Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON March 22, 1946 SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS COUNCIL OF Dunn reports that the USSR apparently conceives of FOREIGN the Paris conference as a meeting at which the MINISTERS great powers responsible under the Moscow decision for drafting the five peace treaties will push through their agreed drafts, limiting the role of the smaller Allied states and the consultation, if any, of the five enemy states to a minimum. The Soviet Deputy indicated the USSR will oppose the convening of the Paris conference until further agree- ment has been reached by the Council on the draft treaties. The sole purpose of the Paris conference, he added, is to consider the agreed drafts of the peace treaties prepared by the Council and that if no agreed drafts were ready, a new situation had arisen which was not contemplated by the Moscow agreement. 051 chan UNO Bevin feels strongly that there should be no post- ponement of the Security Council meeting. He believes that yielding to the Soviet Union on this issue would seriously jeopardize the future of UNO. Ost AUSTRIA Chancellor Figl is negotiating with the Russians in an attempt to modify their recent seizure of large areas of Austrian farm land. Figl believes many of the land parcels were selected to serve as centers from which pressure could be brought to bear on the election campaigns. 051- BULGARIA The resignation of the Bulgarian Government is believed to be no more than a way of reconstructing and strengthening the party in power while at the same time feigning another effort at reaching an understanding with the opposition in order to strengthen the contention that the present regime is try- ing to implement the Moscow agreement. 051- IRAN Ambassador Murray believes that if the Iranian Govern- ment remains in Tehran it will be subjected to terrific Soviet pressure and probably soon cease to be a free agent. However, if the Shah DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979 By NLT- HL NARS, Date 11-10-to