740.00119 European War 1939/2555: Telegram
The Ambassador to the Yugoslav Government in Exile (MacVeagh) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3:30 p.m.]
Yugoslav Series 104. See my Yugoslav Series 99, April 27.63 The message to Maniu as amended was transmitted April 28 “From the Delegates of the Three Allied Powers in Cairo”.
More than 72 hours have elapsed without a reply from Antonescu to our last message and it would appear that negotiations with him must therefore be considered ended.
Meanwhile Maniu has asked to send at once to Cairo, as his additional emissary, Mr. Visoianu64 (see first paragraph under heading “Emissary” in my secret airgram A–14, March 365). Mr. Novikov and Lord Moyne with the assent of the Foreign Office which had previously supported an idea of his that there should be no more emissaries have agreed, the Russian seeming to be particularly interested and saying that “Maniu should be allowed to send out anybody he wants”. I am accordingly agreeing also and the British intend doing what they can to get Visoianu here quickly.
Repeated to AmRep Algiers for Murphy.66
- Not printed.↩
- Constantin Visoianu, friend of Iuliu Maniu.↩
- Not printed; the paragraph reported that Mr. Maniu had not been able to get a passport earlier for Mr. Visoianu (740.00119 European War 1939/2259).↩
- Robert D. Murphy, U. S. Political Adviser on the Staff of the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theater.↩