Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944, The British Commonwealth and Europe, Volume III

740.00119 European War 1939/2182: Telegram

The Ambassador to the Yugoslav Government in Exile (MacVeagh) to the Secretary of State

Cairo, February 24, 1944—6 p.m.
[Received February 25—8:45 p.m.]

Yugoslav Series 44. In a talk which I had with the Soviet Ambassador¹¹ this morning he told me confidentially that an emissary or emissaries from Bulgaria might be arriving here shortly for conversation in which he and I and our British colleague¹² might be expected to join. This is independent of a similar Rumanian project¹³ which has been the subject of messages between Department and this Embassy (the last of these being the Department’s No. 21 [1] to the Legation Cairo of January 5, 9 p.m.¹⁴). I have not heard of it from any other source and if the Department has information which can be given me I would appreciate instructions.

MacVeagh

11. Nikolay Vasilyevich Novikov.
12. R. C. Skrine Stevenson, British Ambassador to the Yugoslav Government in Exile in Egypt.
13. For Rumanian overtures, see telegram 84, January 11, 10 a.m., from Moscow, vol. iv , section under Rumania entitled “Negotiations leading to signing of armistice …”
14. Not printed.