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    "ocrText": "-9=\nmatter \"would have been settled nearly four years ago if it had not\nbeen for the ambition of the Soviet Union to have a base in the\nMediterranean.\" Describing the Soviet point of view as attempting\n\"to demonstrate that nothing constructive can be done under any form\nof society other than that of Communism\" and, on the other hand, the\nUS standpoint, which is characterized by such constructive ideas as\nthe Marshall Plan, Mr, Dulles explained the US opposition to the\nSoviet proposal for administration of Italian colonies by the Trustee-\nship Council. \"Is it right and is it proper\", Mr. Dulles queried,\n\"to entrust these colonial peoples to an organization which is divided\nand in which thereare powerful elements which want to see the failure\nof efforts such as are being made now in Western Europe and such as\nwe hope can be made in North Africa? If we want a constructive effort\nin North Africa, shouldn't it be entrusted to those who believe it\ncan succeed? 23\nGREECE\nU.S. Comments on Soviet Hints. - Commenting on a TASS report that\nSoviet Deupty Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko had made proposals on\nthe Greek issue, the Department of State on May 20 outlined the series\nof informal discussions, initiated at dinner-table conversations,\nbetween Mr. Gromyko, British Minister of State Hector McNeil, and US\nAssistant Secretary of State Dean Rusk, leading to statements by\nMr. Gromkyo to the effect that (1) the Soviet Union was willing to\nparticipate with the great powers in supervising a new Greek election\nand to join with the great powers in a commission to \"control\" the\nnorthern Greek frontier, and (2) that the withdrawal of all foreign\nmilitary aid from Greece would be required in that case, The state-\nment set forth that the United States would \"welcome a bona fide effort\nby the Soviet Union to remove the threat to the peace and security of\nthe Greek people\", but such an effort should be along the lines set\nforth by the United Nations. It continued:\n\"The action of the Soviet Union in blocking effective\naction in the Security Council, in refusing to participate\nin the effort of the General Assembly to bring about a\nsettlement and in lending encouragement to the illegal\noperations which have disturbed the peace, explain why peace\nhas not yet been achieved. \" 24\ns\nUS Aid Turns Tide.--Since the beginning of 1949, there are signs\nthat the balance is shifting against the guerrillas as a result of the\ntraining, regrouping, and tenacious holding operations of the Greek\narmed forces during the last quarter of 1948, according to the sixth\nquarterly report by the President to Congress on assistance to Greece\nand Turkey, published during May by the Department of State, 25\n23\nBulletin, May 8. pp. 581-584.\n24\nBulletin, May 29, p. 696.\n25\nAssistance to Greece and Turkey, Sixth Report to Congress for\nthe Period Ended December 31, 1948 (Department of State publication 3467)."
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