Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON September 5, 1946 TOD GIORET SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS BULGARIA Our mission in Sofia is receiving many reports of increas- ing terror in the provinces against members of Bulgarian opposition parties. GERMANY Our Delegation in Paris reports that consideration is being given by our authorities in Berlin to reducing the monthly export allocations of German coal from 850,000 tons to 500,000 tons, the difference to be distributed to German industry in order to provide essential mining machinery to increase coal production from the Ruhr. The British have inquired whether we can make available an additional 350,000 tons monthly from October through January for export to France, Italy and other European consumers in order to reduce the political and economic repercussions in these countries which would follow any reduction in German coal exports. On September 1 there were approximately 118,000 Polish Jews in our zone in Germany and Berlin. During August 30,000 such refugees were received from our zone in Austria and Vienna of whom approximately half are estimated to have arrived after August 20. ICELAND The Prime Minister of Iceland has stated he intended to postpone an answer to our proposed note on bases until after the Icelandic legislature had voted on the question. Our repre- sentatives are seeking to persuade him to accept the proposals on behalf of the executive branch with the reservation that his acceptance is subject to legislative approval. ITALY Our representative in Florence has heard from authori- tative sources that the Communist Party is distributing arms to selected action squads. GREECE Embassy Athens reports that nationalists in Greece view the visit of units of the US Navy not only as a sign of US solidarity with the UK and sympathy with the return of the Greek King DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. Guideline, June 12, 1979 HL NARS. 01-11-12 so