874.00/5–2645: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes)
Washington, May 26,
1945—7 p.m.
148. You will of course not resist by force an attempt to take Dimitrov by force but if he is removed from your house you should try with all earnestness to obtain an assurance that he will be kept in safe custody until the US, UK and Soviet Governments advise the Bulgarian authorities of the positions which they individually or collectively wish to take in the circumstances. Did you receive our 143 and 144 yesterday’s date and today’s message to Moscow repeated to you?66 (Sent to Sofia, repeated to London, Moscow and Caserta.67)
Grew