Memorandum from Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew to President Harry S. Truman, Current Foreign Developments
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OCR Page 1 of 6TOP SECHEL
DESLASSIFIED
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972
Peturn to Secret
ByL LICH NARS Date 6.26.75
Seen Mate
July 3, 1945
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Subject: Current Foreim Developments
Russo-Turkish Developments May Involve Larger
Questions. The recent Russo-Turkish discussions in
effect go far beyond Turkey, involve the whole Belkan
question and may extend to the security of the entire
Mediterranean, it is suggested by Ambassador Wilson.
Wilson finda Molotov's remark that Russia may
wish to advance certain Belkan points of view the
most significant statement made by the Russiens. The
nature of what is envisaged is suggested by the new
Bulgarian desire for an Aegean outlet, by Moscow
Radio's claims that the Greek Government is fascist,
and by charges from Bulgaria and Yugoslavia that
Slavs in Nacedonia are ill treated. Wilson believes
that the Soviet request for the return of territory
ceded to Turkey should be taken seriously. These
areas are strategically important, since they command
the approsches to the interior of Turkey and to north
Iren.
The Russian references to the need for security
in the Straits and in the Black Sea by implication
affect a considersbly wider area. The wer showed that
air power based in Crete can close the Straits. If
Soviet security claims are thus extended into the
Aegean, then Suez, Gibraltar and the whole Mediterranean
may be drown into the discussion.
Wilson
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