026 Foreign Relations/1350
The Ambassador in Italy (Phillips) to the Secretary of State
[Received March 30.]
Sir: With reference to the Department’s instruction No. 262 of February 15th, 1938,10 concerning its desire to obtain the consent of the Italian Government to the publication of its documents in the Foreign Relations series, which are less than fifteen years old, I have the honor to inform the Department that a member of the Embassy staff discussed this question informally with an official of the Italian Foreign Office.
After having given study to the matter, the Foreign Office now communicates that in principle it perceives no objections to the inclusion in the Foreign Relations series documents which are less than fifteen years old, provided that the American Government will continue, as it has done in the past, to submit specific documents to the Italian Government for its assent prior to publication. It is added that consent to the publication of these later documents has been given in principle so as to facilitate the choice of historic material necessary for the aforesaid publications.
A copy in translation of the memorandum from the Foreign Office is enclosed for the Department’s information.11
Respectfully yours,
Counselor of Embassy