General Bliss to the Secretary of State
Title
General Bliss to the Secretary of State
Creator
Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930
Identifier
WWP25218
Date
1918 September 27
Description
Bulgaria sues for peace.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
Peace negotiations
World War, 1914-1918--Bulgaria
Contributor
Danna Faulds
Relation
WWP25214
WWP25215
WWP25216
WWP25217
WWP25219
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
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The Hague
Dated September 27, 1918.
Rec’d 7:10 A. M.
Secretary of State,
Washington.
Urgent 4586, September 27, 1 A. M.
My 4585, September 26, 12 P.M. Confidential. “Royal Bulgarian Legation the Hague, September 26th, 1918. Very confidential and urgent. Mr Charge D’Affaires by order of my government I have the honor to inform you that the commander in chief of the Bulgarian armies in the field has been authorized yesterday by the royal government to propose to the commanders of the British armies in Macedonia the immediate cessation of operations on the entire Macedonian front in order to permit the signing of an armistice with a view to beginning negotiations for peace.
At the same time the Royal Government has appointed its delegates for the peace negotiations, namely His Excellency Mr. Andre Lyaptcheff Minister of Finance and General Ivan Loukoff army commander.
I have the honor by order of my Government to get you kindly to transmit the foregoing to the British Government which your country represents in Bulgaria by the intermediary of your Embassy at London as well as by that of the British Legation to the Netherlands. Considering the very friendly relations so happily existing between our two (*), the Royal Bulgarian Government hopes that His Excellency President Wilson will use his influence with his Allies in support of the sincere efforts of the Bulgarian Government to stop the bloodshed.
In thanking you in advance for your very obliging communication in the matter, I seize the occasion, etc. Signed Mischef Minister of Bulgaria.”
BLISS
HG
The Hague
Dated September 27, 1918.
Rec’d 7:10 A. M.
Secretary of State,
Washington.
Urgent 4586, September 27, 1 A. M.
My 4585, September 26, 12 P.M. Confidential. “Royal Bulgarian Legation the Hague, September 26th, 1918. Very confidential and urgent. Mr Charge D’Affaires by order of my government I have the honor to inform you that the commander in chief of the Bulgarian armies in the field has been authorized yesterday by the royal government to propose to the commanders of the British armies in Macedonia the immediate cessation of operations on the entire Macedonian front in order to permit the signing of an armistice with a view to beginning negotiations for peace.
At the same time the Royal Government has appointed its delegates for the peace negotiations, namely His Excellency Mr. Andre Lyaptcheff Minister of Finance and General Ivan Loukoff army commander.
I have the honor by order of my Government to get you kindly to transmit the foregoing to the British Government which your country represents in Bulgaria by the intermediary of your Embassy at London as well as by that of the British Legation to the Netherlands. Considering the very friendly relations so happily existing between our two (*), the Royal Bulgarian Government hopes that His Excellency President Wilson will use his influence with his Allies in support of the sincere efforts of the Bulgarian Government to stop the bloodshed.
In thanking you in advance for your very obliging communication in the matter, I seize the occasion, etc. Signed Mischef Minister of Bulgaria.”
BLISS
HG
Original Format
Letter
To
Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928
Files
Collection
Citation
Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930, “General Bliss to the Secretary of State,” 1918 September 27, WWP25218, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.