Office of the Historian

871.00/9–545: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the American Representative in Rumania (Berry)

Washington, September 5, 1945—7 p.m.

476. Your telegrams 626 and 628, Aug. 31.93 Since we feel that any advice to the King in the matter of the advisability of his signing or refraining from signing Groza Government decrees would constitute the kind of direct interference on our part in the Rumanian political crisis that we wish to avoid at this time, we do not therefore propose at this time to authorize you to express any observations to the King on this subject. You have received a copy of our proposed telegram to Moscow94 and will be informed of the British views as soon as received. When the message is communicated to the Soviet Government you may of course use it in any conversations you have with Rumanian authorities. In the meanwhile Dept sees no reason for you to avoid contact with the King, his advisers, members of the Government and officials (reurtel 641, Sept. 4) whose attention should be drawn to the Secretary’s statement to the press of Sept. 4. In answer to a question concerning consultation on Rumania the Secretary said “There has not been an agreement. The Soviet Government has not agreed but I have requested the Soviet Government to authorize Foreign Minister Molotov to consult on that subject while we are in London”.

Acheson
  1. Latter not printed, but see footnote 82, p. 600.↩
  2. Reference is to telegram 7566, September 4, to London, repeated to Moscow as 1948 and to Bucharest as 473, supra.↩