874.00/3–2646: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes)
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95. From the Secretary for Barnes. Urtels 266, March 25 and 270, March 26.82 I am gratified to learn progress made in current negotiations toward reorganization of Govt in implementation Moscow Decision. Reported offer by Prime Minister of Ministry of Justice, Assistant Ministry of Interior, general amnesty and release of opposition members from concentration camps would seem to go [Page 92] far toward providing a mutually acceptable basis upon which opposition representatives could participate in the Govt. Finding of a mutually satisfactory formula on election issue could not but be welcomed as evidence that spirit of conciliation can achieve effective cooperation of all sections of democratic opinion in Bulgaria.
You may inform the Prime Minister and the leaders of the Opposition as well as the Regency Council orally that the efforts being made by both sides to find a mutually acceptable formula for the implementation of the Moscow Decision have been well received by your Govt. You may add that it is my earnest hope that these negotiations will result in the establishment of a reorganized Govt in accordance Moscow Agreement and that the U.S. Govt will thus be enabled to extend recognition to such a Govt at an early date.
Please inform your Soviet and Brit colleagues of foregoing.