864.48/22: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Yugoslavia (Carroll)
29. American Relief reports through Embassy, Paris that transportation of supplies from Trieste to Budapest has been very much complicated by the fact that the Serbians have lifted approximately 1,000 feet of track on line Pragerhof [to] Kottori thus requiring all rail movements to Budapest to go via Vienna.
Endeavor verify the above and if true impress upon the Serbian Government the urgent necessity of these tracks being replaced without delay.
[Page 279]Transportation difficulties are already great enough without this obstruction which makes a much longer haul and a larger requirement of coal necessary for the transportation of relief supplies.