Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NLTCNAval Aide) 171 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE DECLASSIALE WASHINGTON E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 February 13, 1951 By DEB NLT, Date 9-4-85 TOPSERET SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS USSR Embassy Paris has been informed by a high French official of a reported Soviet plan of diplomatic action to be pursued in the absence of Western concessions on Germany. The plan was purportedly divulged to Soviet chiefs of mission in satellite countries at a meeting held in late December. The Soviet chiefs were informed that no Soviet armed action is now contem- - plated in the West but a program short of war is to be applied in pro- gressive stages if the Western powers do not accede to Soviet demands on Germany. The plan includes: 1) intimidation of France and the UK by vigorous diplomatic pressure on the question of German demilitariza- - tion - a stage on which the Soviets are already embarked; 2) denunciation of the military clauses of satellite peace treaties; 3) a campaign to intimidate the Bonn government and West German people; and 4) the rupture by Poland and Czechoslovakia of diplomatic relations with the West. Our Embassy comments that the fourth point is of particular interest in the light of recent activity and representations by the Governments of Poland and Czechoslovakia which could be designed to lead to a break in diplomatic relations. YUGOSLAVIA Embassy Belgrade reports that the Yugoslav Government is becoming perturbed by delays in the food delivery program. These delays are apparently partly due to tight shipping, and Ambassador Allen recommends that if it can be verified that this is causing delay, that appropriate representations be made to the Maritime Commission to make additional vessels available to meet this need. The Ambassador emphasizes that the most critical period lies ahead as the Yugoslavs are exhausting domestic sources of food and are depending more heavily on US supplies and a failure to deliver on time would jeopardize the whole purpose of the aid program. MEETING OF In commenting on our draft reply to the FOREIGN MINISTERS Soviet note of February 5, Embassy Moscow mentions that the Soviet charge that the West intends to present them with accomplished facts might have a superficial appeal to popular judgment in the free world and suggests the draft TOPSECRET