File No. 763.72/8762
The Ambassador in France ( Sharp) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11.11 p.m.]
3129. Following joint telegram received from ministers of United States, Great Britain, and France dated Jassy, February 3:
After submitting today, February 2, the message of Mackensen to a military council presided over by the King, assisted by the President and Vice-President of the Council, we addressed a collective letter to Mr. Bratiano, the essential paragraph of which is as follows:
Our Governments have confirmed to us their full confidence that Roumania, faithful to her noble traditions and vital interests, will continue the struggle with the same energy as in the past and will cast in her lot with the Allies.
We can not conceal our apprehensions if Roumania be confronted with the alternative of a German offensive or an advantageous peace. In this event the best means of counteracting pacifist tendencies [Page 754] would be, failing one of the new measures indicated in our telegram of January 9 last,1 a military action on the other fronts if this is possible.
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