Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

DECLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF STATE E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979 WASHINGTON By NLT- He NARS, Date 11-12-to October 14, 1946 SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS AUSTRIA During a conversation with our representative in Vienna, President Renner appeared to be despondent over conditions in Austria. He said the Austrian state police who deal with political offenses composed a "state within a state" under the control of and secretly reporting to Soviet authorities. BULGARIA Barnes reports that the Secretary General of the Bulgarian Foreign Office has admitted that the Russians in Bulgaria and the present Bulgarian Government have been working together to present a Chinese Wall to the Anglo-Saxon signatories of the armistice with Bulgaria. The Bulgarian official added that the USSR will never risk war with the Anglo- Saxon nations but short of such risk will decisively continue along her pro- vocative expansionist way. CZECHOSLOVAKIA The Czech Foreign Minister has informed Ambassador Steinhardt that the Czech Government, including Communist cabinet ministers, is seriously concerned at the "changed attitude" of the US towards Czechoslo- vakia and is determined to remove the causes therefor without delay or equivocation. Steinhardt reports that the Secretary's action in suspending the US surplus property credit and loan negotiations has restored the respect of the Czechoslovak Government for the US. GERMANY Murphy reports that during the most recent Coordinating Committee meeting in Berlin the Soviet representative sought to demonstrate a cooperative attitude. Murphy gained the impression of a certain relaxation and desire to be conciliatory on the part of the Soviet delegation. HUNGARY Our representative in Budapest reports that Hungarian political and military circles believe the USSR will wait only until the Hungarian treaty is signed before resuming approaches to the Hungarians for a mutual assistance pact. IRAN Ambassador Allen reports that a Soviet official has called on an Iranian Cabinet minister to demand why the minister had opposed the interests of the USSR during a Cabinet meeting. Allen believes that as long as this situation continues, the present Iranian Government cannot properly be regarded as independent. We believe the holding of elections in Iran under present circumstances may well result in the complete loss of Iranian independence,