to any that in regard to this Collector Smith. L: Yes. HMJr: .. that he, Hannegan, was doing it under direct instructions from President Truman. L: You don't say. HMJy: Yeah. He said this is something that President L: HMJF: L: L: HMJr: L: No, no HMJr: What? L: The President is the boss. L: I think so and EMJr: L: HMr: Well, that is the way I feel. I don't can't condeive - unless it is some DOlitical maneuver that I don't know anything about. Well, I don't either, but he said that he was ODerating directly under the instructions of President HMJr: Well, then that alleviates the matter . little bit. L: It wouldn't be entirely confined to Indianapolis then, there would be a number of changes over the country? 104Jr: afternoon. HMJr: That's right. Well I'll tell him. Maybe that will soften it a little bit. L: Yeah. Now there is a list that he has of other places and this is one of them. L: Well, thank you kindly. HKJr: Thank you. HMJr: I appreciate your calling ne up. But that is what be told se. He is going by plane, and he said be would call you himself, but I said no that I would spare him and call you. L: Well, I appreciate your kindness, L: Ahuh. Well, now, Mr. Secretary, when we talked this morning I told this man he could call on you this He said he had a list from President Truman of changes he wanted to make, and one of them is Collector Smith. Trusan. L: And the agony. You understand then that it is an accomplished thing, that 18.... IDWr: HMJr: his tell his the truth. Yes, well, I think so too. If you feel I'll tell him. Well, I'll be He said he would gall you himself If you wanted him to... I think it is such better. I know if - to let HMJr: L: Truman asked him to do. Why not let him come and I'll tell him just that. It will be all right for him to come? HMJr: Thank you,sir. L: Goodbye. That's all right. PRECISION MICROSTAT TRADE MARK REG.U.S.PAI.ORF MICROFILM ROLL NO 49 -2June 22, 1945 2:30 p.m. 0 NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHINA Present: Mr. white Mr. Coe Mr. Friedman Mr. Adler Dr. Kung Mr. T. L. Soong Mr. Chi Mr. Hai Te-mou Mrs. Klotz H.M.JR: All right. It is forty-one point nine. MR. WHITE: That is what the figures make. H.M.JR: Why don't I let them come in and do the talking? MR. WHITE: There is one further point. They would like to make a settlement for the next three months, and you told Kung that any time he is ready you are ready. He is ready right now. and we have the data. If you tell ne now you want to go into It, I'll tell you what it is, but If you want to postpone it, you can. H.M.JR: He is catching a train. (Dr. Kung, Mr. Soong, Mr. Chi, and Mr. Hai Te-mou enter conference.) (Discussion off the record.) H.M.JR: Have you got it all settled? MR. WHITE: Yes, I think so. Well, NO are in agreement. If you can get Dr. Kung to agree. then no would all be in agreement, and that adjustment which we thought was very reasonable, in fact more than reasonable, was based on the changes in prices and the cost of living there, and B.B I suggested to you before, it works out to forty-one point nine million dollars for the last three months. That O approach is the one which we think is the most reasonable one unless are want to go to exchange rates and gold premium in which case we would arrive at a figure that is much lower. H.M.: And I am too old to see that negotiation through. I wouldn't live that long. MR. WHITE: The premium on gold and currency is high and is rising rapidly. H.M.JR: Has the gold begun to move? MR. WHITE: Yes. Ne just arranged this morning for a shipment of-what is it a week? MR. FRIEDMAN: Seventeen million extra by air. H.M. JR: I see they made sone arrests in China. lisa that before this new gold came? DR. KUNG: I think so, yes. H.M.JR: There were three or four arrests. MR. WHITE: I thought they lost their heads--the fellows they arrested. MR. ADLER: The people in the Army. H.M.JR: Yes, I saw -- no, it didn't say who they were a little release in the paper. The Minister of Finance had a statement. Did you see It? MR. CHI: I haven't, have you? MR. WHITE: Some time ago there were some. They are going to get seventeen million additional in a very short time, because we have some extra space on Army planes, so that would make It ahead of the schedule. DR. KUNG: Well? H.M.R: Well? o 0 to the Bretton woods conference, and throughout the conference you emphasized the soundness of currency, DR. KUNG: You have to find words. and now I congratulate you and Dr. White. The scheme has gone through the Congress. Soon we will put this into execution, and you know better than I or anybody else how the situation is in China today and why I H.M. JR: I just said, well? MR. WHITE: They would like to round it off, the came. forty-one. I saw the President several times and he tried to find ways in order to help China economically so that China would be strong, not only to fight the war. but H.M.JR: The forty-one? MR. WHITE: Yes, the forty-one. after the war. lie are now at a higher stake for the world of peace and security. AB far as forty million. forty- DR. KUNG: Make it forty. five million. sixty million, fifty million--those are MR. WHITE: This being the year 1945, they wanted forty-five. (Laughter) H.M.JR: Well, they have gone into it, and we still think that forty-one decinal nine is a good figure. DEL KUNG: Well, they say, of course, that different counsels come to different results, and If I might say I that, Mr. Secretary this is not a case of straight business, huh? It is & case of cooperation, and If may recall when the late President, Mr. said was We saw in the next few months it twenty-five Roosevelt, that it was too little, but are accepted It because of what the President said. I said. All right. I came here, small amounts. I'll take anything from you. If you say, "I give you one dollar for your work in this country, would take one dollar for . year. Mr. Secretary, take the dollar back, so it isn't A matter of only & few dollars or cents. H.M.JR: Mr. Soong is smiling. DR. KUNG: He agrees with me. H.M.JR: I don't think he would smile at one dollar. though. DR. KUNG: It in a case of cooperation, and so on. America has a great name in China among Chinese officials and you all may say, yes, in the next few months twentyfive, and for the next few months it would be twenty, that was not based on what the President said. No didn't say much about it. and the people, and respect. and under your administration we have dealt many times, and in a time of crimis you have tried to help China, I know, more than anybody else. It But since that tine the prices have gone up in China, sure, but your personnel who are spending the money in China, has Increased. This is, of course, a case now of close cooperation in order to win the war. Now, the European Mar is closed. We are all centralizing our efforts to best the Japanese, to finish the war sooner, not only to save money, but to save lives, and you, more your government. It has been your own desire so I would not just ask or argue whether the figure is right or wrong. than anyone else. I cane to this country on your invitation. I came is the wish of the Ameri can people. It is the policy of I leave that to you. Any figure you nane is all right, but I just want to give this thought to you for the sake of the past and cooperation for the future, and I think that is 6 bigger issue. and a few millions more or & fou millions less, well, of course, it would work a hardship on the poor Chinese people. We are spend- ing much money, and so it doesn't matter much, but there is one thing I want to just mention and call your attention to, and that is after this war--how long this war is going PPRECISION TRADE MARK MICROFILM MICROSTAT ROLI 53 52 -60 0 like to have some assurance so that my people, IV government's officials will be encouraged to put more strength and effort to cross the Japanese as soon as possible, and then they do have the chance, the opportunity, to cooperate with to take, nobody knows--I hope we could whip the Japanese within this hour, year. H.M.JR: I'll take the hour. America and with you. DR. KUNG: But somebody said it will take another year. I saw a statement made by Stilwell in which he said two years. Inflation in China is getting really very very bad. Tomorrow It will be one year since I arrived in this country. H.M.JR: Is that so? DR. KUNG: Yes. You remember I came down the twenty- third. Today is the twenty-second. Since then, the situation has become very much worse. Now, the people in China are puzzled. The government is worried. You know there are elements in China that seize an opportunity to attack the government and so on, and I know It is the desire and your wish to strengthen the hand of the Chinese government so that we could do our best to cooperate with you, not only to win the war but to win the peace. Mr. Secretary, you know you have achieved something internationally through your Brotton Woods schene. That scheme is going to help to stabilize the world trade, and in order to have world trade, you can have stabilized currency. In order to bring profit to your manufacturers, work to your laborers, you can have the other countries have the power to buy from your country. That is all I want. H.M.. Well, Dr. Kung, you know that my government for seven years now, I think, has cooperated with you in this mutual effort that we have had. Again and again we have tried to demonstrate our friendship in many ways. DR. KUNG: Yes. No appreciate that. H.W.JR: And I am sure that President Truman will continue the same policy.DR. KUNG: Yes. He assured ne of that. H.M.J toward China that President Roosevelt did, and we have tried to arrive at a fair estimate. It is very difficult in these fluctuating rates of exchange to figure, because any correspondence or any remarks that President Roosevelt had with any members of your government were on expenses of our Army incurred up to the first of July, I think. I don' think there was any- thing mentioned after the first of July. I mean, he didn't make any remarks as for as I know, after the first of July. And this settlement is from July, or October-MR. WHITE: October 1 to January 1. On this China has helped to meeting that position. If the economic rate of Chlna should collapse, If her H.M.JR: October 1 to January 1. But, anyway, we currency should break, you know what that would mean. In your letter and also in the telegram from the late President where you ask me to come to this country, it saya that not only to settle this. but to talk future cooperation and future stabilization, and about on the and so want to carry on in his spirit, but I don i know just what you gentlenen had in mind. We thought that forty-one. MR. WHITE: That makes about fourteen million a so forth. And now I am fraid I shall have to leave this country very soon now. H.M.JR: That's too bad. DR. KUNG: But I should mant to carry some message back from you to my people, to my government, and I should month. H.M.JR: Am I wrong that you people were about satisfied with forty-one million nine hundred thousand? DR. KUNG: No. They were negotiating. 55 54 -8- O C MR. HSI TE-MOU: Twenty-five percent higher according to price index. MR. WHITE: No. They have not agreed to that. MR. SOONG: We reduced it to twenty-five million MR. WHITE: Well, they have-- less sixty million, and we arrived at forty-five, and we mentioned to Dr. Kung at the tine Dr. White was testifying, and we caid we would take it on our own facts to settle it and told Dr. Kung that as he had asked us to settle it the H.M.JR: Excuse me, what figure have they in mind way we can over here. We say we will reccemend that H.K. JR: What figure did they have in mind? to twenty-five. now? H.M.JR: Dr. Kung is staying up in the mountains, huh? You don't want to get down. MR. HSI TE-MOU: With your permission, Mr. Secretary, we three have been asked by Dr. Kung to study this, and we have mentioned 8 figure as high as sixty based on the previous period, twenty million a month, and we have now come down and recommended fifteen million 8 month, or MR. WHITE: Mount Olympus. H.M.JR: I would like it if you gentlemen would forty-five. just stay here. I will take my people, if you don't mind, and go to the other room, If you would wait. H.M.JR: Pardon? MR. EST TE-MOU: We have recommended fifteen million a month for this period of October 1 to January 1, or forty-five. This is our recommendation. H.V.JR: Is that Dr. Kung's recommendation? DR. KUNG: No. H.M.R. will Dr. Kung accept that? DR. KUNG: I tell you, Mr. Secretary, you can give anything you want. You can give me one dollar, and I won' t argue with you. H.M.JR: That is the recommendation of these three gentlemen? MR. SOONG: Mr. Secretary, the reason that we arrived at this figure, after, of course, our first figure of sixty, fifty-five, and fifty, is that We finally the three of us worked together, and we arrived at this figure, not arbitrarily, but also taking into consideration some of the actual facts, average purchasing power of it, and between the three we reduced it to twenty-five million less sixty. Therefore, we arrived at forty-five. @ (The Secretary, Mrs. Klots, Mr. White, Mr. Coe, Mr. Friedman and Kr. Adler leave conference temporarily.) H.M.JR: Well, we have been talking this thing over and the thing that influenced me the most to meet you three gentlenen, seeing that Dr. Kung is on the mountain, is this very fine military effort which your soldiers are our we Dr. making. I think that NO should do everything we can from the Treasury end to encourage the Chinese government to carry on in their program to kill Japanese. If, by raising back figure slightly, make possible for Kung to go and say that this is B Itfair adjustment, why, we are prepared to say fifteen million dollars a month with the understanding that this request from the Army which is coming, that the Army may have a subsequent claim which Mr. White has just informed me about and which may come in six months or eight months from now. But the Army is worried that they have some figure about some alcohol expenditures, or something. MR. WHITE: Some other things that they have spent for the Chinese, or the money was obtained from the Chinese. PRECISION MICROFILM TRADE MARK t ROLL NO 57 -90 10 H.M.JR: And the Army has asked us to put In an exception. Are you people familiar with that? and March-MR. SOONG: Mr. Secretary, I think January, February, MR. WHITE: No, the Army has informed us recently that there have been a number of items that have come to their attention. and It is only part will be able to ascertain. they in of what they distant future of expendi hope,tures werethat made the not for the too Chinese out of the funds obtained from the Chinese. They don't know what it is yet. and that has been made in the past, not 1945. thin is throughout 1944.In 1945 there are some, too, but six months. DR. KUNG: Well, this settlement is only for the eight billion for which we thought there was no question, but now from what Dr. White says there seems to be some claim which is in the eight billion. MR. WHITE: Within the eight billion? DR. KUNG: Yes. That's all right. If, and this is really a justified claim with a settlement included and for eight billion dollars now settled--if there should all right.be some claim within the eight billion dollars, H.M.JR: We frankly don't know what it is. VR. WHITE: There will be 8 proportional adjustment. MR. CHI: I wish to point out that our original figure for this period for three months was ten point seven billion, see? Now, We only settled for eight billion because these two point seven billion include this kind of unsettled accounts. MR. WHITE: tell you, Dr. Chi. that deduction we made WAS on expenditures they have already informed US of--am I correct--sa to the specific amount. MR. FRIEDMAN: That's right. MR. WHITE: They now tell us there are some expenditures whichit they what is. have not informed us about. We don't know H.M.JR: We are embarrassed. we don't know what they are. MR. WHITE: But we have to take cognizance of their information. It cane in a letter to us. lie are handismall or large, but we have to leave it un for later capped because we can't even Indicate whether it in adjustment. and there will be an opportunity for you to question the data or to trim the data if and when we get it. They may not get it for another three or five or It may to very small or it may be large. haven' the slightest knowledge whether it is very snall or large. They have not been able to give us any information at all. VR. COE: It is nothing new in principle. In principle I think we are all agreed. H.M.JR: Well, as long as Dr. Kung understands that it is within the eight billion that we don't know what it is. It may be very small or It may be a considerable amount, but anyway, me have discussed whether we should withhold an amount from the forty-five million. and we decided now we would go ahead and pay you forty-five million dollars for October, November and December, with thetoclause us put in.in there saying that which the Army has asked DR. KUNG: Yes. This is & settlement for the eight billion. If in the future the Army should produce some figures and proof which would evidence that there is some refund to be made, well, we can make it, make an adjustment in proportion. H.M.JR: That's all right. All right, sir. DR. KUNG: Well, now, probably this will be the last meeting I have had with you, Mr. Secretary, and I first 59 - 11 - want to thank you for your personal kindness to ne and for your cooperation, Including your staff and your associates. I appreciate it very much. It has been a pleasure for me to associate with you and to deal with you between representing our two governments. Before I leave I want to put a little thing on the record to express my heartfelt thanks. But as the war is progressing in the Pacific, the things in China are getting bad as far 8.0 Inflation is concerned. Prices are high, and that is because of the depletion of currency. That EBS brought about by the black market, and when there is a black market you always give speculators a chance to play on the market and keep It up or down all the time which is neither helpful for the war effort nor good for the economic stability. I raised the question with you once and you said you would be glad to discuss it with me and to find some solution. I just want to leave this thought with you. or course, owing to the shortness of time--it is a big question--we can't PO into detail fully this afternoon, but I had a chance to talk with Dr. white the other day. I was benefitted by some of the observations which he stated to me. However, my government is greatly concerned over this. I think one of the reasons they are urging back is because it is getting worse. They me to have to TO some solution, sone settlement, and I stated want that to Dr. White. "Of course, he said, "The present rate of exchange, It WAS made a long time aro. Now it is out of date. It is a question whether we should authorize a rate of exchange now or wait until a time, a proper time to make the change so that it will stay, instead of making it today or tonorrow and then later you have to make It again, which would destroy further the confidence in the currency, and disturb the people's mind. However, 1 think some solution should be followed. I realize your boys come to China to fight. well, their parents, their friends, probably, would send them now and then a few dollars 8.5 pocket money. They, too, of course, want to get the best rate possible. I realize the rate we give to them, of course, is out of proportion now officially, O 12 and while the black market, too, continues, it is going to destroy the confidence and distort the effort in this war. Therefore, I would like to have some idea from you what is the best way to do it. Could we come to some arrangement whereby only our military men have a few dollars that they want to exchange, and are are willing to give them a special rate, or subsidize something. Once that is done then we can, of course, wipe out this black market. We can do it now, but because of your military men we don't want to do that. But for the sake of the country and for our common effort something has to be done. H.M.JR: Well, of course, you are raising a very important question, and I know you are taking a four o'clock train. DEL. KUNG: Five o'clock now. I couldn't get the four o'clock. It had no room. MR. WHITE: It is still important. H.M.JR: And I would like to have my people discuss this at great length with you. I mean, we have had experience in Italy. We have had experience in France, and me are having experience in Germany. We have learned a little, not much, and this thing, how to ask a friendly government to deal with American soldiers while they are in very their quickly. country I think is something if Mr. that White you and just Mr. can't Coe and do these gentlemen could continue these discussions with your people, maybe we could come to a solution. I agree with you, because you take in France, It is a very serious offense If our men take American dollars and try to buy franca in the open market. They get maybe four times 8.8 many francs. Most of them don't because they don't want to 20 to jail, but It makes then very unhappy. With the two cent rate, maybe they can buy for half a cent if they go on the black market. This is something me have with us right along, and our soldiers meet the Russian soldiers in Germany, and they ( 13 have another way of doing it. So 1 think it in something that should be discussed with your experts and our 0 experts-- DR. KUNG: Yes. H.M.JR: ...with a hope that we can come to a solution. but--and I also hope your government will give serious consideration to the creation of this five hundred million dollar fund. now it took ne a whole year to stay here to settle this. H.M.JH: You got your health back. DR. KUNG: I would like to have copies of all the conferences that I attended while I have been here, because maybe sometimes I don't talk so plain, and there may be some mistakes. I would like to have copies. DR. KUNG: Well, you have my sympathy there. H.M.JR I want more than that, though. H.M.JR: Yes. Ne'll get those for you. DR. KUNG: Yes. I mean, I want your sympathy. H.M.JR: I want you to come off the mountain on that one. Cone down to the renches. DR. KUNG: Let ua come to the ground. I think five hundred million is not enough. If It Here one billion, but We don't have that money. I would like to have one billion dollar reserve for my country. a H.M.JH: Cone to my level in the trenches and we'll work something out. DR. KUNG: I'll come off the mountain and you come up from the trenches, and we'll meet on the ground. H.M.JR: I'll see you again before you go? DR. KUNG: Probably. I'll come back and say good- by to the President, and If you are here, I'll come in to say goodby to you. H.M.JR: I wish you would. It has been a very happy relationship, and 1 think that both you and I have tried We can on to do everything to keep the friendship a high plane, and I have been very happy to be associated with you this year, as I have since first netyou. I hope that as years go on our association will continue closer and closer. DR. KUNG: Yes. Yes. We had 5 long association before met you, and I can say the same when I came here. We settled the silver and that only took a fear days, but RECISION TRADE MARK MICROFILM MICROSTAT ROLL NO 63 3:15 p.m. 6/22/45 0 Dean Acheson: Hello, Henry. EMJr. Dean, I think you did a masterful job on the Hill on this Trade Treaty. 62 A: Read by White, Luxford and Well, I didn't do it at all. I think it 28.8 . very great victory and a very fine thing for everybody. 0 Connell. HMJr: A: HMJr: A: Well. after all you were the State Department's representative up there. (laughs) Yes. I don't know why you don't want to take a bow. A lot of people did very fine work on it. It and really a very grand cooperative atmosphere. HXJr: A: HMJr: A: I was surprised at the end how quickly the thing went. Yes, after that vote on the Committee amendment which was reasonably close although we did better than we thought ne were going to do. 1 think it is well for Bretton Goods. Bob Taft told Senator Barkley yesteday afternoon 5.5 they cane out of the Chamber he What do you think Bretton Goods". and said, "Why Bretton Woods is just a walk Taft "I this does now. Barkley sald, believe youfor areaway rightsaid about that". EMJr: A: Well, that's interesting. Mr. Hull must be very pleased. Oh, he is very pleased - he's delighted. H/Jr: Well, I just wanted to add is congratulations. A: Thank you very much, Henry. 1 talked to Bob Wagner this morning. HMJr: A: Did you! -- on two points. -2- HDJr: Yes. A: I talked with your fellows first up there. One of them was that Randy Burgels wants to testify co Monday. I think, or Saturday - one time in an executive session. and I said 'd be dammed If I thought he ought to be allowed to do that. EiJJ: A: Yes, that's what is worrying me. A: and he said he thought Thursday or Friday they should get it out of the Committee. I said I wished they could get It out earlier than that and don't fool with these fellows you have the vote - to hell with the Republicans. Take It right out on a party No. I agree with you. --That If he were going to testify that he ought to come out in the open and say what be had to say. HMJr: I would insist. A: Bo: said he would. He said he would insist that he did that not let it slip in the back door and try to knife it. HDJr: HMr Well, I an awfully glad you did because the two senators for the New York Bankers were third string fellows - the top fellows wouldn't come and now today I read on the ticker what Spoul said and he said we ought to convene Bretton Woods all over again. vote If you have to. HMJr: Yesh. I don't see any sense to At HMJr: .... No. because It would be too bad to get It entangled with the Dumbarton Caks. Yeah - that will put it over it. A: HMJr: And wholly unnecessary. Quite unnecessary If they will just use a little A: well, I an glad he said that. speed. He promised that he would and I spoke to Barkley about It and George about it and Biffle about It. A: John Williams is testifying now. Halter George? HMJr: Is he? A: At least he #BS when I left. 1 don't know whether he was on this afternoon. A: Yes. HMJr: How is Walter George? A: 101Jr: Now, I would make Burgess come right out in the open. A: Well, that is what I thought was very important to do. HMJr: Good. HMJP: Well. he's fine - he's all right - lie said he would above. He is anxious to get It through. Good. I don't know how Connelly will be when he gets back. A: 1 think Bob will do that. And then I urged him to conclude these dars hearings this week and get this thing out of the Committee the middle of next week so that it can be taken up on the floor the week after. Otherwise it will get entangled with the Trenty. A: I think he will be all right. 100Jr: You think so? A: Yes, If se can get It out so It can go through while the Foreign Relations Cammittee is having any hearings or secret sessions or whatever they will have to have a week or 10 days. PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO 67 June 22. 1945 3:30 P. M. HMr A: HMJr: Is Taft on Foreign Relational 0 No. Because he told somebody he needed thirty days to study it. A: The treaty? HMJr: Yes. A: I think it all depends on whether Vandenberg will push It. If Vandenberg will push It I think Taft will fold up. HMr: A: HMJrs Well,he? Tobey won't HMJr: Hello. Operator: Elmer Davis calling you. HMJr: Right. Operator: Go ahead. Mr. Elmer Davis: Hello. HMJr: Hello, Eimer. D: Say I got your message about the exhibit situation in Paris. HMJr: Yes. will do everything he can to get It ahead, Yes, he will and Murdock will and 0 lot of those fellows are being helpful about it. Now we have two that are in preparation. D: HMJr: Good. Well, let me know - = main job these days is getting publicity for lagner - that's what the boys have asked me to do. I've got him on the The one on the Pacific War in the Ford We Building had expected D: on the to open on the 15th of June. Blue Network next week. A: EMJr: (laughs) what 1 am doing. A: HMJr: Well, that's very, very important. They tell ne no network wants Wagner so you have to make a real issue of it. Well, anyone I have him on one. A: HMr HMJr: HMJr: HMJr: Good. I haven't seen that thing the British have got. I left there about the end of April and it wasn' open yet, but I think oure will be just as good as theirs. D: Good. Well HMJr: Okay. Goodbye. Goodbye, Henry. I see. But it will be quite a show when it gets going. D: D: A: Yeah. And on account of delay in getting materials, we won't be open until the 4th of July. D1 I've got him a few other things and they tell the he has cheered up considerably. (laughs) So that's Ies. HMJr: D: I hope so. Now we've got another one on the Air Force. Yes. We are going to have that we discovered that wouldn't be big enough, and we got the space under the Eiffel tower. HMJr: Oh, yes. Then PPRECISION MICROSTAT TRADE MARK MICROFILM ROLL NO June 22, 1945 4:58 P.M. And the Air Forces' again not being able to get the material to us quit as fact as we expected, we thought we would be able to open that the first of July, and it any be a couple or three weeks later D: HMJr: Mr. Alan now. HMJr: Barth: How did it got HMJr: It went all right. Yes. But when we get those two in operation, and it won't be very long now, we are going to have something that D: Good. B: will for outstrip anything the British can show. HMJr: HMJr: Well, I'm delighted, because the two sen that case back to make the survey for the War Bond exhibit, were quite down in the mout because they couldn't find anything that would let the people know that the Americans had something to do with defeating the have liked to have been. HMJr: and on the Air Force and what it has done - we'll be able to give then quite an eyeful. HMJr: B: Sure. HMJr: But I did want to call up to say *thank you". And, Good. Now I understand our Paris office worked along with your people about the Treasury exhibit. D: B: Yeah. HMJr: Dt What with the help they could give then in translations and things like that. I understand that it van very helpful. So I think that in two or three weeks this situation will be much better. HMJr: HMJr: Well, that will be fine. Unless the police keep on sooking MAC over the head that's bound to lead to a certain degree of bad feeling. D: EMJr: B: HMJr: (Laughs) I would say so. HMJr: HMJr: D: HMJr: Thank you. Not at all. Bye. Well, I think - the request was a reasonable one. Yes, I think so. I understand that there is a pos- sibility that it will come in the Fall. It is, and the offer still holds good. Well, goo, that's wonderful. The offer is still good. If it comes I think it will be right after Labor Day. All right. D: Oh, you've heard. Who told you? Ted. B: B: HMJr: On that trip that we were talking about. I heard. B: D: Alan -- hello? Hello, 0 HMJr: HMJr: But I --- I'm going to do one Wednesday, and if you are not too busy, we'11 work together. I don't like thi . remote control stuff. oh. well, --- well I don't know that either of these will touch that. But certainly on the Pacific War D: The only trouble vas that they had this boy who talked so fast nobody could understand him. oh, dear. I was less help on that than I should B: Germans. I'm sort of getting your help in sort of remote control. The talk of last night. B: It mounds narvelous. HMJr: So the offer is still there. PRECISION TRADE MARK I c ROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL June 22. 1945 5:00 P.M. All right, I'll hold my breath. B: HMJr: A11 right. B: Will you let as know when you want se1 HMJr: I'll let you know. Commissioner Nunan: Hello, HMJr: Yes, Commissioner. Mr. Secretary, I just got the message that you'd like no over at 10:15. As you recall I told you I had to be in MoQuillan's office at four, and couldn't get on plane and I'm taking the eleven N: B: All right. HMJr: Thank you. B: Thanks very much. HMJr: Bye. B: o'clook train. Now If it won't be long, that's fine, but 10 it will be any length of time, I'd HMJr: Bye, air. appreciate it 11 you can make it earlier. oh, well, now wait a minute - let's get together. What time were YOU going -- what would you have done 17 you hadn't heard from no? I would have come right to the office here at nine o'clock and then taken the 11 o'clock train. N: HMJr: You've got - you are scheduled on the 11 o'clock? Yes, air. N: HMJr: Is that right? 0 Yes, sir, N: HMJ I see. Well, now, just a minute -- I can rearrange my appointments because they are inside appointments see. I'll see you at 10. A11 right, fine. That gives me plenty of time. N: HMJP: That gives you plenty of time. Yes, sir. N: HMJr: Now, one of the things - two things I want to find out what is your impression of that aan from Wisconsin. And then this other thing that sort of dis. turbed me oh, Gaston and O'Connell told me about this Commissioner from Indiana. N: HMJr: N: C Will Smith. Yes, sir. Yep. They said we should change him. Well, Mr. Hannegan called se in a week ago and showed me a letter from the President, in which he told him that he was going along with the 71 -2N: (cont.) 0 -3judgment out there in Indiana on the appointment of a new collector. And that has happened in Arkaneas too, you know. In Arkansas both Senators McClellan and Fulbright are on the ther side of the political fence of our present collector. whose name was Pascal. And the same situation devel oped there, and after calling on the President the two Senators came in to see me and told me the President was going to appoint a new collector there. So I HMJr:(cont) work and let somebody else do it. but I don't see how I can shirk the responsibility. Then If something goes wrong on the Hill or newspapers - I've got to defend the whole Department. N: HMJr me. N: Well, this is only a presumption on my part, Mr. Secretary, presume that the name that they were going to submit to fill the job would have to come through you. EMJr: Ieah. this was going to happen, and he showed as the N: Well, it's a new - frankly, I believe in talking directly - it is a new way of doing business around here. HMJr: N: Well, if it 1e - of course, I have never had it occur to me before. HMJr: Oh. N: I mean HMJr: they wanted somebody like that done. why they you and I can have a little talk and come to an understanding. N: HMJr: All right. HMJr: N: HMJr: HMJr: Yeah. N: That took some time to do, and in addition, Schoeneman had been doing it and when he left his secretary had I said, . As far as I'm concerned I don't have a thing to do with at ther the appointment, the recom- to complete it his former secretary. I have the re- port and I'm sending it over to you, and it doesn't shownow up badly at all. mending, or anything else C HMJr: Yeah. I mean I suppose I could say it's dirty Thank you. The only other thing is I'm sending over to you a report. Some time ago you asked me to get a list of those in the Bureau who are delinquent in their taxes. And then we oan talk with Hannegan and have an Yes. of course, it was the first time in either case it has happened since I was Commissioner, but I told both of then and I told Will Smith today. Well, we'13 have a little talk - and If it is more convenient for you, I'll make it ten. I'll be there at that time. N: understanding w1 th him. N: It looks that way. I don't even do the firing. try to do the fair thing and when I hear that he is going to be fired, give the san a chance to resign rather than have the position of finding somebody else in his place some morning. It's never been done that way before. I mean if usually talked to as in the first instance. But I imagine that that would be submitted to you. You do the firing and I do the hiring. I N: Yea, quite true -- it is B Presidential appointment, but up to now those things have always cleared through me if would call in will Smith, tell his that HMJr: Yeah, well, of course, that responsibility - that becomes the Chief Executives - but however, I'll be over at 10 in the morning. In the meantime, I've one other thing said, well, golly, he's been in the service quite some time, can't f call him in and ask him if he wants to resign. And they said that in quite agreeable with me. So I called Mr. Pascal in and he agreed to resign as of the first of August, and then the President 18 going to appoint new 001lector. 30 when I was over with Mr. Hannegan and be told no about the Indiana situation, he asked letter from the President to the effect that it was going to happen. And I said well. that coons to be the fairest thing to do to give him a chance to resign rather than to be replaced by a new man. 73 HMJr: Why don't you bring it over yourself. PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO -4N: HMJr: N: HMJr: I'll bring it over in the morning. Well, if you will. I'll do that. Thank you. June 22, 1945 5:11 P.M. HMJr: They are not going to bring the Charter up right away before the Congress? Mr. Harry White Well, that's not news. I told them I saw a news item in the Star yesterday afternoon expressing the great doubts that any of the Charter could be taken up before.. HMJr: In that your source of information? That's all. It was just. W: HMJr: W1 Confidential? No, secret. HMJr: Secret? W: That's right. They had to buy a Star to find out. That was yesterday afternoon. HMJr: Luxford thought you had something inside. W: oh, I see. No. nothing HMJr: What? V: No, nothing. HMJr: O. K. W: Bye. 75 -2- June 22, 1945 distination as to race language religion or sex. SUMARY ANALYSIS OF THE CHARTER FOR They therefore, jointly presented apendments covering these matters, which were accepted without dissent by the Conference. AN DITERNATI TOTAL ORGANIZATION The following statement describes the broadening and strengthening of the Dunbarson Dake Proposals which has taken place at the Son Francisco Conference and sets forth briefly the rensons why the Various new or modified provi- sions word proposed and adopted. PREAMBLE There MILE no promobio in the Dimbarton Onke Proposals In no part of the deliberations of the Conference was creater interest displayed by the group of American consultants, representing forty-two leading American organizations and groups concerned with American foreign relations, than in the opportunity afforded to extend the enjoyment of husan rights and basic freedoms for all. They worning endorsed the additions to the statenect of objectives and did a great deal in urging the asendment providing for a mandatory commission on human rights (see Neononic and Social Council). but it Vas folt by n largo number of delegatos that n statement of idonla and repirations which would rully world opinion in support of the Charter who nooded. The text adopted grow out of n amit presented by Ficld Marshal Smute and in general tormo expresses the dotor inction of the pooples of the United National to anvo succooding gonorations from menbora na outlined in the Dumbartos Caka Proposals have standards of living to renfirm faith in human rights and to establish conditions under which of member states, (2) undertaking to fulfill oblications under the Charter (3) sottlement of International dis- War, to botter the acourge of pronoto social progress and justice respont of intom tional low ann for risid in thebo and saint-incd the oblientions non FORD and treation Charter on faithful observan.co of trantice who none by Chile and other delegations, but fincl encrittec vote approved the above reference in the Prosoble. PURPOSES The principles to govern the Organization and its all been approved, including: (1) a equality putes by peaceful moans. and (4) pledge not to use force in any manner inconsistent with the Charter. An Australian asendment stating that the United Nations members shall refrain from the throat or use of force against "the territorial integrity or political independence of any nomber state" has been added 0.5 0 The purposes of the Organization follow the Dinbarton Onko Proposale which relate tot (1) mintenance of poned and security by collective the ponecful sottlecient of dionutes, (2) noncured development or for PRINCIPIES of friendly relations more national (3) relievement of international cooperation in solving econopic and cocial problems. In addition, the sponsoring powers folt it opconti-1 that there be explicit reference at this point to the principlon of Justice and international law ogun1 rights 20.4 clf-dctorminntinn of pooples and pronotion and on eruragenent of respont for human rights and fundamenth froodoma for mll without distinctics substitute for stronger language which would have "guaranteed" the torritorial integrity and political Independence of states, thus freezing the status quo. and an Donostic Jurisdiction. The Four-Power amendment elistralian assondmont jurisdiction" on have been included under principles stating that nothing in the Charter shall authorize the Organization to intervend in catters which are consentially within the donestic juriadiction of any state except as enforcement measures under Chaster VIII.H may booono necessary In the Daobarton Daka Proposals this principle was originally included in the chapter on peoffic settlement of disputes, but the shift was nade in order that the principle night be clearly applicable to all the activities or the Organization, including the rathor broad activities the economic and social fields. in Nembership 78 C ORGANS The Dusbarton Caka Proposals stated that membership The Dumberton Gake Propossia neaes the General Assembly, in the Organization should be open to all peace-loving Security Council. International Court end the Secretariet no the principal organs, OF well DD specifying that subsidiary agencies would be established is sight be found necessary. The represcotmtivem it the Conference have codes the Loononic and Soein1 Council 000 the Trusteeship Council es principal organs nnd have included n statement that the Organization shell place ao restrictions on the courl eligibility of ass end women to serve in any of its organs end agencies. states. This has been qualified to read "open to all peace-lovin states which, in the judgeont of the Organization, are able and ready to accept and carry out the obligations in attempt to define a little represents the term an the Charter. Thisthat exactly esce-loving! and to notenore it clear there are criteria, even though rather vague ones. to which applicants for membership must submit themselves An additional paragraph has also been inserted: Members of the Organization are the signatories of the Charter whose retification has become effective in accordance with Chepter I. States any be admitted to nembership by the General Council (DC). Assembly on recommendation of the Security no GENERAL ASSEABLY Perbosa the besig difference between the constitutional extengement of the United Nations DE compared to the Leegue of lictions 10 that instead of giving the Assembly end the Council identian1 functions, ELD USD the CCBS under the Lengue, the Gen- (r) ) Assembly and the Security Council will seeb have different functions. The General Assembly is primarily c body for septension. As proposed at Dunberton Oaks, the General Asserbly day at any time suspend from deliberation EGG while the Security Council the exercise of the rights or privileges of memberohis any meaber of the Organization against which is given sovers of nation whenever it deese that enforcement sensures ere preventive enforcement action has been taken by the SecurityorCouncil, In its essert structure and connetance and in its reletions with the other orgens of the Orgenization, the General Assembly reacins as it uns benice lly conceived in the Ducberton Oaks Proposels. However, the conseration of the functions Exulation. Any member which persistently violatos the principles contained in the Charter will be expelled. The committee originally voted to delete this Dumberton Cake provision on the banic that the momber nations are looking toward universal organization but the Russians with support reopened the issue Your=Power finallythe carrind in which belief that there WILD should be attributed to the Assembly have been expended red the renge of totivity time been brondened. Specific right hes been given to the Assembly to discuss may questions or PAY matter within SODDE WITH the of attentions consideration or execution nation by the Security Council, to seke to the member ROV= researts of the Orgenigation or to the Security Council or both on eny such antters. This expension in the powers of the from widespress tion bes resulted more sanction other than suspension to punish members who do not live up to their obligations. Withdrawal. It THE agreed that there should be no provision for withdrawal in the Charter, loat this should appear to encouraile withdrawal, but the committee's report neverthology makes It clear that the allenco of the Charter on thin point does not proclude withdrawal, The report states that discussion described na "the town meeting of the world." The role of the General Assembly in the asintenance of pence and security OCE be summorized CB follows: n to (1) The be foroed to stay if its rights and obligations CD such were changed by Charter assendment to which it has not concurred and which it finds itsolf unable to accept. I Organs recommende the widest membership, should because what Sean tor Vendenberg 10 0 member because of exceptional circumstances fools constrained to withdrew, Organization not will would nor regain. the member ocrupol It PLC feclior FOODS the muller powers that, while enforcement functions were concentrated in the Council. it was cesentiel that the more deacerctic body. that 18. the one having PPRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL -5- or restore poace. Such measures will include (1) The right to consider and make reconnenda- tions for the purpose of furthering international cooperation in political economic, social cultural, educational and health fields, as well as the pronotion of hunan rights and basic freedoms and the development of international law. (2) The right DO discuss and nake recommendations on any questions pertaining to the maintenance of international peace and security including the principles governing disarcament and the regulation of arcesents. With the exception of those catters under incediate action by the Security Council, the Assembly has boon empowered to recommend measures for the peaceful adjustment of any situation regardless or origin which night impair the general welfare or friendly relations among states. This provision was originally the 30-called Vandenberg standment which included reference to the "revision of treaties" but the United States WB.S kind to accept it in its present broadened form which without appearing to call into question the sanctity of treaties, yet makes it clear that the Assembly can make recommeniationm on any subject including those involving a revision of the status quo. (3) The responsibility to refer questions on which action is necessary to the Security Council oithor before or after discussion or recommendation. (4) The right to call the attention of the Security Council to situations likely to endanger pouce and security. (5) The obligation not to angage in recommands= tions while the Security Council is dealing with the dispute unless the Security Council ao requests. enlintment or full support for either nonmilitary or military enforcement measures, suspension of members maninet which enforcement action is talion and expulsion of necibers which persistently violate the principles contained in the Charter. functions OF the General Assembly and relationshipsThese between it and the Security Council provide for a anxious utilization of the special qualifications of the Asserbly for effective deliberation and recommendation. Special Reports from the Security Council The Dumbarton Cake Proposals have been approved stating that the Assembly should receive and consider annual and special reports from the Security Council and other bodies of the Organization. The Charter will state that reports from the Security Counoil should include an account of measures adopted or applied to saintain international peace and security. Electoral Functions The electoral function of the General Assembly in most important since the other organs will partially or wholly depend on the election of members by the Assembly: (1) nondergament members of the Security Council the (=) members of the Economic and Social Council (3) elected nechere of the Trusteeship Council, (4) judges of the International Court of Justice and the Secretary General upon nomination by the Security Council. The General Assembly will also admit notr nombers to the United Nut on the recommendation of the Security Council, Budgetary Punctions (6) The right to be notified by the Sucrotary General subject to the judgment of the Security Council on any matters relating to pesse and security which are being dealt with by the Security Council and to receive notification when the Council ceases to deal with such matters. All provided in the Dumberton Oaks Proposals the expenses of the Organization shall be borne by the nonbers 08 apportioned by the General Assembly, and the Assembly will connider and approve the budget of the Organization (7) The responsibility to cooperate with the Security Council upon its request in steps to preserve examine the administrative budgets of such agencies with a vious to making regonmondationa to the agencies or In addition, the so bly will approve financial and into relationship with the Organization, as well 0.0 budgetary errangements with specialized agencies brought concerned. Procedures PRESON TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO 82 83 -7- Procedures SECURITY COUNCIL The Assenbly will adopt its our rules and elect its President. It ney create such bodies and agencies 0.0 it doess necessary for the performance of its functions procedure. Regular nontal possions will be held 02 well as such special sessions 0.0 occasion requires (DO). Special sessions shell be convoked by the Secretary General at the request of the Security Council or a majority of the members of the Organization. of Representation and Voting The provisions of the Dusbarton Cake Froposals that the General Assembly in to consist of representatives of all members of the Organization and that each is entitled to one vote are incorporated in the Charter. A maximum of five delegates for each country to be represented in the Assembly has been fixed. The provision in the Dumberton Onion text for a two-thirds majority in voting on "important questions" and a simple majority for all other questions has been included--decisiona to be made by 6 two-thirds majority of those present and voting include (1) recounendati with respect to maintaining pance and security (2) election of members of the Security Council. Zeonomic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, (s) adminsion of new members suspension, expulsion and budgetary questions. It in significant that no coc seriously considered perpetuating the unaninity rule which operated in the Longue and assy other International bodien. The Conference nade only one change of substance in the structures and proceSures of the Assuably which was a provision penalizing a member for falling behind two years or more in the payment of its financial con- tributions by depriving it of the right to vote. This apendment which WILD submitted in various forma by five different delogations WILD written into the Charter to counteract and of the difficultion which often plague Internation carizations. In order to provent undue hardship, however, it han been provided that the Associbly shall have power to walve the ponalty if the nonpayment is due to causes beyond the control of the nomber in question. Composition. It was taken as aziomatio at Dumberton Onko and contained to be the view of the Sponsoring Governments and France at San Francisco that the cornerstone of world order in the unity of those nations which forned the core of the alliance against the Axis. The special position accorded to the most powerful nations is reflected in the composition of the Security Council and the voting procedure. In spite of substantial effort to expand the size of the Council its membership renning the same as originally planned--five permanent and six nonparment members. The selection of the nonpermanent nests will be cade, however, with due regard being paid in the first Instance to the contribution of members to the caintenspoe of peace and security and to other purposes of the Organization, and also to equitable geographical distribution. The first of these provisos 123.0 code to moot the demond of the 80-called "middle powers" that they be accorded more frequent representation In the Council than the snall states, while the second proviso use 0 auid pro aue which the Latin Americans exacted in return for accepting the first proviso. as Hoo Reprementation Provision 120.8 aado in the Dumbar Call Proposals for the participation of any member of the Organization in the discussion of any question which the Counsil doous to affect the interests Further. the Security Council that necber. was of obligated to invita any member of the Organization not having a mont on the Council or is non-secher of the Organization to participate in discussion, 12 it is a party to a dispute under consideration in the Council, In accordance with a Canadian suggestion one important addition was code which statos that when the Council La considering the employment of the armed forces of a neaber of the Organization not on the Council, such n member if it requests, shall sit on the Council with full voting privileges. As one delegate expressed it. the purpose of this assendment la akin to the principle of "no toxation without representstion." It had the support of the Sponsoring Powers. Functions and Towera. An outlined nt Dumbarten Oaks, the Security Council will have primary responsibility for naintaining peace and security. its functions and povers therefore boing chiefly counerated in the subsequent chapter on posceful settlement and enforcement action. In 85 -9- -10- In addition the Council will participate in the election of the suages of the International Court of Justice. During the debate there was little inclination to question the rule of unanimity among the five permanent cumbers as regards enforcement action in appreciation Voting. The voting procedure in the Security without change after vigorous debate in which the Council agreed to at the Tolto Conference WILD adopted of the impracticability of requiring any one of the major powers which would be required to bear the ohief burden enforcement action, to undertake so serious gainst its will. There was, however, serious a oritician matter of the rule requiring concurrence of the permanent members in decisions involving pecific settlement. A motion by the Australians to take the decisions of was away presented from theon Ble Five this nature veto power but, after the Sponsoring Powers had made it clear that they considered the right of voto in these cases essential to their adherence to the Charter the proposal was Sponsoring Powers and France defended the formuls. Zach member or the Security Council shall have one vote. Decisions on procedural matters shell be made by an affirmative vote of seven members. Decisions on all other matters shell be by an affirmative vote of seven nonbers including the conour= ring voter of the permanent members /provided that in decisions involving peaceful settlement of a dispute finally defeated by a vote of 20-10 with fifteen nations abstaining. n party to the dispute shall abstain from voting/. Procedures. The Dumbarton Oaks text WILL adopted with minor changes: The Council will be in continuous sension with each state neaber of the Council represented at the hoadquarters; meetings will be hold at such other places as necessary the Council shall not up such bodies as necessary for carrying out its functions; it will adopt its own rules including the method of selecting its President. In response to a widespread demand at the Conference for a clarification of the manner in which this formula would apply to specific situations, the Sponsoring Governments stated that the Council will, by a vote of any seven members, adopt or alter its rules of procedures, establish such bodies or agencies as it may deen neces- sary for the performance of its functions, and invite a ad hoo participation an defined in the Charter. In addition, the procedural vote will apply to whether or not a dispute or situation can be heard. considered and member or non-member not represented on the Council to Pacific Suttlement. The texts which have been sidered by the Committee of the Conference are approximately the same those in the as Dumbarton Date Proposals and include provisions whereby the Council may hear, discuss. invostigate and make recommendations discussed. Thus consideration and discussion of a situation cannot be prevented by any individual member of the Council. It WAS on this point that Quasia was of various kinds for the settlement of international disputes by peaceful means. One important expension of the Council's povers in this field, which the Four Sponsors at first unvilling to RO along with the other Sponsoring Feware, but her gonnent Vas finally given. recommended and the Conference has approved is a provision ompowering the Council to recommend not only methods adjustment, assettlement. in the Dumbarton Onks Troposals, but also of actual terms of Beyond this point, beginning with the institution of a formal investigation which may involve calling for reports, hearing witnessed or other means, the Sponsoring Powers stated. the qualified majority voting will come into play four the Council is considering monsures of pacific settlement, this qualified majority Autreaston Action Thereto. Paragraph to the dispute. In the case of decisions involving detormination of threats to the passe or note of aggression and enforcement action, the unan irous vote of all perna- any to the breach existence or not and of of throat poace, of the ponce aggrension make rocoumondations or decide Determination of Threats to the Peaco or Act of nent members, regardless of whether one of them may be upon the measures to be taken to maintain or rostore peace and security. a party to B dispute, will be required. 0 During 1 or Chapter VIII, of the Dumbarton Oaks plan WAS deleted 0.3 redundent in view of the broad authority granted in the accord paragraph to the Security Council to determine the must include such permanent members 8.0 are not parties Provisional PPRECISON TRADE MARK -12-11- Provisional Measures. A Four-Fower emendment sug- the Council. Diploantic, Econocio and Other Mersures. The Security Council any decid tic, economic or other persures not involving the use of rined forces are to be eaployed to give effect to its decisions, and it any cell upon neabers of the Orgenization to apply such consures. These accures any include partial or complete interruption of reil, acc, air, postel. telegraphic, redio and other sentia Provision of Forces, Facilities and Assistance. While stantially C.P they stood in the Dumberton Onks Proposals, French and Australian residents to peregraph 5 on surreccents for the provision of foreca fecilities and assistance have been incorporated. (1) The French sought to expand very considerably the enuceration of the points which these agreements should gover and the powers that shell confer. but were finally antified with the insertion of reference to "right of pessage* and the "degree of rendiness and general location" of the forces to be provided. (2) The Australians and others wished to place on the Council rather than on the member states the Initictive for negotiating end naturally concluding the steein1 egrescents for the provision of forces, the enforce measures have been approved sub- (greemental among themselves, this notion eight 0 neabers of the Organization national be the of Regional Arrangements. The Dumbarton Oaka text we a The presentation of this amendment by the Sponsoring Powers created the impression in some quarters, particularly among the Latin Americans, thr while European regional eir force contingents for continued international enforcement, the strength and reediness of such contingents to be determined by a Will- In connection. however, with the provision that no enforcement action shall be taken under regional errangements without prior authorization of the Council, the Russians and British proposed an emendaent, which was accepted by the other Sponsoring Powers, excepting from this provision neasures taken against ex-caling states, until the Governments concerned seree to charge the Organization with this responaibility. enforcement 0 the for cluden the existence of regional arrangements providing such arrengements are consistent with the purposes and principles of the Organizetion--that the Security Council should encourage settlement of loosl disputes through regional the Security Council shall be kept informed of all activities undertaken or contemplated under regional arrangements. Armed Forces. The original Dumberton Orka pringraph 6 hea been adopted Station that there should be held immediately by Proposals appro specifies that nothing in the Charter pre- of excilable Oaks Any state, whether a member of the Orgenization or not, which finds itself confronted with special economic problens arising from the carrying out of measures that have been decided upon by the Security Council, may consult the Security Council in regerd to 0 solution of these problems. (DO) of communication and the severence of diplocatic and economic relations. indcfinitely delayed and the whole enforcement machinery the Orgenization stalled ct the outsut. The approved text states thrt the agreecents shell be segot ed no soon na possible on the initiative of the Council and between the Council and 0 member or members, 11 agreements to be subject to retification by the signatory states. Dumberton tory Staff Connittee to advise the Council on all questions involving military anttors and the strategic direction of arsed forces have been adopted providing for Military Staff Consittee composed of the Chiefi of Staff of the permanent members of the Security Council and their representatives. In addition, 0 Four-Power enendment mas approved stating that the Military Staff Connittee, with the authorization the Security Council. may. after consultation with regional agencies, establish regional subcosmittees of the Military Staff Committee The provision for regional subcommittees was o British suggestion, while the obligation to consult regional agencies before constituting these subconsittees was inserted upon Latin American insistence. guated China WIS adopted stating that before asking reconmundations or deciding upon mensures for mainteining or rectoring peace, the Council may onll on the parties CDDcursed to comply with provisional secures necessery to prevent on exprevation of the situation. Failure to comply with the provisional sensures shell be taken into account by feeling that if the initistive were left to the centers to include the with the assistance of the Military a the Security Council Staff Committee. The C 89 SECKET -13- O end health matters and to human rights and fundamental free- enforcement measures were hereby except from control by the code. but was not wholly pleased at the specific mention to "full employment which it found might give the Organination the right to interfere with our domestic economic policy. We were, however, in a minority of one at the Conforence on this matter and finally contented ourselves with c specific statement in the report of this committee that nothing in this provision would prejudice the "donestic jurisdiction" paragraph in Chapter II. the Charter impairs the inherent right of individual or col. lective self-defense until the Security Council has taken taken consures These Austrelian Pledges. The U.S. Delegation had certain apprehensions EE regard to the no-called "Austrelian pledge" which applied to the nforementioned statement of objectives in that it might have invited undue interference in the domestic effairs of member states. The original proposal was: "All members of the United Nations pledge themselves and international for the Council unforcement seasores in other parta of the world, for example, under the Act of Chopultepce, were subject to veto by GG sincle permanent member of the Council. While the U.S. Delegation did not wholly subscribe to this line of e trument, t d d d , geverthelson, fully recognize the necessity of meeting the Intin American apprehension. This VOB done. efter prolonged negotiation, by the adoption of BA additional exendment to the following effect: Nothing in necessary to paintein peace. in self-defense shell be immediately reported to the Council and shall not effect in any way the authority and respon- sibility of the Council to take action. to The Chapter on errangements for international economic end social cooperation has been substantially rewritten. Delamates to the Conference, realizing that in the next ten years the sout important tesk of the members of the World Organization in not likely to be enforcement of pence but the preparation of the coonpaic nd social busis of peace. opened the way for interactional cooperation in the coonomic, social and related fields on a monic unknown in the past, while at the sace time safeguarding the right of nations to live their lives free from uninrected interference. action take both national purpose of occurine for all peoples. including their own, improved labour standards, et cetere. No were, however, able to obtain the following revision of the wording which was acceptable to us: "All members pledge themselves to take with the Organi- ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL Joint and separate action in cooperation zation for the achievement of these purposes." Composition and Voting. The composition and voting procedures are substantially the same an originally planned-eighteen members, three-year term, all members eligible for D reelection, COOD member shall have one vote, decisions shell be taken by n simple majority of those present and voting. Objectives. "11th 0 view to oresting conditions of stability and well-being based on respect for the principles of equal right and :1f-deterninasion of peoples, the chapter now states that the Orgenization shall promote (a) living. full employment and conditions standards himber of economic and social progress and development, (b) solutions of international economic, social, health and other related probless; international cultural and educational cooperation; and (c) respect and observance of human rights and fundsmental freedoms. AB outlined at Dumborton Oaks, the responsibility of these functions shall be in the General Assembly and under the authority of the General Assesbly in the Functions and Powers. The Economic and Social Council is DOW given broad authority to initiate studies and reports, and asks recomsendations to the General Assembly, to the members of the Organization, and to specialized organizetions or agencica created by or brought into relationship with the Organization on astters felling within the jurisdiction of the Council. of Specialized Agencica SDC Organizations. The various appointment expovermental presidiations having wide international reatonmibilitiss in economic, social and related fields shell be brought into relationship with the Orgenization (DO). It was understood that the Economic and Social Council. for agreement between the Organization and any specialized provisions These powers, though only of e recossendatory character, represent n considerable expension over those contained in the Damberton Oska Proposels. The U.S. Delegation was happy organization were not intended to deprive the letter of its reasonsibilities but to provide for agreements sufficiently flexible to enable antisfactory arrangements to be worked to see the inclusion of reference to cultural, educational out and o 90 -16-15- general Policy. All . general policy the members of United National which have responsibil for the O the of dependent rritories ngrce to recognize the principle that the interest of peoples who have not yet to attained n full accours ofto independence ors peremount and the well-being of these 0 out on the basis of need end experience. The committee considered it immopropriate to single out any one specialized organization. and the opposition or the Russian Delemotion to may mention of the ILO succeeded in deletion of reference to the ILC even in the repporteur's report. The Council will initiate negotiations among nations for the Betting up of any new organizations necessary for the accomplishment of the objectives of the Orgenization to insure people; accept the obligation political, promote economic, social and educational advencement, to develop -government, to take due account of the polition aspirations of the peoples, and to assist then in the progressive development of their free political institutions. At the outset the Chicese proposed the inclusion of "to in this field. The French argued strongly for specific sention of on organization to deel with the problem of fair allotment of rew meterinIn, but the U.S. and other delegstions more stronely opposed on the ground that it would be mislending to section one or two important fields end not others or to specify the preoise sature of the problems in proaste development towards independence OF self-government, but this provoked strong the British delegate who wented as sention of independence anywhere in the chapter. He pointed to the dragers implicit in felsely encouragingthemhopes of independence for peoples who will never attain it, and to the injurious effects on the dependent peoples this connection. Associably. The Council is elso authorized to convene in accordance with rules prescribed by the General Assembly, international conferences on setters within the soope of selves whose welfare has beer dependent on the eid given by the and Social Council. Commissions. The paragraph stating that the Economic and Social Council shell set up commissions in the fields of economic and social activities and such other commissions 03 any be required is idention] with Dumberton Onka except for the specification of = commission for the promotion of human rights. The expengements for representatives of specialized organizations to participate in deliberations of the Orgenization and is those of consissions will be deda by the Economic 606 Social Council " S originally suggested. TRUSTEESHIP 0 the parent state. He argued that the parent states, lacking any assurance of future constency in their relations with the dependencies should the Chinese proposel be adopted, would be reluctant to put money into the territories and the native peoples themselves would be the sufferers. In a spirit of coapromine, therefore, the Chinese dropped their amendment to this section with the understanding that this concept would be included the beaic objectives of the trustee- ship system, which vos 5 concension sgreed to by the British. During the debate the Philippine Delegation and others urged reference to Independence in the general policy statement in the belief that its exclus ion would give the impression that the Conference intends that territories under trusteeship but not other dependent territorism, might eventually attain independence. Trusteeship System. The trusteeship system will apply One of the principal difficultion in outlining # chapter on trusteeship was the pressure by verious delegates to droft longungs into the text which would effect the existInc situation In dependent territories. The U.S. delegate had to emphosize repeatedly that only questions of principle and aschinery were to be included and that specific territorial problems were not germene. Since trusteeships were not included in the Dumbarton Ockn discussions, this opter has been written entirely at San Frencisco. It includes two ports: (1) 0 declaration of policy toward ell dependent peoples; (2) on outline for n trusteeship system. General only to in the following categories an asy be pinged under it by seens of separate trusteeship arrangements: (a) territories now held under sandate; (b) territories detached from enery states; (c) territories voluntarily placed under the system. It will be antter of subsequent agreement as to which territories will be brought under the system and upon west terms, and the U.S. has maintained the position Deminat Austrelian and other opposition that there should be no change in the status of mendates or the existing rights of addition nations without their consent. objectives PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROFILM MICROSTAT ROLL NO 93 97 -18- INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE -17- The Dumberton Oake Proposals on the Court stated that there should be on International Court of Justice which should constitute the principal judicial organ of the Orminisation that the Court should function according to n Statute which would form SD integral part of the Charter-such totute to be either the Stetute of the Permanent Court of International Justice or a new Statute: that all members The objectives of the trustoeship system Objectives. ocononic, sociol the procotion of political, andand their educational include advencement of the trust torritorion selfInhabitants and their progressive development toward to the government or indopondone as pay bo appropriate circumstances of oach territory and its peoples of the should ipso facto be parties to the particular and the freely expressed wishop of the peoples concerned. Statute and that condition states not members or the Organization now become parties to the Statute should be the determined the General Assembly on the recommendation of Securityby Council. The trustooship urrangement will in= COFFEE under which a torritory will bo adclude the and will in appropriate COLOR dosignate no-called ministored, arcas. The U.S. "Dologation was anxious to have stratogic of action In roaard to stratagie arosa and has $10. freedor having it sconified that the arrang essents shall New Court, These provisions are all approved. although it was states that there will be . GEN Statute based on the Statute of the Persement Court. In many ways this was the soot difficult problem whic confronted the Consittee dealing with the Court. There MAS unanimous agreement that the Perseant Court of Internal tional Justice had rendered offee- cooded in by the states directly concernos rather than be agroud Security upon Council which 100 the intent of the Russians. by the relating to stratogic oroan will bo exercised 111 functions Council. Other functions will be handled by live service. but sixtect of the states parties to the old by the Security Accountly through Trustcomhip Council operating under the General it to so composed of representatives equally divided 1 0 betwoon edministoring and non-administoring states. Assombly, and under its authority the Trusteeship The revorts submitted by the administorCouncil, will consider them in consultains state, accout potitions and oxumino cala poriodic visits tion with the inistoring state, and to the respectivo torritor 10 The montion of periodic "the visits SAILD a compronimo it that the U.S. and had French proposed objected right of investigation," but the British would the Ground that spocific nostion of investigation Advisory Acsocies. The Security Council and the General Assesbly ACT refer questions to the Court for advice. Suggrations more ands that other international orgenization and but states almo be et iven the right to sale for advisory opinions. thin YOUR not accepted elthough other international or senizations any be authorized by the General the questions are limited is for judicial opinions providing Assembly to those to asic of ties of such character agencies. arining within the scope of the activi- on give the netivo pooples a "right of appeal which would all- prove ombarrassing to the eduinistration. The administration in such trust torritory will anko an annual roport thority Assombly on the political, oconomic social and to the educational General advancement of the inhabitants of the torritory. In ordor to noot the fours of BOCK or the delegations oxisting rights might be throatoned by the trustooship that paragraph has boon insorted provisions, an otolanatory upon in individual nothing Enforcement of Court's Denisions. Two new articles cerrific oz enforcement of the Court's which stator that excupt in the as nay chaptor be agreed shall be construod to Judements have been included in the Charter: (1) simple statiment or the obligation of members to comply with the arrangements alton in any manner the rights of any status or any pooplon. INTERTATIONAL Statute. incle ling eachy states. were not represented at San Freecisco So for 08 encay status are concerned, their nodeptaned of the proposed changes in the old Statute could be accured through provisions in the pends treaties, but no such solution was evallable of th respect to neutral states. Therefore, to masure the establishment of the Court simultecsously with the Orgenization it was thought that new Court should be established although in a Very real scome DD thebe oldonly Statute. it will n "revised Court" 82 the Statute is based 0 decision PREON TRADE MARK H -19O decision of the Court in any case to which it is A party: (2) If any party foils to perform the obligations incurrent -20- upon it under G jurgment rendered by the Court, the other party may have recourse to the Security Council which may, is Loccesary, decide on measures to be taken to give offoot to the judgmont. government but shall respect the exclusively international character of their responsibilities. INCONSISTANT OBLIGATIONS Compulsory Jurisdiction. It was agrood though only after the U.S. Delogation and one or two other of the pr ipol doloactions had indicated that they night not be ablo to obtain ratification of the Statuto if it SCVO the Court compulsory jurindiction, that the Court's Jurisdiction shall DO contingont upon the consent of the partics to each caso, with the exception of statos signatory to G doclaration known 00 the "optional clause* submitting thomsolves to compulsory juriodiction. Eloction of Judges. The final point of controversy was in rogard to tho nomination and oloction of judges and horo it was 06 Pood that judges drawn from the panol maintained by the Hague Court of Arbitration should be nominated by a procodural vote in the Security Council and elected by a majority of the In the event of any confliot arising botwoon the obligations of nomborn of the Organization under the Chartor and thoir obligations under any other intornational agreement, it has been sgreed that the Chartor shell provail. FROOFFARE Attondments shall come into foreo for all nonborn of the Organization whom they have been adopted by D vote of two- thirds of the comburs of the General Assoribly and ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional processos by two-thirds of the merbers of the Organization including all of the perminent numbers of the Security Council. Assombly. This is substantially the and procodure as in the Dumberton Ocks Proboania with the exception of the specification that SECRETARIAT retification As suggested at Dumbarton Oaks, the Scerotary General and his staff will Do the administrativo officers for the General Assembly, Security Council and Economic and Social Council. The Scorotary General shall bo elected by the Assombly upon recommendation of the Council. on the ground than by Strong pressure THIS put or the Big Fivo to abolish the argument was presented that it was most important in the effectivonosa of the Occumization to asvo any changes in the rights and obligations under the Charter receive the unanimous support of the major powers. Revision Conference. All amondmont first suggested by Sonator Go.in and introduced by the sponsoring powers providoo for the callint of a general conference to rovino the Charter ct 0 data and place to bo fixod by a throc-fourths vote of the Assembly. It also provided, however, that amondmonts to the Charter adoptoo by this conforence must be ratified by majority of the numbers of the Organization, including the opsued on the sponsoring power amondmont specifying four Deputy Socretary Generals which to rather vote polor of the permanent members on exondments, but the There was heated dobate over whother or not the big power objected two-thirds give a greater manuurs of protection to the smallor powers. : voto would apply to the noninction of the Soerctary General, but It was finally decided that this was a substantivo rather than a procedural matter and should be governod by the Yolta formulo granting the right of voto to the perminent member of the Security Council on all such matters. Longthy discussion also WILLS by be majority of nonborn which WGB a Bolgion proposal designed to that this number represented a big power presidium. The conclusion was that thoro should DO no reference in the Charter to the number of depution to be appointed. perminent of the Counoll, before boooming offective Although not listed in the Dumbarton Coke Proposals critoria for the appointment of the Secretary General and his staff have boon included in the Chartor-high standards of officioncy, competence and intogrity with due rogard to the importance of recruiting staff on as wide a goographical boain 00 possible. It has further been stated that the Secretary General and his staff shell bo responsible only to the Organiaction and shall not book or receive instructions from any Thu mull powers, particularly after they found that the Yalte voting formula and other provisions of which they disapproved must bo included in the Charter If it was to accure Big Fivo adhoronco, strongly urged that the revision conforence procosal be modified in two respects: (1) that c dufinito tine for adoptod its celling the bo fixod in the Chertor and (2) that amondmonts Projection government O Conforence by by the vote of any single state. not bo While subject the Big to Fivo folt themsolvos unablo to yield on the accond of those points. they did compromiso on the first and after lengthy dobate -21- SECRET debate the following provision was adopted: A revision conference any be held at # date and place to be fixed by 5 two-thirds vote of the General Assembly with the concurrence of any seven members of the Security Council. Alterations to the Charter recommended by n two-thirds vote of the Conference shall take effect when retified by two-thirds of the member governments including the persenent members of the Security Council. If such a conference has not been held before the tenth senuel meeting of the Assembly, the proposal to onl1 such a conference shall be placed on the agende of that meeting of the Absenbly and by any seven members of the Security Council. Transitional Arrangements. The trensitional arrange- nexts outstand in the Dumbarton Oaks Proposels have been included in the Charter, placing the burden of mointaining pende and security on the Big Five (Frence was added by the Conference) until such time 0.5 the Security Council considers adequate military agreements have case into force to enable it to take over this responsibility, and stating explicitly that the provisions of the Charter shell not preclude action in relation to ex-enery states by the Governments having responsibility for such nation. Retification. The Clarter will be retified by the signatory states recording to their respective constitutional processes. Retifiction will be deposited with the U.S. Government and na BOOD 0.8 retifications have been deposited by the persenent members of the Security Council and by a majority of the other simptory states, the Charter will come into forec for those states having retified. The Charter will BODE into fores for coch of the other signatory states on the date of the deposit of retification. NO. U.S.PAT. OR TRADE MARK ROLL NO -2Memorandum to the Secretary. June 22, 1945. MEMORANDUM TO THE SECRETARY Attorney and Counselor at Law, Sidney, New York, writes, June 22, 1945. . I want to say that the officers Mail Report and men of Unit No. 4, commanded by Lieutenant Ted Hill were the best behaved. cleanest and finest all-around bunch of men that it has been my pleasure to meet. Their cooperation, courtesy and assistance in the Seventh War Loan effort, It is impossible to measure. The show or exhibition that they put on was the most realistic dramatization of actual combat conditions that the people of this area were ever privileged to see, and I know that it has not only been a great value in the selling of bonds but also in showing the people exactly what the GI Joe, foot soldier, or Infantryman does for us and goes through Some 500 United States citizens during the past week said, "I am going to write to Secretary Morgenthau about that". and then sat down and did so. of these, 221 had complaints or comments or suggestions on bonds. The score on the following pages shows how these were divided. In the main, suggestions on the on the field of battle. * . Over $6,000 in bonds were pledged or sold in fifteen minutes in between the parts of the show. Over $15,000 in bonds, by far the largest single day's sales ever made, were sold at the Scintilla plant the day after the show. It has been said that the Barnum & Bailey 7th Drive are waning, those on the 8th appearing, and 0 with the latter may be grouped comments on the Roosevelt Memorial Bond (see excerpts, from letters attached). note the success of both bond drives, but one anonymous Cirous WILS the greatest show on earth, and while this may have been true in the past, it la no longer true for the show put on by writer laments, "I am tired of all this blah-blah the greatest show on earth. Most correspondents are cooperative and eager to pro- Unit No. 4 'Here's Your Infantry is by far about bands", and he continues, "New Deal crackpots Other comments may not soar quite so high, but all throwing away bond money on Canol oil, a Latin-American are genuinely enthusiastic and not a single sour note highway, etc", obviously inspired by the Fulton Lewis, Jr. has been heard in the chorus. So far as suggestions broadcasts. for selling bonds are concerned, our writers continue "Here's Your Infantry" continues to receive only the warnest praise, as when Harry M. Walton, Jr., to be both ingenious -- as the one who wants a gas 0 100 O Memorandum for the Secretary. June 22, 1945. coupon issued with each bond -- and routine, 8.8 in the continued urge for a $10.00 bond for school children. There were only 2 complaints of delays in receiv- ing interest, but 7 on delays in receiving bonds, and 87 letters dealing with problems of inheritance, re- Memorandum to the Secretary. June 22, 1945. The instructions to banks to report currency transactions continued to stir up comment and sugges- tion. The trend has now swung to the favorable, with 18 of these, as against 3 unfavorable letters. Among the latter is a letter from an Economics Professor questioning the Constitutionality of the order. The issuance, re-placements, etc. Inquiries about Adjusted National Bank of Fort Collins, Colorado, ran a display Service Bonds went up to 40. advertisement quoting the order and the penalty attached On the tax front, the tax evader drive continued to dominate the mall, with 79 out of 146 communications referring to it. The 31 reports of individual tax evaders were referred to Internal Revenue for investi- gation. The 35 applications for jobs also were re- to failure to comply with it. D. N. Donaldson, Associate Professor of Economics, Colorado A & M College, wrote to the Legal Division of the Federal Reserve System, which promptly forwarded the letter to the Treasury. Mr. Donaldson said in part, of protest on the publicity in regard to the RooseveltHartford loan was anticipated, It failed to materialize. I have taught finance for several years and this question has been asked of me, and as I am not & lawyer, I am writing for your opinion on the matter. I know the reason for this order is to try and stamp out black market operations and at the same time trace down tax dodgers, but I am wondering if the OPA and WFA, along with the Bureau of Internal Revenue, would not be better off in trying to cooperate with the people in eliminating black markets than taking punitive Such letters as we received were very nasty, but there of all the Governmental controls necessary during war or peace times, but I am afraid ferred for reply in the proper Treasury office. Ideas, questions and protests were negligible and evenly divided on a variety of phases of taxation as a whole. (See analysis on final pages.) Although an outburst were only 4 all during the week. action against the many. I an in favor 101 Memorandum to the Secretary. June 22, 1946. that the ruling of Mr. Morgenthau smoke of an attempt to help the OPA and some of the other organisations overcome the results of some bad boners to which they themselves have contributed. However, my main question is the Constitutionality of this latest ruling. (Correspondence referred to Mr. D. 3. Bell.) There were 3 letters from banks reporting instances of unusual transactions. Aside from half a dozen inquiries about Foreign Funds matters, international affairs were almost ignored this week. There were 7 comments on Bretton Woods, and of them 2 were unfavorable to our contribution to the program. Six donations sent to the Secretary, to be devoted 0 General Comments in not R. V. Prucha, Cashier, The National Bank of Lorain, Lorain, Ohio. Your recent letter easing certain requirements in reporting currency transactions has been received and considered. The slight change reporting procedure does improve the position of a reporting institution for, by the terms of the order, reporting or not reporting a specific transaction is based upon the judgment of an individual. To render such judgment, inquiry into the nature of the transaction is essential. People do have confidence in the secrecy of bank transactions and it now appears that the confidence is to be undermined. The use of judgment must be uniform throughout competing banks. Unless & rigid uniform rule for reporting is established, it may be anticipated that some institutions will furnish reports while others, on basis of their judgment, will find nothing to file. No filing probably means no investigation and no criticism. I think you will understand the reflections on filing institutions. Enforcement of price control and rationing is based upon complaint to the WILD effort, ranged from a $5.00 postal note to by the offended. The complainer becomes known, re- a check for $4,000.00. The White House forwarded to breaks down. Sadly have we witnessed the whole cycle. us 11 letters about bonds, 39 about taxes. and 20 general. The attached pages give sample quotations from letters of more than average interest, and the final pages show the box score by subject matter for the past week. O 102 Jatumi E. Forburk toliation results, complaints dwindle and enforcement We shall hesitate filing information on suspicion and shall be reluctant to question a person for fear that some competitor along the street or in the next town will not reason about the matter just as we do. It is, the believe, within the province of your office to call in such currency as may be deemed necessary and to obtain the names and addresses of the persons who sur- render same. Surely, the persons sought would be disclosed. The Government, through persons properly instructed and authorized, could then make such investirations 0.8 might be deemed necessary. Converting bankers to detectives, however, seems inconsistent with American tradition and sound business practice. c I PRECISION ROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL 103 104 0 C J. A. Fambrough, President, First National Bank, Raymondville, Texas. I appreciate your letter of June 9th, relative to the order requiring financial institutions to report unusual currency transactions. It appears that among the bankers from whom you have heard there is not a majority in opposition, but it is my belief that you have not heard from a sufficient number of bankers to obtain the majority sentiment. Before writing you, I have made inquiry of other bankers to determine the prevailing attitude and as yet have not heard of one who believes that this order is the proper approach to eliminating tax evasion. One correspondent who had opportunities to know what others were thinking said, all of them seen to have this matter on their minds. They resent having the banks called upon to do the policing job and do not have much faith in its results". Another said, "1 an quite sure there is & good deal of resentment by the bankers for the imposition upon then of the necessity to check on their depositors and make reports. There have been so many things imposed upon banks that this is morely adding one further obligation under penalty, and possibly creating some further ill will between bankers and depositors. You may be sure that until we are relieved of this obligation imposed by the recent order we intend to do our best to comply in every sense, the same as w have done in other instances affording opportunities to co-operate. will McClung, Covington, Kentucky. Please accept my thanks for the prompt service granted me in the redemption of the "0" Bonds I bought for investment, after I appealed to you. Enclosed find the bonds (2 $100 Bonds I have bought for return to the Treasury for cancellation. O Nathan Bleckner Brooklyn, New York. Yesterday I received through the mails a 1944 tax refund check. I went to bank which is & depository for United States funds, to cash this check. The teller sent me to one of the officials of this bank to get an o.k. The first question I WILD asked by this official had I an account with his bank. I answered I had not. I WAS then told by this official that be could not o.k. my check for cash payment as he did not know no. I then told him I WILS a Federal employee, showed him my badge, also that I had other identification, such as my registration card, my American Legion membership that card. my organization dues card, and furthermore, wished to make a payment on loan I had secured from that bank. showIn him the and would not cash then he WBS adamant I payment o.k. my book. check Even for payment. then asked him how I could get the cash for this check. The answer WILD that I would have to go downtown to the Federal Reserve Bank on Liberty Street to have my check cashed. I still have this check in my possession. 105 106 Favorable Comments on Bonds John C. Stevens, President, Glen Rock Bank, Glen Rock, New Jersey. The various letters from you about my efforts in behalf of the War Drives have been greatly appreciated. Every War Drive has found me acting as Vice Chairman of our local committee which position covers all records, statements and supervising the issuance of bonds, 99% of which have been done by this bank. The totals of past Drives in Glen Rook have been higher than the one before. We now have attempted to do the impossible by making our goal one million dollars for the Seventh. Our quota is only $400,000, but that shouldn't stop us. Federal Reserve Bank, however, is trying to stop us. Our War Loan Account limit is $600,000 and we have requested a ceiling of one million dollars. We are nearly $900,000 Miss Helene R. Gross, New York City. I am very much interested in the fact that possibly the next bonds will have the likeness of our late beloved Franklin Delano Roosevelt on them, and wondered if some way could not be found for the people to be able to keep these bonds at the time they mature and not have to surrender them. I know there are millions of people in the United States whose sentiments about the late President are as strong as nine and who will want to keep these bonds forever. Could not we receive a receipt instead of having to surrender this bond? I know that I personally would want to frane It and keep it as a treasured possession. at this writing. In Northwest Bergen County we Kilton Duberstein, Chicago, Illinois. Thanks for your $170,000. A neighboring town with population Bonds. I was glad to keep them until date of redemp- have been given next to the highest quota for E Bonds, two and one-half times as great as ours with some manufacturers has only a quota of $140,000. We have 80% of our $170,000 quota already in hand and expect to make it 100% before It is finished. This town has no manufacturers and little business, It being purely a residential community. When I mention that most of our sales had to be made on "that extra bond" alogan, you may realize the effort put into these campaigns. If you believe our efforts should be encouraged, will you not make it possible for the one million celling to be granted this bank for War Deposits? We are getting subscriptions through personal contacts, many of which would probably not otherwise be subscribers, which action no believe necessary for our part in the war effort. check for $1,460.50 for redemption of my War Adjustment tion and also to advise you that put $40.00 to this and purchased $2,000 (gross) War "B' Bonds through the Chicago and North Western Railway Company. 108 -6- 0 Unfavorable Comments on Bonds Mrs. G. Carlberg, Bremerton, Washington. I have read that the Roosevelt Bond will probably be of $250 denomination. My son, who is 9 years old, is very anxious to have & Roosevelt Bond and is saving all his money now towards it. But it will be almost Impossible for any child to save that much money. All children loved Roosevelt and for a big percentage of them, he WAS the only President they knew. Would it be possible to have a smaller denomination for school children -- one they can really work for to add to their collection? I'm sure the children would really do their best If it were made within their reach, and It would be a very proud possession. Unfavorable Comments on Taxation Senator H. Alexander Smith (New Jersey) forwards the following letter he has received from J. Ward Woolley, Maplewood, New Jersey: "There has recently come to my attention a method of tax avoidance, which, if allowed to grow unchecked, will compel increasing the tax load of normal business and the rank and file of he country's tax paying army. A promoter con- tacts a tax-exempt charitable trust and succeeds in selling the idea of making him manager of its funds and 6 contract is so drawn. He then proceeds to search out successful firms with large tax loads, and makes bids for the concern's assets, offering higher than recognized going concern values. The result is usually ready acceptance. He then goes to banking connections and arranges for a mortgage loan, hypothecating the assets purchased as security. Profits before taxes of most industrial concerns are quite substantial at the moment, and going direct to the charitable trust, tax free, permits a quiek discharge of purchase obliga- tions out of profits. For the service rendered, the promoter charges a management fee. In addition, he usually extracts a contract for the exclusive sale of the product of the Industries purchased, earning a commission on those sales, He night also arrange and draw commissions on inter-trust sale of properties purchased, where there is & tax advantage. Federal taxes on the promoter's pyramided income are, doubtless, properly discharged. However, it appears as though there presently exists a legal, but undue, advantage accruing to charitable trusts and promoters under exlisting Federal tax laws at the expense of Mr. John Q. Public. It is obvious that taxes so lost by the Govern- ment must be made up by Mr. Public. 109 110 -8O Report of Correspondenge received is the The following is a copy of a letter addressed to Resortarz's Correspondence Division Griffin, Maplewood, New Jersey: "The investigation now in progress of the terms and conditions of the $200,000 loan by the president of the great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company to Elliott Roosevelt bids fair to reach higher up than did the ramifications of "Teapot Dome". It is familiar law that a debt cannot be satisfied and discharged by part payment; only by payment in full with interest. or by proceedings in bankruptoy. A creditor cannot charge off a debt as bad on his income tax return unless and until he has exhausted his renedies against his debtor. As Elliott Roosevelt has been out of the jurisdiction where the loan WILS made, much if not most of the time since the loan was made to him, the Statute of Limitations may June 15 to June 22, 1945, Inclusive Congressman Robert L. Doughton by Charles Lamson TOTALS BONDS: Pronotional ideas and materials for the Seventh Drive Progotional ideas and materials for the Eighth Drive Complaints about delays in receiving bonda: Other complaints company is unfair Others 7 Allocation of bond purchases to home office of insurance 1 1-85 Treasury bonds Excisent of Tennessee is refused $100,000 of 1950 Treasury bonds beokide be offered currency in payment 1 Betting at races is retarding Seventh Drive Bank objects to paying . premium in subscribing for 1 General suggestions Make baby bonds available after V-2 Day Censo marketing Federal Land Bank Bonds under 15 1 Issue gas coupon with each bond 1 sponsorship of large city banks 1 purchase a bonds to limit 1 1 Issue peace bonds others 3 Provide bond annuities 2 Allow % bonda to be used as collateral Issue Lapal pine to buyers of bonds Issue $10 non-redeesable dift bonds 2 offer 0.1. $10 bond to school children 1 Make it possible for guardiana of minor children to 1 O 12 Navy is disoriminating by awarding passes and other favors to bond buyers 1 Ive profits that might be realized by overpricing will be corrected in the re-negotiation procedures or the taxing procedures provided for elsewhere. 2 they do the best they can to meet the requirements of the procedure, the end result is but a poor approximation of the objective sought. We feel that any excess- 6 Complaints about delays in receiving interest 1 Service BMD Others 7 upon would-be Government contractors, and although 2 to 2 tion or provide for the expiration of Title VIII, Section 301 of the Revenue Act of 1943, relating repricing of war contracts. The procedure, possibly unavoidable, that is in vogue for the enforcement of the provisions of this title places a heavy burden 2 Smaller denomination hutors that bonds will be invalidated 22 4 Pennsylvania: "We hereby register our request that you support any procedure which will accomplish the elimins- 2 Favorable 0 and General Manager, Frick Company, Inc., Waynesboro, 20 Thanks for *Kero's Your Infantry* leosevelt metorial bonds not have run in his favor and Hartford my still be in position to invoke appropriate remedies. These suggestions arecase. pertiment in view of the great public interest in this Senator Francis J. Myers transmits the following letter which he has received from D. Morris Benedict, President 221 112 -3- TOTALS O Routine matters: 135 Inquiries about Adjusted Service Bonds MISCELLANNOUS PIOTESTS: Government extravagance in Canal Project, Aloan Highway.etc. New York bank objects to accepting interest checks for deposit to account of BRO overeens hailroad Retirement checks are delayed : or 3 days each month Treasury should stop the gambling on COS of Wilson Line ships Land-Lesse to Juneis and further loma should be stopped 1 Food shortages are unnoceduary 1 1 SwindLars in wartime contracts na reported by Fulton Lewis should be investigated Great amounts of paper are wasted at race tracks New York bank refunes to cash tax refund check 1 1 1 2 1 4 117 2 OTHER RECEIPTS: 6 Favorable comment on plan for postmar treatment of Germany Personally abusive 2 1 Questions as to whether or not Hoover returned his salary as President to Treasury University 3 1 Partnerships are favored by present operation of capital gains tax 5 Trust funds managed by tax-exempt corporations should be taxed 2 Others 9 Instructional to report currency transactional 27 18 Unfavorable 3 Consent, clippings, etc. 2 2 Keep present high rates 1 1 Request that Treasury sponsor Incaevelt International 1 3 2 Inquiry as to identity of D. Manning on car use staap Place a tax on labor unions, serchandise surnovers, real estate transactions 22 Inquiries about foreign funds centrol Inquiries about surplus property 2 1 Currency problems, nutilated money, etc. 3 Favorable Unfavorable 0 1 tracks 7 Internal Revenue employees are arrogant in dealing with taxpayers Additional assessments are in error Taxes should be withheld from winnings at race Bretton Woods Proposals loosevelt dise 3 Other hardship cases Repeal par use tax $ 6 30 Miner with 2 dependents in Italy whom he supports is taxed as a single SAN 63 2 2 Checks for rewriting Donations to war effort Questions, protests, etc. Favorable 2 sold for in violation of O.P.A. 13 Draft 101e Government workers for investigator joba 2 receive oil royaltics Selling of 2-piece suits at 3324 price that 3-piece ones once 32 Suggestions and comments liquest discharge of Treasury tax men now in service and Printing Congressional raise of $2,500 35 Reports of availars Call in currency of large denomination Discontinue instruction of foreigners at Eurosa of Engraving 10 79 Applications for joba 1 Requests for refunds Tax evaders driver 2 146 1 3 TATES. 1 5 in 1 Problem of inheritance, reissuance, replacement,etc. Name a committee of citizens in each community to work with investigators Investigate Roosevelt-Hartford loan Check on incomes of those who rent, or 15 40 Bonds for redemption Subscriptions Probe the pockets of war contractors TOTALS o 6 PRECISION MICROSTATI MICROFILM ROLL NO TRADE MARK 113 Report on White House Correspondence June 15 to June 21, 1945, incl. 11 9 The Loan Suggestions Comments on Eighth far Lown Drive : Complaint about loss of interest on Adjusted Service Bonds not turned in 114 1 59 TAXES CABLES FROM AMERICAN EXBASSY exempt pensions free taxation 3 Investigators 6 Favorable omments on hiring Treasury Investigators 1 Unfeverable comments on hiring Tressury Investigators Foreign Developments 1 Applications for job as Treasury C on 1 Asks |residential support of will to Ruesian Press Consent & Favorable consents on present tax system MOSCOV 10 7 Informers of income tax evonion Tax plans 3 liequests for income tax refunds Questions, complaints about income tax returns 20 GENERAL Defevorable oomments on banks reporting currency transactions of 10th eaments on for 1st as guard yeverable Asks Application large report denomination imendment Townsend Presidential plan for $4 bill coments on Bretton Uiscellaneous , 1 comments OF Bretton plan Suggestion Unfavorable Favorable hanoring Goods FIE Woods plan 13 PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTATA G.U.S.PAL.OFF MICROFILM 13. Russian press report on the French Council of Resistance and the municipal elections. Summary Index of Cables from the American Embossay in Moscow on Russian Press Connent on Developments in Foreign Countries. Germany 1. Russian press announcement on Allied agreedent on establishment of B Control Council for Germany. 14. Russian press report on the French cool strike. Czechonlovikia 15. Russian press report on message of President Bener to Marahal Stalin, 2. Hummins press comment on civil affairs administration in Berlin. 16. Huasian press dispatch from Mexico City on Masaryk statement on Czech-U.S.S.H. relations, 3. Article by Soviet Economist on economic sapects of No.: aggression. Poland - Russian press comment an boatility of the London Polim Government to the U.S.S.R. 5. Russian prees announcement of arrival of the Dear of Centerbury in 6. Ruesian press comment on growing military forces of the London Polich Government 17. Hurrien preme report on joint Czech-Soviet tribute to Red Army and Pregue Partisans, Bulgerin 15. Russian premi report on press conference of the Bulgarian Trade Union Delegation in Moscow. Hungrey 19. Hussian DIESE report on Congress of Hungarian National Union. Humania 20. Russian press report on participation of Russian Scientists in the Congress of the Humanian Society for Cultural Relations with the U.S.S.R. 7. Hussian report on meetings of the Polish Pensant Congress. 6. Article from Poliah preme on Polish resettlement and indminietration of Polich Silesin. Yuzoelavia 21. Russian press report on Tito's apeech of May 21 in Engreb. 9. Article in Var and the Working Cleep on desocratic reform and progress of reconstruction in Poland. 22. Runnian press comment on Allied-Yugoelav relations in connection with the Trieste issue. 10. Polish prono comment on reconstruction progress. 11. Polish prenn statement on diplomatic relations Italy with Yugonlavia. 23. Northern Russian Italy. press report on political affairs in Humminn press report on DeGunlle's speech on the 24. Runainn publication of Belgrade dispatch on France 12. tintionmlietion issue. Italian ottitude toward Intrin particane. PRECISION MICROSTAT MICROFILM PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTATA #G.U.S.PAT.OR OF TELEGRAM STATE ROLL NO DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES INCOMING DEPARTMENT MICROFILM TELEGRAPH SECTION 0 PLAIN EK-1000 Moseow vis War Dated May 31, 1945 Rea'd 1,05 P.B. SUPERMENT is STREE Scorttary of State, Washington. JUN 1 - 1945 DCI LIAISON OFFICE 1833, Thirty-first There follows Enbassy translation of announcement appearing in Sovict press for May 31 regarding Control Commission for occupation of Germany. C By agreement among the governments of the Allied powers in a few days there will be established a Control Council of representatives of the Supreme Command of the Soviet Union, Great Britain, United States of America and France which will be vested with the suprenc authority of the Allied powtro in Germany during the period of occupation. The Consander in Chief of the Sovict occupation forces in Germany, Marshal of the Sovict Union O.K. Zhukov, has been appointed representative of the Sovitt Suprenc Coesand in the Control Council. L UNSIGNED MJF 0 N MROM OF RECEIVED DIVISION OF STATE INCOMING TELEGRAM MFD-1961 SERVICES DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION 3 DEPARTMENT ROLL NO PLAIN Moscow 1945 MAY 20 AN 9 30 V 10 VIA PREVPO/L Dated May 24, 1945 Rea'd 1:43 P.M., 25th LIMITED MOSCOU 296/295 25TH 1647 P PRESS SECSTATE WASHINGTON 1743 TVENTYFOURTH MOSCOW NEWS FOR MAY TWENTYTHIRD DEVOTED OVER TWO COLUMNS TO ARTICLE ENTITLED QTE BERLIN TODAY EENDOTE BY L LEROV PRD ARTICLE WAS SUBTITLED QTE SPRING HASCOME TO VANQUISHED CITY ENDOTE PRD MUCH OF ARTICLE DESCRIBED SCENES AND ACTIVITIES IN BERLIN CMM PARTICULARLY DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD TO POPULATION UNDER AUSPICES OF SOVIET COMMAND PRD PGH ARTICLE STATES THAT A MEMORABLE EVENT TOOK PLACE SEVERAL DAYS AGO WHEN FIRST MEETING OF MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION CMM CONSISTING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS GROUPS OF CITYS POPULATION WAS HELD PRD MEETING WAS PRESIDED OVER BY OBERBURCERMEISTE ARTHUA VERNER CMM WHO IS AN ARCHITECT BY PROFESSION PRD NEXT TO HIM SAT HIS FIRS DEPUTY CMM THE WORKER KARL MORAN PRD PGH ARTICLE DESCRIBES HEARTY WELCOME GIVEN GENERAL BERZARIN CMP SOVIET MILITARY COMMANDANT OF BERLIN CMM BY PACKED HALL OF REPRESENTATIVES OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL CIRCLES CMM WORKERS CMM SCIENTISTS AND ACTORS PRD PGH ARTICLE ALSO STATES DEEPGOING CHANGE IS BEGINNING IN PSYCHOLOGY OF PEOPLE ON WHOM VENOM OF FASCIST PROPAGANDA HAD LONG ACTED PRD BERLIMERS ARE AMAZED CMN PARTICULARLY BY SOVIET PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE PRD PCR ARTICLE STATES THATBERLIN ARTISTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN JOB OF REVIVING THEATERS CMM CINEMAS CMM ETCETERA AND STATES THAT THEY WERE SURPRISED AND PLEASED TO LEARN THAT THEY WOULD NOT ONLY BE ALLOWED TO WORK AT THEIR FORMER JOBS BUT THAT THEIR WORK WAS HIGHLYAPPRECIATED 3Y THE MILITARY AUTHORITIES WHO WOULD SEE THAT THEIR FOOD RATIONS WOULD EQUAL THOSE OF WORKERS IN HEAVY INDUSTRY PRD PCH TEXT OF ARTICLE FOLLOWS BY AIR PRD TODAYS RED STAR PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS OF WOMEN IN BERLIN EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AND OF MEN AT WORK IN REOPENED SAUSAGE FACTORY PRD PCH SENT TO DEPART= MENT AS 1743 SMN REPEATED TO PARIS FOR MURPHY AS 132 KENNAN 07/1437 0 0 RECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM NO. U.S.PAT.OR ROLL 120 15-1888 PLAIN Mcacot MAY 11 1945 SYSTEM OF SUCKING OUT ALL VITAL JUICES OF EUROPEAN PEOPLES. TO THIS SYSTEM BELONGED OCCUPATION SUCH MEASURES AS *RESTITUTION FOR OCCUPATION Expeditions, SPECIAL Dated May 9, 1945 o CURRENCY Rge'd 12:13 a.s., 10th PW1 VIA PREVI ETC. 3157 Mcscan 881 10 0128 FORTH so NOTORIOUS CHARGES LEVIED SYSTEM OF BY GERMAND CIEARING FOR ACCOUNTS OCCUPATION FOR VASSAL EXCEEDED COUNTRIES, BY NANY TIMES ACTUAL EXPENDITURES FOR AINTENANCE OF OCCUPYING DROOPS ALL THE LOGE PRESS SECSTATE ISHINGTON SINCE THE TROOPS LIVED so TO SPEAK ON "GREEN FOODER, THAT IS to ROBBING 1522 NINTH REDSTER FOR HAT EIGHT DEVOTES HALF OF PAGE FOUR TO ARTICLE LOCAL POPULATION. FRANCE HAD TO PAY SEVEN TO EIGHT BILLION CARDS PER YEAR FOR OCCUPATION EXPENSES IT IS ENOUGH TO REFE BER THAT GERILLING FLUX A TOTAL OF ABOUT TEN BILLION ILURIOS UNDER VERSAILIE TREATY OVER PERIOD or SEVEN YEJRS. ANOTHER HELLINS OF PUMPING OUT KEAL VALUABLES WAS ISSUANCE OF so CALLED BY CUSTUDING SOVIET ECONOMIST A LECTIVE ENTITLED *THE HITLERITE STATE 4 ROBBER ORGANIZATION." SUBURT FOLLOWS: WAR OF NIVIERITE DIPERIALISTS US FIRST OF ALL RUDIT BAID OF OCCUPATION MARKS. FOOD AND OTHER PRODUCTS ACQUIRED BY THE ILLRES a ALL SENT TO GERALINE IN BROAD FLOW. UNPRECEDENTED PROPERTIONS, IN THIS RESPECT HITLERITES FOLLOTED OLD TRADITIONS OF GERILAN COUNTRIES. AIC ADDRESSORS. IN FIRST WORLD MAR GERIELM LOOTED CONQUERED FINALLY A NO LESS EFFECTIVE METHOD OF PLUNDER ILLS so CALLED CLERRING OPERATIONS VELICE HURE APPLIED CHIEFLY IN STRELITE COUNTRIES OF ITLER LND ALSO IN CERTAIN OCCUPIED COUNTRIES WHERE HITLERITE ATTELPTES all LEAST PIRTLY TO JULSE THE R THINVERY WITH FIG LE.F OF *LEGALITY." SYSTEM OF "CIEDRING" GERMANY SUCCEEDED IN ESCAPING PAYMENT OF REPLUTIONS TO COUNTRIES WHICH HAD SUFFERED FROM HER AGGRESSION IN FIRST ORID MAR LIND RECEIVED LOUNS OF ALLNY BILLIONS INDUSTRY. PARTICULARLY IN AMERICA WHICH HERE UTILIZED TO FURTHER DEVELOP KAR CONSISTED IN PILLOTICE EXPORT..TION BY GERMANY OF EL V...LU.BIES FROE OTHER COUNTRIES GIVING NOTHING IN RETURN EXCEPT NOTITION OF THEIR *DEBT" IN CURRENT ACCOUNT OF COUNTRY IN QUESTION. IN PRESENT MAR GERMIN RCEBERY was ON is SCALE FAR EXCEEDING NY PREVIOUS EXAMPLE. FRCE RICH COUNTRIES OF WESTERN EUROPE HITLERITES EXTRACTED RUN IT IS NOW OF COURSE DIFFICULT TO SIT HOW GREAT IS TOTAL SUN OF RICHES MATERIALS ILLCHIMERY INDUSTRILL ENTERPRISES IN LOCORDANCE WITH PL...II OF THING IS PUMPED OUT BY GERILLIN FROM OCCUPIED COUNTRIES DURING R.R. CERT.IN FIGURES MUCH is POSSIBLE .ND UTILIZING UH..T LEFT IN THESE COUNTRIES TO SERVE HILIT.RU CITED IN PRESS BOEEVER GIVE PICTURE OF SCALE OF THIS GILLINDICSE PLUDER. THIS FOR EXAMPLE IN BOOK "PLUNDER OF EUROPE* BY 7 REVEILLE WILCH HLS BEEN ISSUED HITERRIWE IL.CHINE. HIGHEST HOPES OF HITLERITES HERE CONNECTED ITH TN MAR LO.INS?EXTERNING SOVIET UNION. THEY HOPED TO SEIZE ITS WELLTH ND ENGLIVE LTD PARTILLY ISS POPULATION. THEY PURPOSE o W.S TO GIVE GERILINY SUFFICIENT CREDIT RESOURCES FOR *ECONOMIC LONG U.S. NOTYCRK ESTIMATE IS PRESENTED VOLICH INDIC TES TLU TOTAL SUN OF GETU IN SYLPFS" D.DGT MOSE ENGLAND AND JERIC... FOR EXPIREL HITLERITES FORCED CZECHOSLOVIKLE TO "SELL" ITS GRAIN REVENUES FOR FIRST YEAR OF OCCUPATION ILS NDETT BILLION MRS. ILL IS S 1008 .28 CERTIFICATE P..ID FOR CRILINENT FROM TIME HITLES C.J.B INTO POTER IN 1933 TO BEGINNING OF U.R. IN 1939. "THE HITLERITE MILITARY OCCURER LITTES TEVEILLE, WITHOUT JD THEY TOOK FROM HOLLIND NINETY PERCENT OF ITS BUTTER. "W.J. BLE DURING FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION TO SHOW PROFIT SUFFICIENT TO COVER ALL C.P.T.I. EXPENDITURES M.DE SINCE ITS FOUNDATION.* HITLERITES TOOK INTO THEIR OFN HUNDS "PPAR-TUS CF PRODUCTIO GF OCCUPIED COUNTRIES. THEY BOUGHT SH.RES IN BLAKKING NO DOUGHT ENTERPRISE .7 RIDICULOUSLY LOT PRICES. SOIE BUSINESS EK SUCE .s REILULT JD CITROEN, JD THESEURY OF GERILLM DESTROYERS TN OCCUPIED REGIONS OF SOVIET UNION BORE .s IS KNOW ESPECIALLY BELSTLY CH.,RECTER. ILLNY OTHERS OF CO.LL MINES IN MOTHERN FILLING COLLED TO COOPERATE ITH TIN,DESS LIND PUT THEIR PLINTS ..? SERVICE OF GERILLM E.R IL.CHINE. LOCCEDING TO OFICILL S DESURT OF PILL GING OF EUROPE UNPRECEDENTED EJIPERIZATION OF OCCUPIED COUNTRIES DOCUMENT ST.TISTICS FRENCH PLINTS DELIVERED TO cestully DURING OCCUPATION NO LESS THEN FOURTEEN MILLION TONS OF STEEL, ORGANIZED PLUNDER IN OCCUPIED EUROPE G.,VE HITLEHITE OPPORTUNITY TO HITLERITE GEROLLNY BECAME NOT or WAREHOUSE OR H UNDERED HEALTH BUT TREMENDOUS SLAVE L.RKET. OVERGURDENING EXH.USTING L.BOUR JD HUNGER THRE LOT COUNTRIES OF LIVING PEOPLE SHIPTING PHOLE BURDEN OF R CITTO OCCUPIED OF FOREIGN SLAVES BOTH HAR PRISONERS ...NN CIVILL.NE BROUGHT INTO HITLERITE SLIVERY. THEIR LABOUR PERFORMED LIMISST FREE OF CHARGE CREATED RICHES TELLSURED IN BILLIONS. WHILE BEFORE HITLERS ATTACK OH THE SOVIET UNION NUMBER FOREIGN WORKERS IN GERELNE DID HOT EXCEED ONE MILLION CHHILLION .ND H.,IF IN FILL ST.CE OF FOR NUMBER OF FOREIGN WORKERS H.S BEEN FROM TWELVE TO FIFTEEN HILLION PEOPLE, GERMUNE PLACED BUSINESS OF CHOUNTZED PLUNDER LIKE BUSINESS OF HASS DESTRUCT GERFLING WILL ILVE TO P.J.T WITH HER PLUNDERED RICHES. SHE JUST REPLY NLEEDOM LOVING PEOPLES ...NO FIRST OF ALL PEOPLES OF USSR FOR DU ...OR WHICH SHE H.S CLUSED. KENIUM RL/1213 All (ally 10, 1945) TION OF OPOULATION OF EUROPEJN COUNTRIES CN BRO.D THEY CAKED OUT 0015/15/45 For Information: Mosars. Foig, Delancy (4), Blako (2). Bronner, Zimmonnan, Locker, Miss Burnott, Mrs. Hondorson, NY Fed. General Records: Safehaven dg CORBS 52MD LINE FROM 6TH YORD IED x I X TROOPS all THE 101 SINCE THESE TROOPS LIVED so TO SPEEK ETC. ON P.P.R. PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO 0 0 MICROFILM TRADE MARK 121 OF 1001020 STATE DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION INCOMING TELEGRAM DEPARTMENT ROLL NO 122 : PRECISION -2-1020 Thirtieth from Mosoow. o Mondow ( Dated May 30, 1945 REPORTED THAT INSTRUCTION HAS DEEN RESUMED IN THE PRINCIPAL INSTITUTIONS OF HICHER LEARNING IN Hoold 1:40 Delley 31sb. POLAND WHICH FOURTEEN THOUSAND STUDENTS ARE NOW ATTENDING PRD PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOCATED EIGHT MILLION ZLOTYS FOR STUDENT ASSISTANCE PRD PCH FIVE PRD PRAVDA AND IZVESTIYA FOR MAY PW THIRTIETH REPORTED GRADUATION OF EIGHTHUNDRED CADETS FROM OFFICER THANK TRAINING SCHOOL AT MODLIN PRD OSODKA HYPHEN MORAWSKI AND MARSHAL ROLA HYPHEN ZYMIERSKI WERE AMONG HIGH GOVERNMENT JUN 1945 3166 MOSCOU 457 31 1750 PRESS SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC/1 FICIALS ATTENDING CEREMONY PRD TASK OF ARMED FORCES ACCORDING ROLA HYPHEN ZYMIERSKI IS TO MAINTAIN PEACE CMM DEFEND THE LIAISON OFFICE 1820 THIRTIETH FOLLOWING POLISH ITEMS HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY IN MOSCOW PRESS CLN POW ONE pat RED STAR FOR MAY TVENTYSEVENTH PUBLISHED AN EFIMOV CARTOON ENTITLED QTE REVIEW OF POLISH FASCIST COMMAND ENDOTE PRD CARTOON SHOWS SOSNKOWSKI IN NAPOLEONIC POSE MOUNTED ON A WERRY NAG REVIEWING A COMPANY OF WHICH ONLY TWO FIGURES REPRESENTING UNDERS AND BOR HYPHEN COMAROWSKI ARE VISIBLE PAD DOR KYPHEN KOMAROWSKI IS DRESSED IN A GERMAN UNIFORM WITH WETE2R BORDERS AND ASSURE POLAND A FREE AND INDEPENDENT ELISTENCE PRD PCH SENT TO DEPARTMENT AS 1820 SMN REPEATED TO LONDON AS 23+ MARRIMAN IN 1146PM MY 31, 1945. FOR IRON CROSS HANCING FROM HIS NECK AND IS GIVING THE NAZI SALUTE PRD ANDERS IS BLOWING A BUGLE CALL ENTITLED QTE MARCH ON MOSCOW ENDOTE PRD PCH UNDER THE CARTOON APPEARS AN ARTICLE ENTITLED QTE THE LEGAL CENTER FOR MONGERS OF THE NEW WAR ENDOTE PRD THE ARTICLE ATTACKS STANISLAW MACKIEVIC? FOR A PAMPHLET IN WHICH HE ALLEGEDLY DESCRIBES THE HORRORS OF RUSSIAN HECEMONY IN EUROPE AND ADVOCATES AN ANGLO SOVIET WAR CMM URGING THE DRITISH TO FORM ( 0 A MILITARY ALLIANCE WITH THE GERMANS PRD POLISH EMIGRANTS IN LONDON CMM STATES ARTICLE CMM HAVE DECOME CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL INSTIGATION OF NEW WAR PRD ANYTHING WHICH FURTHERS PEACE AND INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING FRIGHTENS THEM PRD FOR THIS REASON THEY AREPREDICTING FAILURE of SANFRANCISCO CONFERENCE IN SPITE OF OPTIMISTIC STATEMENTS OF EDEN AND STETTINIUS PRD ARTICLE EXPRESSES ASTONISHMENT THAT BRITISH HOSPITALITY IS EXTENDED TO SUCH DISCIPLES OF GOEDDELS PRI PGH TWO PRD PRESS FOR MAY TWENTYSEVENTH ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT DELEGATION OF POLISH MINERS LEFT MOSCOW ON MAY TWENTYS IXTM TO RETURN TO POLAND PRD PCH THREE PRE PRAVDA FOR MAY TWENTYEIGHTH PUBLISHES TASS DESPATCH FROM WARSAW REPORTING APPEAL OF NATIONAL COUNCIL TO POLISH PEOPLE TO PUT FORTH EVERY EFFORT TO HASTEN RECONSTRUCTION OF WARSAW PRD COUNCIL RECOMMENDS ESTADLISHMENT OF COMMITTEES FOR THIS PURPOSE THROUGHOUT POLAND PRD PCH SECOND TASS DESPATCH FROM VARSAW REPORTS MEETING OF FOLISH DEMOOCRATIC JURISTS ON MAY TVENTYTHIRD PRD MINISTER OF JUSTICE SWIATKOWSKI URGED NECESSITY FOR UNIFICATION OF LAWS OF POLISH STATE AND ADDED THAT TO POPULARIZE LAWS IT WAS NECESSARY TO PUBLISH LITERATURE ACCESSIBLE TO BROAD MASSES OF PEOPLE PRD VICE MINISTER HAJN EMPHASIZED NECESSITY FOR REFORMS IN LEGAL EDUCATION PRD PCH FOUR PRD RED STAR FOR MAY TWENTYNINTH I MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO 123 DEPARTMENT INCOMING OF TELEGRAM STATE DIVISION 0 CENTRAL DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION OF SERVICES LO-DOS PLAIN 30 PU 3 00/1 LIAISON 30 Monoon vin Army Dated May 30, 1945 Rec'd 6:50 C.ll. Socretary of State, Washington. 1022, Thirtieth Press for May 30th published despatch dato- lined Unread May 20th, reporting arrival in Warsaw of Dr. Howlett Johnson, Donn of Centerbury, cocoupanied bl Oxford University Professor Day. Item states that guests attended service In Catholic Clarrah and thereofter viowed ruins of Warsaw. UNSIGNED ESC O 0 PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO DEPARTMENT 124 INCOMING TELEGRAM OF STATE DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION 0 EDV-1048 PLAIN Hoscow vin Army Dated May 25, 1965 Rea'd 3:45 P.M. Scoretary of State OF MATE Unshington MAY 27 1945 1752, Twenty-fifth, DCIL LIAISON OFFICE Hofnen international review in RED STAR for May 24 states that anny phenomeno or peatuor period not beginning in Europe arouse olors in world denoeratic opinion. From PRESSIVE press more and more notes sharp contradiction between postwar nims expressed in Allied trentien and in Tehrnn and Crimen decisions and policy of certain circles directed towards understand or revising theat decisions. Refunn accuses comics of Sovict Union and of dependic reconstruction of Europe of seeking to revive policy of alleged effort of "definite circles of Allied countrica" to use for reactionary mina defented Hitlgrites the are not prepared to plny part of landsaknrotten. Prussion military elique, be states, has always been prepared to SERVE anyone who would assure it possibility of mointhining its denomination over Green people. Dull of article is devoted to Polish question, which Hoffan links with proclection situation in England and clleged efforts of Conservatives to whip up anti-Soviet feeling 1 - 126 125 1 -2- #1752, Twenty-fifth, from l'oscous vin Army. feeling in connection with fortheoning cleation. Sunniry of this portion of review follows: Hitlcrite rennants in Dermany have competitors in Polish Fasciats, who have been busy for actit time with plans for intervention against Sovict Union. Exposures recently in English press regarding what NEWS CHROFICLE colla order for struggle against Read of recrumized Polish Government" apeal for themstIves. Up wish to emphosize military napset of batter. Polish= Unscists are not generals without irmIre. In midition to units which fought in Ithly and Prince there is PERCEVE aray in Scotland which USA destinci for spoinl toal in Polond and there are also Polish interventionist forces mobilized by Ocrman Command the are now prisoncra in bondo of Allien. Latter are not bring agnt home, but are 10cluded in Polish units. According to English press, there are about 300,000 Polish troops in Ingland and on continent. Polish generals in London are trying to Get territory convenient for military bridgehends. According to Recrions radio accomentator, Sergio, plans are being discussed in London to transfer Poliah units to northweatern opena of Germany. According to some London reports, Polish quarter- matern have alrendy arrived in English cocupation 0 In 711helmahnftn, Polish colonel representing General inders deconded -3- #1752, Twenty-fifth, from l'escow vin Army. demended that ns may Polish fings be flown for arrival of General indera ns Sexi fings used to be flown for Hitler's visits. illied authorities apparently supported his request for on following morning covered with Folish finga, to manufacture which entire pop- ulation of city worked all night. This report gives rise to thought that Polish Pascists enjoy aptainl privileges in English occupation sonc. Preservation of Pascist and acui-Puscist regines, Encouragement of groups whost aim is to fight USSI and states of Europe friendly to it, efforts to orente militory and political bases with view to concentrating endres of acroenaries, characterize policy of certain circles in illied countries. Most important problem which must be decided on dencerntic basis is cradication of Posician not only in Germany but in other countrica where its accds have been preserved. Parlicientary cloctions will be held gooner or Inter in many democratic countries. Desceratic parties are preparing for them under alogana of strengthening conlition of freedom loving peoples and achieving moral and political destruction of Foscimm. Intercata of preparation for clections also dominate Conservative parties and groups. Lenders of English Conscrvative Forty, for example, often in post attempted to derive profit 127 0 -:- #1752, Twenty-fifth, from Hoscow vin Army. profit from instability in international APENN. Conlition hns disintegrated in England and in scheduled elections there will apparently be abory strug= 12. Laborite lender Torrison this that hysterical atmosphere of elections following first World Car 100 to trIumph of reactionary forces. without doubt, flood of tendencious articles in English Conservative press in Inst far days has been designed to clern average Englisherin. Typical is article in ECONOMIST comparing Russin in 1815 and in 1915. Attempt to cquite denecratic policy of Soviet Union with reactionary policy of Alexander First gives avay purposes of author, which have nothing in act= non with strengthening friendship of English and Soviet peoples. Sovict Union desires prolization of Crinco decisions, which President Recarvelt stated SEP good start totard general peace. ..ngone rending Contradt Stelin's statement to Parker can understone that only realization of Crimes decision can orinte guarantee for firm pence. LOIDO TIMES and SUNDLY EXPRESS recognize this feat but majority of English press lenda itself to alanderous fabrications of Polish Insciets. Those who acct to revise Crines decisions expose themselves as cocotes of program 0 and peace. Reseage Unsigned WTD DEPARTMENT INCOMING OF STATE DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES RECEITELEGRAM TELEGRAPH SECTION DIVISION CENTRAL SERVICES n ECB=000 PLATE Monoom 1945 MAY 25 AM 9 33 Dated May 24, 1945. 00/1 Rec'd 5:40 P.M. LIMISON P/S VIA PREWI 3137 MOSCOW 522/521 24 2040 PRESS SECSTATE WASHINGTON 1733 TWENTYFOURTH MOSCOW PAPERS FOR MAY TVENTYTHIRD PUBLISH FOLLOWING POLISH ITEMS CLN PGH ONE PRD ACCOUNT OF LARGE PUBLIC MEETING HELD IN WARSAW ON DAY OF POLISH PEASANTS PRD MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY DELECATES TO PEASANT CONGRESS AND WARSAW INMADITANTS PRD OSCOKA HYPHEN MORAWSKI CMM ADDRESSSING MEETING CMM PAID TRIBUTE TO ROLE OF PEASANTS IN STRUGGLE AGAINST GERMANS PRD HE EMPHASIZED POLANDS DESIRE FOR PEACE AND SECURITY AND EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT THESE OBJECTIVES WOULD BE ATTAINED BY PEOPLES OF THE WORLD HEADED BY GREAT POWERS PRD POLAND WILL PARTICIPATE IN CREATION OF PEACE ANI SECURITY PRD OSODKA HYPHEN MTRRAWSKI EMPHASIZED NECESSITY FOR ALL MANNER OF ASSISTANCE TO PEASANTS IN ESTABLISHING THEMSELVES ON THEIR NEW LANDS PRD IN IMPORTANT TASK WAS REMOVAL OF ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL BACKWARDNESS OF POLISH COUNTRYSIDE PRD PCH MEETING ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS EXPRESSING THANKS TO NATIONAL COUNCIL AND PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR ACTIVITIES AND PROMISING THEM FULL SUPPORT SMN EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO RED ARMY AND STALIN FOR LIDERATION OF POLAND SMN DECLARING DETERMINATION TO DEFEND DEMOCRATIC POLAND AGAINST IN- TRIGUES OF POLISH REACTION SMN AND DEMANDING MERCILESS PUNISHMENT OF WAR CRIMINALS PRD PGH TWO PRD TASS REPORT FROM NEW YORK SUMMARIZING STATEMENT OF PROFESSOR ZLOTOWSKITO REPORTERS CONCERNING SITUATION IN POLAND PRD ZLOTOWSKI REPORTEDLY UNDERLINED REAL DEMOCRATIC CHARACTER OF WARSAV GOVERNMENT AND DECLARED THAT POLAND MUST MAINTAIN FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH SLAVIC NATIONS CMM ESPECIALLY SOVIET UNION PRE PARID PAGE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION AND ECONOMIC SECURITY OF POLAND WOULD DEPEND ON TRADE RELATIONS WITH SOVIET UNION ON FRIENDLY DASIS PRD SOVIET UNION WAS NATURAL MARKET FOR POLISH INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION ESPECIALLY DURING RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD PRD AGRARIAN REFORM CORRESPONDED TO NEEDS OF POLISH PEASANTRY AND CREATED FIRM BASIS FOR DEMOCRACY PRD SOVIET HUPHEN POLISH PACT IN CONSIDERABLE MEASURE TORE OUT ROOTS OF THIRD WORLD WAR PRD ZLOTOUSKI PRAISED PROVISIONALCOVERNMENT FOR ITS READINESS TO SUPPORT YALTA DECISIONS AND COLLAGORATE WITH THREE GREAT POWERS CMM AND CONDEMNED LONDON GOVERNMENT FOR ITS REFUSAL TO DO so AND FOR ATTEMPTING TO IMPAIR FRIENDLY RE= LATIONS WITH SOVIET UNION PRD HE CRITICIZED AMERICAN POLES WHO FAILED TO UNDERSTAND THAT POLISH PEOPLE HAD BASICALLY CHANGED ITS RELATIONSHIP TO NEW RUSSIA AND HAD ENTERED ON PERIOD OF FRIENDLY COLLADORATION WITH SOVIET UNION PRD HE ACCUSED LON= DOIT POLES 124 1735, Twenty=fourth, Sposs Hoseow DON POLES OF INTENDING TO SEIZE POWER IN POLAND WITH VIEW TO PROVOKING CIVIL WAR AND ASSERTED THAT GREAT MAJORITY OF POLISH PEOPLE SUPPORTED WARSAW GOVERNMENT CMM THEREDY MAKING CIVIL WAR IMPOSSIBLE PRD WITH REFERENCE TO ARREST OF SIXTEEN POLES HE CLAIMED THAT IT CONSTITUTED NEW EVIDENCE OF SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY OF ANTI DEMOCRATIC ELEMENTS LED BY LONDON GOVERNMENT PRD PGH THREE PRD CAUSTIC FEUILLETON INSPIRED BY 302 HYPHEN KOMAROWSKI PRESS CONFERENCE PRD ARTILCE MOCKS BORKOMAROWSKIS STATEMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS CMM TAUNTS HIMWITH FAILURE OF WARSAW UPRISING CMM AND FIRMLY REJECTS HIS PLEA FOR MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING PRD IN CONCLUSION IT STATES THAT BORKOMAROWSXI IS UNDERSTOOD WELL ENOUGH BY THE RUSSIANS AND THAT JUDGING BY CUMMINGS RECENT ARTICLE MANY ENGLISHMEN ARE ALSO BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND WITH WHAT MEAN PROVOCATEURS AND DIRTY ADVENTURERS THEY HAVE TO DO PRD PCH SENT TO DEPARTMENT AS SEVENTEEN THIRTYTHREE SMN REPEATED TO LONDON FOR SCHOENFELD AS TWOHUNDRED TWENTYONE KENNAN LDV 540P MAY 24TH 1945 PPRECISION TRACE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO INCOMING TELEGRAM DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIVISION OF 130 CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES MFD-1000 19/5 MAY 26 AN 9 32 PLAIN Noncow Dated May 24, 1945 DC/L Rec'd 1:30 p.m., 25th. LIAISON a B VIA PREVI 3171 MOSCOW 227 25 1648 PRESS SECSTATE WASHINGTON TWENTYFOURTH FOLLOWING POLISH ITEMS FROM POLPRESS CLN ADSTAROSTA PGH ONE PRD POLITICAL PAD ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS HEADED BY HAVE GROTKAU CONE ENDPAREN TO DISTRICTS CMM OF PRADNI GLUPCZYCA CMM CMM NIEMODLIN GROTOW PAREN AND RACIBOR? PAREN ENDPAREN ON LEFT BANK OF ODER PRD THESE DISTRICTS RATIBOR BE INCORPORATE INTO SILESIA HYPHEN DABROWA PROVINCE WILL PGH TWO PRD ECONOMIC PRD MOVEMENT OF SETTLERS TO OPOLE o PRD IS PROCEEDING AT MORE RAPID PACE PRD ABOUT ONE THOUSAND SIX- SILESIA ARRIVED IN OPOLE DISTRICT PRD EIGHTHUNDRED PERSONS TEEN FAMILIES RECENTLY TOTALLING TWENTYSEVEN HUNDRED THIRTYFOUR PRD PERSONS DRIVED IN KLUZBORG DISTRICT IN TEN DAY PERIOD ARE SETTLERS BRING TOOLS AND LIVESTOCK WITH THEM PRD THEY BEING SETTLED ON FARMS OF GERMANS PRD PGH SIXTY IN WARSAV INCLUDING SEVERAL FAMOUS ARCHITECTURAL BUILDINGS MONUMENTS AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS ARE BEING RESTORED STATEMENT PRD REPAIRS BY COMPLETED BY JULY FIRST PRD PCH ACCORDING TO PRD PCH WILL BE CMM VARSAW POPULATION IS NOW FOURHUNDRED THOUSAND BEEN MAYOR PAD CULTURAL PRD MANOR HOUSES ONESTATES WHICH HAVE THREE STADIVIDED ARE BEING TURNED INTO SCHOOLS AND PEOPLES REST PRD PCH PUBLIC OPINION AND UNIVERSITY CIRCLES DEMAND NAZIS HOMES REMOVAL OF PROFESSORS ACCUSED OF COLLABORATION WITH TO INVESTIGATE CHARGES AGAINST INDIVIDUAL BILD COMMISSION BEEN APPOINTED PRD PCH SENT TO DEPARTMENT PROFESSORS AS SEVENTEEN HAS HUNDRED HUNDRED FORTYONE SON REPEATEATED TO LONDON FOR SCHOENFELD AS TWOHUNDRED TWENTYTVO DV.. 130P O 0 KENNAN PRECISION RADE MARK MICROSTAT REG.U.S.PAT.OFF MICROFILM BOLL NO 131 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 0 DIVISION OF INCOMING RECEIVED DIVISION TELEGRAM CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION CENTRAL SERVICES MD-1017 PLAIN 1945 MAY 26 AM 9 07 vis Army Dated May 26, 1945 DC/L LEESON Rec'd 3:58 p.m., Key 25. Scoretary of State Hashington 1740, Twenty-fourth Issue number ten of WAR AND THE WORKING CLASS for May fifteenth contains an article by K Rudnicki entitled "resurgent Poland". Rudnicki summarized coconne achievements of the provisional government, defends the present structure against charges that it 0 is undercerction and viciently attacks Polish receive artes for stirringup trouble in Poland. one. it the outset Hudnicki states that Poland in bravely breaking new paths of development on . fouriation of brond political and coconsic descerney and is winning the sympathy of cll progressive strate in the freedom loving nations. It in not surprising that descritic Poland had become D torget for the nttooks of all the dark reactionary forces of the world. Polish reactionsrits are launching unrestroint attacks on demoratio Foland and, counting CD ignorence of many people abroad, PRECISION MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO 133 132 0 -2- 1740, Twenty=fourth, from Koneow via Army 0 people brond, are trying to maintain that there is no state authority and that country is in state of choos and disintegration. These malicicus enemica or the Polish people censelesaly shout about hunger, terror and the inespecity of the government to introduce discussed progress node in reconstruction of Pclish CC Prevision government faced extreitly difficult situation when Poland was liberated. Infustrial enterprises had been destroyed or WERE without furl and FOR materials. Serkers WERE threatened with unemployment. Rural areas had been exhausted by order in the country. There is no better neans of count recting these libels, anys Rudninki, than by turning to natural conditions in contemporary Poland. No objective observer can fail to be impressed by rapidity and scope or MEDSUPER by which young Polish Government has net exceptionally difficult tesks facing it. Polish people under lendership of its denceratic govern= cent in successfully effecing trices of German occupation, stendy requisitions and foread deliveries. Herda WERE seriously depleted and number of horses had been greatly diminished. Trede with destroyed and disorganized and in the western provinces the cremercial network was nonexistent. Transport had likewise fully disintegrated with the destruction f equipment and trocks end look < Frilling strok. Currency was clac empletely disorganized is result of use of different currencies in various liberated artas and the threat of inflation thergetically struggling against disintegration and restering normal lift while carrying cut basic reforms ociant by large quantities f worthleas money issued by deeply truching mccinl and economic structure of country. Germans. Situation wis aggrevated by partition r Foland into different cornemic arens. There was also Reports mode at recent stesion of National Ocunail were clear expression of successes of young Prlish denercey. Vitality of united popular front, stability and workability of four party bloo were proven in practice. Two. In stared section of article Rudnicki discusses progress O -3- 1740, Twenty=fourth, from License via Livery Inck of skilled workers in industry and absence of an n in CO nimic life which could imediately begin to function. It is clrendy possible to ontalog results of work done in exceptionally short time. is result of these 134 1440 Twenty-fourth, from vis Army () result of these labore the threat of connemie catastrophe -5- 1740, Twenty=fourth, from via Army and LESS unemployment has been entirely removed. Democratic In meat important branches of industry, government Poland in sypreaching n normal organization of its tecnonic life en new principles. in taking measures to increase production and raise productivity of labor. Schedulta call for May com1 production of 110 percent and June production of 230 Great majority of industrial enterprises have been put in operation. Entire textile industry, most of coal present of March output with increase of labor productivity of 30 and 80 percent respectively. Ten ocal combines have been formed. Orgenization has also been forned to industry and anjority of metcllurgical, chenical and metalworking enterprisco are working. Thanks to Sovict Union supply of cotton to textile industry is fully repulate distribution of products of principal industries. assured. Supply of ray materials to other brenches of Second Academy of Mints has been opened in Brealau as well industry is stendily improving. Placing in operation of 04 number of institutes to train technicians for heavy principal nince of Debrown - Silcaion basin and improvement O industry. of transport has made it possible to supply furl for all industries without interruption. Recently a number of Great necomplishments have been recorded in railway transport. Beginning from scratch, railwaya transported enterprises have instituted c execunt shift. 'Lorgest note than a million tons of freight in April. Rural arms 1cocmotive factory in Poland at Chrsonow has begun to have been supplied with seed and industry with raw materials work normally and has started stricl production of new locomotive and repair of rolling stock. and ocal. Railway network has been repaired to point where all lines may new be used. Regular passenger and freight EMMIN industry is new more than sixty percent of traffic has begun. Rolling stock has been sugmented by prever figure and is increasing daily. On February first 1880 workers were employed in Lods textile industry. huntrels of 1commotives and thousands of cars which on May first 80,000. Labor shortages are already being felt in textile and ooml industries. worked cut to adapt transport movements to new geographical have been repaired or newly built. Measures have been and cocnonic position of country. Provisional government In most important has decided to establish institute for transport engineers O o and a network RECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT 136 137 0 -0- #1740, Twenty=fourth, from Koscow vis Army -7- 1760, Trenty-fourth, from Moscow via Army and G network of technical schools for roilmay employees. Number of other steps have been taken to normalize Important condition for SUCCESSES achieved in fight against cocounic disintegration in patrictic surge of Polish working class which finds Expression in selfaccrificing labor and conscientious attitude toward Folish cornemic lift. Besiden taking over heavy industry, more was obliged by absence of owners to extend its also to large number of mm/1 and medium production and national welfare. Productivity of labor is stendily increasing. Ever for competition between enterprises is beginning. Loda textile workers are - aised enterprises. One of provisional government's first steps USA to admit and encourage private enterprise and private capital in seall and medium mined industry. already monting in such competition. Patrictic attitude of Polish worker scourd denceratic state is pledge of Such mterprists are now being turned over to industrial rapid cornemic rebirth of Poland. cooperatives or leased to private individuals. Throughout industry collective contracts have been concluded. Question Three. The third section is devoted to land reform. Rudnicki states that provisional government took first of the organisations1 structure of coonenic life, both in its entirely and within enterprises, particularly mutual steps toward land reform EVEN before shooting stopped. relations between employers and workers representatives, Conditions in rurnl erms, which had suffered from are being successfully solved. hostilities and Gernan requisitions, were bad. Situation was complicated by fact that libertion occured on EVE Trade, wherein 0 brood field is open to private initiative, in reviving. Commercial networks is being of planting season, neccasitating speedy action. systemtically expended. Lendlords in London Government, posing 0.0 friends inciding danger of inflation and successfully solving problem of creating single currency system throughout if Folish passents, howled that all "experiments" would doom country to hunger. Provisional government, confident of peoples support, did not quail before Poland, government is introducing uniform fixed prices for consumers goods and is successfully fighting speculation. difficulties. It understood that planting could be done and hunger evereoms only by increasing activity of millions Important condition of peanunts, 0 138 139 o -0-#1740, Twenty-fourth, from Econow vin 4PM -8- #1740, :wenty-fourth, from Koseow vin Arry 0 of pensants, on condition that peasants immddistely received land and become its legal owners. during war and taking active part in saving campaign. League is notive in all phoses of rurcl life. Saving campaign was successfully carrird out in fact of encr- Land reform WELL carried out with complete SUCCESS thanks to active participation of entire people, notwithstanding subctage, terror and heatility of its opponents. It is now for practicel purposes completed. FROM difficulties, subotage of land cuntro and 01- 4,300,000 heaterca have been taken from lendlords. of grain and mirdering government representatives. These Innda have been distributed to their new owners with following exceptions: Finety percent of arable areas have been somm. Only orean not yet unmined are not under cultivation. Success in State fortata and land for raising blooded stock, sowing compaign non achieved thanks to political cons- versionary attacks by bands instructed by emigrent government to disrupt comption by plundering transports 63,000 heaterca; cicumness of persents and activity of Eutunl Lid League. Agriculturel schools, 15,000 hectures; forms for Persant reasts are convinced that policy of pro- roising high quality need 76,000; and unspecified visional Government is directed toward raising welfare assunts for workers and employees gardens and for land of countrysideend increasing production of agricultural fund to provide for reacttlers from overpopuinted provinces. During ocurat of land reform, Personts Eutual id product on basis of individual farming. This policy of League WELL forned. League has hundreds of thousands of agents of Polish reaction concerning propagation of members and is largest organization of Polish persentry. collective forms and preparations for colletivization All industriel enterprises on catates such 05 deiries, Hills, and spirits, mugor, brick and pottary factories in Folend. have been placed under directorship of league. League political activity in Poland. Never before have such ross parties as Presants Party, Socinlist Party and Workera Party existel in Poland. Toilers are joining trade the government irrefutably shown folsity of rumors by Four. Following section deals with increase in is organizing distribution of agriculturel produce, opening schools, ciding in rebuilding forms destroyed during war and unions which not number 700,000 members, Pensants Nutual O A14 League and Union of Western Londa, on well as dozens 0 of cultural and cooperative organizations. Huge May Day demonstrations PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTATINRSM.Or MICROFILM ROLL NO 140 =10->770, Twenty-fourth, from Kosecu via Arry 141 -11-0740 Twenty-fourth, from liceocu vic Army O past WCE clear evidence of respect for descritic demonstrotions were evidence of popular confidence in rights, opinions and desends of people. Further provisional government on part of wide masca of people. Five. Final section infends democratic nature of evidence is provided by realization of land reform, deranded by Polish people for more than twenty years, and provisional government and attacks emigre reaction. by confirection by state of heavy industry formerly in Budnfold states that emigrants and their accomplices in the hands of foreign trusts and companies which exploited vericus countries are shouting about lack of "denceratic Polish people and hampered economic development of country. rights" and "freedom for political activity" in Poland. He contends that democratic rights exist for entire Polish reaction, fearing that it is losing its grip, is resorting to tactics of open terror. Names of its Polish people, and for all honorable sona of Poland who victime have been published in Polish press. Pascist bondita are pursuing Hitlerite policy of annihilation of Jews in Poland and systematically attacking and aspire to = strong independent Poland in which repetition of September 1039 will be impossible. Present denceratic regime assures every Polish citizen without distinction miniering Jews. In rural or eas they are trying to disrupt agriculturel deliveries in order to starve population or towns. In the towns they utilize food difficulties of ruce, religion and political convictions possibility of every kind of public, professional and political activity. Any denceratic organization supporting 1921 to poison population against persantry and government. constitution is admitted to participation in political life. Hundreds of forner political figures without distination of party and past are actively participating in construction of ne state, provided only that they Sebotage, diversion and terror are principal wingons of criminals noting under orders of London Government. In these circumstances feverish yelps about democratic rights are nerly smoke SOPEEN for armed bands of mirderers. are willing to work honorably for denecrocy and to SERVE Lenders of bandito deaire to legalize their criminal the people and not its memies. activities, disrupt peaceful creative work of govern- Polish people deairs permanent peace and clone ment and three country into civil WCT. fraternal friendship with Soviet Union. It espires to Polish people and its democratic government glad- creation of firm bulwrrk against Gernan aggression. linesco of population dmanded treaty friendship and nutual assistance with Soviet Union. Conclusion of this peet ly invite to cooperative effort cll sincerely democratic O clesents who wish to build strong and independent Poland, They PRECISION MICROFILM TRADE MARK ROLL NO 142 143 -12-1740, Twenty-fourth, from Loscow via Arms -13-01740, Twenty-fourth, from Nonoom vic Arry 0 They decisively reject suggestion that the have anything in common with minicros and their inspirers. There can be no freedom for terrorist bends. Polish people did not win freedom and independence in order to nourish final word in all questions of internal and foreign policy of resurgent Polish state. MESSAGE UNSIGNED WTD its own hangm. Polish rection will not succeed in realising its evil plans. It locks the strength to do so. Its gent is up. Every day It becomes more cut off from Polish people. Every DE success of provisional government thrusts rectionary apostates deeper into the chaan of political oblivion. Any foreighted politician wishing firm PEACE in Europe and understanding Poland's role in O this system cannot feil to reckon with underiable fact of strudy growth of authority and strength of 0 provisional government and equally stendy dispersal of strength of Folish reaction. Further support for Entmics of Polish people from camp of reactionary migrents and its henchmen will become increasingly prejudicial to normal development of peaceful relations in Europe. With victorious conclusion of war, Polish people, rollie around its democratic government, with support of Soviet Union and other freedom loving nations, in rapidly reconstructing its state and organizing its pract- no linc. In thene conditions it is ridiculous to suppost that fate of Poland ccn be decided without participation of Polish people itself. To it belongs the final O MICROSTAT REG.U.S.PAT.OR MICROFILM ROLL NO INCOMING TELEGRAM DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION DEPARTMENT OF STATE PLAIN 90-176 0 MAY 2 4 1945 ( to DC/L UAISON OFFICE Nowoow Dated May 23, 1945 Reo'd 1:35 p.m. 5 VIAPREVI SH3093 MOSCOU 450 23 1735 PW SEGSTATE WASHINGTON DIENTYTHIND FOLLOWING POLISH ITEMS FROM POLPRESS CLN PGH ONE PERIOD POLITICAL PERIOR A STATEMENT BY POLISH NOVELIST IWASZKIEWICZ CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING DECLARATION COLON QUOTE TODAY AFTER LONG 10 DONDAGE VROCLAV PAREN BRESLAU ENPRAGUEN IS OURS AGAIN AND IT ILL REMAIN OURS FOREVER PERIOD ENDQUOTE PARAGRAPH SPECIAL COMMISSION IS INVESTICATIN GERMAN ACTIVITIES EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY XROZES7CZ NEAR DANZIG WHERE SOAP WAS MANUFACTURED FROM HUMAN CORPSES AND BONE POWDER PREPARED FROM HUMAN BONES PERIOD CORPSES WERE ALLESEDLY SENT FROM NEARBY CONCENTRATION CAMPS PERIOD PARA- GRAPT AT PLENARY SESSION OF NATIONAL COUNCIL EARLY IN MAY MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY RADKIEWICZ STATED THAT SECURITY CONDITIONS IN POLAND VERE RETURNING TO NORMAL PERIOR POLISH REACTIONARIES AND FASCISTS WERE USING VARIOUS MEANS TO COMBAT DEMOCRATIC POLISH STATE PERIOR USS OF TERRORISM BY REACTIONARY GROUPS VAS PROOF OF ACTIVITIES CRIMINAL CONDEMNED RADKIEWICZ PERIOR WEAKNESS THEIR C OF AGENTS OF SOSNKOWSXI COMMA RAC2KIEVCZ ANTE BIELECKI WRO ARE MURDERING INNOCENT PEOPLE INCLUDING CHILDREN PERIOD GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT TOLERATE THIS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY PERIOD IT REMEMBERED FATE OF WALIN COMERNSESE IN NINETTEN EIGHTEEN WHEN GOVERNMENTS WEAKNESS LED TO ITS DOWNFALL PERIOD THAT BLUNDER WOULD NOT BE REPEATED PERIOD SECURITY ORGANS WOULD STAND GUARD OVER YOUNG POLISH STATE PERIOD OLD OFFICIALS WHO SERVED POLISH REACTION AND GERMAN INVAD- FRS HAD BEEN ELIMINATED FROM NEW SECURITY APPARATUS PERIOD NEW CADRES HAD BEEN TRAINED FOR SECURITY ORGANS AND HAD PROVED THEIR TOYALTY TO DEMOCRACY PERIOD RADKIEWICZ PROMISED THAT COMPLAINTS OF INCORRECT BEHAVIOR BY SECURITY OFFICIALS WOULD BE EXAMINED PERIOR PARAGRAPH LARGO CABALLERO FORMER SPANISH PRIME MINISTER WAS LIDERATED BY POLISH THOOPS FROM CONCENTRACTION CAMP IN ORANIENBURG WERE HE HAD BEEN IMPRESONED SINCE NINETEEN FORTYTHREE PERIOD PERIOD CULTURAL PERIOD POLISH SECTION OF PEN CLUB HAS DECIDED TO CONDIRECTORS BOARD PROVISIONAL PERIOD ACTIVITIES ITS RESURE SISTS OF JAN PARANDOWSKI PREWAR CHAIRMAN SEMICOLON SOPHIA NALKOWSKA PREWAR VICE CHAIRMAN SEMICOL ON JAROSLAW IWAZKIEWICZ SEMICOLON OF IRENA KRZYUICKA SEMICOLON AND JAN VIKTOR PERIOD PARAGRAPH SPALA FORMER SUMMER RESIDENCE OF POLISH PRESIDENT HAS BEEN TURNED PRECISION MARK MICROSTAT NG. 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OFF MICROFILM ROLL NO D -2- Unnumbered, May 23, 1945. 1:35 p.m., from Moscow OVER TO WORKERS OF LODZ PROVINCE AS REST HOME PERIOD PARAGRAPH EXECUTIVE BOARD OF POLISH TEACHERS UNION HAS PUBLISHED MESSAGE TO POLISH TEACHERS ANNOUNCING THAT UNION IS RESUMING ITS ACTIVITIES IN ATMOSPHERE OF REAL DEMOCRACY WHICH FOR FIRST TIME GIVES POLISH SCHOOLS POSSIBILITY OF EFFECTING REFORMS FOR WHICH WORKING TEACHERS HAVE PERIOD TEACHERS TO MASSES UNION WILL AND PROCRESSIVE SEEK TO INDUCE LONG TAKE BEEN MORE EIGHTING ACTIVE PART IN ACTIVITIES OF REGIONAL SELFGOVERNMENT COMMA COOPERATIVE MOMENT COMMA TRADE UNIONS AND PEASANT AND YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS PERIOD MESSAGE POINTS OUT NECESSITY FOR EXPANDING NETWORK OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND IMPROVING INSTRUCTION FOR THOSE NOT ATTENDING SCHOOL PERIOD PARAGRAPH SENT TO DEPARTMENT AS SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FIVE CON REPEATED TO LONDON FOR SCHOENFELD AS TWOHUNDRED SEVENTEEN KENNAN GV/135PM O 11 TRECISION ROLL TRACE MARK INCOMING DEPARTMENT OF THE E GRAM STATE DIVISION O DSH 0 DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION : PLAIN -2-, 1691, Twenty-stoon4, from Moscow. CENTRAL SERVICES Noncom 1945 MAY 23 AM 9 May 22, 1945 BRIDGES AND CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION AND MANUFACTURE OF STEEL FRAMES FOR HOUSES PRD WORKS NOW EMPLOYS FOUR THOUSAND MEN OUT TEN THOUSAND WORKERS COULD DE EMPLOYED PRD WORKERS NOT NEEDED AT OSTROWIEC AND STARACHOWICE PLANTS IN CENTRAL POLAND WHICH WERE Rea'd 10:20 P.M. PMA12 VIA PREVI no/ DESTROYED BY GERMANS ARE DEING SENT TO SILESIA PRD PCM MINISTER 3054 MOSCOU 650 22 2325 PRESS SECSTATE WASHINGTON OF 1691 PRD POLISH LEGATION IN BELGRADE AND YUGOSLAV ONE PRD POLITICAL BEEN RAISED TO RANK OF ENDASSIES QUE IN LEGATION IN WARSAW HAVE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN IN PRESS INTERVIEW EMPHASIZED IMPOR- CENTERS THROUGHOUT POLAND PRD SEEI FOR SPRING SOWING CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN SENT TO REMOTEST PARTS OF COUNTRY PRD COTTON FOR LOD2 MILLS OF SLAV SOLID:856 AND BROTHERHOOD IN BLOOD AND ARMS BETWEEN IS BEING SUPPLIED REGULARLY FROM SOVIET UNION PRD MAIL AND PASSENGER AIR SERVICE HAS BEEN RESTORED ON ALL MAIN AIRLINES PRD PGH THREE PRD CULTURAL PROUNIVERSITY OF POZNAN IS REOPENING ALL FACULTIES WHICH EXISTED DEFOR NINETEEN THIRTYNINE PRD LARGE EN- NATIONSENDATE PRD PGH POLISH HYPHEN ITALIAN AGREEMENT FOR PROTEC- AND TION AND ASSISTANCE TO POLISH CITIZENS ON ITALIAN TERRITORY FORITALIAN SUBJECTS ON POLISH TERRITORY REPORTED IN MY FOURTEEN MAY THIRD PROVIDES FOR ASSISTANCE TO NATIONALS OF OTHER ROLLMENT CMM FOOD TO DE GIVEN PAID EMPLOYMENT AND FACILITIES FOR 1 SOCALLED REPUBLICAN FASCIST GOVERNMENT AND REFUSED NATIONS ONLY KENNAN WF/1017P WITH IT PRD POLISH GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS AS POLISH MAY 22, 1945) THOSE WHO RECOGNIZE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY OF WARSAW GOVERNMENT PRD ACCORDINGLY ONLY SUCH POLES WILL ENJOY BENEFITS OF AGREEMENT PRD PGH AT PLENARY MEETING OF EXECUTIVE SECTION OF CENTRAL TRADE UNION UNION COMMISSION HELD IN WARSAW AT END OF APRIL CMM LONGTIME TRADE CMM WAS ELECTED VICE CHAIRMAN OF CENTRAL TRADE UNION CON- LEADER PRD MEETING PASSED SEVERAL IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS PRD ON MISSION COMMISSION CONSIDERED THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME CHUX MATTER IS NOT CASH ARE NOT IN- QUESTION OF WAGES WAGES OUT SUPPLY OF FOODSTUFFS TO WORKERS AT PRICES CONFORMING TO THEIR WAGE SCALE PRD WORKERS REAL TERESTED IN INCREASING NOMINAL WAGES OUT IN RAISING THEIR OUT WAGE SCHE VALUE PRD COMMISSION CALLED ON TRADE UNIONS TO WORK LLES FOR VARIOUS INDUSTRIES PRD SPECIAL DELEGATION FROM SESSION CMM WAS RECEIVED BY SZTACHELSKI CMN MINISTER OF SUPPLY AND TRADE WHO STATED THAT STEPS HAD DEEN TAKEN TO IMPROVE SUPPLY OF PROVID- GOODS TO WORKERS PRD COMMISSION APPROVED GOVERNMENT PROGRAM FOR OF VACATIONS FOR WORKERSPPRD MEETING ALSO APPROVED STAND ING ON QUESTION OF PARTICIPATION IN SAN FRANCISCO CONFER ENCE AND REQUESTED SENT TOCONFERENCE PRD PGH TWO GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES OF TRADE UNION MOVEMENT IN ANY DELEGATION ONE OF LARGEST PRD ECONOMIC PRD HUTA POKOJ WORKS IN KATOWICE CMM THREE PLANTS PLANTS IN SILESIA CMM HAS TAKEN UNDER ITS MANAGEMENT STEEL OF FOUNDRY IN AND ROLLING MILL IN CLIWICE PRD COMPLEX IS AND NOW CAN TURN FLATCARS AND STEEL BRIDGE ASSEMOLIES PRD WORKS WILL OF 30TH OLD AND NEWLY OPENED DEPARTMENTS TO LONDON FOR SCHOENFELD AS TWOHUNDRED AS TWOHUNDRED SIXTEEN REPATRIATION CONSIDERS AS ITALIAN PRD ARTICLE SUBJECTS ALL THOSE WHO REFUSED COLLASORATION TO RECOGNIZE OUT ATE IN RECONSTRUCTION OF WARSAN CMM UNDERTAKING RECONSTRUCTION IN IS HOSTILITIES AND ADOUT THIRTY PERCENT OF THE FACULTY WERE CASUALTIES PRD PCM SENT TO DEPARTMENT AS SIXTEEN NINETYONE SMN REPEATED PRD THEY ARE ALSO EIGHT PROVIDES THAT ITALIAN GOVERNMENT PRODUCING ENTIRE SCHEDULE OF CRUDE IRON AND STEEL COLLADOR- STUDENTS ERS AND PEASANT YOUTH PRD UNIVERSITY SUFFERED HEAVY LOSSES FROM COUNTRY AND FACILITIES FOR CORRESPONDENCE WITH THEIR RELATIVES INCORPORATED TERRITORY DASH IRONWORKS AT ZAURZE AND CAPABLE OF EXPECTED PRD UNIVERSITY TRAINING IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO WORK- TYFOUR UNT. THEIR REPATRIATION PRD THEY ARE TO RECEIVE LODGING O RAJONOWSKI ORDER TO ESTABLISH STABLE AND CORDIAL IN SPIRIT POLISH REPUBLIC AND DEMOCRATIC FEDERATIVE YUGOSLAVIA TWO C COMMUNICATIONS TANCE OF TASK OF RESTORING ORDER IN COMMUNICATIONS PRD TRAIN SERVICE HAS NOW DEEN RESUMED ON ALL LINES PRD COAL IS BEING BROUGHT FROM UPPER SILESIA TO MEET NEEDS OF RAILROADS AND INDUSTRIAL TWENTYSECOND FOLLOWING POLISH ITEMS FROM POLPRESS CLN PCH 0 PPRECISION TRADE MARK MICROFILM MICROSTAT DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION INCOMING DEPARTMENT OF TELEGRAM STATE ROLL NO O DIVISION OF o CENTRAL SERVICES EF-1714 PLAIN 1945 MAY 28 All 9 18 Moscow DC/L LIAISON Dated May 27, 1940 Rea'd 9:45 p.m. Secretary of State Washington 1774, Twentyseventh Moscow papere May 26 devote half column to 13 quotations from radio speech made by Dr Gaulle on May 24 in which it wns promised that nationalisation of coal and Electricity industrito and credit system 0 would take place in 1945. Repeated to Paris no 137. HARRIMAN UTD 0 C INCOMING TELEGRAM DEPARTMENT OF RECEIVED STATE OF DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION O PLAIN CENTRAL SERVICES C Moscow 196 MAY 20 AV a 35 Dated May 24, 1945 Rec'd 1:23 P.M., 25th DG/L LIAISON R/A VIA PREWI 3170 MOSCOW 108 25 1649 PRESS SECSTATE WASHINGTON 17.42 TWENTYFOURTH TODAYS PRAVDA DEVOTES ABOUT COLUMN AND QUARTER TO DESPATCH DATELINED PARIS MAY TWENTIETH QUOTING FROM MANIFESTO ISSUED BY CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF FRENCH COMMUNIST PARTY PRD PRAVOA ALSO PUBLISHES ITEM RECARDING RESOLUTION OF NATIONAL COUNCIL OF RESISTANCE PRD ITEM QUOTED FROM FRANCE PRESSE REPORT CMM STATES THAT RESISTANCE COUNIL HAS DISCUSSED POLITICAL SITUATION RESULTING FROM MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AND THAT COUNCIL AFFIRMS NECESSITY OF REALIZING CHARTER OF RESISTANCE 14 O MOVEMENT AND DEMANDS THAT PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT MUST BE CHANGED CMM TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WILL OF PEOPLE EXPRESSED IN GENERAL ELECTION PRD PCH SENT TO DEPARTMENT AS SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FORTYTWO SMN REPEATED TO PARIS AS HUNDRED THIRTYONE KENNAN ER/.. 123P 0 PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT M.U.S.PAT.OR MICROFILM ROLL NO. 150 DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION INCOMING DEPARTMENT OF TELEGRAM STATE 0 PLAIE TEN-1973 Nonocu Dated Hay 22, 1945 Reate 8:09 P.M. Scoretory of State, DIFARTMENT in STAIL MAY 231945 Washington. DC LIAISON OFFICE 1688, Twenty-second Press for 10mg 20th published brief items reporting Kerrict's arrival in France and Election 0.3 Mayor of Lyons. PRAVOR for May 21st reported that strikt of French C conl nintra hac ended after Government had promised to consider miners demand but that their conditions remined very bod. For three weeks they had received no DEBT and there una shortage of clothing and lack of Item clao stated that strikes were taking place in Poria and Maracilles where workers demonded revision of MAGES. Sent to Department as 1688, reprated to Paris for Hurphy DE 120. KENNAN 1002 O PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION INCOMING DEPARTMENT OF RED TELEGRAM STATE DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES 0 1945 JUN 2 AM 9 04 PLAIN Moseow vis Army Dated May 31, 1965 DC/L LIAISON Rootd. 11:50 a.m., June 1 Socretary of state, Washington. 1840, Thirty-first Following czochonlovok itons appeared in pross for my 31. one. Mosange from President Bones to Marshal Stalin date Preguo May 16 roading in translation 0.0 follows: "Today for the first tino after this war wo are 15 C entering free Fraguo. I hasten to transmit to you Mr. Marshal the foolings of the people of the czochoslovnk Ropublic at a monent of great joy and nowly regained liberty, feelings of doop gratitudo to the peoples of the Soviot Union and its artify which has to such an outstanding dogree contributed to our liberation. pilled with the sentinent of genuino Slavio friendship for Slevic Russic wo nover doubted the victory of the worpons of the Red Arroy valiant boaror of the glorious military tradition of the Russion artics. In the time of rioot grievious oppreasion the Czochs and Slovake looked with unconconled hopes to your 0 advancing forces which with unoxampled heroism blazed a trail I 153 152 -3- 1000, May 31, from Noscow via Army -2- 1040, May 31, from Moscow via Army n trail from the distant Volge to Borlin and thus brought froodon to un also. With admiration we observed the devotion and heroism Stalints reply roads in translation as follows: "I thank you Hr. President for the friendly with which the Sovict people bore the burdon of this most mossage which you addressed to no in connection with sovoro way in all history and with what onthusian the your arrival in the capital of liberated Czochoalavakin whole Sovict Union act to work out everything it Fraguo. Accept my best wishes to you personally and required. the fraternal peoples of the Czochoalcvnk Ropublic." Two. Dospatch headlined "people of Czochoalovakin Two grant events in the history of this war will ronain for us closely connected with military events in the Soviot Union. In 1943 I visitod the Sovict Union and wo signed a 4 will contribute to the assurance of desired order and will assure greater freedom." support program of their government". Item datolined Pragua May 20 refore to mas mooting in northorn Bohonin town of Mada Bolonlnv and Somilia treaty of alliance and created on your torritory our at which dononatrators approved program of Czocheslovnk now army. The second tine MC not in March 1945 and Government. Host of itom is devoted to quotation from togother with you wo propared for our final liberation spooch by Deputy Prino Minister Gottwold who paid tributo thus again confirming our political line and proparing the future of our Sinvic policy. to Rod Artry and Stalin. Gottwald is quoted as stating Thomo events of this war will nover be forgotton in Proguo. The @zochoalovak Ropublic in accordance with the that Czochoslovak people with aid of Rod Army achieved victory under banner of popular unity and that under bannor they will lay foundations of now gonuinoly deno- cratic popublic. Political partica must not wage potty full conviction of its whole people will procood along struggle stated Gottwald but must cooperate closely in the path of gonuine friendly cooporation and firm friend- all sphere of public life. ship which we have so happily established during the war and I an convinced that this Union in cooperation with all Allied statos will confer happiness upon the pooplon, will contribute Throo. Long article in RED STAR by Vaclav Kopooki Minister of Information of Czochoalovak Ropublic entitled 154 D - 1040, May 31, from Moscow via Army entitled "on path of democratic renown1". Kopocki described last days of fighting to liberate Proguc paying tributo to battle fonts of Rod Army and Czoch Partianns. Ho referred to capturo of Hitleritos by Partianna and to apprehending of Frank by Americans in Pilson, Frank, he stated, must be handed over to the people. No also referred to appost of Hache and others whom he characterized as boss gornan lackoya swniting punishment of peoples trade union, unified cooperative o organizations, unified persant union and unified union of youth. In conclusion he stated that synbol of now historic position of czechoslovale Ropublic and its Slavic orientation was fact that throughout czochoslovnkin Soviet bannor flow sido by side with national banner and portraits of Stalin word displayed alongside those of Benes. Four. Briof item announcing opening of Csochoslovak national thontor on May 20. NESSLOS UNSIGNED ED. 0 P TRADE MARK MCROSTAT OF STATE ROLL 156 DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION INCOMING TELEGRAM DEPARTMENT -2- #1751, TwentyFifth, from lesson via Mr. plail GEK-973 C MICROFILM Hoscow via Tor USD more then noted May 25, 1945 Today'a TRAGUE carried brief pingue item reporting Rea'd 12:20 P.S. oz Agencian Party, Krulia-Handa and police officials the actively collaborated with Ocruens. 4731 Scortary of State, Washington. eprest of foretr Fring Minister Deras, former lender MAY 06 1945 DC Pravde elso published Frague item to effect that LIAISON OFFICE 1751, Twentyfifth text books for Ansainn language APE soon to be published Press for May 24th published Hexieo City despinte for timentary schools. drited Key 19 quoting statements nade by Subasic and : to correspondent of accession EL MLCI PAL LR regarding relations of their countries with USSI. Both were quoted 0.0 emphasizing independence of their o governments and na denying that their countrics WERE Sovict or Communist=Carineted. Subtotal recording to quotation stated that Titos' Partisons red been active before ited Army had any strategic plans reinting to Yugoalavis and that Dental Government was stant government as had been in exilt in London. Manaryk according to quotation stated that Catchoalovnkin's trenty with Sovict regine could not be catablished in Carchoalovalic. Haarryk aloosportedly stated that Sovict Union's drair for Tolish regime which would corres.ond to desires of people but would not be center of anti-Soviet progngando was more 0 TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO . PRECISION INCOMING TELEGRAM DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIVISION OF TELEGRAPH SECTION DIVISION OF 0 CENTRA SERVICES HES-179 PLAIN 1945 MAY 24 All 8 52 Moscow vin Army Dated May 23, DSYS LIXISON Recta. 2:03 Pell. Secretary of State, Washington, 1720, Twonty-third Pross for May 23 published report from Prague dated May 10 describing mooting several days prior to date of despatch at which in progoned of all mombors of Czochoslovek Government tribute 305 paid to horoos of fied Army and Prague Partisans falling in battlo for liberation of Preguo. Specchos by Sovict Anbassador Zorin, Ministor of Education Noodly, representative of 17 Slovak people Srobar, Ministor of Defenac Svoboda and Partisan loader Markovic are briefly summarized. Dospatch also montions that representative of first Ukrainian front, 10m jor General Boiko, participated and that on same day Primo Ministor Fierlingor laid wroath on gravos of fallon. MESSAGE UNSIGNED WF3 0 157 CENTRAL SERVICES MICROFILM MARK INCOMING DEPARTMENT OF TELEGRAM STATE DIVISION OF ROLL NO 158 159 CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION CENTRAL SERVICES -2-/1695, Twenty-secord, from Nosaow. PLAIN NCT-1978 195 MAY 23 zut 9.07 Hoseom Dated May 29, 1945. PRD PCH REPLYING TO QUESTIONS AS TO CHARACTER OF FATHERLAND FRONT CMM TSANKOV STATED THAT FATHERLAND FRONT INCLUDED ALL DEMOCRATIC ANTIFASCIST FORCES CMM INCLUDING AGRICULTURAL UNION CMM Rec'd 8:35 p.M. DEMOCRATS CMM MEMBERS OF ZVENO NATIONAL CONTAINED WORKERSS THAT ITS PARTY COMMITTEES LOCAL CMM SOCIAL TRADE UNIONISTS AND PW3 VIA PREWI CMM MEMBERS OF COOPERATIVES CMM WOMEN AND YOUTH REPRESENTATIVES 3060 MOSCOU 363 22 2359 PRD PGH IN ANSWER TO ANOTHER QUESTION CMM TSANKOV DECLARED THAT DULGARIA WOULD DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE AT FORTHCOMING PARIS INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION MEETING TO MAKE ITS CONTRIBUTION TO PRESS SECSTATE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION MOVEMENT PRD PGH ANSWERING QUESTION OF INDUSTRY TSANKOV STATED THAT WITH 1695 TWENTYSECOND PRESS FOR MAY TWENTIETH PUBLISHED ACCOUNT OF ENTERPRISES WHOSE OWNERS FLED PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY BULGARIAN TRADE UNION DELECATION IN EXCEPTION REGARDING OF NATIONALIZATION INDUSTRY CONDEMNED TO CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY CMM TO GERMANY REMAINS OR WERE MOSCOW MAY NINETEEN PRD CONFERENCE WAS ATTENDED BY SOVIET AND AND NOTED THAT JULGARIAS IN PRIVATE ECONOMIC PLIGHT SOVIET INDUSTRIES UNION HAD PRD HANDS PRD PGH IN CONCLUSION CMM TSANKOV DESCRIBED RENDERED GREAT ASSISTANCE TO TEXTILE AND OTHER VE HOPE CMM HE SAID CMM THAT WITH AID OF BULGARIAN PEOPLE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS ACCORDING TO ACCOUNT CMM AND WAS ARRANGED AND ASSISTANCE OF DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES BULGARIAN ECONOMY BY TRADE UNION NEWSPAPER TRUD PRD SUMMARY FOLLOOWS PRD PGH WILL BE QUICKLY RESTORED PRD PGH SENT TO DEPARTMENT AS SIXTEEN 0 NINETYFIVE SMN REPEATED TO SOFIA AS FORTYONE SECRETARY OF GENERAL WORKERS TRADE UNION OF JULGARIA CMM AND INCLUDED TEXTILE CMM RAILWAY AND STREETCAR WORKERS AS WELL AS MINERS CMM ARCHITECTS AND OTHERS PRD DELECATION HAS MET SOVIET TRADE UNIONISTS CMM VISITED FACTORIES AND MADE TRIP TO LENINGRAD PRD PCH TSANKOV POINTED OUT THAT FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS DULGARIAN WORKERS HAD STRUGGLED AGAINST DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS PRD AFTER FORMATION OF FATHERLAND FRONT GOVERNMENT TRADE UNION MOVEMENT GREW RAPIDLY AND AT PRESENT INCLUDES OVER THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PERSONS CMM WHICH IS MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF ALL BULGARIAN WORKERS AND EMPLOYEES PRD PCH ANSWERING QUESTION WHETHER BULGARIAN COURTS WERE NOT TOO SEVERE WITH MEMBERS OF FORMER GOVERNMENTS TSANKOV STATED THAT PEOPLES COURT WAS SEVERE o BUT JUST PRD HE DESCRIBED CRIMES COMMITTED BY PROHITLER GOVERNMEN KENNAN RL/832P DULGARIAN DELEGATION WAS HEADED DY GEORGI TSANKOV CMM GENERAL o TRADE MARK MCOT MICROFILM ROLL NO PRECISION MICROSTAT TRADE MARK DEPARTMENT ROLL NO 160 INCOMING OR DIVISION OF TELEGRAM DIVISION OF STATE O 9 CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION O that Ang10-Amorican ( to the Department as 1707 reported CENTRAL SERVICES 20-142 This tolerm persperized 01019 52 communicated to anyone other than a Government Agency. -2-1707, May 23, 10 Celles from Moneow via Army. Moscow via Army to Bucharest 0.0 70 Budspost as 1) democracy valued peace- Dated May 23, 1945 ful consolidation taking place in this part of Europe. Recid. 11:45 a.m. KENNAN WPS Scoretary of State Unshington. 1707, May 23, 10 s.m. PRAVDA for May 21 published long despatch date= lined Clus May 16 reporting Congress of Hungarian National Union which according to despatch represents 500,000 persons. Despatch quoted at length from speeches by Prime limister Groze and President of Hungarian Union, Gyarfas. Spooches as quoted hailed Soviet Union 0.0 liberator of both peoples from common enomy, Hitlorism, which exploited Hungarian-Rumanian 111 fooling for its our diabolical ends. Statements of Gyorfan and Groza looking towards future "brotherhood" and "union" wore quoted. This mooting and its treatment in pross further develop lino laid down in lotter of March 9 in which Stalin stated to Groza that now Roumanian Government should undortake assurance of rights of nationalities in Transylvania. o It is worthy of note that Groza in his spooch assorted that INCOMING DEPARTMENT TELEGRAM OF STATE DIVISION OF 162 CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION DIVISION 0 -2-01805, Thirticth, from Noscow. CENTRAL SERVICES PLAIN XS-700 1945 MAY 31 AM 8 55 by Soviet scientists and performances by Soviet artists which 10 to be undertaken at invitation of Rumanian Monoov Dated ling 30, 1945 no/ Government. Rec'd 5:56 p.m. Sent to Department as 1005; reported to Bucharest na 74. Socretary of State, HARRIHAN Washington. JT 1805, Thirtieth PRAVIDA for May 28 published fifteen inch Buchnrest despatch describing activities of Soviet scientists and artists handed by Vice President of Soviot Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (VOKS), A. O V. Karagnnov. Soviet group participated in Congrons of Runanian Society for Cultural Relations with USSR. Toitain Sovict geneticist, Parin, Vicc Commissor of Health, and Egolin, professor of litorature, described schievements of Soviet workers in their respective fields, and their role in struggle against Hitlerism. Sovict Artists performed for congress. Dospatch quoted from messngo in which Congress 0%- pressed thanks to VOKS for sending emicsaries of culture and art with whose nid Runnnin night dispol falsehood by which Gorman facien isolator Runemian people. It also reports reception arranged by Running Government in honor of Runsian visitors and refore to program 1coturos. by Boviot O PRECISION MICROSTAT TRADE MARK DEPARTMENT INCOMING OF ROLL NO DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION TELEGRAM STATE MICROFILM REG. U.S. PAI. OFF 0 0 PLAIN EF-1715 Mosoom Dated May 27. 1945 Rea'd 9:45 p.m. Secretary of State DEPARTMENT OF STATE Washington MAY 2 8 1945 DC 1 LIAISON OFFICE 1779, May Twenty-seventh PRAVDA for May 25 devotce quarter of foreign news page to extensive quotations from speech ands by Tito in Zogreb on May 21. Reperted to Belgrade na ten. C HARRIMAN VTD 22 PRECISION MICROFILM MICROSTAT TRADE MARK DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION INCOMING DEPARTMENT OF TELEGRAM STATE 0 DIVISION OF C CENTRAL SERVICES HCB-1974 PLAIN Komoon 196 MAY 23 AM 9 15 Dated May 22. 1945. PVA6 VIA PREVI DC 3056 Moscott Rec'd 0.04 P.M. 328 22 2350 PRESS SECSTATE WASHINGTON 1689 TWENTYSECOND FOLLOWING ITEMS REGARDING YUGOSLAV HYPYEN ALLIEI RELATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH TRIESTE CMM ISTRIA AND SLOVENIAS LITTORAL APPEARED PROMINENTLY IN PRAVDA MAY TVENTYFIRST CLN PCH ONE PRD BELGRADE DESPATCH DATED MAY TWENTIETH HEADED QTE YUGOSLAVIAS ANSWER TO ANGLO AMERICAN NOTE ENDOTE PRD DESPATCH SUMMAR- IZED BELGRADE RADIO BROADCAST OF YUGOSLAV NOTE WHICH IT SAID WAS COUCHED IN SPIRIT OF ALLIED COOPERATION PRD YUGOSLAV ARMY CMM ACCORDING TO DESPATCH CMM WAS ASSERTED TO HAVE EQUAL RIGHT WITH ALLIED ARMIES TO REMAIN IN TERRITORY WHICH IT HAD LIBERATED IN FIERCE BATTLES AND MOST OF POPULATION OF WHICH WAS YUGOSLAVIAN PRD DESPATCH STATES THAT AT DEMAND OF ALLIES FIELD MARSHAL ALEXANDER HAD REQUESTED DEMARCATION LINE PRD IT CONCLUDED BY STATING THAT DEMAND FOR YUGOSLAV ARMY REMAINING IN TRIESTE CMM ISTRIA AND SLOVENIAN LITTORAL WAS DEMAND OF YUGOSLAV PEOPLE CMM BUT THAT THIS IN NO WAY PREJUDICED FINAL DISPOSITION OF THESE AREAS BY PEACE CONFERENCE CMM SINCE YUGOSLAVIA WAS OPPOSED TO UNILATERAL ANNEXATIONS PRD PGH TWO PRO LONDON DESPATCH DATED MAY NINETEENTH FORCES QUOTING FIELD MARSHAL ALEXANDERS MESSAGE TO ALLIED ARMIED ACCORDING TO WHICH MARSHAL TITO WAS APPARENTLY SEEKING TO SECURE HIS CLAIMS BY FORCE PRD QUOTATION INCLUDED STATEMENT COMPARING TITOS ACTIONS WITH THOSE OF HITLE CMM MUSSOLINI AND JAPAN PRD PCH THREE PRD BELGRADE DESPATCH DATED MAY TWENTIETH REPORTING THAT TITO HAD REPLIED TO ALEX ANDERS MESSAGE IN STATEMENT SAYING THAT SUCK A COMPARISON COULD ONLY BE MADE TO ENEMY BUT NOT TO ALLY WHICH HAD SUFFERED AND SHED BLOOD ITEM REPORTED THAT TITO HAD SAID THAT YUGOSLAVIA WAS PREPARED TO COOPERATE WITH ALLIES CMM BUT ON BASIS WHICH WOULD NOT BE OFFENSIVE TO IT AS ALLY PRD PGB FOUR PRD BELGRADE ITEM REPORTING THAT DEMOCRATIC ITALIANS OF TRISSTE HAD PUBLISHED MANIFESTO DECLARING THEIR READINESS TO COOPERATE WITH SLOVENIANS CMM AND CONCLUDING WITH SLOGAN QTE LONG LIVE AUTONOMOUS TRIESTE AND DEMOCRATIC FEDERATED YUGOSLAVIA ENDOTE PRD PGH SENT TO DEPARTMENT AS SIXTEEN EIGHTYNINE SMS REPREATED TO BELGRADE AS EIGHT KENNAN WE/804P ROLL NO ( ICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO DEPARTMENT INCOMING TELEGRAM OF STATE J52-1815 DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION PLAIE Loscow Dated May 28, 1045 hoc'd 3:13 P.M. DEPARTMENT OF DATE Secretary of State, MAY 391945 Washington, D.C. 1704, Twenty-eighth GCAL LIAISON OFFICE Following briof Italian items detaliand Romo may 26 opponered in Loscow pross for may 27. One. Report that Torlintti and Lonn. had boon crrested in northern itcly because this had despite prohibition of Allion mode aposchua and presided et Popular mooting. Two. iton reporting Manni's pol.mai. Throc. Report of conforma of northern Itclion political partics which reportedly Perched agreement on majority of points for now government process Ling 26 PRINCI corried brief itom reporting that Toglintti end senni MORE expected to bo in HOUS on tventy-soventh end respectively and 23 ennouncing that onry in Juno Florunce end Lucco would b. turned over to Italian administration sont to Department is 1784; reported to SHOULD CA 40. HARRIDAE ICEP DEPARTMENT OF REGET STATE DIVISION OF INCOMING TELEGRAM CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES 0 NOW-319 PLAIN Moscow 1945 MAY 24 AM 8 54 Undated DO/L Roo'd May 23, 1945 7:12 P.M. LIAISON Secretary of State Washington 1710. Pross for May 23 published Bolgrado despatch citing Bolgrade radio report that 30,000 Crosts and Italians of Istric had hold big mooting colebrating liboration of Intric. Demonstrators grooted Tito. Intrian Partisan brigado of Horta participated. Concluding sentence of despatch roads: "It must be pointed out that Italian reactionarios who attompt to interfore with our agreement C and joy, thereby act not only as onomics of Croats of Istrin, but also as onomics of freedom-loving Italian minority". To DEPT as 1718, reported to Bolgrade as 9. KENNAN 24 RB 167 PRECISION AT.OFF MICROFILM TRADE MARK ROLL NO. 168 CABLES FROM AMERICAN EXBASSY MOBCOW (Section Two) Ruesian Press Comment on Foreign Developments redistributed Ninety per cent of the urable morenge has been DOVO and only mores from which mined have not been cleared have been left unnown. While this moving record 16 increasive final evelustion of the success of land use reform and arriculturel reorgnnication under the nev Polish government cannot be judged until the first crop yeilde can be estiented 169 TREASURY DEPARTMENT B. Resettlement of Polich paneants on the left bank of the Oder. the area which in to be incorporated into Polish Silenia has been proceeding at c resid pice. INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION DATEJune 22. 1945 III. Japan Secretary Morgenthru TO FROM At 0 public lecture on the WIT in the Pacific E lending Soviet lilitary commentator unde the following state- Mr. Goe sente: Subject: Cables from the American Enbossy in Moscov The attached cabler from the American Embassy in A. Declared the Japanese prees to be friendly to the U.S.S.H. "nt present". Moscow summarize Russian press comment on developments in B. Made DD mention of Jease's plans for aggreesion against the U.S.S.R. KR he did in no earlier lecture. 0 foreign countries. I. Russian Occupation of Germany A. Contacts between Sovict officials and reprementatives of the Berlin population have been sponsored 0. Painted an impressive picture of power still available to Japan. on n formal. official basis by the Russian civil affairs CLIT indicated by 21 Ruggien press report D. Esphrsized the foot this the Allier could not that 8 reception held for the Soviet military commendant in Berlin WITH attended by "representstives of business and win the VET by six poxer alone. industrial circles, workers, scientists, and sctors". B. Some indication of U.S.S.R. views on priority S. Did not reply to any political questions COD- cerning Ohing or U.S.S.R. -Japanese relations. of reperations payments to on made by Germany, may on EBT- nered from the following statement b a prominent Russian economint in 12 recent article, "Geramny sunt recey freedom loving peoples and first of all peoples of U.S.S.R. for oranges which she Enn caused". II. Poland A. Industrial revival in reported in the textile. metallurgier1 and chenical industrian, Fuel supplies to #11 enterprises have been uninteined without interruption* The intensity of industrial activity in reflected in the adoption of to second shift in many enterprises and by the fact that liber ahortages are currently felt in the textile and coml industries, Intensive efforte at land utilismtion reform have been undertuken, and land division is now regarded BB completed with over is million norer having been O J TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO 0 Summary Index of Cables from the American Embrasy in MORCOV on Ruenian Press Comment on Developments in Foreign Countries, Sxeden 25. Russian press attack on Swedish nevepapers. 26. Russian press content on Swedish-Germin relations. 27. Runnian situation.press comment on internal Swedinh political Denmark 28. Hussian press consent on Danish-Russian relations. Iran 29. Russian press report on delegation of Iranian Society for Cultural Tien with the U.S.S.R. in Baku, Letin America C 30. Hussien press report on Mexican critician of Padilla's position on Argentina at the San Francisco Conference. 31. Russian press reports of Latin-American support for neverance of relations with Spmin. United States 32 Russian press report on article by Mrs. Roosevelt criticizing anti-Russian continent in the U.S. 33. Russian press report of statement by Representative Coffee verning against U.S.-U.S.S.R. friction. 54. Runeian press consent on the Divies - Hopkins Mission to the U.K. and U.S.S.R. 35. Hummian press report on President Trusan'a statement on Lend Lense to the U.S.S.R. 36. Russian proou report on the President's Quarterly Land Leise Report. 0 I MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL 172 O United Kingdom 37. Runnian press comment on the anniversary of AngloSoviet allience. New East 38. Russian pream announcement of departure of the Patriarch of Moscow together with n church delegation to visit the countries of the Near East. Japan 39. Cable report on II public lecture by is leading Soviet military commentator on "The YOI in the Proffic Ocean. 40. Russian proor accouncements on arrests of VET criminols in reveral Europenn countries. 41. @ditorial in the Yer and the working Clear on the Anglo-Soviet-American conlition. o 42. Ruesten press comment on Allied relations with regard to Germany, Poland and Yugorlavis. 0 PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO. DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION INCOMING RECEIVED EGRAM DIVISION? DEPARTMENT OF STATE CENTRAL SERVICE O 1945 MAY 24 AM 8 47 PLAIN DCG-109 DC/L Mcacow . Dated May 23, 1915 Ree 'd 0:38 s.m. Secretary of State, Washington. 170s, Twenty-Third. RED STAR for May 22 published 0 inch critical item entitled "successors to Ocebbile in Swedish D C newspapers." Itm attacked newspaper ,PTONTIDHINGEN for publishing report that Swedish Mission in Budapeat had been plundered by Russian troops. It suggested that APTONTIDNINGEN was planning to take over Gorbbels ruined enterprise and carry it on in Sudden and ridiculed alleged statement in /.FTONTIDNINGEN that Swedish demarcht who expected in MOROOW. Sent Department 08 170% repeated to Stockholm as 23. KENNAN MPS C PPRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO INCOMING DEPARTMENT OF TELEGRAM STATE DIVISION OF DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION Hoocow CENTRAL SERVICES Dated ling 30, 1940 1945 MAY 3 AM 8 500010 7:28 P.M. PW16 VIA PREVI 3111 MOSCOU 369 30 2050 PRESS SECSTATE WASHINGTON 1804 THIRTIETH FOLLOWING SWEDISH MATERIAL APPEARED IN PRESS FOR MAY TWENTYSEVENTH AND MAY THENTYEIGHTN PRD PGN ONE PRI SECTION IN PRAVDA INTERNATIONAL REVIEW FOR MAY TWENTYSEVENTH PRD SUMMARY MAY FOLLOWS CLN PGH COMMUNIQUE OF SWEDISM FOREIGN OFFICE DATED EIGHTH ANNOUNCING BREAKING OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN SVEDEN AND GERMANY INCLUDED STATEMENT THAT SOME MEMBERS OF CERMAN MISSION CHM CONSULATES AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS WOULD BE INTERNED CMM WHILE OTHERS WOULD BE INSUTRCTED TO GATHER IN APPOINTED PLACE PRD ALTHOUGH CONSIDERABLE TIME HAS ELAPSED HITLERITES STILL FEEL THEMSELVES AT HOME IN SWEDEN WHERE CHIEF HITLERITES SUCH AS MINISTER THOMSEN HAVE NOT BEEN INTERNED PRD THOMSEN CONTINUES INTERVIEW HAVE BEEN TO DISSEMINATE FASCIST PROPACANDA IN SWEDISH PRESS PRD HE GAVE FOR VECKE JURNALEN CONTAINING FOUT INSINUATIONS AGAINST SOVIET UNION PRD PGH ONLYTHOSE HITLERITES I INTERNED IN SWEDEN WHO HAVE BEENMOST COMPROMISED OUT EVEN THEY REFUSED TO ACCEPT COMMON REGIME IN CAMPS AND SVEDISH AUTHORITIES CONSENTED TO THIS PRD GERMAN FASCISTSCHOOL CONTINUES TO FUNCTION IN STOCKHOLM PRD ACCORDING TO NEWSPAPER EKSP RESSEN GROUP OF AS GERMAN OFFICERS WHO RECENTLY ARRIVED IN SVEDEN WERE TREATED CHERISHED GUESTS WHILE SOVIET OFFICERS COMING FROM NORWAY FEV DAYS LATER WERE PLACED UNDER GUARD PRD PCM SWEDISH AUTHORITIES ACT AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED IN EUROPE PRD HITLERITES HAVE MANY VERY INFLUENTIAL DEFENDERS IN GOVERNMENT APPARATUS PRD PCH TWO FRD STOCKHOLM DESPATCH PUBLISHED IN PRAVDA FOR MAY TUENTYEIGHTH DESCRIDING EXCELLENT EXSPRESSEN EDITORIAL IN NEWSPAPER QUOTING PROVIDED BY SWEDISH GOVERNMENT TO SEVENTY CONDITIONS REPORTEDL AND POINTING OUT MEMBERS OF FORMER GERMAN MISSION IN STOCKHOLM THAT THIS PICTURE MUST BE MOST UNPLEASANT FOR SURROUNDING PEOPLES WHO HAVE BEEN PLUNDERED DY NAZIS PRD QUOTATION CONCLUDES JY STATING THAT APPARENTLY INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC MUTUAL AID IS VERY MUCH ALIVE PRD PGH THREE PRD QUARTER PAGE ARTICLE IN MAY TUENTIETHEICHTH PRAVDA BY K DEMIDOV ENTITLED OTE HITLERITE SURVIVALS IN SWEDISHPRESS ENDOTE PRD SUMMARY FOLLOWS COLON PGH FASCIST POLITICAL CORRUPTION HAS LEFT EEP IMPRESSION ON CEATAINCOUNTRIES INCLUDING SVEDEN WHICH SYSTEMATICALLY VIOLATES ITS NEUTRALITY TO ADVANTAGE OF GERMANY PRE LEADING CIRCL TRY TO ASSURE WORLD THAT SWEDEN DID NOT SUPPORT OF SWEDEN NOW THIS WAS NOT HER HITLERITE GERMANY ON OWN INITIATIVE AND THAT HE 0 GUILT BUT HER MISFORTUNE PRD OF COURSE SWEDEN SUFFERED DY LINKING HERSELF WITH GERMANY PRD ENRICHMENT OF HANDFUL OF -2-01804, thirtieth, from Moscow. SPECULATORS WHO NOW WISH TO HANG ON TO THEIR WEALTH ACQUIRED AT EXPENSE OF EUROPE BROUGHT NO PROF IT TO SWEDISH PEOPLE PRD PCH MOST STUPID SWEDISH REACTIONARIES NOW UNDERSTAND THIS BUT IT IS A LIE THAT THEY HELPED HITLERITE BANDITS AGAINST THEIR OWN WILL PRD THIS IS CLEARER THAN EVER NOW WHEN SUBSTANTIAL PART OF SVEDISH PRESS CONTINUES UNSEEMLY PROFASCIST DANCE NOT LONG ACO SWEDISHMAGAZINE OBS PRINTED MOST VILE ARTICLE WITH AIM OF DEFAMING EVERYTHING DEAR AND SACRED TO SOVIET PEOPLE PRD SWEDISH JOURNAL WISHED TO SERVE ITS PROTECTORS CMMS THOSE CIRCLES WHICH DURING AND AFTER WAR RECARDED IT AS THEIR TASK TO SOW DISCORD AMONG ALLIES AND SET SWEDISHPEOPLE AGAINST SOVIET UNION PRD FASCIST JOURNALISTS ARC CONTINUING TO CARRY ON WAR AGAINST SOVIET UNION AND SWEDISH RULING CIRCLES CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN IN THIS RESPECT SAME QTE NEUTRALITY ENDATE AS THEY PRACTICED DURING WAR PRD PGH NEWSPAPER WESTMANLANDS TIDNING ENDOT PUBLISHED SLANDEROUS ARTICLE ON RED ARMY PRD GREAT NEWSPAPER AFTONTIDMING FABRICATED CHARGE THAT RED ARMY PLUNDERED SWEDISHMISSION IN BUDAPEST PRD PGH NEWSPAPERS MORCONTIDNINCEN AND EKSPRESSEN HAVE REFERRED TO EMEMIES OF SOVIET UNION HIDING IN PRESS AND TO STUPID ARTICLES OF 035 CMM BUT IT C IS NOT QUESTION OF STUPIDITY OF FASCIST MAGAZINE BUT OF ITS INTENTION TO CONTINUE AFTER THE WAR POLICY WHICH DURIT WAR BROUGHT NEITHER BENEFIT NOR HONOR TO SWEDISH PEOPLE PRD IT IS ALSO NOT TRUE THAT ENEMIES OF SOVIET UNION ARE YET HIDDEN ENDOTE PRD THEY ACT OPENLY ENJOYING PROTECTION AND ENCOURAGE MENT PRD THIS PART OF PRESS IS DIRECTED BY HAND WHICH ACTED DURING WAR IN UNISON WITH HITLERITE GERMANY PRD THAT PART OF SWEDISH PRESS WHICH UNDERSTANDS HARM DONE TO SVEDISH PEOPLE BY BLIND WATRED OF SOVIET UNION ACTS VERY IRRESOLUTELY FRD ITS VOICE 01 REASON AND HONOR IS DROWNED BY ANTISOVIET ABUSE PRD PCH CAMPAIGN AGAINST SOVIET UNION IS CARRIED ON UNDER GUISE OF QTE EFREEDOM OF PRESS ENDOTE PRD BUT HOV CAN PEOPLE WHO HELPTED HITLER STIEFS PRESS IN OCCUPIED EUROPE TALK OF FREEDOM OF PRESS QUERY PGH SWEDEN WAS UNDER INFLUENCEOF GERMA!! FASCISM TOO LONG PRD IT IS TIME TO UNDERSTAND THAT RED ARMY HAS DECISIVELY DEFEATED GERMANS CMM THAT SOVIET UNIONS GREAT DEMOCRATIC POWER AND THAT RED ARMY AND ALLIES HAVE ESTABLISHED CONDITIONS FOR PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE OF PEOPLES OFEUROPE PRD CERTAIN SWEDISH JOURNALISTS HAVE LOST THEIR CAPACITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN REALITY AND POLITICAL DELIRUM PRO PGH SWEDEN HAS TEMPORARILY EXCLUDED HERSELF FROM FREEDOMLOVING NATIONS BY HER POLICY DURING WAR BUT SWEDISH PEOPLE PRD WISH TO ESTABLISH FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH SOVIET UNION PORTION OF SWEDISHPRESS WHICH CRITICIZES POLICY OF SWEDEN DURING WAR IS DOING WORK VALUABLE TO ITS PEOPLE PRO EFFORTS OF WIDOWED FASCISTS IN SWEDEN TO CONTINUE TO HOW DISCORD ARE BOTH DISHONORABLE AND SENSELESS PRD IT IS TIME TO PUT AND END TO SUCH EFFORTS PRD PGH SENT TO DEPARTMENT AS 1804 5100 REPEATED TO3STOCKHOLM AS 24 HARRINAN DUY 30,1945) HB /700P PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT ROLL NO. 177 is % INCOMING TELEGRAM DEPARTMENT OF STATE 1201-1348 o 176 DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION FLATH -2-/1902 Trenty-fifth, from Stodthop vie London. 0 Stockholm vie London Dated May 25, 1945 Roa'd 12:25 p.M., PW VIA PREMI PW 26 LONDON 1315/1311 26 1450 LINGER IN WORKERS MINDS AND AFFECT THEIR FAITH IN COMMUNISTS STOP THUS SETBACK FOR SWEDISH COMMUNISTS IS FAR MORE LIKELY THAN CONTINUED ADVANCE PARAGRAPH MORGONTIDNIN REFERRING KRASNAYA ZVESDAS ATTACK ON AFTONTIDNINGEN FOR LATTERS PUBLICATION OF goth 2 STORY ABOUT PLUNDERING OF SWEDISH BUDAPEST LEGATION SEE OUR SECSTATE WASHINGTON PRESS STOCKHOLMS 1902 TWENTYFIFTH SWEDISH POLITICS TENGRE OF SWEDENS GOVERNMENT WILL BE DISCUSSED BY RIKS OC PARTY GROUPS LEADERS 1871 WRITES SUCH ATTACKS DONT ADD TO REPUTATION RUSSIAN PRESS STOP AFTONTIDNINCENS INFORMATION BASED ON SOLID GROUND STOP SWEDISH PROTEST AGAINST OUTRAGE BEEN DELAYED LONG ENOUGH AND EVIDENCE OUGHT BE SUBMITTED MOSCOW SOONEST POSSIBLE STOP (DALITION BEGINNING OF JUNE AND ON BASIS THESE DISCUSSIONS PARTY meus- AT LATER TAKE UP MATTER WITH PRIME MINISTER STOP LIBERAL HAS ITS WILL MORGONBLADET WRITES AS SOCIALDEMOCRATIC DRESS DIFFICULT PAPER SVENSKA COALITION WOULD BE INCONCE VABLE NAT WILL AS BE ARRO- NEWSPAPERS BEING MADE RESPONSIBLE FOR MATTERS FOR WHICH FOUGHT ACCEPTANCE SOCIALDEMOCRATS OF LABOR WANT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR SWEDENS BITTER POSTWAR THEY MUST BE PREPARED PRECIPITATE COUNTRY INTO LESS FENSE TAX WOULD BE ABOLISHED STARTED ON CONTRARY TWOULD SEEM ECONOMIC POLICY FIGHT WHICH OUGHTVE BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL PERIOD FUTURE IS IF DEFENSE TAX MUST BE RETAINED TO COVER INCREASING NORMAL DEFENSE RESPONSE NO PERILOUS THAN OF SWEDISH PRESENT COMMUNISTS ONE PARAGRAPH NOTES EXPRESENT THEIR INVITATIONS DISCUSSING TO soc- AND PROSPECTS EXPENDITURES AND ALSO TO ENABLE MAINTENANCE PRESENT OF STANDARD OF SOCIAL WELFARE PROVISIONS STOP REMEBERABLE 0 CERTAIN THAT SIGNS COMMUNISTS INDICATING WONT BE COMMUNISTS INCLUDED HAVE IN NEW REACHED PEAK EXCELLENT THEIR THERE NUMBER AND NOW ON DOWNGRADE STOP THEYLL LOSE THEIR GOVERNMENTS LSO EVEN STATE EMPLOYEES JUSTIFIED IN DEMANDING RESTORATION OF REAL INCOME TO LEASTLY 1939 LEVEL STOP WIGFORSS STATEMENT RAISED STORM OF PROTEST IN ENTIRE BOURGEOIS PRESS WHICH ASSERTS FINANCE MINISTEROVERSTEPPING AUTHORITY IN SEEKING EMPLOY TAX FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN THOSE FOR WHICH INFLUENCE AS ONLY OPPOSITION PARTY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY ERA STOP POSITION BECOME LESS AMBIGUOUS THAN DURING COALITION WILL PARAGRAPH 1830 AT RESUMPTION HEARING IN BROMMA TWAS ESPIONAGE EARMARKED CASE BY SEE RIKSDAG OUR POLICY SOCIALDEMOCRATIC WILL POLICY WILL BE RADICALIZED AND COMMUNISTS DISCONTENT INFORMATION AS GERMANS ALREADY POSSESSED OUTPOINTING ALL AIRCRAFT FLYING BRITAIN STOCKHOLM ROUTE WERE CHECKED AND REGISTERED NORWAY STOP ALSO CLAIMED HE FREQUENTLY DISCUSSED WITH AEROTRANSPORTS GERMAN CITIZEN SCHAEFER TOLD COURT HE ONLY FURNISHED SUCH HAVE HARD TIME ERECTING PLATFORM POLICY FOR BECOMES PORPAGANDA PROGRESSIVER OF AGAIN STOP MANAGEMENT POSSIBILITIES ARRANGING SAFE AIR SERVICE BETWEEN EFFECT INSOFAR OF AS FOREIGN SOCIAL WELFARE POLITICAL EVENTS COMMUNISTS ON INTERNAL STOP RUSSIAN POLITICS ATTITUDE BEEN TO- STRIKING AS REGARDS SUEDIS VOTES TO MINIMUM IN STOCKHOLM SCOTLAND ADDING THAT SWEDISH AUTHORITIES HADNT ADVISED HIM KEEP SECRET WHAT HE KNEW STOP SVEDE HARALD SWALLVING SEE OUR 1788 WAS ALSO HEARD STOP WHEN PROSECUTOR SHOWED HIM TELEGRAM FROM FINLAND AND ALTICUM REDUCED COMMUNIST IMPORTANT SHARE WARD 1940 STOP HOWEVER NAZI ITS TERRORISM UNDENIABLE IN EUROPE THAT HAD RUSSIAS SUBSTANTIAL THAT INFLUENCE STRU- IN DEFEATING GAINS IN 1944 ELECTIONS STOP WITH END OF AND ON COMMUNIST ASPECTS OF RUSSIAN POLICY ATTRACTING ATTENTION USSR GERMAN LEGATION TO BERLIN LISTING GOODS SENT BRITAINWARD AND AMERICA THROUGH DECEMBER GLLE OTHER PUBLIC OPINION SHOWING MARKED UNCERTAINTY WOULD REGARDING AFFECT 1945 SWALLVING ADMITTED THESE DATA MIGHTVE BEEN FURNISHED BY HIM AEROTRANSPORT DURING PERIOD 1944 TO MARCH PARAGRAPH SYNDICALIST ARBETAREN REPORTS DIRECTORS AND SWEDISH AIMS STOP II ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THIS SITUATION INFLUENCE STOP PROTRACTED SWEDISH COMMUNIST PARTYS ALREADY POSITION CAUSED MANY WORKERS CHANGE THEIR OF AEG WUENSCHE LJUNGGREN OF BREDEN- OF SIEMENS COMMAHOEFEING AND GOTTHARD AABOUT COMMUNIST ACITATION STOP FUNDS AND WHICH BERG COMPANY GAVE LARGE SUMS NAZI DAGSPOSTEN IN AUTUMN 1942 STOP SAME YEAR WUENSCHE WENT GERMANY AS VOLUNTEER STOP ARBETAREN EX- METALWORKERS STRIKE HAS RECOLLECTION THIS DE- OPINION WHICH EXMAUSTIN LABOR UNIONS WILL PRESSES SURPRISE THAT THIS FANATICAL NAZI IS ON ALLIED BLACKLIST VASTATING MIST NONETHLESS CONFLICT INEVITABLY RESULT IN COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT 0 $ ATTITUDE ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY PARAGRAPH IN SPEECH AT KARLSKRONA FINANCE MINISTER WIGFORSS NOTING THAT LIBERAL PRESS ASSUMI NG THAT AS RESULT OF SWEDISH DEMOBILIZATION NOW ONGOING EXTRA WARTIME DE- QUISITE FOR COALITION MOVEMENTS IS UNCONDITIONAL POSTWAR PROGRAM STOP HOWEVER IF ADDS NO MATTER HOW SWEDISH GOVERNMENT SETUP CABINET STOP RUSSIAN OFFICE PLACED ITSELF IN STRANGE NONCOMMITTAL POSITION PRIVATE IRALLY OF MATTER BOURGEOIS ESPECIALLY PARTIES AS SOCIALDEMOCRATIC PRESS SUGGESTS PRERE- IALDEMOCRATS TO FORM LEFTIST GOVERNMENT MET MAYBE WITH SOLVED ITS OFFICIAL SWEDISH DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE DEEN MOST UNFORTUNATE AND FOREIGN ALREADY INDICATED CONTINUED MUST LOSE INTEREST IN FURTHER DISCUSSIO I BELIEVE CANT AS KRASNAYA 2VESDAS STOP DAGENS WRITES DELAY IN PUBLISHING . to 179 118 0 -3-31902, Twenty-fifth, from Stookholm via London. 0 WHILE HIS FIRM IS NOT PARA ARBETAREN WRITES SWEDES WONDERING WHY LEADERS OF DEUTSCHE ARBEITSFRONT AND GERMAN WOMENS ORGANIZA- TION IN SWEDEN WERENT INTERNED AT SAMETIME AS LEGATION STAFF STOP ARDETAREN ASKS WHETHER SWEDEN WILL BECOME PLACE FOR NAZISMS HIBERNATION PARA HANDELSTIDNING DEPLORES AS SEOUNDED AND OM- INOUS SOVIET DEMARCHE ACAINST OBS ARTICLE ON STALIN SEE OUR 1830 BUT HANDELSTIONING LIKEWISE EXPRESSES DISSATISFACTION WITH SIEDISH REPLY SEE OUR 1846 STOP GUENTHER REJECTED SOVIET CONFIS- INTERESTS IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES INVITED GIVE DATA REGARDING MINIMUM QUANTITIES LIQUID FUEL LUBRICANTS WHICH CONSIDERED INDISPENSABLE AND ON BASIS THIS INFORMATION QUOTAS WOULD BE DETERMINED PARAGRAPH SVEDISH SHIPS BALAKLAVA LILLOEMUS AND OCEANUS EXPECTED LEAVE GOETEBORG TOMORROW FOR BUENOSAIRES TO LOAD GRAIN FOR NORWAY STOP SVEADROTT SCHEDULED ARRIVE GOETEBORG MAY 30 FROM NEWORLEANS WITH OIL GENERAL CARGO AND SOME RUBDER STOP REDCROSS SHIPS MACDALENA AND LILLIE MATTHIESSEN LEFT GOETEBORG YESTERDAY WITH GIFT PARCEL CARSO FOR FORMER ALLIED WAR PRISONERS IN CER- CATION DEMAND BUT TRANSMITTED DECLARATION BY OBS EDITION CONCERN- MANY PARACRAPM MORNIGIAN SHIP DICTO LEFT CORTEBORG WEDNESDAY FOR INC PERIODICALS FUTURE POLICY STOP HANDELSTIDMING WRITES SWEDISH ENGLAND CARRYING 3500 TOUS BALLBEARING SPECIAL STEEL ETCETERA VALUED TWENTY MILLTON KRONOR FOR BRITISH WAR INDUSTRY AND IS PRESS FREEDOM LLAW DETERMINES THAT SWEDISH PAPERS MAY WRITE COMMA NOT ANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT STOP SWEDISH COALITION CABINET MUST NOW REGRET IT EVER ALLOWED FOREIGN INFLUENCE BE BROUGHT TO BEAR REPORTEDLY VALUARLIST CARGO EVER EXPORTED FROM SWEDEN IN SINGLE ON SWEDISH PRESS STOP VAESTERNOBRIAN ALLEHANDA STATES ITS SHIP STOP THIS IS PRACTICALLY SAME CARGO WHICH DICTO CARRIED WHEN IT TRIED VAINLY TO RUN SKAGERAK BLOCKADE IN APRIL 1942 BUT REPORTED GUENTHER SUMMONED OBS EDITOR FREDBORG AND VIRTUALLY FORCED HIM MAKE DECLARATION FOR ATTACHMENT TO REPLY TO MOSCON STOP HAD TO RETURN GOETEBORO PARAGRAPH ALIEN NAMED HENRY BRUNNSO DOMWA FOREIGN MINISTERS LACK OF DIGNITY JUST AS GLARING WHETHER ITS GERMAN OR SOVIET MINISTER WHO TRIES INTIMIDATE HIM PARAGRAPH POLE BEEN ARRESTED ON ESPIONAGE CHARGE HANDELSTIDNING REFERRING ANNOUNCEMENT SWEDEN WILL SEND DELECATION TO WARSAW TO NEGOTIATE COAL PURCHASES SEE OUR 1889 WRITES ANNOUINCEMENT IS SURPRISING SINCE ITS UNDERSTOOD POLISH GOVERNMENT LONDON ASSUMED CRITICAL ATTITUDE TOWARD PREVIOUS SWEDISH DISCUS0 -4-31902 Twenty-fifth, from Steelholm vis London. SIONS OF MATTER STOP SWEDISH BUSINESSMAN NAMED KINDGREN WHO VIS- ITED MOSCOW FEW MONTHS AGO CONDUCTED NEGOTIATIONS THERE CONCERNING SWEDISH POLISH TRADE STOP SINCE THEN SWEDENS SOUGHT DIRECTED CONTACT WITH LUBLIN GOVERNMENT STOP SWEDISH GOVERNMENT ATTITUDE IS THAT ITS UNRECOGNISED EITHER LONDON OR LUBLIN GOVERNMENTS AND THEREFORE FREE NEGOTIATE WITH EITHER PARTY STOP VIEW REPORTEDLY NOT SHARED BY BRITISH AND AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS WHICH APPARENTLY SUPPORT LONDON POLES STOP SPOKESMAN OF LUBLIN GOVERNMENT HOWEVER DONT CONCEAL OPINION THAT SWEDEN MIGHT SOON RECEIVE POLISH COAL PROVIDED HOWEVER SWEDEN RECOGNIZES LUBLIN GOVERNMENT STOP ITS ALLEGED LONDON POLES HAVE PROTESTED AGAINST S/EDISH COAL NEGOTIATIONS BUT NEITHER SWEDISH FO NOR POLISH LEGATION STOCKHOLM HAVE ANY WORD OF THIS STOP FOREIGN OFFICE INFORMED HANDELSTIDNING IT HOPED BRITAIN USA WOULD UNDERSTAND SIEDENS DISTRESSED POSITION WHICH COMPELS COUNTRY SOMEHOW ATTEMPT TO SECURE COAL AS SWEDENS INDUSTRY TRADE WOULD OTHERWISE LABOR UNDER GREAT DIFFICULTIES DURING COMING WINTER AND SWEDENS POSSBILITIES FOR EXPORTING PRODUCTS ESSENTIAL TO WORLD TRADE WOULD BE REDUCED PARAGRAPH GORDMEN MICHLER OF STANDARD OIL NOW VISITING SWEDEN TELLS MOTORIST JOURNAL MOTOR THAT ALTHOUCH SWEDEN CANNOT COUNT ON PEACETIME QUOTA OF LIQUID FUEL BEFORE JAPANESE DEFEATED POSSIBILITY ALREADY EXISTS FOR SWEDENS OBTAINING REASONABLE MTNIMIM STOP MICHLER STATES THERES CONSIDERABLE UNDERSTANDING IN WASHINGTON LONDON OF SWEDENS REQUIREMENTS FUEL AND LUBRICANTS AND ALLIED GOVERNMENTS APPARENTLY TRYING DRAFT PROGRAM WHEREBY OIL UNITEDSTS WHO CLAIMS HES AMERICAN CITIZEN BUT WHOM POLICE BELIEVE TO BE W/1225P NONUSON PRECISION TRADE MARA MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO PRECISION MICROFILM MICROSTAT TRADE MARK ROLL 181 180 DIVISION OF INCOMING TELEGRAM DEPARTMENT OF STATE CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION DIVISION OF 0 CENTRAL SERVICES -2-71703, Twenty-Third, from Mcacow. 1945 MAY 23 PM 4 32 Sent to Department as 1703, repeated to Copenhagen PLAIN DCG-108 unnumbered and Stockholm as 22. Mosacu Dated May 23, 1945 KENNAN Reald 9:41 n.fl. HFS Scoretary of State, Washington. 1703, Twenty-Third. PRAVIDA for May 21 published despatch datelined Copenhagen May 19 reporting arrival of Christmas Hoglier and other Danish Cabinet officers on BORNHOIN. Text of 0 0 Noeller's speech referring to sympathy of Danish people for Russis and expressing hope that good relations which had always existed between Russia and Denmark would persist MD.B quoted. Todays papers publish Than announcement that new Danish Government hos requested Exchange of ministers and asked for Soviet agreement to appointment of Docasing as Danish Minister. Sovict Government on May 16 informed Danes that it viewed proposal as "condennation by new Danish Government of act of SEVERANCE of diplomatic relations of Denmark with USSR, taken by former Donish Government on day of attach of Hitlerite Germany on Sovict O Union" and that it accorded to request of Danish Government, Sent to O PRECISION MICROFILM TRADE MARK DEPARTMENT INCOMING TELEGRAM OF STATE ROLL NO DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION PLAIN RT-1716 () Momoon Dated May 27, 1945 SEPARTMENT of STATE Rea'd P.M. MAY 281945 DC/L VIA PASSI LIAISON OFFICE 300, oscott 3271 , 0107 SECSTAT WASHINGTON PLASS TWENTYSEVENTH PJAVDA FOR DAY 26 CARALES HALF COLUMN TASS RESPATCH 17 10 FROM AKU ENTITLED QUOTE DELEGATION OF IRANIAN SOCIETY RE- FORCULTURAL TIES WITH USSR IN DAKU UNQUOTE PERIOD DESPATCH THAT IN CONNECTION WITH CELEBRATION OF TWENTYFIFTH ANNI- COMMA VERSARY PORTS DT ESTABLISHMENT OF SOVIET REGIME IN AZERBAID2HAN AND TELEGATION OF TRANIAN SOCIETY FOR CULTURAL TIES WITH USSR REPRESENTATIVES OF INTELLIGENT21/ OF QUOTE SOUTHERN AZERJAIDZHAN UNQUOTE CAME TO BAKU PERIOD NAMES OF MEMBERS OF DELEGATION COMMA HEADED BY GENERAL SECRETARY IF IRANIAN SOCIETY ACADEMICIAN BY NAFISI COMMA ARE GIVEN PERIOD DELEGATION WAS ACCOMPANIES CONSUL GENERAL COUNSELOR OF SOVIET EMBASSY IN TEHERAM AND SOVIET MADE SPEECHES o IN TABRIT DEHALI PERIOD OF DELEGATION PRINCIPAL AT MEMBERS JUBILED OF SESSION DELEGATION OF SUPREME SOVIET OF ON AZERBAIDZHAN PERIOD ACADEMICIAN NAFISI STATED IN MISSPEECH CUSTOMS DIAT QUOTE OUR CULTURE COMMA LITERATURE ART AND MUSIC OUR AND TRADITIONS IRREFUTABLY PROVE INDISSOLUBLE BOND BETWEEN 0 TRANIAN AND AZERBAID2HAN PEOPLES PERIOD CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC COMMA TIES HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED BETWEEN IRAN AND AZERBAIDZM OF FRIENDNO FORCES CAN TEAR APART THESE UNBREAKABLE BONDS AND UNITING OUR PEOPLES UNQUOTE PARAGRAPH IRANIAN DELEGATION THEY SHIP THIRTEEN DAYS IN AZERBAIDZHAN COMMA DURING WHICH TIME AZERBAIDZHAM GOVERNMENT SPENT OF ATTENDED OFFICIAL RECEPTION HELD BY OF SCIENCES COMMA UNI- COMMA VISITED OIL FIELDS COMMA ACADEMY SETTLEVERSITY COMMA CONSERVATORY CONISA THEATRES AND WORKERS BIRTH- PERIOD GUESTS ALSO VISITED CITY OF KOROVABAI DASH ON MENTS GREAT NIZAMI PERIOD DELEGATION DEPOSITED WREATH IN PLACE OF OF POET PERIOD DELEGATION DISPLAYED GREAT INTEREST ORGRAVE OF LABOR ON QUOTE FEE OCTOBER UNQUOTE COLLECTIVE ISLAM FARM CANIZATION DELEGATION WERE RECEIVED BY SHEIKH DASH UL DASH or ELDERS OF WHO TOLD THEM ID DETAIL ABOUT POSITION ALI DASH ZADE COMMA COMMA ABOUT ASSISTANCE TO MOHAMMEDAN RELIGION IN AZERBAIDZMAN PERIOD DELEGATION WARMLY RED ARMY FROM CLERGY AND BELIEVERS JOYFUL RECEPTION AND THANKED PEOPLE OF AZERBAIDZMAN FOR WARM BY AZERDAIDITS ADMIRATION FOR SUCCESSES ACHIEVED CULTURE EXPRESSED ZHAN PEOPLE IN REALMS OF INDUSTRY CONNA AGRICULTURE AND PARAGRAPH REPEATED TO TEHERAM AS 35 HARRIMAN RL/953F Erss OSAY 27,1945 29 PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO 183 DE DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION INCOMING TELEGRAM ARTMENT OF ATE DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES PLAIN JP-1456 1945 J.M 2 All 9 15 Koeaom via Army Dated May 31, 1945 Rec'd 11:27 8.0., June let. Secretary of State, Washington. 1841, Thirty-first Following Spanish and Latin American items appeared in press for May 30. One. Brief Paris desnatch that Franco Government has refused Belgian Government request for extradition 0 of exist leader Fegrelle. O Two. New York despatch reporting UP stroy from Bio de Jeneiro according to which Catholic Bishop of Ate of Hours Carlos Duarte has given interview in which he criticized ""Fesciet tendencier of Roman Catholic Clergy". Duerte reportedly accused kepal Nuncio in Brezil of capionage on behalf of Germany and is quoted no stating that polition1 imperinlism seeks to eatablish its domination American countries under leadership Vatican and Franco. Three. Report the t progressive circles in Mexico are sharely criticising Foreign Minister Padillan support at Ben Francisco Conference for inviting Argentina. Despatch refers 30 PRECISION MICROFILM MICROSTAT MARK ROLL NO 31 184 -2- #1841, Thirty-first, from Hoecow via Army. refers to criticism of Pedille by Lombardo Toledano and to statement by Committe for defense of Mexican revolution that Padille 10 far from representing sentiments of Mexican people. Four. Despatch consisting mostly or quotation from declaration of group of Argentina and Uruguayan denoeratic leaders published in DIARO POPULARO of Kontevideo for May 24 criticizing London Polish Government and demending recognition of Warsaw Government and its invitation to San Francisco. Five. Report that "independent civic committee of scientists and artists" which item states is organization of outstanding representatives of American intelligentsin 0 has sent demand to American Ambassador in Argentine that he secure release from prison of ell anti-Fascists and rectoration of constitutional government in Argentina. Item states that message was signed by sculntor Devison, playwright Hellnan and others. Six. Renort of reception in Soviet Embessy in Mexico in honor of victory over Germany attended by Mexicon political and cultural leaders. UNSIGNED WFS 0 o U.S. PAS. OFF MICROFILM ROLL NO 185 DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION INCOMING DEPARTMENT OF TELEGRAM STATE 186 O DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES 0 -2-(1807, Thirticth, from Hondow via Var 1945 MAY 31 AM 9 16 EK-575 no.) PLAIN not remin passive na long as Franco continued to Monoow via War threaten PEOCE in Europe. Dated May 30, 1945 Four. New York despatch dated May 27 citing Rec'd 1:30 P.M. HERALD TRIBUNE correspondent in Bucnon Airco PC- garding continued arreats of Argentine anti-Foscists. Five. Mexico City despatch dated May 28 report- Scoretary of State, Washington. Ing and quoting from resolution of protest of Mexionn confederation of Labor against increasing activity of Sinarchists. 1607, Thirticth. Following Spanish and Latin American items Six. New York deapatch dated May 28 headed appeared in press for May 20 and 29: "novement in Latin America for break with Franco Spain". Roe despatch dated May 27 citing newspaper UNITA to effect that Mussolini's former Ambasandor Item referred to despatches from NEW YORK TILES to Berlin infuso had arrived by airplane in Spain correspondents in Hicaragun and Equador reporting Item quotes UNITE'S demand that Italian Government that anti-Foscist groups WEPE deconding SEVEPANCE of return passport to Franco's Ambasandor in Rome. diplomatic relations with France Government and also to reported neeting in New York at which Congressum Two. London and New York despatches dated May 27 reporting that Franco Government has not yet Celler addressed 40,000 persons with demand for replied to French note regarding extradition of Laval and that other Pascist lenders such as Degrelle acceptance of relations with Spain. UNSIGNED had taken refuge in Spain. one of these despatches HJF quoted conuent on Franco by Washington ST.R and by radio commentators Sergio and Franhingdon. Three. Despatch from London dated May 28 quoting demand of newspaper STAR that Franco regime be out- lowed. ST.R was quoted to effect that Allico could not remain O PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO is DIVISION OF MING GRAM COPY FOR SECRETARY 32 CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION PLAIN VS-001 Moscow via Artry Dated May 30, 1945 Roo'd 6:51 a.m., 31st STATE Socrotary of State, Weshington. MAY 1945 DC) 1832, Thirtioth HAISON OFFICE Following American items appeared in Loacou pross for May 30th. One. Dospatch reporting publication by American 0 nonspapers of article by Elonnor Roosevelt reportedly criticising efforts of cortain circlos to arouse foar 0 of Sovict Union. Dospatch quotes two paragraphs in which New Roosevolt states that there are still people in America who ero consciously acting in interests of Pascinta. Moreaver, according to quotation, there are many persons who unconsciously net against general poace. Thoug people are notusted by fear. They four Russin and Britain and curculato all aorta of dorogatory manors about other pooplos without invostigating truth or fulsohood of thomo storios. Quotation concludos with Hrs Roosevolt's opinion that nolo assurance of ontablishing 0 187 MICROFILM ROLL NO 188 33 -2-71823, Thirtioth, from Moscow via Army of establishing peace consists in Americans confidence in thomsolven. Two. Almost two columns of summary and quotations of Stattinium May 28th rodio speech. Coverage includes paragraph expressing attitude of United Statos Governmont and people toward Argentino and two paragraphs describing contribution medo by Nolotov to work of Conference. It also reports or quotes Stottiniust expression of satisfaction with work done by Conference and confidence in succonsful outcome. Remarks rogarding various amandronts proposed at Conference word givon extensive apaco. Stottinius statement that Poland O should be represented at San Francisco and that position of United States #0.5 that Poland could be represented only by government formod in accordance with Yalta Agreement HOS quoted. In conclusion Stottinium statement that stotutos agrood upon at Conference must be potified by toothirds voto of United States sonata and fully approved by American people for organization to be guccuss uns reported. USSIGNED ERC O 189 INCOMING DEPARTMENT OF TELEGRAM STATE DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION 1809, thirticth, from Moscow vin Arry. DIVISION OF Despatch ndds that Coffey published article in CENTRAL SERVICE St. Louis POST DISPATCH for April 24 describing heroic PLAIN HB-569 SC MAY 31 All 8 53 Rossow via Army role of Soviet Union in war and long history of Russian Amorienn friendship. Dated May 30, 1945 Rec'd 1:10 p.m. MESSAGE UNSIGNED WFS Secretary of State, Washington. 1809, Thirtieth PRAVIDA for May 27 published on page three Washington dospatch dated May 25 reporting statement by representativo Coffey demanding that Stottinius take nonsuree "to put an and to rubors directed ingainst our Russian Allion* C stating that Coffey had warned of attumpts of reactionarice to provoke friction betwoon United States and Soviet Union which menaced peace donpotch quoted three persgraphic from Coffey's statement. Coffey no quoted warned th t powerful forces behind soonor were exerting influence on courso of events and urged that DO American should 100m lieve that any international organization could be 01100000ful if Americans became entranged from Russin. Quotation includes statement that it the within power of State Department to prevent dissomination of dangerous program which night offend Sovoit Union and drive it from 5nn Francisco Conference. Quotation concludes by stating that O it is essential that Stottinium put end to such rulers. Despatch adds 0 PPRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTATA MICROFILM ROLL NO. INCOMING TELEGRAM DEPARTMENT OF STATE 191 DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION 0 34 JSE-1014 PLATE Loscow vin Mor Dated May 28, 1940 Sec'd 3:07 P.M. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Secretary of State, MAY 29 1945 Cashington. 1703, Twenty-eig.ti DC LIAISON OFFICE Monoow nowapapara for Ens 87 publish front DEGO announcement of reception by Stalin last night of Eleter Hopkins and Ambonandor Herrison. Dr. Davios arrival in London USD reported in nows item. o IEVESTIYL special correspendent Zhakov in his article from wan Francisco published today reports extensive press compont regarding missions of Nopline and Davies and widespread bolior that Procident's choice of these two chmupions of close cooperation of groot damogratic powers will Gispal foor that abandon= nont of Roonovult's foreign policy is possible. 1335.00 INSIGND KCP 0 CISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT NO. U.S.PAT. OR MICROFILM ROLL NO DEPARTMENT INCOMING OF STATE DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION TELEGRAM 35 DMD-1672 PLAIN Koscow vis Mar Dated May 27, 1945 Ree'd 3 D.M. Secretary of State DEPARTMENT OF TATE Washington MAY 51945 1776, twentyseventh DC L LIAISON OFFICE Press of twentyfifth devoted about fivo inches to reporting President's statements to press regarding Lond-Lesse to Soviet Union. Despatch states that in answer to question whether Soviet Union is continuing O to receive Lend-Lease shipments, President answered in affirmative, referring to protocol. President's statenont that continuation of Lend-Lense after June must be considered in accordance with circumstances as would be decided antisfactorily for interests of United States and international ponce, KED noted. Item concludes by stating that in matror to question whether United States night noko shipments to countries, including Soviet Union, not at war with Japen Truman replied that such shipments are possible if they are in conformity with protocol. MESSAGE UNSIGNED O BR PRECISION TRADE MARE MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO 193 DEPARTMENT OF REC STATE DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION INCOMING TELEGRAM DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES 1528-971 1945 MAY 26 AM 9 14 PLAIN Noncor via Unr Dated May 25, 1045 36 DO/L LIAISON Rec'd. 12:20 Pall. Secretary of State, Washington. 1748, Twenty-fifth. Froom for May 24 devoted about fifteen inchem to fairly prominent despatch regarding Presidentifs quarterly Land-Lease report. Despatch included quotation pointing out that Allies still face powerful and fanation1 Japanese enemy against whom they could now hurl full strength. C It gave total Value of Lend-Lease shipments, and brondsom by categories, countries and first four years. statement that in critical year 1944 British Empire received shippents sufficient to equip one-fourth of its armed forces was included. Regarding Soviet Union, item pointed out that although bulk of Soviet equipment was produced in Soviet factorios, Lend-Lense shipments accelerated pace of Red Army offensives. Pigures for airplane and motor vehicle shipments to Soviet Union were given, and mention was made of equipment furnished Soviet factorion. Despateh 0 PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO 194 0 C -2- #1748, Twenty-fifth, from Moseom vis Unr Despatch concluded with figures on reverse Lend-Lease and statement that reverso Lond=Lonso from Soviet Union began when shuttle bonbing bases were established. MESSAGE UNSIGNED HR 0 c PRECISION MICROFILM BOLL NO DEPARTMENT OF STATE INCOMING TELEGRAM DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION PLAIN RF-1721 Homaca DEPARTMENT OF STATE Dated May 27, 1945 ( WAY 281945 DC/L Rea'd 11:15 P.M. DAISON OFFICE PVS VIA PREVI 37 3005 MOSCOW 1405/1404 28 0107 FRESS SECSTATE WASHINGTON 1773 TWENTYSEVENTH ON MAYMENTYSIXTH COMMA ANNIVERSARY OF SIGNING OF ANGLO AMERICAN ALLIANCE COMMA FOLLOWING BRITISH MATERIALS APPEAR IN PRAVDA COLOR PARAGRAPH ONE FRONT PAGE CARRIES EXCHANGE OF TELEGRAMS BETWEEN MOLOTOV AND EDEN ON OCCASION OF THIRD ANNIVERSARYMOP ALLIANCE PERIOD BOTH TELEGRAMS DEFER TO SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION OF BRITISH AND SOVIET PEOPLES DURING WAR AND EXPRESS CONFIDENCE IN FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF RICLO SOVIET COLLABORATION IN FUTURE PARAGRAPH TWO FOREIGN PAGE CARRIES TWO COLUMN ARTICLE BY D ZASLAVSKI ENTITLED QUOTE CONCERNING THOSE WHOMARE UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND THOSE WHO DO NOT WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE UNQUOTE PERIOD SUMMARY FOLLOWS COLON PARAGRAPH ENGLISH NEWSPAPER YORKSHIRE POST COMMA DISTRESSED BY DISAGREEMENTS WHICH ARE ARISING AMONG ALLIES ON VARIOUS QUESTIONS COMMA SEEXS MEANS FOR ELIMINATION OF THESE DISAGREEMENTS PERIOD NEWSPAPER WRITES COLON OHOTE SINCERE DESIRE FOR MITUAL UNDERSTANDING DEFINITELY EXISTS IN ENGLAND PERIOD IF COMMAMIN SPITE OF THIS COMMA MISUNDERSTANDINGS ARISE COMMA THEN THEIR CAUSE MUST BE SOUGHT NOT IN ANY BASIC CLASS OF INTERESTS COMMA WHICH WOULD BE FATAL COMMA BUT COMMA IT IS POSSIBLE COMMA RATHER IN DIFFERENCE OF METHODS AND TRADITIONS RIATUS INSUFFICIENT UNDERSTANDING OF WESTERN METHODS WHICH RUSSIANS HAVE SOMETIMES SHOWN IN THEIR CTIONS IS RESULT OF POLICY CONDUCTED BY LENIN COMMA IN REVERSE OF PETER THE GREATS POLICY OF RAPPROCHEMENT WITH WEST COMMA THIS REVERSE CHAR- ACTER HAVING FOUND ITS EXPRESSION IN SHIFT OF CAPITAL PARENTHESI: MOSCOW INSTEAD OF LENINGRAD PARENTHESIS UNDUOTE PARAGRAPH VE (GREE WITH YORKSHIRE POST THAT FUNDAMENTAL INTERESTS OF GREAT ALLIED POWERS CREAT FULL POSSIBILITY FOR MUTUAL UN PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT ROLL NO 196 -0-71773, Twenty-seventh, from Mosaost 197 O 3.41773, Twenty-seventh, from Koscow ( IS UNABLE TO AND UNANIMITY IN FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM VE ARE AFRAID COMMA HOWEVER COMMA THAT ENGLISH NEWSPAPER DETACHES ITSELF FROM PATH TO UNDERSTANDING BY RESORTING TO INAPPLICABLE HISTORICAL PARALLEL PERIOD NEWSPAPER REPRESENTS WHOLE COURSE OF RUSSIAN HISTORY IN TERMS OF OPPOSITION OF A CONVENTIONAL QUOTE WEST UNQUOTE TO AN EQUALLY CONVENTIC QUOTE EAST UNDUOTE PERIOD THERE IS NO DO so FOR IT PREFERS ITS SCHEME TO FACTS PERIOD BUT FACTS ARE CLEAR AND VERY SIMPLE PARAGRAPH LIBERATING PEEOPLES FROM GERMAN FASCISM COMMA RED ARMY IS DESTROYING FASCIST PARTY AND FASCIST INSTITUTIONS IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH DECISIONS OF CRIMEA CONFERENCE PERIOD THIS IN NO WAY SUDMITS TO DESCRIPTION UNDER TERM QUOTE UNILATERAL SCIENTIFVCMFOUNDATION FOR IDEA OF QUOTE REVERSE CHARACTER UNQUOTE OF POLICY OF TWENTIETH CENTURY IN RELATION TO POLICY OF SEVENTEENTH CENTURY IN RUSSIAN HISTORY PERIOD CONTRAST IN QUOTE LIBERATED ERADICATION COUNTRIES OF FASCING ALL ACTIONS INVOLVES UNQUOTE RESTORATION PERIOD OF IT DEMOCRACY IS ORVIOUS IN THAT ALL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS ARE REVIVING AND DEMOCRATIC PARTIES AND GROUPS WHICH WAGED UNDERGROUND LIBER- WESTERN UNQUOTE AND QUOTE EASTERN UNQUOTE METHODS IS EQUALLY GROUNDLESS PERIOD YORKSHIRE POST ASSUMES THAT RUSSIANS ARE DISPLAYING QUOTE INSUFFICIENT UNDERSTANDING OF WESTERN METHODS ATION STRUGGLE PERIOD OF GERMAN OCCUPATION ARE EMERGING INTO OPEN POLITICAL LIFE PERIOD RED ARMY TREATS UNQUOTE PERIOD BUT WE SUFFICIENTTLY FAMILIAR WITH VARIOUS QUOTE WESTERN METHODS UNQUOTE PERIOD FOR EXAMPLE COMMA BEFORE WAR RULING QUOTE WESTERN METHODS UNQUOTE OF ENGLISH FOREIGN POLICY CONSISTED IN SETTING WHOLE WESTERN EUROPEAN WORLD AGAINST SOVIET UNION AND IN ARTIFICIAL HOSTILE ISOLATION OF SOVIET UNION PERIOD THIS QUOTE WESTERN METHOD UNQUOTE WAS GRACED WITH NAME OF QUOTE MUNICH UNQUOTE PERIOD WHAT IT LED TO IS WELL KNOWN PERIOD GREATEST CATASTROPHE OVERTOOK WESTERN EUROPE AND NEARLY DESTROYED ENGLAND PERIOD THIS QUOTE VESTERN METHOD UNQUOTE WAS REPLACED DURING WAR BY ANOTHER QUOTE VESTERN METHOD LINQUOTE COMMA WHICH HAS RECEIVED ITS EXPRESSION INN ANGLO DEMO- SOVIET ALLIANCE AND IN FORMATION OF COALITION OF GREAT 4 COULD IT DE OTHERWISE QUESTION FROM VERY BEGINNING OF WAR RED ARMY OF LIBERATING LAND HAS BUT ALSO PURSUED ALL TASK PEOPLES ENSLAVED BY NOT GERMANS ONLY ITS PERIOD OWN THEREFORD NATIVE PEOPLES GREET TRANSFERS RED ARMY AS THEIR LIBERATOR PERIOD RED ARMY ADMINISTRATION TO LIDERATED PEOPLES THEMSEL WHEREPERMIT PERIOD THIS GUOTE VER MILITARY UNILATERAL CIRCUNSTANCE ACTION IS IN NO SENSE UNQUOTE PERIOD ON CONTRARY COMMA IT IS IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH CRIMEAN DECLARATION ON LIBERATED EUROPE PERIOD so IT HAS BEEN IN BOTH HAVE BEEN DEMOCRA- TIC OTHER ACTION HAND COMMA IT WOULD POLAND UNILATERAL AND AUSTRIA AND PERIOD ANTI ON HAD RED ARMY FORCED UNSUITABLE GOVERNMENTS UPON LIBERATED PEOPLES PERIOD SOVIET PEOPLE INSIST MERELY THAT CRATIC POWERS PERIOD THIS QUOTE WESTERN METHOD UNQUOTE LED TO VICTORY OVER HITLERITE GERMANY COMMA AND MILITARY OPERATIONS PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENTS IN LIDERATED OF RED ARMY ON EASTERN FRONT PLAYED DECISIVE ROLE IN SALVA- FASCISM ELEMENTS WHICH ARE PRO FASCIST AND MOSTILE COUNTRIES TO SOVIET CONTAIN UNION NO PERIOD TION OF EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION PARAGRAPH WHAT QUOTE WESTERN METHODS UNQUOTE IS ENGLISH NEWSPAPER TALKING ABOUT QUESTION IF TERM QUOTE WESTERN METHOD UNQUOTE MEANS DEMOCRACY COMMA EQUAL RIGHTS OF EPOPLES COMMA MAINTENANCE OF THEIR INDEPENDENCE COMMA THEN SOVIET PEOPLE KNOW THAT HIGHEST FORM OF DEMOCRACY IS REALIZED IN SOVIET STATE PERIOD THIS DEMOCRACY IS OF SECOND WORLD WAR COMMA IS INDISPUTABLY PROVEDO BY WHOLE COURSE MOST 18: AND HOSTILITY TO SOVIET UNION ARE IDENTICAL CONCEPTIONS PERIOD ASSISTING LIBERATED PEOPLES TO ELIMINATE REMNANTS OF FASCISM FROM THEIR COUNTRIES COMMA SOVIET UNIO IS FULFILLING DE= CISIONS OF CRIMEAN INFERENCE PERIOD SUCH ARE FACTS PERIOD THEY REFUTE SCHEME WHICH IS DEAR TO CERTAIN POLITICANS IN ENGLAND AND PERIOD BUT so MUCH THE THERE ARE STILL IDENTIFY THESE QUOTE POLITICIANS PARAGRAPH WORSE FOR THIS PEOPLE SCHEME WHO AND WESTERN METHOD UNQUOTE WITH METHODS OF PREWAR FOREIGN POLICY PERIOD THESE PEOPLE TRY TO FORCE IN WHICH SOVIET PEOPLE PROVED ITSELF STRONGEST AND RECONCILIABLE OPPONENT OF GERMAN FASCISM PERIOD DEMOCRATIC DEMOCRATIC CONTENT STATES EUROPE FOUND IN SOVIET PEOPLE THEIR SUREST AND STRONGEST DEMOCRATIC GENTLEMEN THINK FORM UNQUOTE THAT THEY WITHOUT ARE BEARERS UPON ALL PEOPLES PERIOD QUOTE THESE DEFENDER AND LIBERATOR PARAGRAPH WE REGRET THAT YOURKSHIRE POST DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THIS PERIOD IT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND CRACY AND THAT ALL OTHER PEOPLES MUST BLINDLY IMITATE OLD AND A UNDERSTAND GREAT POWER ON BASIS OF CONSCIENTIOUSLY STUDIED FACTS BUT SCHEMES ARCHAIC AND PREFERS TO JUDGE ON 3ASIS OF TRADITIONAL FROM SUCH EMPTY PSEUDO HISTORICAL PARALLELS PERIOD PROCEEDING GROUNDLESS PRECONCEPTIONS COMMA IT SAYS THAT SOVIET STATE TENDS TOWARD SELF ISOLATION AND UNILATERAL ACTIONS COMMA AS INSTANCED BY FORMATION OF PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENTS IN POLAND AND MUSTRIA COMMA ENGLISH NEWSPAPER DOES NOT UNDERSTAND PERIOD WE A AND MONOPOLISTS OF DEMO- CBSOLETE MODELS PERIOD THESE GENTLEMEN THINK IN OUTWORN CATEGORIES PERIOD THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN BECAUSE IT IS UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND COMMA AND IT IS UNABLE TO BECAUSE IT DOES NOT TAKE THE TROUBLE TO JUDGE 0 THIS PROCESS OF RESTORATION OF DEMOCRACY WITH COMPLETE SYMPATHY PERIOD INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PERIOD CAUSE FOR THIS IS NOT THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND BUT THEY DO NOT WISH TO UNDERSTAND PERIOD THEY DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACTS PERIOD THUS COMMA NEWSPAPER CARRIES DAILY ARTICLE MIRROR BY COMMA PUBLISHED IN SIDNEY COMMA ENGLISH AUSTRALIA A MR BAUM WHO WRITES COLON QUOTE TODAY COMMA WHEN THERE IS NO LONGER ANY NECESSITY OF REPULSING GERMAN AGGRESSORS FROM STALINGRAD COMMA ENGLISH PEOPLE FEEL KEEN NECESSITY OF REPULSING IDEOLOGICAL AGGRESSORS OF MOSCOW MIATUS RUSSIANS THREATEN EUROPE UNQUOTE PERIOD NEWSPAPER FRANKLY TRADE MARK MICROFILM MICROSTAT ROLL NO 198 -4-71773, Twenty-acventh from Hoscow DECLARES THAT ALLIANCE WITH SOVIET PEOPLE WAS NECESSARY AT TIME WHEN DANGER THREATENED ENGLAND PERIOD NOW THIS DANGER HAS PASSED AND ALLIANCE ISNO LONGER NEEDED PERIOD ON CONTRARY WITH COMMA ENGLAND IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN NEED OF STRUCGLE UNION SUCH AS THAT VAGED AGAINST HITLERITE GERMANY SOVIET THERE IS NOTHING NEW IN THIS PERIOD THERE IS NO LACK COALI- OF UNDERSTANDING UNQUOTE PERIOD ANTI TO REACTIONARY AUSTRALIAN PERIOD QUOTE TION IS MUTUAL HATEFUL NEVSPAPER PERIOD HITLERITE UNION IS NOT WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE FACT THAT SOVIET MIGHTY IT DOES DEMOCRATIC POWER PERIOD THERE WAS TIME WHEN ABOUT CERTAIN SUN PEOPL DID NOT WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EARTH REVOLVES ACKNOWLEDGE COMMA AND TIME WHEN HITLERITES DID NOT WISH TO SUPERIORITY OF RED ARMY OVER GERMAN ARMED FORCES PERIOD OUT IT HAD TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED PARAGRAPH AMERICAN HEARST PRESS HAS AT SAN SYSTEMATICALLY DISTORTED POSITION OF SOVIET DELEGATION FRANCISCO CONFERENCE PERIOD IS THIS BECAUSE IT IS UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND SOVIET POSITION QUESTION BY NO MEANS PERIOD QUOTE GREAT IT NOT WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE FACT THAT SOVIET UNION IS TO DOES DEMOCRATIC POWER WHICH POSSESSES SUFFICIENT MIGHT NOT ONLY SECURITY ON ITS OWN BORDERS BUT ALSO TO ASSURE ESTABLISH OF PEOPLES OF EUROPE PARAGRAPH QUOTE THIS MUST E SECURITY ACKNOWLEDGED PERIOD THE SOONE OUR FRIENDS AND OUR FOES UNDER- STAND IT COMMA THE BETTER IT WILL DE FOR ALL HUMANITY UNQUOTE PERIOD REPEATED TO LONDON AS 225 C HARRIMAN RL/1115P MAY 27, 1945) 0 0 PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT DEPARTMENT INCOMING TELEGRAM OF STATE CENTRACION CENTRAL DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION OF MS-704 PLAIN 1945 MAY 31 AM 9 Hoscow Dated May 30, 1945 Rec'd 6:10 p.m. 38 PW13 VIA PREWI MOSCOU 3109 204 RTP 30 2050 PRESS SECSTATE WASHINGTON 1800 THIRTIETH MOSCOV PRESS FOR MAY TWENTYNINTH ANNOUNCED THAT PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW ANI ALL RUSSIA HAD DEPARTED TOGETHER FOLLOWS INVI- EM- CMM OF JERUSALEM THE TATION PATRIATCH OF ALEXANDRIA BASSYS WITH CHURCH OF TRANSLATION PATRIATCH THE DELEGATION OF ANNOUNCEMENT TO VISIT MOST COUNTRIES BLESSED MOST OF BLESSED CLN TIMOTHY NEAR PGM EAST AT CHRISTOPHER CMM PRD PATRIACH AND ALL THE EAST CMM MOST ALEXANDER HEADED BY AND ALL RUSSIA ON MAY TWENTYEIGHTH TO THIRD DEPARTED THE THE A PATRIACH CHURCH FROM OF ANTIOCH MOSCOW DELEGATION OF MOSCOW CONSISTING OF TWELVE MOST FOR RETURN BLESSED HOLY PERSONS ALEXSEI VISITS CMM ALEXANDRIA CMM DAMASCUS PRD INCLUDED IN THE THE KRUTISKI NIKOLAI OF SMN ARCHPRIEST NIKOLAI KOLCHITSKI PGH CAIRO THE CMM FOLLOWING ARE DELEGATION ACCOMPANYING ARCHBISHOP TULA PATRIACH AND JERUSALEM BELEV CLN METROPOLITAN CMM VITALI CMN AND BEIRUT AND ECCLESIASTICS PRD PGN METROPOLITAN ACCOMPANIED BY AND KRUTITSKI OTHER CHURCHMEN NIKOLAI CMM ARCHPRIEST NIKOLAI KOL- CHITSKI AND PRIEST IUVENALI WILL 00 FROM CAIRO TO LONDON AT THE INVITATION OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND WILL RETURN THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORKS VISIT TO THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE PRD PCH SENT TO DEPARTMENT AS 1800 CMN REPEATED TO JERUSALEM TO CAIRO AS SIXTYFIVE SMN BEIRUT AND LONDON AS 229 RL 610F MAY 30,1945) HARRIMAN PRECISION TRADE MARE MICROSTATA REG.U.S.PAI. ON MICROFILM ROLL NO. 200 PARAPERASE or RECEIVING PROH, American Naturary, (vis Year) TO: Secretary of State, Washington DATED: May 31, 1945 NUMBER: 1829 CONFIDENTIAL A lecture on "the VAT in the Pacific Ocean VAT area to approximately 39 one hundred people is Moscow Polytamanta Massum by Colonel Telchenov. leading Soviet military commentator. on Very 29. Too are referred to Nabasay's cable No. 4383 of November 10. 1944. Telebessy placed n great don't more stress upon role of was in Aurape AR feator influencing Pecific affiction is this lecture then is the lecture which he DATE ## this subject last November 2a mis that the min forces of the llies had been tied up in Europe but would be svilable for use in the Japanese var now. It had been the Japanesa baller previously that a favorable factor on 0 their side was provided by the operations of Grewar in Suraps. A saw note of alara had crapt into press of Japan, with var finished. A regard statement that Japan mast now free stansia forces of Regland and America alone vas as example of this. (Rule - is being peperates AR No. 40 to Christing.) the May 39 lecture, at the time. depicted . more osscrete and impressive picture of power will evallable to Japan Share the lecture is November or other public statements in this connection. Colome1 Telehangy said that Japanese srites' spirit reacined unbroken(as Initianted at Oktrave and alsewhere). that enorcous difficulties are faced to the Allies in connection with carrying out operations 8.000 kilensters from United States* weat coast, that the any of Japan is still approximately 4,000,000 ann (which likely could be raised to 6,000,000 or .000.000). and that while the Japanase Josees were large. they are small of portion entire C PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO 202 201 No. 1820 race #3 No. 1829 page *2 Telchanov refused to reply to a creation AS to whather the Japanesa had violated of entire arnad force. The Allies lack of good bases use especially stressed by Seviet fronsier recently. In a sintlar fashion. be dismissed other queries condern- Telchanor. He said that Ordnews VIA DO England and that China would be far better Inc situation in China and other political questions. Telchanow stated. in reply tase but only future would raveal whether 11 would be used by Allies. to quary concerning damage being suffered by industry of Japan ds to American Telchenov recapitulated the advantages which the Alliee enjoy. in bombing. that there was no question but that a am dan1 of daunge had been done an evaluation of the future prospects of var against Japan,bus said that victory by such blows as recent raid on Hagayn, but that 11 was not possible to cat adequate must be realised by the application of superiority in pen and equipment and is information on this point. Telchanov sale, however, that the Japanese program of not realized by their sere persection decentralising industry must be taken into account. Telchenov stated that The onission of all mention of Japanese plans for aggression against the Series or for world deniantion by Telchemov in his lecture WAR A further appreciable damage had resulted is bettle from Japanese suicide planes, in reply to 0 question concerning the of such planes. difference between this GE# and this lecture he CATS in November His reply to a QUART conserning attitude of press of Japan toward Basela WAD his only statement which dealt with Soviet Japaness HIS annual to this question was that Seasingly the group attending the lecture VRS alightly irritated by Tolchenov's failure to reply to political questions. The statement that it ves very he/12 she$ Telchenov had not replied to more questions was ands by one NEVD officer. In reply to a question to whether Soviet Unies would enter var against the press of Japan 1. very friendly to Sovial Union as present. the quetomary well-orgunized narrative in which he axcels comprised the larger part of the lecture. the battle for the Solonons (which he believed Japan, he acid that the soops of his lecture did not cover this question. This VAR the question which caused the createst interest and #020 leaghter. vas turning point of Pacific var) van given particular attention. The facts which In conclusion, DEF point which should be mentional is the WAY is he outlined concerning the campations of States and Megarthur GAYS Impression of which possible Allied strategy is Pecific in the future was discussed by Telchenov. told use of tremendous power and careful organization, although he did not openly Telabeuor stated that whether the Alling would rely en bombing and blockate or express admination for strategy of the Allise. whether they would take "decisive nausures was the (first question. In the event Facts and figures inticating great suparierity of Allies to air and they undertook invesion. would they 1011 until overwhelming forces had been mthered .... vere presented by Telchenov but ha rephasized the idea that victory could not or would they do to is the institute future? Sa said in this connection that as be von by sea and air power alone and that land power must play important. 11 not long as . year night be needed for transfer of forces from Europe. The epistes decisive part, a than to any of his earlier statements concerning the var in the was expressed by Telchwood that the Allies ven1e realize still creater prepanderence Pacific of strength by writing for all these forces to be concentrated. but that they would Following his talk approximately fifteen questions vere submitted to Cose in "teaps" by following angb procedure, his. Pointing out that the question as not deal with *Pacific Ocean front's Tolchener MARRIMAN DC/L:QPV 6-2-45 PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO 203 DIVISION OF CENTRAL SERVICES TELEGRAPH SECTION MING GRAM COPY FOR SECRETARY PLAIN Howeow vin Army 1945 MAY 31 IN 9 21 DC/L Dated May 30, 1945 Rea'd 1:25 p.m. LIAISON Secretary of State, Washington. 1008, Thirtieth Following item regarding arreata or trinls of 40 collebornticniats appeared in presa for Hay 29. Onc. Belgrade despatch reporting APPEST of Handleh, former Prime Mirister under Pnyclic, and there. TMC. Poria despitah reporting orrenta of GERTIGIO apica and collaborationists now being carried out in Holland. C Three. Lepdon item on APPEAL of Himitr's brother and sisters. Four, Account from Stockholm is first phese of Quinlinga trial. Five. London report of death statence passed in From on Creems Mangent. Itema TEFC published reporting work of Planish Tomalator investighting misdeeds emmitted in state police during wer and denend by University if Parin students for execution of Petrin. UNSIGNED 0 NOP C oN TRADE MARK MICROSTAT MICROFILM ROLL NO - AGGTO 204 Accrient intestry Robeot P.O.1 Secretary of State, Seatington 20g DATED May 30, 1945 11/2021 1799 A brief digest of we US ITE COUNTY Class To. 10 issued May 15, 1945 follows: 1. in aditorial entities the great victory. Following the alain that the officecy of conlition on guarantee of security for and medium nations and the root role and Importance of Sarlet Union as sariour of civilination of from 'nociet tercarim lave been decoratrated by the opures and octoon of the ser, she article states that victory over Domeson now remains to be consolidated by (2) establishment of All effective International Socurity Organization and (2) December complete military end economic diseminent and toral political destruction of (It is taid utilization of Deman labor, recerations in kind, qualifi and dreatic penisement of ver crisicals, liquidation of 10 Unite state, German amid foreen, concernal staff and oconomic lasts of appreasion are Itplied is USA progress) If International Security Organi- action purises no extrancous N. lien to its spirit and if major vistor persons votic in spirit to sensed based on nutur1 respect and understanding for equal interests, struggle to and evert accreasion by Germany will again Tim these that signature creditention of Fascion cecessitates decirive struggle in various nations of the torld assignt surviving reactiorary pro-Tspeist forces and Separialist tendencies in developed to article, as it proceeds with murvey of world issues. Under loadings of food supply. reconstruction, PRECISION TRADE MARK MICROSTAT NG.U.S.PAT.OFF MICROFILM ROLL NO. 205 -2- mm, 1642 30, 3045, am SCHOOL 206 07922 the 30, 1045 from 0 eiven. 1 4. & specialist be Italy for DE 150 ns cuss, S. Slobadakoi reconstruction, proctiting for displaced for - precinct of at type of Creston, and distriction of from pollting too authored Italy after Ministry Itellan pelitical situation before Italy's complete lileration in den- 11fts, . period is sade it (==== in vistarious and literated helders. the ministry Unit of THE in capitalist cribed in terms of struple of runctionary pro-Fascist cliques to frustrate retters is siven spottl atterbire The that Nat mocola if avoiding this desends of Italian populace for greatly nooded polities ceoponie reforms threat is consulted with proposity for demitroment of political such na democretimatice of state, reorganication of Industry and redistribution and accounts contribe in int. reference to of land. Italian ronctionary policy, @lobode2o1 ministra term been to mainthing of the Gastet are the product of delantal countries in their not consolidate political positions in southern Italy and use latter na lane in Corp their freecin and the article strupgle against democratic forces, videh are concentrated in the north, 2. Author of The Million - = Human is military at HAWA principally. The liberetton of nurthern Italy emeot fail to is ter sharply the predicting balance of political forces, he then argues, and LenLahos tagor Hernani 11. Dits is . symptia restard of the SET. of -restem all possibility of justifying further postposement of medical reforms along Alites 1s and the - entry th clvos cruit for lines of those which the of Idleration Delegation fres liberated Dayting PP decision 2014 in . - northum Italy proposed to the Lane Government. Dowever, 51st adaked name 193instration of U.S. tour is cec. is the following with that mindre of of routiers and northern Itsly will intensify at the drink place of very the 10dmc OUR 1111vm resistance to Alcestin of people of listy and that reactionary forces of Italy will not relingsish that positions without . lattle. In when Demiss recistance ins - in 22 List, after Jensary 150 loai 123.ml this correction particular attention is devoted to international contacts of at Lg ted two Under - =23 Vatr Current agriest 12.2 Barden the Luminoma circles of Italy. any Itrlian Panalst financiers and monopolium, the General Distriblio earned contained to the state The 200 Ave in these circuistances out the Cas Mail 1200, cell with has 11 144 be will be dillingly employed for conopolica of desoratio the occurities. A is standitional SEA List forced retire as soliators and agente in their Luciness and various other corrections with Me capitalist circlon of Demany. upon Gummay 3. 1. million = Patend las seizard 5. L. Molymatey (will-le.com political and specialist on Pronos) "ar crimicals will not 13 apc retribution. to and AID THE somed (1212) ⑉ Piland. Governing the valiah quictor, OISM is in of 1004 or Soviet. In Day # calls so 27200 B complete Twenty is is win A conditionation and description, Irsed on materials televe from American 1 and *ritish 205 - 2197, My 27, 1943, no profiting for -111mg deplared to = president of as Sypos of unitooy - disposition of Testist from political 11.04 . restart is amde it trant suches terms in Victoriam and literated De cames 2 **** unrepligent in constalist zatises to sim spirits) in fast that ====== it availing Usin threet is with proposes for of political 166 more jourtrice to political to or - - Co - of cololto contribe .. thefe not fire there medical and in adidas the ording. : Ancher of the killary it Humano is aditary wither of name, blajor Account 3. DE Lin . bending of the === of , Alliw is with the - New to is cricks for playted ** rule 10 - deposit. 4 good Illinotration = the it are is the ammine of is that 1004 of THE the Mar - invaled vine Comez resistsure - - to so into litter Secures Inc tom 1500 App help - love. - -22 date Corres against 12a Bedge taboos. the Hand maleranos in the wat. The - have to there circumstances Quality for the - the with 102 the cented. A = ⑉ than Terms right Cumanz. 3. 1. indicate is two line carifiliter protes to we ALD TO (List - island. Consenting 12m Palish question this is ED authoritation of direct of Soviet. It Day 21 inite to 2240 = complete ravery a since TRADE MARK MICROFILM MICROSTAT ROLL NO. 0992 ity 30, 1945 civen. 4. A specialist on Judy for are 720 DE ass, 5. Slobadaked has authored Italy after Internition. Italian political situation before Italy's complete literation is described in terms of strutt1 of remoidonary pro-Precist eliques to frustrate desards of Italian popalece for creatly Looded politic economic reform such as descriptiontion of state, of industry and redistribution of land. Italian renttonary policy, blobade201 ministrine has been to consolidate political positions in southern Italy and use letter no leas in striple minst democratic forces, which are concentrated in the north, principally. the Liberation of forthern Italy cannot fail to it ter sharphy the producting talance of >official Surece, the than argum, and all possibility of justifying further postpoment of railical reforms along lines of those which the of Literation inlegation from liberated 1 northern Italy proposed to the laws Government. Homever, Slot adidas sures that mergina of reactionaries of southern and northern Italy will istensify residention to Liberation remevent of people of Italy and that resettorary forees of Italy will not relinquists their positions without . lattle. It this correction particular essention is devoted 3 international contacts of Ms Lundness circles of Italy. any Itelian financiers and monopolism, it be assessed, will be willington employed by nonopolion of desocration nations an mediators and agunta in chair turiness and various other connections with be capitalist circlos of Germany+ 5. 1. Polyment polition1 executator and spoeselint on /rance) war crimirals will not in spe retribution. A condition and description issed or aterials telein from Acerim O and witish 208 207 0 s 1729, to 30, 1043, from - /1799, they 30, 1145, from O perce will have to be maintained the it is nade. and writish press, of deferential treatment with reproomlatives of press 0. 0. Deargalov's A dengarous conception. and Allied Consand reportedly accorded outstanding captured lars leaders , plan for or association of contries which Sir Lalter Leyton and Deman generals. Author torse this behavior no no outrage to menory proposed in His book You to deal with Germany's A schese for Auropern perou, of countless victim of liticrim and concludes that severe penintment of in demouneed " one more Turnport redevation proposal prompted by the esire these criminals is condition mr guarantee of posturer security and posco. to review cardon canitaire against 1201 and to rectore Gritish briance of 6. Resarks from international life. DONAT policy on continent of Lurops. Accusation of being Unti-Inerican German Zancist circles represented Ly Otto Stresser, and Otto Stressor in misstance is also leveled at Leyton's plan at sing in text. are accused of schene to restore Derian and prepare for world It in said that all such plana erc inconpetille with security of people of war three. of Allies are materically ocolocel for ordervoring urrape end with maintaining prece in eropean continunt. to interview used: personagen on Seem and level, no. it is and should not be interviewed Eat should to tried and printed. Smoden is criticised for locient trustment of German agents Longegree and Folson at recent trial in O Stockholm. 1 curring of Portugueso for litler is tarmed are nore proof that LC/LITCA there is no limit to Limber Trealst cheselcount tileness. In item concluding 6-1-45 with query as to the this Tescist agency is siven refige in London, General Prohals and His associates on Couch Internal Corittes in London are excoriated. indeavors of comer diplomate in Unificen and in Steeden to change occupations end rannin unditected are brought to light. The services of the Swina to Germany during the ver are called to mind. 7. 1. Bargeovo, Partner correspondent at See /repaised At the United Nations Conference. Casienta and at the conference in Sep Francisco. A great donl of space is devoted to issue of Argentine being extended invitation. Author ascerta this issue tha decided to voten of lectors Donisphere and 0 cites lelter Lippan to writing that countries which old not support decision to invite Argentina were the very ones 15th ution, through stim ml by chan peace will