Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

MLTCNaval Aidc)262 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON DECLASSIFIED 12065, Sec. 3-402 1982 October 15, 1951 State By DEB Dept. NLT, Date E.O. Guidelines, March 95.55 6, E SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS EGYPT There has so far been no official reaction from Cairo to the quadripartite proposals on establishing a Middle East Command which were presented to the Egyptian Government on Satur - day. According to a Friday message from Embassy London the Foreign Office at that time held practically no hope that the proposals would prove acceptable to the Egyptians, and its primary concern was to go through the motions of presenting the proposals for the record and for the impact that they would have on world opinion. MILITARY TALKS The informal US -UK-French - military mission in which IN ANKARA General Bradley is participating arrived in Ankara on Friday and made formal calls Friday afternoon on the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Defense Minister and Chief of the Gen- eral Staff, receiving a sincere welcome and assurances from all of them. of Turkey's keen desire to make a maximum contribution to the NA TO and Middle East defense. The Prime Minister said that he would preside at the all-day "business" session the following day and requested that the mili- tary chiefs should be accompanied by their respective ambassadors. He also handed each military chief a copy of a memorandum on Turkey's position in the NATO which will be used as a basis for discussions during the talks. IRAN As the Iranian dispute goes to the Security Council it is still uncertain how the voting will fall on the British resolution in case the matter should come to a vote. Our Embassy in Quito reports that the Ecuadoran Foreign Minister remained adamantly opposed to the resolution despite a vigorous and lengthy approach from our Embassy which aspired to gain Ecuador's vote in favor of the resolution. We have also had a highly confidential indication from China's UN delegate Tsiang that he would be under "irresistable" pressure to veto the British resolu- tion. We have instructed Embassy Taipei to point out to the Foreign Office, if an appropriate occasion presents itself, that we believe it essential that IOPSECRT