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    "ocrText": "DECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)\nROD STORD\nDept. of State letter, Aug, 10, 1972\n-2-\nBYNITHH NARS Date 6.26.75\nAn interesting reflection on the situation is that\nthe British Chiefs of Staff recently refused a request\nof General Alexander's to trensfer Greece and French\nNorth Afries from his Mediterranenn Command to the Middle\nEast Command. The resson was that the possibility was\nforeseen of meking additional British militery commitments\nin the Middle East, becnuse of Arab unrest against the\nFrench in Syria and North Africa. Accordingly it WRS not\ndesired at this time to enlarge the Middle East Commend.\nThe French reply merely contains numorous references\nto French democratic tradition and to the French intention\nto assure Syrian and Lebanese independence. The latter is\nstated to be not irreconcilable with defense of \"the\ncentury-old interests\" of France in the area. It is sug-\ngested that the violent Levantine reaction to the French\ntroon movements \"were prepered long in advance.\" The\nFrench authorities in Paris are reported by Caffery es\n80 confused by the Levant problem that there is little\nelse in their minds at the moment.\nBeirut is reported as reasonably calm, in sherpest\ncontrast to the violent shelling and fighting going on\nin Damescus and elsewhers in Syria. Stervation is reported\nalready beginning in Demascus.\nA message has just been received from the Syrian\nPresident to President Truman protesting bitterly against\nthe French action.\nYenezis Giulia. On Mey 31 COS telegraphed 3AC their\napproval for the note to Tito end its accompanying military\nagreement on Venezia Giulia, It is expected that the US\nand UK Ambassadors in Belgrede will jointly present these\ndocuments to the Yugoslav Government today. Pola is in-\ncluded in the arrangement but no authorization WB.S given\nSAC for the use of force in Pola if that proved necessary.\nThe British have, however, proposed that the militery agree-\nment provide for the withdrawal of Yugoslav troops from\nPola.\n: ARCHIVES / SERVICE RECORDS 'NAT/OBAL 3"
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