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the defense of Europe. Press reports which indicate that US-UK
forces in Trieste are to be placed under an Italian general have
no basis in fact. **** As a result of a decision by the Italian Cabinet
certain units of the Italian army have been assigned to the Atlantic
Pact integrated force, and it is expected that eventually all army
corps and divisions required for the defense of Italian frontiers
will be assigned to the integrated force. The transfer of these units
will be gradual as they attain a prescribed degree of efficiency.
United Kingdom - The British Foreign Office has
decided to invite US representatives to hold a series of informalcor
sultations on colonial problems affecting UN in London toward the
end of May.
Yugoslavia - The Yugoslav Government has re-
quested the USSR to close its Consulates in Zagreb and Split and to
remove the personnel of these Consulates from Yugoslav territory
immediately. The request was based principally on the grounds of
lack of reciprocity since the USSR does not permit Yugoslav Consu-
lates outside of Moscow.
Netherlands - We believe that while the projected
defense budget which the Dutch Government is proposing to Parlia-
ment is disappointing, an immediate attempt to obtain a higher initial
Dutch defense effort would risk further delays in having the Dutch
make any concrete start on their NATO defense obligations. We in-
tend to initiate negotiations with the Dutch involving a fairly definite
commitment of dollar support to a Dutch economy capable of mounting
a defense effort and to the defense effort itself, but have made it clear
to the Dutch that US aid will be related as precisely as possible to the
degree of increase of Dutch defense efforts.
West Germany - The Bundestag Foreign Affairs
Committee has agreed to request the German Federal Republic to
negotiate with the French for the purpose of clarifying the Saar's status
regarding the Schuman Plan prior to official German signature of the
Schuman Plan treaty. Socialist faction leader Ollenhauer states that
the Socialist faction in the Bundestag will unanimously oppose Bunde. -
stag ratification of the Schuman Plan in its present form, and predicted
that handling of the Saar issue could have a decisive influence as to
whether or not Chancellor Adenauer is able to obtain a Bundestag majority
in favor of the Schuman Plan. The Allied High Commission has ap-
proved the UK-French draft letter to the Soviet Berlin Commandant con-
firming the preliminary agreement of March 2,2 which enabled the flow
of East-West barge traffic to be resumed.
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