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BULLETIN
PREPARED BY THE ANALYSIS BRANCH

PUBLIC INFORMATION DIVISION - DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY ★ FOR DISTRIBUTION CALL Ex. 4742

4 MARCH 1943
9:45 a.m.

JU

WIRE SERVICE SECTION

PRAVDA SAYS STATE DEPARTMENT CONVERTED INTO BRANCH OF GENERAL STAFF

MOSCOW--RUSSIA LOOSED ANOTHER BLAST AT THE ATLANTIC TREATY TODAY ONLY A FEW HOURS BEFORE IT WAS TO BE SIGNED, CHARGING THAT IT SEEMS TO VITIUIONATE STATES UNWILLING TO SUBMIT TO ANGLO-AMERICAN DICTATION. THE ATTACK APPEARED IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER PRAVDA. IT ALSO ACCUSED THE UNITED STATES OF STEPPING UP THE AMERICANIZATION OF WESTERN EUROPEAN ARMIES THROUGH A "NEW MILITARY LEND-LEASE," "THE WHOLE COMMISSION. MILITARY SYSTEM IS BEING CONVERTED INTO AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY SYSTEM UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE AMERICAN GENERAL STAFF," PRAVDA SAID. "THE EXPORT OF VARIOUS ARMS AND INTENSIFIED PREPARATION OF AGGREGATION HAVE BECOME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TASKS OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY. THIS TASK IS UNDER EXECUTION BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT, WHICH U.S. RULING CIRCLES TO AN INCREASING EXTENT ARE CONVERTING INTO A BRANCH "THE GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES."... UP(61594)

FRANCE WANTS TO BASE DEFENSE OF WESTERN EUROPE ON ELBE

PARIS--FRANCE IS REPORTED TODAY SEEKING AMERICAN BACKING FOR A PLAN TO BASE DEFENSE OF WESTERN EUROPE ON THE ELBE RIVER. INSTEAD OF THE RHINE, AUTHORITATIVE DIPLOMATIC SOURCES SAID THAT FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER TOEPT CHUMAN WOULD PUT SUCH A PLAN BEFORE U.S. OFFICIALS DURING THIS CURRENT WASHINGTON VISIT TO SIGN THE ATLANTIC PACT... LIEUT. ODI GEORGE NEVAD, FRENCH CHIEF OF STAFF, IS REPORTEDLY A STRONG BACKER OF THE PLAN WHICH HAS ITS PRIMARY AIM AN EFFORT TO KEEP SOVIET TROOPS AS FAR FROM FRANCE AS POSSIBLE IN EVENT OF WAR... ANOTHER FACTOR IN THE PLAN IS PSYCHOLOGICAL. THE FRENCH PEOPLE GENERALLY ARE SAID TO BE RESIGNED TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOVIET FORCES COULD OVERRUN FRANCE IF WAR SHOULD BREAK OUT SUDELY. RUSSIAN ARMIES COULD ESTABLISH A RHINE BRIDGEHEAD THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS A SERIOUS BLOW TO FRANCE RESISTANCE IN A HEPTUPLY ON OF THE TIME "POLITZKRIEG" IN 1940. FRENCH STRATEGISTS BELIEVE THAT IF THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE HERE MOVED TO THE ELBE, FRANCE WOULD PUT UP GREATER DEFENSE.

WESTERN GERMAN POST OFFICE EMPLOYES TOSSED OUT BY RUSSANS

BERLIN--BRITISH MILITARY AUTHORITIES IN BERLIN REPORTED TODAY THAT THE RUSSANS HAVE TAKEN POSSESSION OF A POST OFFICE IN THE WEST STAAKEN END OF BERLIN THROUGH OUT WESTERN GERMAN EMPLOYES. THE BRITISH SAID THE ACTION TOOK PLACE APRIL 1. WEST STAAKEN IS OFFICIALLY IN THE SOVIET FACTOR BUT IT HAS BEEN RUN BY THE WEST SINCE THE SPLIT BETWEEN EAST AND WEST. ADHIBITIOUS THOUGHTS AND THE BLOCKADE. THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE RUSSANS TO THE LAVISH IN THEIR SERIES OF HOLES APPROPRIATELY AIDED THE RUSSIAN TROOPS IN HOLD ON THEIR SECTOR OF THE CITY AND CRUSHING POLITICAL "DO' TIC". 1943(7:09)

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