Office of the Historian

840.70/10–544: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)

Washington, October 6, 1944—midnight.

8188. For Hooker, Allison and Moats from Berle and Plakias.47 Reference penultimate paragraph Embassy’s 8366 October 5. Department feels same principle should govern participation of Rumanian Control Commission at EITO Conference as applied to ACC for Italy, SHAEF et cetera, namely, participation as observers only.

However the Department feels that representation of Control Commission for Rumania should await full establishment of the Commission and the naming by the full Commission of a delegate as observer. [Page 812] (We have no objection in principle to the Soviet delegate being this observer, but feel that the appointment should be made by the Commission itself.) [Berle and Plakias.]

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  1. John N. Plakias, special assistant, Office of Transportation and Communications.↩