File No. 763.72114/3857
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland ( Stovall)
2379. For Sofia:
Inform Bulgarian Government that Government of the United States is advised by Serbian Government that Dutch Minister, Sofia, in charge of Serbian interests, is allowed no direct relations between Serbian prisoners and interned civilians and that all funds sent Serbian Government from American advances either directly to occupied Serbia or the Dutch Minister, may be distributed only by Bulgarian Red Cross and to Serbians whom Bulgarian Government considers worthy of relief. Serbian Government consequently is reluctantly compelled to stop all remittances to Bulgaria and Bulgarian-occupied Serbia.
In view of the foregoing and on the grounds of its interest in Serbian relief matters, Government of the United States is requested by Serbian Government to invite earnest consideration by Bulgarian Government of serious consequences of its present attitude in preventing Serbian Government and Dutch Minister from assisting Serbian prisoners and in refusing all information concerning them.