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Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration)
State Department Briefs Files
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Tito, Josip Broz, 1892-1980
Queuille, Henri, 1884-1970
Cannon, Cavendish Wells, 1895-1962
Bruce, David Kirkpatrick Este, 1898-1977
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON
September 23, 1949
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SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS
FRANCE
Premier Queuille has informed Ambassador Bruce that the
position of his government is less favorable today than
it was during the critical period last year. While economic conditions
have improved, Queuille feels that international political considerations,
difficulties over the new budget and demands for higher wages have caused
the government to lose prestige. He said that the recent division of
ECA aid as between Britain and the continent, the British devaluation of
the pound and the manner in which it was handled, and finally the current
dispute over the devaluation of the German currency had been serious
blows to the French, the last two causing considerable bitterness.
Queuille said he could not keep his government in power if it continued
to be subjected to disappointments and shocks of this nature, and that
he had just about come to the end of his ability to support positions
which were in any way disadvantageous to France.
BRITAIN
Embassy London reports that while comments interpreting
the failure of the general council of the Trade Union
Congress to endorse devaluation as a blow to the government should be
discounted, there is no question but that deval uation was a blow to the
TUC and that in a very real sense the labor movement in England is in
the first stages of a crisis. The basic difficulty arises from the fact
that the aspirations of the trade unions for continuous improvements
cannot be reconciled with the present economic position of Britain, and
that the TUC leaders are generally 12 to 18 months late in facing the
economic facts of life. Another feature of the recent discussion has
been the tendency of some leaders to blame the US for Britain's present
difficulties and a lack of confidence in the US as a partner for the UK
in international affairs.
YUGOSLAVIA
Ambassador Cannon reports that in a. recent conversation
with Marshal Tito the latter appeared calm and confident
of the internal situation, expressing faith in the army and government
administration and in the ability of the people to accept further eco-
nomic privation. He admitted some minor internal sabotage and said that
credits were indeed essential to maintain the economic position of the
regime. On the subject of Albania, Tito expressed concern over the
possibility that Greece might take some precipitate action, which he
said would create real difficulties for the Yugoslavs, and urged that
the Greeks be told to leave Albania alone.
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402
State Dept. Guidellne, June 12, 1979
Date 11.13.to
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