740.00119 Control (Rumania)/12–2344: Telegram
The American Representative in Rumania (Berry) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 24—10:35 a.m.]
73. The Soviet High Command has presented an order to the Rumanian Government in the name of the ACC which requests that it be reimbursed in goods from Rumania for the Pengo war currency printed and disbursed by the Red Army to the Rumanian troops fighting with them on Hungarian soil.
The Rumanian Government states that although the country does not have cobelligerent status with the United Nations, the number of Rumanian troops and their sacrifices beside the Red Army entitle them to equal treatment with the Soviet troops for their legitimate war expenses. It also argues that such a demand cannot be based upon the armistice since the expenses are being incurred upon foreign territory and Rumania should not be penalized because its troops are fighting beside the Soviet Army in Hungary.
Further details follow by pouch.98
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