740.00119 ACI/78a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé at Algiers (Chapin)
767. For Bernhardt. It is understood that there will be a meeting of the Advisory Council tomorrow, March 15. We suggest that the Soviet representative be invited to furnish an explanation of the action taken by his Government with respect to the Italian Government and to state if the Soviet Government intends to receive an Italian representative in Moscow. If so, what kind of credentials will he bear and how will the Soviet representative be accredited to the Italian Government?
You should also ask the Soviet member whether the Soviet Government proposes to retain a representative on the Control Commission and its member on the Advisory Council and, if so, what their relations will be with the new Soviet representative to the Italian Government. Bogomolov should further be asked whether, in view of this recent unilateral action on the part of his Government, the Soviet Union intends to continue consulting and advising with the other United Nations represented on the Advisory Council with respect to all political questions relating to Italy.
Your British colleague will receive similar instructions before tomorrow’s meeting.