870.811/209: Telegram
The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Thurston) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 14—2:50 a.m.]
1156. This telegram refers to Embassy’s en clair 1157, 13th, which will follow this.8
The two announcements whose inter-relation is emphasized by the fact that they are published under the same heading in the Soviet press this morning, appear to bear out the apprehension of the German Embassy here (see Embassy’s 1144, September 10, 11 a.m.9) that the German-Italian guaranty of Rumania would result in friction between Germany and the Soviet Union. It is significant that the objection to the Danubian Conference in Vienna without the participation of the Soviet Government was delivered to the German Ambassador by an Assistant Commissar rather than by Molotov with whom, insofar as the Embassy is aware, the German Ambassador has heretofore dealt almost exclusively. Of perhaps greater interest is the fact that despite the German-Italian guaranty the Soviet Government continues to adopt a threatening tone toward the Rumanian Government in regard to alleged incidents on the frontier. The fact of the publication of the two foregoing announcements is a clear indication of the continued displeasure of the Soviet Government with the German-Italian guaranty to Rumania.
Repeated to Berlin.