Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944, The British Commonwealth and Europe, Volume III

740.0011 Stettinius Mission/67: Telegram

The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

London, April 27, 1944—10 p.m.
[Received April 27—8:54 p.m.]

3475. Deles⁶⁵ 39. From the Under Secretary: The Foreign Office has not yet received an intimation of a forthcoming Greek approach of the nature referred to in Esdel⁶⁶ number 17,⁶⁷ though they are aware of the Greek Government’s concern regarding the Russian attitude toward the Bulgarian occupation of Macedonia and Thrace. However, the Foreign Office has recently instructed the British Ambassador at Moscow to take advantage of the earliest suitable opportunity to make clear to the Russians the British position that Greek and Yugoslav prewar frontiers must be restored and that there can be no question of buying off the Bulgars with either Greek or Yugoslav territory.⁶⁸ [Stettinius.]

Winant

65. Designation assigned to a series of telegrams from Under Secretary of State Stettinius in London to the Department. For report on Mr. Stettinius’ mission to London, see pp. 1 ff.
66. Designation assigned to a series of telegrams from the Department to the Under Secretary of State in London.
67. Telegram 2939, April 13, midnight, to London, not printed; it reported the Greek representation in regard to Bulgarian troops evacuating Greek Macedonia (740.0011 Stettinius Mission/22b).
68. The Assistant Secretary of State (Berle) made the following notation: “Very good. Why do not we reinforce this?”