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    "ocrText": "DECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or a\nTOP SECRET\nDept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1872\nBy\nNARS Date 7.22.74\n-2-\nFrench Occupation Zone. Ambassador Winant has been\ninstructed to inform French representative on EAC that\nafter consideration of the French counterproposal for an\noccupation zone in Germany the American Government cannot\naccept the French position. The American Government\nconsiders that its proposal is both fair and reasonable\nand is surprised that it is not accepted immediately by\nthe French.\nYugoslavs Given US-UK Terms on Venezia Giulia.\nOn\nJune 2 the American and British Ambassadors in Belgrade\ngave Yugoslav Vice Premier Kardelj the note and military\nagreement on Venezia Giulia. They made it clear that the\nagreement represented the final US-UK word, that we could\nnot negotiate on its terms, and said they hoped Yugoslavia\nwould promptly accept it. When Kardelj raised points of\ndetail he was told these could be worked out by SAC's and\nTito's respective Chiefs of Staff at Thirteenth Army Corps\nHQ near Trieste. Then Kardelj said that \"Tito was still\nin Slovenia\" and that he would get in touch with him at\nonce and reply as soon as possible.\nOne important point Kardelj raised concerned the\nSlovenes in eastern Friuli. The Yugoslavs want to exclude\nItalian civil administration from that area and feel it\nshould be governed by AMG exclusively. The US and UK\nAmbassadors told him that this also could be settled at\nthe meeting of the Chiefs of Staff, but are commenting\nto Washington and London that Yugoslavia will probably\nput in a claim for this area at the peace treaty and that\nit would therefore \"seem consistent with the position we\nhave taken on Venezia Giulia\" to include this area under\nAMG.\nThe Yugoslavs are imposing severe financial controls\nin Trieste which in general are for \"Yugoslavia's benefit\nrather than that of Trieste\" and which are feared greatly\nby the Italians in the area. The food situation in Venezia\nGiulia continues to grow worse.\nNext"
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