740.0011 European War 1939/4355: Telegram
The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Thurston) to the Secretary of State
[Received 5:30 p.m.]
787. Pravda today carries a Tass despatch from Kiev dated July 1st, as follows:
“Soviet troops have established themselves in northern Bukowina on the determined border with Rumania. In Bessarabia, Soviet troops have fulfilled their task and have reached the Rumanian border along the entire length of the Prut and Danube Rivers.”
Further despatches have stated that work has already begun toward the establishment of railway, telephone, and telegraph communications between the Soviet Union and its newly annexed territories.
These and similar reports imply that the occupation by the Soviets of the territories in question is virtually completed.
Repeated to Bucharest.