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Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration)
State Department Briefs Files
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON
January 14, 1947
SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS
FRANCE
Blum decided to visit London against the advice of the
French Foreign Office after receiving a warm invitation
from the British who made clear however, that there was no possibility
of providing more British coal for France. Blum will discuss a number
of questions including the eventual possibility of a Franco-British al-
liance, the Ruhr, the future of industry in western Europe and trade
between France and the UK.
JAPAN
The Soviet Ambassador has expressed concern over our plan
to take unilateral action on the question of Japanese rep-
arations by issuing interim directives. He has implied that serious
consequences might ensue.
PALESTINE
In reply to a note from the Arab League we are pointing out
that we are acting only in keeping with our traditional
policies when we advocate the taking of measures which tend to strengthen
the realization of the concept of the Jewish National Home in Palestine.
In rejecting the League's request that we take measures to put an end to
efforts in support of Jewish immigration into Palestine from regions under
US occupation in Europe, we state that it would appear to be contrary to
the humanitarian instincts of all peoples if the survivors remaining in
displaced persons centers in Europe, including numbers of unfortunate Jews,
were denied the right to seek haven in other lands, including Palestine.
UNITED
British Foreign Office officials in discussing the news leak
KING DOM
on Spitzbergen expressed concern over the possibility that
bilateral Norwegian-Soviet conversations leading to an agree-
ment acceptable to the USSR would operate to put the onus of maintaining
the 1920 treaty on the other signatory states. The British believe the
chief problem in connection with such bilateral negotiations is evaluating
Soviet tactics and approach rather than the objectives which are realized.
In this connection they mentioned the questions of the Aland Islands and
the Dardanelles.
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402
State Dept. Guidcline, June 12, 1979
By NLT- NV N in, D.t. 11-12-10