740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/10–1144
Memorandum by the Secretary of State to President Roosevelt
The Department has designated Mr. Maynard B. Barnes, a Foreign Service Officer of Class I, now in the Department, as the American representative to proceed to Bulgaria upon the signature of the armistice, which is now in discussion with the British and Soviet Governments.
In view of the functions he will perform, either as head of the American delegation on the Control Commission to be set up under the terms of the armistice, or as American political representative [Page 447] with a separate establishment, or as acting concurrently in both capacities, we think he should be appointed with the personal rank of Minister.
If you approve, the Department will proceed with the appointment, in order that he should be ready to enter upon these duties as soon as an American mission can be despatched to Bulgaria.98
- Notation by President Roosevelt: “CH OK FDR”.↩