Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

N OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 February 27, 1951 By DEB NLT, Date 9-4-85 S E € R E SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS MOROCCO Our Embassy in Paris and our Consulate at Rabat report another "final" settle- - ment of the dispute between General Juin and the Sultan of Morocco. Apparently the Sultan has accepted French demands and will begin to apply certain democratic reforms long delayed in administrative paralysis. The Sultan has been spared deposition, complete isolation from governing the country and the stigma of denouncing the Nationalist Movement. NORTH ATLANTIC In his statement to the House of Commons TREATY ORGANIZATION yesterday afternoon, Prime Minister Attlee presented a prepared statement re- - garding the appointment of the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic. In debate on the statement, the Prime Minister indicated that he resented hotly the implication that this command system had been imposed upon the British and stated that although the Government took full responsibility for its deci- sion, it had followed the advice of the British Chiefs of Staff throughout. Queried by Mr. Churchill as to why the Combined Chiefs of Staff had been dispersed, Attlee said that the British Government had not been responsible for that action. The House was in an angry mood throughout the discussion and our Embassy believes that the question is still open and the British will wish to delay action of the Deputies approving the appointment. The case has now become a domestic political issue and the Embassy thinks we have not heard the last of it even though the UK Government continues to stand on the present agreement. GREECE-TURKEY - We have informed Assistant Secretary McGhee at Colombo that the recommenda- - tion of the Conference of Middle East Chiefs of Mission that the US enter, at the earliest possible moment, into reciprocal security arrangements with Turkey and Greece will soon be considered throughouth the Department. In this connection we point out that the entry of Greece and Turkey into NATO would require Senate approval, which the Conference had apparently believed would not be necessary. E