Memorandum from Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew to President Harry S. Truman, Current Foreign Developments
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DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972
By NLTHL NARS Date 62675
June 22, 1945
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Subject: Current Foreim Develomments
Everything Normal, Says Soviet Ambessador in
Ankara. Everything in Soviet-Turkish relations is normal,
the Soviet Ambessador in Ankara replied to a question of
Ambassador Wilson's. He said there had been no recent
developments. To a query by the British Ambassador he
made the aame reply.
With reference to Turkish reports that Soviet forces
on the Turkish frontier had been increased, the American
military attache in Ankara states that reliable infor-
mation on the subject is lacking. The Turkish general
staff is informed without confirmation that considerable
Russian forces already in this general area were moved
closer to the border near Mount Ararat. Rotation of the
Russian garrison in Iren, according to a normally re-
liable source, may have increased the total of this force.
Largely, it is reported, because of an increase of
Russian forces in Bulgaria, rumors that Moscow will press
Turkey for a series of concessions are again circulating
in Sofia. These have to do with the Straits, the return
to Russia of the Kars Region, the fortification of a
point on the Straits and Russia's desire for a friendly
political setup in Turkey.
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