701.6500/8–544: Telegram
The Minister in Switzerland (Harrison) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:14 p.m.]
5048. Mr. Pilet-Golaz69 informed me this morning that on or about June 29, Royal Legation of Italy in Bern on behalf of Royal Italian Government requested Swiss Government as protecting power to inform Governments of Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Haiti that in view of developments Italian Government proposed resumption of normal diplomatic relations.70 Swiss Government acted accordingly and Mr. Pilet said that several answers had been received from Swiss representatives concerned regarding which he would give me details soon. In general they were to effect that question was delicate and probably involve consultation with Allied Governments particularly Government of United States. This is supplementary to my 5022 of August 5.71 Any additional information received from Foreign Minister will be notified to you promptly.
- Marcel Pilet-Golaz, Chief of the Political Department of the Federal Council of Switzerland.↩
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Relations with Italy had been broken by these countries on the following dates: Brazil, January 28, 1942; Chile, January 20, 1943; Mexico, December 26, 1941; Venezuela, December 31, 1941; Nicaragua, December 13, 1941; and Haiti, December 18, 1941.
In telegram 2643, August 1, 1944, the Department requested the Minister in Switzerland to ascertain from the Swiss Foreign Office at whose instance the Swiss démarches on behalf of the Italian Government to other American Republics had been made (740.00119 Control (Italy)/7–1744). See telegram 335, July 8, 8 p.m., to Naples, p. 1178, and telegram 15, July 17, 10 a.m., to the American Representative on the Advisory Council for Italy, p. 1179.
↩ - Not printed; it reported that Count Magistrati, the Italian Minister in Switzerland, requested Swiss assistance in reestablishing diplomatic relations in South America. The Italian Minister had approached the Brazilian Minister at Bern directly. (740.00119 Control (Italy)/8–544)↩