740.00119 EW/9–144: Telegram
The Consul General at Istanbul (Berry) to the Secretary of State
Istanbul, September 1, 1944—6 p.m.
[Received 6:27 p.m.]
[Received 6:27 p.m.]
514R113. Kisseloff was informed by telephone from Sofia this afternoon that Red Army arriving on Bulgaria’s Dobruja frontier demanded early this morning to enter the country. Request was forwarded to Sofia for decision; whereupon Bagrianov Cabinet tendered its resignation to Regents, offering to serve until new Cabinet is formed.
Berry