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Records of the Naval Aide to the President (Truman Administration)
State Department Briefs Files
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Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
Smith, Walter Bedell, 1895-1961
Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich, 1890-
Bernadotte, Folke, 1895-1948
Berlin Blockade, 1948-1949
Arab-Israeli conflict, 1948-1967
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
,
WASHINGTON
September 13, 1948
IVE
SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS
GERMANY
Ambassador Smith has been instructed to request
together with his British and French colleagues another
interview with Stalin and Molotov on the question of Berlin. They are
to present an agreed aide memoire pointing out the differences which
developed during the recent Berlin negotiations and to request the
Soviet government to send fresh instructions to its military commander.
If the Soviets agree to send new instructions, the meetings of the
military governors are to be restricted to three days. If the Soviets
refuse or fail to give a clear answer, the western representatives are
to refrain from any further discussion and report back to their govern-
ments.
PALESTINE
Count Bernadotte has informed our Embassy in Cairo
that he believes the Arab attitude toward the Palestine
problem has changed for the better. While the road to agreement is
still difficult, he feels there is now less danger of hostilities.
Bernadotte is convinced that the Palestine question must be brought
before the General Assembly. While he does not feel the truce will
break down before the General Assembly sessions, he considers that fail-
ure to reach agreement in Paris will lead to the collapse of the truce.
We have informed our Embassy in Cairo that while no
public funds are now available for the relief of the Arab refugees, we
have had considerable success in our approaches to various private
bodies for aid in meeting this problem. We are now waiting for spe-
cific recommendations on this question from Bernadotte and the new
refugee administrator in the Middle East.
SCANDINAVIA
Norwegian officials have informed our Embassy in
Stockholm that they were pleasantly surprised with the
results of the recent Scandinavian conference. They found the Swedish
stand on neutrality not nearly as intransigent as they had feared and
felt that the Danish officials showed they had come a long way toward
realizing their position vis a vis the western powers since last
spring.
DECLASSIFIED
T
E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402
State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979
By NLT- WC
NARS, 0.11-13-10