711.7412Anti-War/8

The Minister in Bulgaria ( Wilson ) to the Secretary of State

No. 1320

Sir: Referring to the Legation’s Despatch No. 1315 of the third instant and confirming the Legation’s telegram No. 21 of to-day’s date,54 I have the honor to enclose, herewith, a translation of the note from the Minister for Foreign Affairs accepting the invitation extended to Bulgaria to become a signatory of the Anti-War Pact signed at Paris on August 27, 1928.

I also have the honor to enclose, herewith, a number of translations from the newspapers commenting upon the adhesion of Bulgaria to the pact.55

I have [etc.]

Charles S. Wilson
[Enclosure—Translation]

The Bulgarian Minister for Foreign Affairs ( Bouroff ) to the American Minister ( Wilson )

No. 9480 I

Mr. Minister: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Note No. 727, dated August 27th, in which Your Excellency was so kind as to notify me of the signature at Paris of the Treaty for the renunciation of war, and enclosing at the same time the text of this Treaty, to be submitted to the examination and approval of the Royal Government.

In thanking you for your kind communication, I hasten to inform Your Excellency that the Council of Ministers, at its meeting yesterday, unanimously approved the adherence of Bulgaria to the above mentioned Treaty, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 3.

The Bulgarian representative at Washington will shortly receive the necessary instructions on this subject, and all the formalities, prescribed by the laws in force in the Kingdom for such cases, will be carried out with the least possible delay.

I avail myself [etc.]

A. Bouroff
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  2. These enclosures not printed.