740.00119 Control (Italy)/4–2845

The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of War ( Stimson )

My Dear Mr. Secretary: It is the position of the Department of State that the attached cable88 to the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theater, concerning the establishment of military government in the Compartment of Venezia Giulia and other sections of [Page 1126] Italian territory, should be dispatched as a matter of great political urgency.

Sincerely yours,

Joseph C. Grew
  1. This message became Fan 536; see footnotes 82, p. 1121, and 94, p. 1128.