Memorandum from Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew to President Harry S. Truman, Current Foreign Developments

TOP SECRET DECLASSIFIED E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 By NITHC NARS Date 6.26.25 May 15, 1945 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT Subject: Current Foreim Developments BORDER SITUATIONS CONTINUE TENSE. Both in Venezia Giulia and the Austria frontier things remain explosive. We and the British have sent a message to Tito that any Yugoslav forces in Austria must be withdrawn. Actually, they are still there and restive. Venezia Gjulia. On Venezia Giulia we have not only given Tito the strong US-UK demarche the President and Churchill approved but repeated it to Moscow with an addi- tional message from Churchill endorsed by the President which firmly restates the entire position of the Western Allies in this crucial matter. Meanwhile the Yugoslav forces in Venezia Giulia are continuing to cause trouble, and Marshal Alexander has begun redeployment to be ready for whatever happens. The port of Venice is to be opened immediately, taking priority over the improvement of the port of Trieste. This is necessary to have a supply port in case fighting starts around Trieste. Movements of naval, anity, and air forces are under way. CINCMED has insisted that Pola be considered in the plans and SAC has recommended this to ccs. SAC has ordered that except for UNRRA all supplies to Yugoslavia be stopped at once. Tito's Chief of Staff has "rudely requested* the US and UK Military Missions in Belgrade to leave Yugo- slavia. OSS is beginning to thin out its representation there. Allied sub-missions have been ordered to leave Skoplje,