Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

the OFFICE OF DECLASSIFIED THE SECRETARY OF STATE E.O. 12/665, Sec. 3-402 WASHINGTON State Dept. Guidelines, March 6, 1982 By, DEB NLT, Date 7-29-85 June 25, 1952 SECRET SECURITY INF ORMA TION SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS USSR M. Vyshinski handed our Charge in Moscow yesterday a note protesting the agreement of May 9 between Italy and the US, UK, and France concerning Italian participation in the government of the Anglo-American Zone *AT of Trieste. The note reiterates the Soviets earlier claims (Soviet note of Nov. 17, 1951) that the Western powers are plotting to divide Trieste between Italy and Yugoslavia in "violation of the peace treaty with Italy" and that the aim of this division is to "adapt this territory, neutral according to the peace treaty, and its human and ma- terial resources to the aggressive Atlantic bloc and to strengthen the Trieste area as a permanent military and naval base for US and Great Britain. " The new note registers the complaint that the agreement reached in London on May 9 is a further violation of the Italian treaty and was "dictated by interests which have nothing in common with the problems of maintenance of peace in Europe";; it states that the USSR considers the agreement illegal. KOREA The bombing of the Yalu power installations has caused con- siderable excitement in the British press and the House of Commons. Opposition attacks developed along the line that the bombing was a sufficiently important departure from previous policy that the UK should have been consulted, and that the incident might adversely affect the armistice negotiations. One member stated that the bombing was "just one more event making it clear that we need new military and poli- tical arrangements" concerning the operations in Korea. The speaker of the House strongly resisted opposition pressure for immediate debate of the bombing, but it is likely that pressure will be renewed today. The British have urgently requested their Embassy here to ascertain whether Lord Alexander was aware of plans for the Yalu bombing and to obtain background to assist in drafting replied to the anticipated questions. EDC TREATY We have informed Embassy Paris that the Department agrees with its view that it would be undesirable to put great pressure on the French toward ratification of the EDC treaty. We SECRET SECURITY INF ORMA TION