Office of the Historian

860H.00/9–1747: Telegram

The Ambassador in Yugoslavia (Cannon) to the Secretary of State

confidential
Belgrade, September 17, 1947—11 a. m.

1062. Last night Velebit informed me all but three of Allied personnel held by Yugoslavs (Embtel 1040, September 11) had been released. He claimed that these three cases still undecided since they had allegedly declared themselves to be deserters from British Army.

Military Attaché this morning received message from Trieste via Vienna all have been released.1

Sent Department 1062; repeated Leghorn.

Cannon
  1. Word of the release of the Allied personnel was given to the press on September 19. See Department of State Bulletin, September 28, 1947, p. 649.↩