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GENERAL

1. Swedish and Yqgoslav officials comment on Soviet approach regarding.

Korea (page 3)~
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2. Chinese prisoners taken recently ate of inferior calibre (page 4).

3. Testimony regarding MacArthur's remov_al affects Japan adversely
(page 4).

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6. Soviet officials interfere once again wit.b West Berlin trade..Jp~e 6).
7, Italian Communists gain votes, lose control of ""city governments fn
Industrial north (page 6).

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1. Swedish and Yugoslav official s comme nt on Soviet approac h regardi ng /

Korea: 3.3(h)(2)

,1n a convers ation with the US Ambass ador in

ltockholm, Swedish Prime }4iniste r Erlande r
expressed rE~gret that the Swedish UN delegate
had confirm ed the exlsteh ce of a Soviet peace
feeler and indicate d that he had not attache d
any importa nce to the approach" Erlande r
said that he was not at liberty to disclos e
the identity of the Russian contact or of the
Swedish interme diary. In a subsequ ent convers ation, Swedish Foreign
Ministe r Unden argued that the approac h might be impprta nt, because the
Russian , an importa nt Commu nist, had categor ically asserte d that the
Korean conflict could be termina ted on the basis of a return to the status
quo ante, and because the Moscow press had given promin ence to similar
proposa ls (e.g. Senator Johhson ts resolution)o_
.Yugoslav UN delegat e Bebler has reaffirm ed
his belief that the USSR is ready for bilatera l US- USSR talks leading
toward a Korean settlem ent along the 38th Paralle l. Bebler elabora ted
that Chinese Commu nist military defe~ts have placed the USSR in a posi-
tion where total victory in l,{orea can be" achieve d only by open Soviet
interven tion, a stake which: is too high for the :USSR because it does not:
want a global war. He added that the USSR fears that otherwi se another UN
invasio n of *rth Korea would result in a Soviet loss -Of prestig e tnrougl'i--
out all of Asia. ·

Comme nt: Soviet UN delegate Malik~ s denial

on 28 May that the USSR has made any offer to discuss ' a settlem ent of
the Korean war can be regarde d as an indicati on that the USSR does not
wish to become involved in bilatera l negotia tions on Korea at this time.
Malik did not deny, however, that the USSR might 9be willing to parUqip ate
in negotia tions regardi ng Korea, despite the USSR s public protesta tions
of non-inv olveme nt in the Korean dispute.

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2. _Chinese priso ners taken recen tly are of infer ior calib r~:. 3.3(h)(2)

The US Far East Comm and repor ts that, with

respe ct to statu s of traini ng and physi cal appe ar-
ance, the "cali bre" of Chine se Comm unist
priso ners of war taken in the curre nt offen sive
ners.
has been appre cia y lowe r than that of previ ously captu red priso
Comm ent: This is the first firm indic ation
camp aign.
that the Chine se are· now using -infe rior soldi ery in the Kore an
4th Field
Previ ous Chine se prlso ners (part icula rly those from the 3rd·a nd a fairly
Armi es) were veter ans with a consi derab le degre e of train ing and
high level of comb at effici ency.

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Testi mony regar ding MacArthu11 s remo val affec ts Japan adve rsely
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Acco rding to the US Polit ical Advi ser in Tokyo,
the testim ony of Secre tary Mars hall and the
Joint Chief s of Staff regar ding MacA rthµr s
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conti nues to have an adve rse effec t
ation s"
on Japan ese publi c confi dence in the US. The "over ly frank revel-wide
regar ding prese nt US .milit ary unpre pared ness to meet the world
defen se
Comm unist threa t, the impr essio n that Euro pe has the highe st facin g
prior ity and the Presi dent' s refer ence -4lo .ijie "terr ible dang er" of their
the free world comb ine to make the Japan ese grim ly consc ious
preca rious posit ion on the edge of Comm unist Asia.
Acco rding to the US Polit ical Advt ser, while
lation s"
most Japan ese seem eager to rema in align ed with the US~ the "revecallin g
give great er plaus ibilit y to the Japan ese Socia list-C omm unist line
ugh round ly
for neutr ality in the East- West strug gle. The Socia lists,; altho
tially
defea ted in the last election~ can not b~ disre garde d as a poten ge if it
stron g polit ical party that would work ~erio usly to US disad vanta
US
were to come to powe r or becom e an effec tive oppo sition to a pro-
conse rvativ e gover mnen t.

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Comment: The Socialists currently face the
possibility of a split over their party's "neutrality" stand. In these cir-
cumstances, there appears little likelihood that they will be able to effect
a strong opposition. stand for a considerable period of time.

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6. Soviet officials interfere once ag4in with West Berlin trade: 3.3(h)(2)

,oviet authorities in Berlin have initiated

~ew measures that are holdingrup West Berlin's
export trade with the West. Approximately
two weeks ago, the Soviet authorities re~pon-
sible for screening inter zonal trade permits for certain restricted g~ods
shipped by West Berlin firµlS to Western Germany began refusing all
' requests:for p~rmits, insisting that they be accompanied by a certificate
showing the origin of the raw materials used ih the manufacture of the
goods. So far, this move has resulted in a back-log of over 5, 000 permits.
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Goroment: In view of the extreme importfl,IlCe

of West ferlin's trade with Ult,W'esJ~ this Soviet move constitutes the most
serious recent harassing :measure in Berlin. Jt follows upon recent ,oviet
measures closing two canal locks and thus making the delivery of goods
between Berlin and Western Germany more difficult

ain votes lose control of c.it gov.ernments in

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In the local elections held on the week-end of

27 May in 2~ provinces, largely in north
Italy, the Communist bloc tallied about 35

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percent of the vote as compared to 32 percent
in the national elections of 1948> while the
pro-Governme nt bloc. won approximately 44
percent as compared to 49 percent in 1948.
The anti-Communi st parties gained administrative control of 2, 340 out of
2, 735 ;communes.

Comment: The final series of local elections,

which will be held 10 June, can be expected generally to follow the same
patternG The pro .. Government__partte·s gained control of municipal coun-
cils in most of the important industrial centers of northern Italy (except.
Bologna) by virtue of an electoral system that permitted the large bloc
of pro-Gove,rnme nt parties to win two-thirds of' the municipal council
seats wherqver it won a plurality of votes. On the other hand, Communist
control of industrial labor appears stronger than ever. The gains of
the pro-Communi st bloc indicate that Premier De Gasperi and his__ Chris-
tian Democrats were unable to keep domestic problems (e.g., high cost
of living, unemplbyment) from becoming the main issue of the campaign.

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