711.64/5–2245: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Representative in Hungary (Schoenfeld)
43. In establishing your contacts with the Hungarian authorities you may mention that you are authorized to say that, in view of the large Hungarian colony in the United States and other Hungarian interests here, this Government would have no objection if the National Provisional Government of Hungary should desire to send a representative to Washington. Although such a representative would not be accredited officially to this Government and his presence here would in no sense imply a resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries, he would have access to the American authorities and such facilities as would enable him in an unofficial and informal way to represent Hungarian interests in this country. The appointment of any particular individual for this post would, of course, be subject to the approval of this Government.
For your information, we understand that Bulgaria already has a representative in Moscow and the Department has consistently maintained the view that the sending of representatives to the three major Allied capitals by the former satellite states during the armistice period is in each instance a matter to be decided by the Government of the Allied country concerned. Although Bulgarian interests in the United States are not so great, we are informing Barnes52 that he may indicate our willingness to consider any proposal the Bulgarians may wish to make in this regard. We do not at the moment contemplate suggesting that the Rumanian Government send a representative to this country, pending further examination of the problems arising because of the unrepresentative character of the government and the circumstances in which it was placed in power.
Sent to Caserta for Schoenfeld; repeated to Sofia53 and Bucharest.54