874.00/8–2345: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes)
273. Urtel 469, Aug 23. Dept is not making representations to Moscow nor can it support your action in requesting Gen Crane to make the communications to the Chairman ACC reported in urtels 465, Aug 22 and 468, Aug 23, nor your own letter to MinFonOff set forth in latter message.
Instructions contained in Deptel 249 Aug 11 authorized you to inform the members of Bulgarian Government of our attitude toward situation existing in Bulgaria but before taking further steps Dept should have been consulted. The views expressed in Deptel 260, [Page 309] Aug 18 did not contemplate our making specific request for postponement of elections and Dept has consistently felt the formation of a representative democratic Government in Bulgaria is matter for Bulgarians to undertake and in absence of pertinent provisions in armistice not for consideration by ACC.