740.00119 Control (Rumania)/11–2344: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the American Representative in Rumania (Berry)
9. A paraphrase of your telegram no. 6 November 1262 has been transmitted to the Joint Chiefs of Staff for their information and comments. The Department’s accompanying memorandum sets forth our view, which coincides with your recommendation, that the American representation on the Control Commission should be kept small, and that it would be unwise for this Government to propose any such changes in the size and functions of the American delegation as are envisaged in Stevenson’s plan.63
However, the Department would like to see the statutes of the ACC, as proposed by the Soviet Government, revised so as to remove some of the restrictions placed on the powers and prerogatives of the American [Page 265] representatives. The Joint Chiefs have already requested that the Department seek to obtain such a revision of the statutes. Department’s reply indicated that should the Joint Chiefs desire, either now or after the American delegation on the ACC had assumed its functions in Rumania and been able to assess the situation at first hand, to make specific recommendations for the amendment of the statutes, the Department would be glad to take up the question with the Soviet Government. Any specific recommendations you may desire to make on this matter, after consultation with General Schuyler,64 would be appreciated.
The comments of the Joint Chiefs on the Stevenson proposals will be conveyed to you as soon as they are received in the Department.
- Not printed.↩
- Air Vice Marshal Donald F. Stevenson, Chief of the British delegation to the Allied Control Commission, outlined a plan of organization for the Commission giving positions to be held by Soviet, British, and American officers.↩
- Brig. Gen. Cortlandt Van R. Schuyler reached Bucharest on November 25 as Chief of the U.S. military representation on the Allied Control Commission for Rumania.↩