Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1945, Europe, Volume V

740.00119 Control (Rumania)/8–1645: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Acting American Representative in Rumania (Melbourne)

Washington, August 16, 1945—2 p.m.

423. Deptel 407, Aug 9³⁰ containing text of section XI of protocol agreed upon at Potsdam should correct erroneous impression (see final paragraph of Genl Schuyler’s M–1356 Aug. 7), apparently due to garble, that revision of ACC procedures is not to be undertaken.

At Potsdam three Govts agreed that Soviet proposals for Hungarian ACC would be taken as basis for revision of ACC procedure in all three ex-satellites. Thus proposals given by Genl Susaikov to Genl Schuyler concerning revised procedure for Rumanian ACC enclosed with your despatch 410 July 17³¹ are not to be basis for revised ACC statutes. Susaikov’s views expressed before Potsdam agreements (Schuyler’s tel M–1312 July 27³⁰) that ACC meetings are informational only is of course not consistent with present agreed basis for revised procedure.

It is our view that details of revised procedure should be worked out in form of statutes at Bucharest by the three principal Allied Reps. For Genl Schuyler’s guidance in such discussions we are forwarding by separate tel draft text of statutes for ACC Hungary³² in second period, based on suggestions made by Genl Key and approved by State, War and Navy Depts. This draft represents US Govt’s desiderata for ACCs in all three ex-satellite states. Full discretion is given to Genl Schuyler, acting in consultation with US Mission, to make use of the draft statutes in discussions with Soviet and UK members of ACC, with a view to their adoption in so far as possible.

Meanwhile, pending agreement on definitive statutes, Dept expects Rumanian ACC to operate on lines laid down for Hungary by Voroshilov’s letter of July 12³⁴ (Deptel 407).

This telegram has been cleared with War Dept.

Byrnes

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31. Conference of Berlin (Potsdam), vol. ii, p. 690.
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32. Telegram 424, August 16, to Bucharest, not printed. For text of the Draft Statutes for the Allied Control Commission for Hungary, see vol. iv, p. 842.
34. The Soviet proposals for the Control Commission in Hungary were originally presented on July 12, 1945, in a letter from the Chairman (Soviet) of the Allied Control Commission for Hungary, Marshal Voroshilov, to the American and British Representatives on the Commission. The text of the letter was transmitted to the Department in telegram 286, July 13, from Budapest, vol. iv, p. 834. The letter, only slightly revised, served as a basis of discussion during the Tripartite Conference of Berlin and was included as an annex to section XII (XI) of the Protocol of Proceedings of the Conference, August 1 (2), 1945, Conference of Berlin (Potsdam), vol. ii, p. 1494.