740.00119 European War 1939/2639: Telegram
The Ambassador to the Yugoslav Government in Exile (MacVeagh) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 1—10:55 a.m.]
Yugos 109. Regarding the Rumanian views which were not listened to at the conference reported in my Yugos 105, May 25, the [Page 180] Rumanian emissaries have informed my Russian colleague that Maniu desired the Allies to give the following assurances:
- 1.
- All occupied territory to be under solely Rumanian administration.
- 2.
- Parts of Rumania, not in zone of operations, e.g., Bucharest, not be occupied by Allied forces.
- 3.
- Funds of the National Bank of Rumania seized by the Germans to be returned to the new Government.
- 4.
- Rumanian Government funds sequestered in Great Britain and United States to be released.
- 5.
- All of Transylvania to be returned to Rumania.
Since sending the messages reported in my Yugos 107, May 29,68 the emissaries have heard from Maniu through Cretzeanu as follows:
- (a)
- A message apparently sent May 21, in which he says that as a result of further interspersion of German units there is no longer a purely Rumanian sector and the Rumanian commanders can no longer guarantee operations. Therefore “Anglo-American help in the interior again becomes an essential factor” of Rumanian action; and
- (b)
- a subsequent message received by Cretzeanu May 29. This explains that “the whole of the national opposition” has accepted the Allied conditions “as a basis of discussion” and that Visoianu was sent to Cairo to clarify certain points (presumably those given in paragraph 1 above), and “include them in a text to be sent to us”. It adds that “in order to assure the utmost support of public opinion to propose change, a common policy is being formed of all the anti-Fascist parties, National Liberal, Social Democrat and Communist”.
My Soviet colleague informed his Government of Maniu’s views as listed in paragraph 1 above and yesterday informed the emissaries that he had received the following reply:
“Soviet Government refuses to enter upon any discussions concerning these questions so long as Maniu has not stated definitely whether he accepts the armistice conditions themselves.”
Repeated to Algiers for Murphy.
- Not printed.↩