740.0011 E.W./9–3044: Telegram
The Ambassador in Turkey (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:08 p.m.]
1876. The Bulgarian Minister called to see me this morning to inform me of the memorandum which he had received last night from the British Chargé d’Affaires (see my 1869, September 30 [October 1], 2 p.m.97). He expressed concern at the delay in the armistice negotiations. I replied that while I was not in a position to inform him as to the reasons for the delay, it seems to me that the apparent reluctance of the Bulgarian Government to withdraw its troops from Greek and Yugoslav territory might well be an important factor. I also remarked that the observation of the Bulgarian Government that it hesitated to withdraw its troops from Thrace lest civil war break out after their withdrawal failed to recognize Bulgaria’s defeat and that I doubted the victorious powers would desire Bulgarian troops to do policing in the Balkans.
Repeated to London as No. 57 and Moscow.
- Not printed, but see telegram 1870, supra. ↩