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    "ocrText": "J. 333305-M State\nGalley 326\nUNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF\npride. The Department's judgment is that the trusteeship could only\nbe imposed on Iran, a sovereign, allied nation, by force of arms.\nThere is little reason to believe that Soviet Russia would be inter-\nested, at least for the present, in participating in an international\ntrusteeship in Iran in the genuine manner contemplated, particularly\nif it included an element of non-Russian control in northern Iran.\nThe British, we feel, would almost certainly raise equally strenuous\nobjections. British policy for more than a hundred years has been\npointed toward preventing any other great power, and especially\nRussia, from gaining a foothold on the Persian Gulf. There is\nno\nindication that this policy has been altered. If we proceed on the\nassumption that the continuance of the British Empire in some\nreasonable strength is in the strategic interest of the United States,\nit might be considered wise, in protection of vital British communica-\ntions in this important area, to discourage such a trusteeship. The\nBritish also will probably continue to endeavor to keep the Russians\naway from the vital South Iranian oil fields.\nThe laudable ends contemplated by the proposal might be ac-\ncomplished in some measure through the employment by Iran of\nforeign technicians to assist them in operating the railway and port.\nThe Iranians would prefer to employ Americans or the nationals of\nsmall European countries (Sweden or Switzerland) for this purpose, if\nthey should agree to the idea.\nCHINA\nRoosevelt Papers : Telegram 1\nThe Ambassador in China (Hurley) to the President 2\nTOP SECRET\n[CHUNGKING, January 14, 1945-3 p. m.]\n(ComNavGr China sends this top secret from Hurley for the eyes\nof the President alone.)\nNCR 6810. In continuation of my various telegrams,3 I wish to\ngive you a résumé of the latest negotiations between the National\nGovernment and the Chinese Communist Party. You will recall\nthat following the fruitless discussions between the [Government]\nand the Communist Party at Sian and Chungking, I proceeded to\nYenan and returned with a five point proposal for agreement signed\nby Mao Tse-tung, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party.\nGeneral Chou En-lai, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist\nParty, returned to Chungking with me. The Government countered\nwith a three point proposal 5 which was not acceptable to the Com-\nmunist Party. Chou En-lai returned to Yenan after having spent a\nmonth in Chungking. Chou En-lai's conference with officials of\nthe National Government and myself were satisfactory and it looked\nas though a settlement would be achieved. Chou En-lai finally\nconferred with the Generalissimo. I was not present at that con-\nference. Chou En-lai told me the conference was not satisfactory.\nHowever, the G[eneral]issimo is now prepared to make all the con-\ncessions requested in the five points except that he does not want a\ncoalition government or a coalition military council. He will, however,\ngive the Communists representation in the government, in a war\ncabinet and in the military council which, in my opinion, would have"
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