874.00/5–2545: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman)
Washington, May 25,
1945—8 p.m.
1145. Please inform FonOff that at 4 a.m. May 24 Agrarian leader G. M. Dimitrov sought asylum at the residence in Sofia of the United States Representative in Bulgaria, who forthwith placed the matter before the Bulgarian authorities. The Department has approved Barnes’ action and instructed him to seek assurances that appropriate measures be taken to ensure Dimitrov’s safety.
This instruction is being sent to Moscow and London;59 repeated to Sofia.60
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