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Post-Armistice problems of occupation and control of Bulgaria; setting up of Allied (Soviet) Control Commission; application to Bulgaria of the Crimea Declaration on Liberated Europe and of the Berlin (Potsdam) Declaration of August 2, 1945 123

1. Continued from Foreign Relations, 1944, vol. iii, pp. 481–514.

2. Signed at Yalta, February 11, 1945, by President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, and Marshal Stalin; for text see Foreign Relations, The Conferences at Malta and Yalta, 1945, pp. 968, 971.

3. See communiqué issued by the Berlin Conference, Foreign Relations, The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945, vol. ii, p. 1499. For additional documentation relating to Bulgaria, see ibid., vol. i, Index, pp. 1060–1061; vol. ii, Index, pp. 1606–1607.

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

Washington, January 1, 1945—11 p.m.

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/1–145: Telegram

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

Washington, January 1, 1945—midnight.

740.00119 EW/10–3044: Telegram

[122] The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, January 4, 1945—[3 p.m.]
[Received January 5—6:40 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/1–545: Telegram

[123] The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, January 8, 1945—10 p.m.
[Received January 8—7:45 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/1–845: Telegram

[124] The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, January 9, 1945—10 a.m.
[Received 6:42 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/1–945: Telegram

[125] The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, January 9, 1945—3 p.m.
[Received 6:31 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/1–945: Telegram

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

Washington, January 10, 1945—9 p.m.

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/12–2444: Telegram

[127] The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, January 12, 1945—4 p.m.
[Received January 13—2:28 p.m.]

874.00/1–1245: Telegram

[128] The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, January 18, 1945—4 p.m.
[Received 8:45 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/1–1845: Telegram

[129] The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, January 19, 1945—3 p.m.
[Received 8:30 p.m.]

860H.48/1–1945: Telegram

[130] The Acting Secretary of State to the United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes)

Washington, January 25, 1945—10 p.m.

701.6574/1–2545: Telegram

[131] The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, January 25, 1945—10 a.m.
[Received 7:15 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/1–2545: Telegram

[132] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, January 26, 1945—7 p.m.
[Received January 27—12:15 a.m.]

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/1–2645: Telegram

[133] The Acting Secretary of State to the United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes)

Washington, January 26, 1945—11 p.m.

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/1–1845: Telegram

[134] The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, January 30, 1945—11 a.m.
[Received January 31—10:40 a.m.]

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/1–3045: Telegram

[135] The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, January 30, 1945—3 p.m.
[Received 8:10 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/1–3045: Telegram

[136] The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, February 1, 1945.
[Received February 27:49 p.m.]

874.00/2–145: Telegram

[137] The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, February 2, 1945—9 a.m.
[Received 9:30 p.m.]

874.00/2–245: Telegram

[138] The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, February 10, 1945—3 p.m.
[Received 7:45 p.m.]

874.00/2–1045: Telegram

[139] The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in the Soviet Union (Kennan)

Washington, February 10, 1945—8 p.m.

811.91274/2–1045: Telegram

[140] The Acting Secretary of State to the United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes)

Washington, February 15, 1945—7 p.m.

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/1–1945: Telegram

[141] The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)

Washington, February 16, 1945—9 p.m.

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/2–1645: Telegram

[142] The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, February 19, 1945—2 p.m.
[Received 5:15 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/2–1945: Telegram

[143] The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, February 22, 1945—2 p.m.
[Received 7:08 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/2–2245: Telegram

[144] The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, February 22, 1945—4 p.m.
[Received February 22—3:55 p.m.]

874.00/2–2245: Telegram

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

Moscow, February 24, 1945—4 p.m.
[Received February 25—4:07 a.m.]

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/2–2445: Telegram

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

London, February 24, 1945—6 p.m.
[Received 8:20 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/2–2445: Telegram

[147] The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, February 27, 1945—10 a.m.
[Received 2:09 p.m.]

740.0011 E. W./2–2745: Telegram

[148] The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, February 27, 1945—2 p.m.
[Received 4:33 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/2–2745: Telegram

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

Moscow, February 28, 1945—1 p.m.
[Received 1:33 p.m.]

740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/2–2845: Telegram