Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

DECLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF STATE State Dept. Guiceline, Jena 12, 1979 E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 By NLT- OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY HL NARS, Dute 11-12-to WASHINGTON August 26, 1946 SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS UNITED At 8. private meeting of the representatives of the five permanent NATIONS Security Council members, Secretary General Lie made an earnest plea for the admission to the United Nations of all nine applicants. He implored members not to veto any application because he believes the use of the veto for this purpose would damage United Nations prestige and further lower public confidence in the Security Council. 051- - FRANCE Embassy Paris reports increasing evidence in France that Moscow has inaugurated an ideological war directed principally against the US and UK. This campaign aims at persuading the masses that the US and UK are reactionary countries forming the bulwark of the "capitalist encirclement" that menaces the security of the USSR. France French Foreign Minister Bidault is reliably reported to have come 051 to the conclusion that France can no longer attempt to act as intermediary between Moscow and the western powers. He is reported to be planning to unite the left and left center groups in France so that he can later form a Cabinet in which the Communist Party is not represented. 051 a GERMANY We have assured the British that an informal Soviet suggestion made to General Clay in Berlin to include current production from certain German plants as reparations involves a major modification of the Potsdam agreement and can only be considered by the Council of Foreign Ministers. 051 GREECE We are asking the Greek Government's approval for a courtesy visit of the aircraft carrier FDR, a cruiser and three destroyers to the Greek port of Piraeus beginning five days after the plebiscite scheduled for September 1. 051. TRAN Ambassador Allen reports that the chances are very small that the Iranian Government will reach an agreement with the Azerbaijan delegation now in Tehran. Allen believes Prime Minister Qavam is very reluctant to resort to other than conciliatory means to bring Azerbaijan back into the Iranian state but that in the end he will use force. 051 - RUMANIA Our representative in Bucharest is convinced that the present Rumanian Government does not intend to hold free elections as required by the Moscow decision. This attitude, he believes, has the full support of the USSR. The Rumanian Prime Minister has told our representative that in view of the presence of the Soviet Army in Rumania, the coming elections would likely be held according to the Soviet idea of #free elections". The Prime Minister added that Stalin had told him that the USSR hed no intention of