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740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/7–2845: Telegram

The United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes) to the Secretary of State

Sofia, July 28 (27?), 1945—midnight.
[Received July 28—3:05 p.m.]

392. ReDeptel 216, July 24. Clearance situation has improved during past 2 weeks for all official personnel. Believe local requests for such personnel will be sufficient henceforth. Requests for journalists must still be handled by Dept direct with Moscow. Request for Patterson14 has been renewed. Believe procedure in numbered paragraph 3 of Dept’s telegram can be worked out in time. Efforts will be made to handle clearances businessmen, etc. locally.

Repeated Moscow as No. 203.

Barnes
  1. Gardner Patterson was on a mission to the Balkans for the Treasury Department.↩