File No. 763.72119/1680
The Minister in Rumania ( Vopicka) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 24, 1.09 p.m.]
80. Replying to Department’s 195, May 16.1 Bulgaria has taken from Roumania as follows: Silistria, former Bulgarian territory ceded to Roumania by the peace treaty of 1913 and also that portion of Dobruja south of line drawn about seven to ten kilometers south of the railroad from Cernavoda to Constanza and running almost parallel with the railroad. The line commences at Cochirleni, passes through Mircea Voda, Idris Kiruos [Cuius?], just north of Omurcea, and reaches Black Sea just north of Agigea, three kilometers north of Tekirghiol. The balance of Dobruja up to the Channel of Saint George has been taken by Central Powers. Altogether Dobruja with Silistria is a loss of about 20,600 square kilometers with a population exceeding 700,000.
[Page 779]Austria-Hungary has taken from Roumania an irregular strip of frontier running from Herta right in the north to just west of Turnu Severin on the Danube. This strip varies in width from one to two kilometers to fifteen or sixteen kilometers and in one or two places where Roumania projected [into] Austria-Hungary to more. This strip includes all the mountain passes, forests worth about three milliards of lei, and many villages, including Voinescu, Caineni, Predeal, and Palanca. The total area taken by Austria-Hungary amounts to between six and seven thousand square kilometers with population of about 100,000.
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