Office of the Historian

File No. 763.72114/3696

The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Sofia ( Murphy)

No. 145
Washington, June 14, 1918.

Sir: In connection with the serious condition in which the Serbian prisoners of war and interned Serbian civilians in Bulgaria are said to be, the Department encloses the text of a memorial1 which you may bring to the attention of the Bulgarian Government with a statement to the effect that it emanates from and is delivered at the request of the Serbian Government. You may furthermore state [Page 616] that the Government of the United States would view with particular gratification favorable action by the Bulgarian Government on the following points brought up by the Serbian Government:

1.
To furnish the Serbian Government with full lists of Serbian prisoners of war and civilians in Bulgaria, whether alive or dead.
2.
To permit the representatives of neutral states or societies to visit from time to time the prison camps in Bulgaria where Serbian nationals are held.
3.
To permit the forwarding of material assistance to Serbian prisoners and the control of the distribution of this assistance by neutral representatives.

I am [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:
Wilbur J. Carr
  1. Not printed.↩