Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

February 20, 1946 P WALL SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS BRAZIL Berle reports a discussion of foreign affairs with a number of Brazilian foreign policy makers, including Aranha Aranha developed the thesis that the Russians are building a machine specifically to crush the British Empire and that because of British weakness they were being forced into the U.S. orbit. He maintained that the integration of the Americas was an es- sential step in preparing a general defense and that Argentina was equally essential to this integration. Berle maintained that Argentina should be so handled that it would become an addition to American defense and would not con- stitute an eternal threat. Berle observed that we have been attempting to halt imperialism by raising economic and social standards generally, and in the meantime were endeavoring to solve current questions through UNO. Aranha pointed out that questions could only be solved if both sides were willing and cited Stalin's speech as an indication of Soviet determination to play a lone hand. POLAND On February 17 Bevin wrote to Lie regarding Vishinsky's letter of February 15, with which was enclosed the Yugoslav Government memorandum about the Polish Army in Italy. Bevin pointed out that no indication of Yugoslav alarm over this situation had ever been received by the British Government from the Yugoslav Government. Bevin denies that Polish troops under British command are concentrated in the area specified in the Yugoslav memorandum. He also denies that it is intended to relieve the 89th American Division by Polish troops. Separately, Kirk reports that no Polish troops will be employed east of the River Tagliamento. Embassy London has learned that members of the former London Polish Government intend to initiate an extensive press campaign in the United States and Great Britain on the question of Polish elections. The objective appears to be to place pressure on Mikolajczyk to refuse to agree to block elections and possibly to raise the election issue in Congress and Parliament. SOVIET UNION Embassy Moscow calls attention to three apparently unrelated developments. These are the reported support by Brazilian Com- munists of Peron, a request for transit visas through the U.S. for Soviet trade representatives to Argentina and the treatment accorded to the Blue Book by the Soviet press. On the last point there is no enthusiasm for the American indictment of the Argentine Government and interest centers on the possibility of a further worsening of relations between the United States and Argentina. DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979 By NLT We NARS, Date 11-10-t1