874.50/4–345: Telegram
The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State
[Received 2:53 p.m.]
176. A substance of paragraph one of Deptel 77, March 21, 5 p.m.8 was communicated by aide-mémoire to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. An acknowledgement has now been received stating that
“the Bulgarian Government was pleased with the communication the US Embassy in Ankara had been instructed by the US Government to inform interested Turkish firms that they might deal in goods of American origin freely with Bulgaria provided they did not knowingly violate any control established by the Government of Bulgaria in conjunction with the ACC. Taking note of this communication and expressing its gratitude to the US for this act of confidence, the Bulgarian Government has the honor to declare that it will take, in conjunction with the ACC, all precautionary measures against the reexportation of [to] enemy countries of American goods obtained in this manner.”
- Not printed; it stated the Department’s position in regard to a Bulgarian request of February 20 for lifting of United States and United Kingdom restrictions on trading with the enemy in the case of Bulgaria, with special references to importation from Turkey of goods of American and British origin (874.50/2–2845).↩