740.00119 EW/8–2644: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 27—1 a.m.]
6969. Reference my 6928. Today Strang discussed further the question of participation by certain smaller United Nations in the conclusion of a Bulgarian armistice. He noted that Greece, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Haiti, and Nicaragua are also at war with Bulgaria. He wired Washington proposing that the British and we act together in securing in Cairo Greek approval of the proposed armistice terms, and in London to secure Yugoslav and Czechoslovak approval, and inviting the Department to indicate to what degree and in what form Haiti and Nicaragua should be either informed of the terms or invited to authorize signature of them by the British and US in the names of their Governments. I expressed my personal view that we would probably be willing to have the Greek and Yugoslav Governments informed of the terms and invited to assent to them in advance, but that Czechoslovakia’s position was different, first, in that Czechoslovakia had not declared war on Bulgaria by name but only in a blanket declaration of war against any state which is at war with any of the United Nations, and, second, in that Czechoslovakia had not been involved in hostilities with Bulgaria. With regard to Haiti and Nicaragua, I merely commented that the Department would be in the best position to judge how far it is necessary or desirable to consult these two Governments with regard to the Bulgarian armistice. Strang has not pursued the question of including the British Dominions among the signatories; the British attitude in this respect is probably made clear in his communication to the Embassy in Washington.