740.00119 Control (Rumanian)/9–1344
The Department of State to the British Embassy
Memorandum
The aide-mémoire addressed to the Department of State by the British Embassy on September 2, 1944,23 asked for an expression of the views of this Government regarding the machinery for the control of Rumania, and expressed the hope that steps will be taken to form an American Mission to be sent to that country.
The United States Government has informed the Soviet Government of its expectation to have political representation in Rumania,24 as agreed by Mr. Molotov25 last April. The Department is accordingly assembling the personnel for a political mission to go into Rumania and has asked the Soviet Government to give its concurrence to the despatch of such a mission at an early date. It is expected that this mission will constitute the American representation on the Allied Control Commission for which provision is made in the Rumanian armistice terms. The ranks and titles of the members of the American mission have not yet been finally determined.