To Comrade Tito from Stalin.

The Soviet government considers it its duty to inform the fraternal republics — Yugoslavia and Bulgaria — of its position regarding the open-ended pact between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria.

The Soviet government considers that both governments made an error by concluding a pact — and an open-ended one at that — before the peace treaty came into force, despite the Soviet government's warning. The Soviet government believes that by their haste both governments have facilitated the cause of reactionary Anglo-American elements, giving them an additional pretext to intensify military intervention in Greek and Turkish affairs against Yugoslavia and Bulgaria.

Of course, the Soviet Union is bound by alliance with both Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, since it has a formal treaty of alliance with Yugoslavia, which is tantamount to a formal alliance treaty. However, the Soviet government must warn that it cannot assume responsibility for pacts of great importance in the field of foreign policy that are concluded without consultation with the Soviet government.