740.00119 E.A.C./9–2144: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 21—9:28 p.m.]
7855. Comea 94. Subsequent to British proposal (my 7680, September 17, midnight) that Bulgarian evacuation of occupied Greek and Yugoslav territory be made a precondition for signature of an armistice with Bulgaria, and to Soviet acceptance of this view (my 7816, September 20, midnight), Foreign Office has tonight handed to Soviet Ambassador and myself a draft communication to be presented to the Bulgarian Minister at Ankara by representatives of the United States, United Kingdom and USSR:
“The Governments of the United Kingdom, USA and USSR, having considered the request of the Bulgarian Government for an armistice, have decided that it is an indispensable prerequisite to the opening of armistice negotiations that the Bulgarian Government should give an undertaking to withdraw all Bulgarian troops and officials from Greek and Yugoslav territory. Such withdrawal must take place within 15 days from the date of this communication and will be verified and controlled by a Joint Military Mission of the three Allied Governments to be received in Bulgaria and to be afforded by the Bulgarian Government all the facilities which the three Allied Governments deem necessary for the fulfillment of its task.”
If this precondition and this draft communication are acceptable to the Department, it will doubtless wish to provide appropriate instructions to the United States representative in Ankara.