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.Situa t i.~n_ _R,eport l 7Q.Q...h~urs EDT....t...se.ptetube.r ..4 '· 1.9~8 
.. 1. USDAO 1 s. Co12tJn.ue, to, .~e,P.9r.t No Con fJ,rm.a ti.on oJ Sovi~t .Tr<?..OP Bu1ldups: USDAO Belgrade ~eports that there ·ts no new information regarding · ,unconfirmed· reports of 6 new _Soviet divisions in Hungary and 3 1.n Bulgaria•• 
Inquiries to It6lian, Austrian and British attache co~leasues produced 
·. negative responses regarding Soviet troop movements, none of them having heard ttnyt.hing new. Similarly, USDAO Sofia repotts no evidence of Soviet troops in .Bulgaria and doubts the ' e*istence of any significant nurnber 1 although he does not exclude the possibili~y of Soviet troopa being loc~ted in inaccessible ar~as. (USDAO Belgrade 0601, USDAO Sofia 0106) 
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··2 .. Re vi.\r$ l "fMorJ.bund BAl.kan Pact: The USDAO Belgrade also states that the Austrian Military Attache reported that in Yugoslavia there is speculetlon regarding the possibility of renewal of the »alkan Pact 
. signed on August 9, 1954 between Yugo~lavia, Greece, end T.uxkey. (Belgrade 4~01) · . , ,• 
3. Forthcomin& NATO. Declaration to Soviets: Reuters reported fr'?1Jl l>russels that, since the CzechoBlov8k intervention dampened NA'l'O' s recent efforts to find n~an~ of arms control, the 15-nation alliance 
·will soon t ell Warstlw Pact count.ries that chances of ati\\s reduction 
. in Europe have gl.·etl"tly diminiE'hed and in a public declal'ation will tell the Soviets ·1n the next few days that it was reeKamitting its own situation e.nd dof:ng everything nocessary to meet any possible threa.t to itsolf. (Reuters -223) , 
: 4. ~resident :,Meets wit)l.'J<!Y.. Advisors on Cr1.s1s: \'he President met today with top ~dv~sors to +eview th~ Czech eris.is and its impact on East·W~st relations. Tho mc·eting was to be followed· by a full session of ·the National Security Council, m~eting f~r the second time ainee the Soviet invasion o.f Czechoslovakia. (Reuters 292) 
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