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OPERATIONS COORDINATING BOARD
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35 June 1955
1.
Germany = Adenauer Visit to US
The opposition press has reacted xtrongly to Chancellor Acensuer's
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New Eaven spsech and to th? joint US-German communique releaced after
the Chancellor's talks :rith Secretary Dulles, The comacnts ineluce
allegations that Adenaver anc Dulles have adopted » "doenothing"
roliey on reunification and that the two leaders meraly rebnched cld
ideas without bedag preparad to "take practical advantage of worlc.
political developments".
In Moscow TASS sommante that "from the ton
of the commn-otte it is sem that the talks were started for
the pure
Esbsesy Bonn 4734, 13 June, Unclassified; FBIS, 14 <une, Official Ves
Cnly)
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pose of creating additional cbstacles in the way of solving tka west
important, intermationil quastions, disarmament in particular",
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Croece - Reaamendasions for US Action
US FEmbasay Athezs recommends a three point program for strengthen-
ing the Karannlis governmant and bolstering Grees cstezmination te
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resist Soviet economic assistanse offers, Saging its ecnelusions cn
the fact that the basic feature of the Karamanlis economic pregrasi is
agricultural improvement, the Embassy suggests:
(1) Maintaining ihe
Greek defense and investigative budget support at tha 1955-56 level;
(2) extending economic assistance to includa industrial projects cf
benefit to agriculture—specifically a fertiliser plant and evgar
refinery; ani (3) relastitution of direct forces suppert in ar. effort
to protect toe US inves=mejt, mairtaln readiness of forces nud stiongther
Greek-NATO tiaz, (US Enbasay Athens 3408, 11 June, Secret; 2402,
12 June, Confidentiel)}
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UESR — Disurmanen?
In the JSR Icvestia has pleyed heavily on the Bulganin disarma-
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ment Iistters to tae US, UK, France, Germany, Italy end Turko: witk. the
telline argunant that the wecpies of these countries ere domurding that
to2 arms "burden" be reducad, JS Ambassador Sohlen comrents that these
letters will 32 the “keyitone of a leag-range Soviet proragania offen.
sive, In London the Pritith Foreign Office thinkirg on a roply te:
tos Ewlganin ncte is charantexized ag ot112 "fluid", (US Eatasay Mose
cov 2817, 13 June; Lendon 3745, 13 June; Confidential)
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Lebanon - Request for Arns
President Chamoun of “ebanon has repeated his request for arre
aid and added the suggestion that if might be possible for the U5 te
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