740.00119 European War 1939/9–1644: Telegram
The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary of State
[Received 6:45 p.m.]
3536. Re Department’s 2207, September 15, 1 p.m.,33 Department’s telegram regarding message from Bratianu to the President,34 did not reach me until after the Rumanian delegation had left Moscow.
From Department’s cable, it is not clear to me what intervention on our part Bratianu refers to whether the war in general or in connection with the armistice. I was extremely careful to give the Rumanians the impression that the armistice terms were the proposals of the three Governments and that we were acting in full agreement. It is true that with the knowledge of Molotov, I received Patrascanu and Prince Stirbey on several occasions and listened to their statements without making any comment. I also received the whole delegation at the Embassy the afternoon after the armistice was signed. At that time, all of them expressed their appreciation for the friendliness of the Americans and the hope that we would interest ourselves in Rumanian affairs.