740.00119 EAC/8–1144
The Department of State to the British Embassy
Memorandum
The Department of State shares fully the view of the British Foreign Office, as contained in the British Embassy’s memorandum of August 11, 1944, that the European Advisory Commission should be instructed to take up the subject of surrender terms for Hungary and Rumania as soon as may be possible.
The American representative on the European Advisory Commission has for some time had authorization to engage in discussions regarding the surrender terms for Hungary and Rumania and he has been provided with several papers embodying the American proposals for both countries. A further paper on the Hungarian terms, revised in the light of recent events and changed circumstances, was despatched to London on August 12 [15?], 1944,89 and a revision of the proposals for Rumania will go forward in the very near future.90
- Supra. ↩
- Revised proposals for Rumanian Armistice terms were not sent to nor was the subject further discussed in the European Advisory Commission. A coup d’état of August 23, 1944, in Rumania accelerated the tripartite Allied armistice negotiations with Rumanian representatives at Moscow and culminated in the signing of an armistice agreement at 5 a.m. on September 13, 1944 (although it was dated September 12). For correspondence on this subject, see vol. iv , section under Rumania entitled “Negotiations leading to signing of armistice …”↩