740.00119 European War 1939/8–2544: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:50 a.m.]
3147. Molotov called the British Ambassador and myself over at 2 a.m. this morning to read us a statement of the Soviet Government regarding Rumania quoted in translation in my next telegram.83 This statement will be published in the Moscow morning papers and given on the radio at 3 a.m. Molotov said that the Soviet Government had waited all day but so far had received no word from Bucharest except from the public radio broadcast.84 It had now decided to make this statement to forestall any German political move. One Rumanian division had, he told us, come over to the Red Army prepared to fight against the Germans in accordance with the new Government’s instructions. He had not [no] other information. In reply to our questions he stated that the Soviet Government had come to no decision on any further steps as to surrender terms or procedure.