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       PREPARATION OF THE CONFERENCE
                        COMMUNIQUE
                            No. 1379
740.00119 Potsdam/7-2545
The Deputy Director of the Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs
          (Allen) to the Assistant Secretary of State (Dunn)'
                                      [BABELSBERG,] July 25, 1945.
                  MEMORANDUM FOR MR. DUNN
Subject: Possible Items Concerning the Near East and Africa Which
    Might be Included in the Press Communique' at the End of the
    Conference
  The following items from my area might possibly be suitable for
inclusion in the press communiqu6:
  1. Tangier. It was agreed by the representatives of the three
states that the Zone of Tangier, which includes the City of Tangier
and the area adjacent to it, should, owing to its specific strategic
importance, remain international. They further agreed that repre-
sentatives of the U. S., U. K., U. S. S. R. and France should be sent to
Paris in the near future to consider an appropriate status of this
international zone.
  2. Trusteeship. It was agreed by the representatives of the three
states present that the question of the disposal of the former colonies
of Italy in Africa and the Mediterranean was a matter for settlement
when the peace treaty with Italy is drawn up.
  3. Syria and Lebanon. The representatives of the three states
present heard a report by the British Delegation of recent events in
Syria and Lebanon and a declaration by the British Delegation of a
lack of any desire to seek advantages for Great Britain in the area.
The American Delegation expressed itself as a supporter of the full
independence of Syria and Lebanon and as opposed to special privi-
leges by any power in that area.
  4. Iran. The representatives of the three states present agreed
that Allied troops should be withdrawn immediately from the City of
Tehran.
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