740.00119 Control (Bulgaria)/7–2445: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the United States Representative in Bulgaria (Barnes)
Washington, July 24,
1945—8 p.m.
216. In further effort to improve unsatisfactory situation regarding clearances for entry into Bulgaria where, in contrast with Rumania and Hungary, difficulty is apparently still being experienced in all cases, Dept will appreciate current information on following points:
- 1.
- Should clearance be requested in first instance through General Crane or through Moscow for (a) official personnel regularly assigned or temporarily detailed your staff and (b) private individuals (journalists, business men etc)?
- 2.
- In event application should first be made through General Crane, should simultaneous approach be made in Moscow?
- 3.
- Is there any possibility, by analogy with practice in Hungary, of satisfying clearance requirements for official personnel merely by notifying ACC of individual’s presence on board a scheduled airplane proceeding to Sofia with simultaneous notification to Moscow?
- 4.
- Have you any other suggestions as to practical means accomplishing entry either officials or private individuals?
Grew