740.00119 E.W./10–1644: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:15 p.m.]
3947. I have received a letter from Vyshinski dated October 15 stating that the Soviet Government has appointed Marshal of the Soviet Union F. I. Tolbukhin to be Chairman of the Joint Allied Military Mission which will control the withdrawal of Bulgarian troops from Greece and Yugoslavia. Colonel General S. S. Biryuzov will be his deputy. Lieutenant General Cherepanov and Colonel Pleshkov has [have] been named assistants to the Chairman.
This answers in part the questions raised in the Department’s 2431, October 14, 2 p.m., concerning the composition of the Soviet and British delegations.