The adjudication of American claims against Bulgaria in accordance with Public Law 285 was completed on August 9, 1959, and awards (exclusive of interest) were made totaling $4.6 million. The available funds for compensation to recipients of awards total about $2.7 million.

[NOTE: On April 6, 1961, the Department of State issued the following statement on the suspension of the negotiations: "Representatives of the Governments of the United States and Bulgaria have agreed to suspend the negotiations initiated on January 12, 1961, for a settlement of certain outstanding financial issues. The negotiations to date have suceeded in clarifying and narrowing the differences between the two Governments. Both sides have expressed the hope for an early resumption of the negotiations." (Department of State Bulletin, Apr. 24, 1961, p. 597)]

Czechoslovakia

UNITED STATES REVOCATION OF THE STATUS OF A MEMBER OF THE PERMANENT MISSION OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIALIST REPUBLIC AT THE UNITED NATIONS: Note From the U.S. Mission at the U.N. to the Acting Permanent Representative of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic at the U.N. (Cernik), June 21, 1961 *

The German "Democratic Republic"

[NOTE: See the note under Section D, "The Problems of Germany and Berlin," of Part IV, ante, p. 533]

Hungary

209. HUNGARIAN-UNITED STATES RECIPROCAL EASING OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1961: Announcement Issued by the Department of State, June 23, 1961 5

The U.S. Government was informed by the Government of the Hungarian People's Republic on June 21, 1961, that, effective July 1, 1961, the existing authorization requirement for travel of U.S. Government

'Department of State press release No. 421; the Department of State Bulletin, July 10, 1961, p. 67.

5

Department of State press release No. 436 (text as printed in the Department of State Bulletin, July 10, 1961, p. 67).

personnel in Hungary would be replaced by a procedure under which U.S. personnel may travel within Hungary upon advance notification to the Hungarian Government of the planned travel. The U.S. Government has, therefore, informed the Government of the Hungarian People's Republic that, effective July 1, 1961, personnel of the Hungarian Legation in Washington and the Hungarian Mission to the United Nations in New York may travel within the United States upon advance notification to the U.S. Government of the planned travel.

These procedures apply, as heretofore, only to travel which exceeds a radius of 25 miles from Washington or New York City or 40 kilometers from Budapest, as appropriate.

FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1956 HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION: Statement Issued by the Department of State, October 20, 1961 €

209 A. QUESTION OF HUNGARY: Resolution 1741 (XVI), Adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, December 20, 1961 6a

The General Assembly,

Having considered the report of the United Nations Representative on Hungary, Sir Leslie Munro, who is responsible to the General

* Department of State press release No. 727; the Department of State Bulletin, Nov. 6, 1961, p. 745.

6 U.N. General Assembly Official Records, Sixteenth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/5100), pp. 66-67. This resolution, sponsored by the representatives of 16 member states (including the U.S.), was adopted by a vote of 49 to 17, with 32 abstentions.

The U.S. Representative at the U.N. (Stevenson), in a letter of Sept. 16, 1961, to the U.N. Secretary-General (Hammarskjold), requested inclusion of "the Question of Hungary" in the agenda of the 16th session of the U.N. General Assembly (U.N. doc. A/4872). The U.S. Representative stated in the U.N. General Assembly on Dec. 20, 1961, the following: ". . . it should again be made emphatically clear to the Hungarian and Soviet Governments that the burden they bear before the world and before this body can only be removed when they display an attitude of co-operation with the United Nations, and move toward compliance with the resolutions that have been adopted on this issue. . . . the United States Government deplores the continuing disregard of the United Nations resolutions that have been adopted here on Hungary. . . . We appeal once again to both the Soviet and Hungarian Governments to co-operate in good faith with the United Nations in its efforts to solve the Hungarian problem and promote justice for the Hungarian people." (U.N. doc. A/PV.1087, pp. 11741175)

...

U.N. doc. A/4996, Dec. 1, 1961. In this report, the U.N. Representative on Hungary (Munro) stated the following: ". I regret that the General Assembly was unable to take up the question of Hungary at the fifteenth session, and I would wish to draw attention to the considerations which I urged in my last report. They are still fully relevant to the present situation. . For the text of the Nov. 28, 1960, report of the U.N. Representative on Hungary, see American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1960, pp. 374-379.

Assembly for reporting on significant developments relating to the implementation of the Assembly's resolutions on Hungary,

Deplores the continued disregard by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the present Hungarian régime of the General Assembly resolutions concerning the situation in Hungary.

Poland

210. POLISH-UNITED STATES ADDITIONAL SURPLUS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGREEMENT: Announcement Issued by the Department of State, December 15, 19617

An agreement was concluded in Washington today by the United States and Poland which provides for the sale to Poland of agricultural commodities having a total export market value of $44,600,000 including certain ocean transportation costs. Under the provisions of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act (Public Law 480), Poland will purchase surplus agricultural commodities, including wheat, barley, edible oils and tallow. Shipments under this agreement are expected to help meet current urgent Polish needs in these commodities.

As provided in the Act, payment will be in local currency (Polish zlotys). This currency will be deposited to the credit of the United States and will be available for use by the United States Government. The agreement provides that beginning January 2, 1972 the Polish Government will repurchase for dollars at the rate of $1,500,000 annually such zlotys as have not been used.

This agreement represents a further step of this Government to meet Polish needs by sales of agricultural commodities. Since 1957 similar agreements under Public Law 480 have provided for a total of $365.3 million in such sales to Poland.10 A total of $61 million in credits has also been extended to Poland between 1957 and 1959 through the Export-Import Bank, which has been used primarily for the purchase of equipment and materials, agricultural commodities, and poliomyelitis vaccine. Shipments of these items have contributed directly to an improvement in Polish diets and medical care, and they have been accepted by the Polish people as material evidence of the continuing interest and friendship of the United States for Poland.

10

See American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1957, pp. 712–719; ibid., 1958, pp. 686-690; ibid., 1959, pp. 838-844 and 847-849; and ibid., 1960, p. 379.

Yugoslavia

211. THE OBJECTIVES OF UNITED STATES ECONOMIC AID TO YUGOSLAVIA: Reply Made by the Secretary of State (Rusk) to a Question Asked at a News Conference, October 18, 1961 11

First let me review the situation briefly. Yugoslavia is a Communist country and has been since World War II. And no one in any of the administrations which have considered this matter has overlooked this fact.

A more important fact, however, is that in 1948 Yugoslavia broke away from the Soviet bloc and since that time has been not only independent of the Soviet bloc but also a divisive influence on world communism and a source of considerable dissension within the Communist bloc.

It has been a policy of three administrations to support Yugoslavia's determination to maintain its independence. As a part of our efforts to help Yugoslavia preserve that independence, we have furnished substantial economic and military assistance, including military grant aid from 1951 through 1957.12 There is no doubt that our aid did serve to strengthen Yugoslavia's efforts to maintain its independence. These developments have not been without effect on the Soviet bloc. You may recall that last December, in the famous declaration issued by the Communist parties at the time of the Communist summit,13 there were some very severe criticisms of Yugoslavia contained in that declaration, and you will observe that Yugoslav policies have again been criticized in the 22d Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which is now taking place.14

I think some of the criticism which this policy is now receiving stems to a certain degree from public disappointment that our aid to Yugoslavia has not led to full Yugoslav agreement with the foreign policy of the United States. But, as the President has stated, our aid programs are not designed to purchase agreement with us. In our view countries are entitled to national sovereignty and independence, and the basic purpose of our aid is to strengthen the efforts of recipient countries to maintain their national sovereignty and independence.

"The reply printed here is taken from p. 750 of the Department of State Bulletin, Nov. 6, 1961 (reprint of Department of State press release No. 720). 12 See American Foreign Policy, 1950-1955: Basic Documents, pp. 2160-2163, and American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1959, pp. 861-864.

13 Complete text in New Times, No. 50, Dec. 1960, supp., pp. 1-16; excerpts in Documents on American Foreign Relations, 1960 (New York, 1961), pp. 301-316. 14 See The Current Digest of the Soviet Press, vol. XIII. Nos. 40-45 (Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, and Dec. 6, 1961).

Some of the disappointment in this country has come from the Belgrade meeting.15 We do not believe that that Belgrade meeting indicated that Yugoslavia was in the process of losing its independence, even though some things were said there that we ourselves did not particularly approve. So that is the basis of our policy.

15 See ante, doc. 39, and post, doc. 271.