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    "ocrText": "DECLASSIFIED\nTOP SECRET\nE.O. 11652 Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (1)\nDept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972\nNARS\nDate\n7-22-72\n-2-\nmade outrageous demands, including 5,000 troups instead\nof 2,000 spread all through the area instead of restricted\nto one spot. They also asked for two changes in the line.\nSAC has sent Morgan instructions to be firm with the Yugo-\nslavs, to be \"very cold but correct\" in his relations with\nthem, and under no circumstances to sign any agreement\nuntil AFHQ has approved it in toto. Under no circumstances\ndo we plan to make any concessions to the Yugoslavs.\nIn the area itself June 12 was generally quiet. The\nYugoslav evacuation continued with some looting, a few\nincidents and some obvious Yugoslav resentment. Some Yugo-\nslav Army elements have changed to civilian clothes and are\nstaying as alleged civilian officials; they have also in-\ncluded people with criminal records in the local police.\nAMG is taking over in the area. In Fiume a clandestine\nItalian CLN seems well organized and has two priests among\nits most active members.\nBelgian Claims to German Territory. In the near future\nBelgium plans to ask the US, UK and USSR for the annexation\nof certain German territory. The area Belgium wants comprises\nroughly a territory bounded by a line running NE from Eupen,\nthen south a little west of Duren, from there irregularly\nsouthward near Stadtkyll, north of St. Vith and just west of\nBittburg. The area is largely forest, but had a German popu-\nlation of 100,000 before the war and contains two power dams\nBelgium wants to control. Our preliminary reaction is that\nthis is not an unreasonable request; Belgium had at least\npart of this territory before Germany took it away from her.\nPremier Van Acker leaves today for what he hopes will\nbe his final visit with the King; Foreign Minister Spaak\nsays it is essential that the King make a decision at once.\nBritish Delegate Reports on Vienna Discussions. General\nWinterton has provided AFHQ with a lengthy report of the\nmeeting of the Allied Missions with Soviet authorities in\nVienna"
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