761.7115/2: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 22—6:50 p.m.]
829. The Rumanian Minister told me this morning that he has had several conferences with Vyshinski during the past 2 or 3 weeks on the subject of a revision of the Soviet-Rumanian frontier based on the return to Rumania of a limited amount of territory in Bukovina. He added that he is also considering approaching Vyshinski with respect to a Soviet-Rumanian non-aggression pact.
Gafencu said that Vyshinski did not appear to be hostile to the suggestion of a frontier rectification but added that he recognizes, of course, that the Rumanian Government will not be able to enter into either a frontier or a non-aggression agreement with the Soviet Union until it has obtained the prior consent of Germany.
The Minister expressed the opinion that as a result of the German success in the Balkans, the Soviet Union would now be entirely subservient to German demands and must henceforth be regarded as having lost much of its freedom of action.