740.00119 Control (Rumania)/10–844: Telegram

The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State

3847. ReEmbs 3822, October 6, midnight. I have received a reply from Molotov to my letter setting forth our desire for a revision of point 6 (G) of the statutes of the Control Commission for Rumania. He states that in fixing the number of members of the American representation on the Commission they had proceeded from the experience of the Italian Commission where the Soviet representation had, until recently, not exceeded five persons, aside from the Commission for Displaced Persons which was a special question and subject to separate consideration. Nevertheless, the Soviet Government had no objections to a certain increase in the number of members of the American representation in the case of Rumania, such increase to be determined in agreement with the Chairman of the Commission.

Harriman