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740.00119 Control (Huntgary) /1-1946: Telegram
The Amba8sador in the Soiviet Union (Harriman) to the Secretary
                             of State

SECRET                          Moscow, January 19,1946-3 p. m.
                                              [Received 3: 37 p. m.]
  183. Redeptel 2411, November 28.8 Following letter dated Janu-
ary 17 received from Dekanozov: 9
  "As regards Ambassador Harriman's letter of December 6, 1945
concerning entry into Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria of members
of US Military and Civilian Missions in these countries,'0 I am able
to state following:
  "According to information received from Soviet representatives
ACC's concerned, there have been no instances in which US officials
who were members of staffs of US military and civilian representatives
in Rumania, Bulgaria and Hungary have been denied entry into given
country of appointment.
  "With regard to cases cited in Mr. Harriman's letter, following
is known to Peoples Commissariat:
  "Request for permission to enter Hungary for three officers of
American Army and two civilian officials, coming to Budapest for
purposes of carrying on negotiations about clearance of Danube, was
not granted because Soviet occupation authorities had themselves
already organized clearance of Danube on territory of Hungary, and
accordingly no necessity was perceived for conducting special negotia-
tions with these persons or for receiving their advice.
  "Arrival tin Hungary of Lieutenant Cdr [Comrmander] Reitzel and
his group appeared superfluous for reason that question of supplying
members of American Mission in Hungary, which was purpose of his
journey to Budapest, was satisfactorily solved in Hungary itself.
Furthermore, American Mission is being additionally supplied by pro-
visions delivered by airplanes from abroad.
  "Similarly there was no foundation for entry of Lieutenant Colonel
Willcox, who intended to carry on negotiations with Hungarian Gov-
ernment on fuel questions, because American Mission on ACC in Hun-
gary could itself carry on such negotiations through appropriate
Soviet representatives on ACC.
  "It follows from above that few cases cited in Mr. Harriman's letter
of negative decisions on question of entry into Budapest of several
American officials concerned only those among them who are not mem-
bers of military or civilian missions in Hungary. Together with this,
it cannot but be admitted that numerous cases of applications by
American representatives on ACC in these countries to Chairmen and
Deputy Chairmen of ACC for permission for entry of considerable
8 Foreign Relations, 1945, vol. iv, p. 913.
'Vladimir Georgyevich Dekanozov, Assistant People's Commissar for Foreign
Affairs of the Soviet Union.
" Ambassador Harriman's letter of December 6, 1945, was delivered in
pursu-
ance of the instructions in telegram 2411, November 28, to Moscow.