871.00/9–1245: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 12—12:45 p.m.]
3251. Embassy’s 3227, September 10, 7 p.m.; repeated London 441. In the course of conversation with Vyshinski this afternoon, I took occasion to reproach him in friendly manner for writing us notes such as the last we have received on the Rumanian question which practically impute [impugn?] the truthfulness of our Government.
Vyshinski then asked my opinion of how the Rumanian question could be solved, adding that some way would have to be found, in his opinion, to create conditions on which the King could work with the Groza government. I replied that I was not sufficiently familiar with conditions in Rumania to answer but that certainly we expected freedom in political expression to all democratic parties. Vyshinski said that our two Governments had solved harder questions than this in the past and that he was hopeful that a way could be found to solve this one as well. He referred to the Polish settlement. In conclusion, he said he was sure this question would be talked over at the London conference.
Sent London for the Secretary 447; repeated Department as 3251, Bucharest as 138.