Office of the Historian

740.0011 EW (Peace)/9–1547: Telegram

The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Secretary of State

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Moscow, September 15, 1947—7 p. m.

2844. Instruments of ratification Balkan (and Finnish) treaties deposited and respective protocols of deposit signed by Molotov, [Page 568] British Chargé Roberts1 and myself at 1800 hours today.2

At ceremony Molotov stated that instruments of defeated signatories were to be deposited 2000 hours this evening. Will confirm tomorrow and report if any other signatories deposit tonight.3

Dept please pass Berlin 526; London 324; Paris 333; Sofia 18; Budapest 21; Bucharest 18, Helsinki 24.

Smith
  1. Frank Kenyon Roberts.↩
  2. The Treaties of Peace with Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary were proclaimed by the President of the United States on September 15, 1947, and entered into force the same day; TIAS Nos. 1649, 1650, and 1651, or 61 Stat. (pt. 2) 1757, 1915, and 2065. The United States was not a party to the Treaty of Peace with Finland.↩

  3. Telegram No. 2849, September 16, from Moscow, not printed, reported that the Soviet press of that date carried a Tass statement mentioning that the defeated powers, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Finland, had deposited instruments of ratification the day before (740.0011 EW (Peace)/9–1647).

    Despatch No. 1689, September 20, from Moscow, not printed, reported the receipt of formal notification by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union, dated September 18, of receipt of the instruments of ratification from Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania (740.0011 EW (Peace)/9–1647).

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