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September 12, 1944.

Would you let me have your views on the following

suggested time-table:

Wednesday, 13th - Plenary Meeting with Chiefs of Staff.

Thur sday, 14th, and Fri<lay, 15th - their further discussions.

They should report to us the evening of Fr iday, 15th, enabling

a final Plenary to take place on Saturda~ 16th.

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It would probably be in conformity with your wishes to

return to Hyde Park on Saturday. If agreeable to you I would

follow by Air with Clemmie early on Monday, 18th, and stay with you

Monday and Tuesday. We could then have anyone necessary to

wind up outstanding points . I must depart on Wednesday, 20th.

I have asked Eden to come over if possible tomorrow,

so he should be here on Thursday or Friday. Ther e are several

important things to discuss with him including recognition of

the French Provisional Government, as to which I am by no means

convinced. I do not know whether you would require to have

Hull or Stettinius for Friday , 15th.

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One of the most important things I have to discuss

with you is Stage II. Would Thursday, 14th, do for that? - 1n

which case I hope you could have Morgenthau present. This

matter is considered of extreme and vital importance by the

British Government, for reasons which are only too painfully

apparent.

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September 12, 1944.

l. Vlould it be agreeable to you to discuss with me sometime

today our Italian policy? I must fill up the Chairmanship of

the Allied Control Commission, and I f eel the great need of a

competent politician and Minister there, like Macmillan, r ather

than a General. I was distressed and disquieted by the t ales

I heard of serious food shortages in some parts of Rome and

other gr eat towns. Unemployment l ooms big in Italy. We may

also soon have the populous North flowing on to our hands. I

was hoping we might together make up an agreeable programme

for It.aly, which could be announced, comprising resumption of

their export trade, interchange of diplomatic representatives a la

Russe , and bringing them into the area of U. N. N. R. A. as

co-belligerents if that can be managed. If not, some other scheme

of effective relief. You spoke of La Guardia having a Mission.

Th i s also I should like to discuss with you.

2. The St affs are forming their contacts this morning and

browsing over the Agenda on gener al lines. But would it not be

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well to have a plenary session tomorrow where you and I

can put forV!ard the fundamentals of our future war policy.

This will enable them to go ahead much more rapidly and

easily.

3. A small point. Leathers is longing for

Admiral Lands. You said you were keeping him handy ; but

if he could come up soon, these two would be together working

out their complicated affairs,while we are busy with other

things , and have results ready for us at each stage.

4. Some of th~ BONIFACE I sent you this mornL~g appeared

to me to be of profound significance. Alexander ' s battle

1s a hard one, but now that Clark has crashed into the centre

I am hopeful of speedy results.

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TnE C rTA.DEL

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September 14, 1944.

The office of Chief Commissioner of the Allied

Control Commission, formerly held by General Macfarlane,

is vacant. This is a British appointment. In order to

have more political knowledge and experience in this post ,

so full of economic and political issues and so important

for the welfare of the Italian people, I propose to appoint

W~ . Harold Macmillan. The Supreme Allied Commander 1s ex-

officio President of the Allied Control Commission. He would

in practice delegate his functions to Mr. Macmillan.

I propose to leave Mr. Macmillan his present duties

as British Resident Minister at A. F. R. Q., and British Political

Adviser to the Supreme Allied Commander.

tion and reduction of British Staff.

This is a simplifica-

It is proposed also that the day to day management

of the Control Commission, apart from general political

guidance (Macmillan), should be in the hands of the Deputy

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representative, Mr. Stone, in whom we have great confidence. Be would, if necessary, have a Lieutenant-General under h~ to assist in the administration and in carrying out effectively the policy. This would ~iden his scope and power .

I hope that these arrangements will be agreeable to you, as I should not like to make an appointment, even where it falls to me to do so, that does not work into the scheme of our close Anglo-American cooperation.

I should like to discuss with Anthony a suggest ion that came up yesterday, namely, that Mayor La Guardia should pay a visit to Italy as your representative, and that while there he should be invited to attend the meetings of the

Allied Control Commission. Thus he would have a chance to

see that the machinery was working in the manner most beneficial to the Italians. I have a series of other proposals helpful

to the Italians, on which I hope we shall be in full agreement . I would run through these with you, perhaps to-morrow, when - ~

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of Chief Commissioner has been vacant for two months, and

I am becoming blameworthy in the matter, especially if any

food shortage or needl ess unemployment should ari se.

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My dear Friend,

I understand that we are meeting at 11. 30 about

Stage 2. Dick Law arrived here late last night, and I wonder

whether I might bring him at 11 o' clock with or without Anthony,

to discuss the application of U. N. N.R. A. to Italy. He tells

me that a compromise proposal would get through whereby

50 million dollars et U.N. N. R. A. ??auld be available for Italy.

I consider this should be an essential part of our friendly

gesture to Italy.

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Dear Yr. Pre sident &

We viaited Casert a yesterday and I had a conversat ion ·d t h Ambas sador Jolurphy and, pursuant to an arrangement made with hi m, with General Sir Henry Maitland Wi l aon and later with General Eakers with whom we spent a ver y interes t ing time. Ambaasador Murphy may express a ome o£ ou.r mutual re­act ions t o you as he is shortly returnt ng to Washington . I revie.,led particularly with General 'Nilson the quest ion of the distribut i on of relief in Ita ly , having in mind t hut i n view of t he Allied position with respect to Italy whic.h the very nature of our occupation mus t , as General Wilson emphasized , cont inue for an i n1efinit c per iod, c er t ainly f or rnore than a year in one :t'oro1 or another . This occu,put ion must be of a substantial enough character to meet the various em.ergenc ies which may arise in the transition fr om a Fascist Government t o a u1ore democratic government. The responsibility for relief activ i t ies and t heir success for the procurement of adequate food , clothi ng and hous int~ d~pend upon Allied provision and I can confirm again the feeling in most quarters t hat, ba aed upon present evidence, t here is no assurance t hcl t in the s e categories the relief will be adequate t o the need . Our effort to fit American Relief for Italy into the over-all pict ure wi t hout creating any disturbance with ot her existin · agencies and t o help s pur t he Ital ian Government t o a ct ivity and r esponsi bility on its part is my objective . General Wilson wa s most practicel-Qinded 1 cooperative and frank . I feel t here shoulJ be no t1iff 1culty i n adjusting relat ionships w1.th him and throug~ hi m with all other s ervices under his control . I indicated that it seemed e ssent ial t hat soo1e single ae ency shoul li be in control of t lie whole field of' r elief, simpl i­fying pr ocedur es and accomplishin~ oujectives wi th a minimum

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of overlap pi ng. He whole - heartedly agr eed with t his t .. eory. I n the general f i eld he seemed t o be qu i te concerned by t he c onstunt changing of pe r sonnel , e specially by our Gov ernme nt . He s peci f ically ment i oned t he econ omic s ide, u .e ret ire 1:~ent of ~~~r. Gr a dy and th e p r ospect i ve r e t i r ement of Oeneral William O' Dwyer . He felt th~t this was de mol'alizi~ . Ee f elt t hat the Vice President of t he Allied Contr ol Comcai ssi on in c :.kl'g e of econ omi c a.:.' faire shou ... J be " v e ry e x perienced b uti i ne s s exe c ut ive wh o , wit h a s t aff cl business-t r uined men on a .ver t:llnent ba s is , wou l<l be most eff t<ctive . In orde r t o gain inf orma t ion I asked him why t his vice ;-re sident of tt.e economi c s e ct j on s h oul 1 always be an i\IC.eri can to which he r eplied t hHt th':l whole scher,.e of tr.e orga :.iz at icn \Ill S one of bal ance <>n I t hat t he different a.,;e nc i~5 w~r· !;et up in a balan c ed i<tsh . on as be t. •Reen tt.e Dr i t isl: a nd c-urselv es . I t ha e bee n r.•y impress i on ai11ce a r r i v ing here thut in et'f'( ct i r.. · thL uo-~alle :! cula:tc e s c.1::e ~,1' c-ur a;>,:ointees have beeu put i n tbe J::t s t .JLf~cull .. nJ , 1 woul J say, J: .llJJ•• r ou!; ;;os i t ions. That '-'!JPl it!s vot h t. t. tt .e f i .,:u..l ln which Colonel , ol ett :! ba~ ue e r: iiv "ng s uch J.erci~ .;erv ice an~ t !l· fie l J in ·;;hich ~ r . Grady anj (l;me r !ll G' .JI;yer :. .. ve be e n LuK in· such t r e1.endou,; ~!'fort u . 1 Jr n c., t ace t hat tl1a l3riti3r• ur~ occuj_.l:;ing ;:ost ,:; suuject t L t h.: :;a,r.1e a wount. cf ;>ubl i c cr i t.icism. ' ':~less t h ·:'':! be son·e • lv~;;:nt ..... ,;e i n t ne 11an ll i r:.· t·l' the econc.;::ic s e ct il' :': by c...ur l'e .• r~s·;nt .... t iv e , ~J'e :atur~l quest i on Driae whet l,e r i t will not ue H I V ~ Labl t! t c let a;t t ut ~to.~n..lill_;; !lrit ish extJCutjve asS\:L!(! tiL~ ;.est . 'J ·ne r ;.! l .iilson s;.~i J t h t Brit ish pe r q onncl ' ' lJ8 ,;preatl out. too 1.1111. •~ t t il<! 1 r.·sent t h~e u n:i t L·,y .hI n r. 1. b:<ve -r.he s c.rne nur.:t•e r o! ~e ovl <: to ca ll uvon a s we .

1 hnve ,!ust se e n a s t u t. r:1 .. e::t vr-epc.re: bJ tr.e Food ;.>ut; -..;or;o.; is s ion of t t:e 11lli ed ...:ont rr. l Cot;~;·..l za i on which .:1 1::<~ t c .,; u !l..lb:•t :.nt 1.<..1 rcjuct i on i n t he t 0n!'l~;es n c,w propos ed tc . lm;tort u~:. 1 nst t ile r 04u ! J' eJ.~<:nt ~ I'(: tt.e p~! r i od l·ctober thn • .;1;h De c e o1ber , 1944 .

I was c onsidera bly listurbed at th.., s t .Lement r.ade by ;e n·< ral \'l ilson t hat Gener al O' i)•.'fyt!r was soon t ~ ret ll·e . I J.tsked Gener ::~l • ' Jwy<? r- t c call Nn : he ha s juJt lAft 1;e a f t e r t~n ext -= nde 1 interv iew, the r ~s: .lt of ,vh i ch r.ll ;ed 1.:e lc• s~nJ ..1 le:l.,.::;r um t hr ou . ·h t h£' at ican r a d i o ,; ugc:e t i nl~ tl.ut 1 c onsidered it ver y i 111po:rtant t h&t y ou a ho ul-.! h;..ve u 1· .-~nl.. 1. .... 1 ,. wi t !, b~r:1 '-'b(ut cor. :i t iv'1s h ere: before y ou 1ceet the i r i !.C <.:ir.ist er . That me e t in& nas t.:.e s n a nnounced in all th•· ps.pcrs here ~>lthouGh t he Jut " an : pl uce of the meet in;; is n ot .;:en.1rally t: r.C'~•n . ln ll\Y opinion r.encr!il 0 ' r Nyer h&s 1•ained & very realist i c opinion of

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t he sit ua t ion h r e and i t a l angerous pos s ibilit i e s e s yuc ­i ally Jur inz t he wint e r t o coiAe . Fr om my o\fn kno·.dedge in y '!·1ra )I&St t h is country ha s been, beginning with t he Ethiop ian caw~a ign , l iv i ng U&J er c ont i nual j ecrea s &d r a t ions t o a n ext e nt t h&t the ne e j s of ' tbe !t a l i~ Army anct t he 1 ~; oj 1Jroduct i on wh i ch has bet>n c onst <o nt ly a n I incr ea:, i~ly t ... k en a.,.,ay f r om tl'1e c ount ry to Ger many has result e d in a ver./ Jt!f ini te lo·Ner i ng of v it a li t y of t ha wh ol e . co>uLs ti on thut r e ce ntly r e uche d i t s lo-Nest point wi t h t he i nvu s ic,n by the Al_ i ~s . Th ::t invasion h <~s a c centuated t r1e s e c onJ i t i ons be cause of the i nterr u pt i on of t l'a nsport , t he j e s t r uc tion cf pz•ope rty a n i a d ef i n i t e r ;..,juct i on i n produc t i on . Oe ner~l ~:i lson and Gene r a l ~• ' Dwyer ~:.tre of t he s 1.r:~e op ~nion th;.,t t he c r i :·d s in t ids s it u..:t ion will c ome about Dec ember or Janu;;r y of t t. i s wi nt c r an ! i f i.t i s not t he n r el i eve d the 1.:~ t. e of l a r ge nuu.be1' s of t h i s un-1e rno:.;r i s he j an .! we~<kcne i p 1 puL t !. on

~1i ll t.e , a!l t l.•. ) expr eo s it , t rt.g ic . '':e ne r a l O' iJwye r i s t he f i r s t ont.: :dth Hhoc:: ! hav a t <:. lked ''lh o s e e1rs t o coa.nu:·e!'.tmd 't~t · wl.c l a yictu:·e csptcii..lly in r o..! s pect to t he l i bor<. t eJ port ~ ons Oi Italy ne t t.-'r i ma r ily lln.l·~r n r my j ur i!:!u i c t it•n , 3ut a S t he lill·:<- J>:c,v.: :f~rthe[· r:t. r t b -.n ' th~ tJurd en of aur•f'l Y u •lL ; upon u , .. e c cnordc 'jl!:enc i e s r ·, t her u -,all u.~ At'I:y tht: ;>rol:le l:'. ue c oLi >!S i nc ::-e c.s .i.n ;ly ..! L ;' i~ l!lt .

I n my c. .. ; c ,., i ui t.. n t r.i J i ::; t.iH: 1'j r t of the con4ue r ed cc,unt r iea ~~~ ·.th i (: i1 our ,.,r ofes s i on s <·f hel pfJ l.nes s t o 'the c iv • l ,. q.ul d.l on i ..; 1.1nJe r 6 oin._; .J sev~:.·e t <: ::l t . :.,;e:n., r;&l .dlson anJ Ge n r.: r f• l O ' .iwy -!r an I .1:ore of en~ 11·imi , l.tl •t ,,,fj c c::nn ot a f ::.'or·.l t c ILuk•~ • r'a il u~· e ... r t ~. i a H a l i!in ent e r ,,r ise • • ssumi~· t.n .t yc.. u ·,d ll <•:-ran!--; e t c.. h r:v e r.ener ... l <" ' J wyt! r r e c :,:i.leJ 1 c,;· c c,ns:...lt .• ti cn 1 C!l' , l'llw Jay ~ befo !'<:! r o:: tu •·n i D.t; Jle t·e Hhr~ :· o he i l! J ~ry c.~uc'h ne ed ed , I be l i e ve ;r ou wil l be 0.Ut i n t h il p cuit i C·n r f h:.:Vin~ <J J e p .m Ju bl e l lr.,>resa ic.n of t hi ~ 3it u •• t iou . ! a L. br ou .·ht :int o tlli ... Ji1.u ut ic.n ut:c::us e of rr.y ~~s soclu tHm ·.; ith , ,r:.e ricim :\e lie f' f or I t aly on:l b ecause cf c::;y r ei ••r •J fo r y <;urself em : .:.'c.,r t u r c; our:tr;r . I be .L i eve t h 01t th~::rt a r c t oo L~ny agenci~!l between t h e a r )epart et:t a nJ t h e ult ! mut ~ Odnefic:. r y of r ul i ef t ~ apa~; tt e ~it h t~~ ~reutest ef t' 1 d e n<!.)' . y o'Nn o.vini on i !; tr• <~t the ,;rilly s houl d bee t-.me lncr ~ o.s i n.;ly :.c t i v e i n thi .J f i e l d be;::a u :;e t h1 ~:~u ,.. ~ l.1 ~s in <> l a r ,se c an s a h .. ve t o mov e t hrou _;h i t s han ls an! lUCl lities , th ... t i t slJOul: ass oc i .: t e with i t ; e l f t he lo t:ul a6 e nc 1e .-; Hh ! ch I hav e been in.-; t r ument ul in br in;tin · t oe e t he r w1 t n r espec t t o t.me ric tsn i' elie f f or Italy, r.a 1.1r:d y t he Italia n Gov t: rnoent , t he lL c.lilrn .·.ed Cros s , tr.e ~ :t h olic Church a n:l a rej..'r e s entative of t he c•w tr;...l l tobor }'ar'l y i n I tal y, but the f,r,ny ·.v:i th i t a

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I am sending for your records

co~ies of minutes about the Agreement

reached by the President and t he Prime

Minister yesterday on two points,

nanely, Treatment of Vlar Cr iminals

and th£ status of t he French Committee

of National Liberation.

September 16, 1944.

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THE W HITE H O U S E

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It was agreed between the President end the

Prime Minister today that the time had not yet come

to recognise formally the F.C.N.L. as the Provisional

Government of France, but the matter should be kept

constantly under review.

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The Itree id.ent and Pzoimo !Unister have fl81""d to put to Mn.rshal ::l talin Lord Simon' s propoanla for dealiDH w1 t h t he w .jor v1ar cr1m1nala, and to oancexot w1 th h1JJ1 n liet of ll8JD8B.

1'th Sept!!!l?or, 1~.

• The Italb.n peof"ie , !"reed or t heir Fascis t und Na%1

overlordsui p, hv.ve in these l ast twelve months deaonstr11.teu thei r

~ will t o be t ree , t o tisht on the aide or the dc~cracies , and to

take 1t pl~<ce CliiODg the United Natious d .:voted t o princi ples of

pev.oe and justice • .

lie beli eve we should ...:••••• • give en.courage11ent t o thoa;;

Ihl i ana •;ho are s t anding for a politi cal r ebirth 1n It11.ly 1 and

are coa _;)l eting the destructi on or the evil f'a c ist sys t em. We

wish to afford t he Italians a greater opportunity to ui d in the

de feat of our ene•ies .

lia~ ::has ani e .. < tAtsl .2 a g • ' ' e *Y'·tr 1 • at u u aoatltS'.

We believe t he United St ates and Great Britliin should give a.r)~ political

gre11ter/recognition, and we propose to i nvite the Italian gover.n111.ent

to s end its ov.n direct represent<>tives t o hushington and Lonoon,

and on our :Jart we wi l l give our r e pres entatiYes at Rome the •

status of aab~s sadors .

Fi rst and immedi a te considerations 1n I tal y a1e the relief

of hunger !illd sickness and fear . To tui s end 'lie have i ns tl'ucted

our r epresentatives t tho ;~ enti1ng ..:ouf Jr .nce of UNHRA to d<Jclare

'Nci o llu.r~44 •• t.~( ~'rtf,;, t or the s ending of food andcl othing ltlld • edical a.ic.ia~ t o I taly . , .

1!~!11::1 (i l • I t.. ';) lt.IM ~ I .5 ( '"-I l v o:.nrta ,t_._ft8' RI . , lie' f i r st ste:Js t6 be taken "

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undur the years or the a iarule of Musr,ol1n.11 and raYiahed by the

Oeraan poli cy ot Yenge!ul destruction ,

These ste s should be t aken pt'iaarHy aa ailitary a1al

to put the full resources of Ituly &nd the Ital i an people into the

st ruggle to def eat OerJII&llY and Japan. We sboula assi st the I tali ans

in t he r ia torativn or their pow~r systems , their railways , .ator

transport, roaus and other communi cat i ons , an~ senu our engineers ,

technici ans and indust rial experts into I tal y t o s peeo t he ~ork

of rehabi litati on.

The Italian pri soners of war should b= given opportunity

to volunteer their full efforts 1n t he tight agai ust t ho enemy , to

carry the rlag ot Italy ~1to battle against Germuny und Japan. ' -!!> ~ft d- ~ ,...

We all ,,; I ~hat duy when the l t1s t

vas tig~ of ?ascisa 1n I taly Yti ll ,,t>Ve been wi~e~o; out , when t he

last German will have lef t Itali an soi l , anc when ther e wi l l be

no need of any Allied troops to remuin--the day when free elections

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ADMIRAL LEAHY

I send you l113r ewith a dra.f't vhich I s~gest we might send to the President and Pr1me Minister on the idea that General Marshall put forward at the Combined Chief's of staff Meeting this morning.

2. Wi ll you let me know i f you apJ?rove and I will send a copy to the Prime Lilnister at once: but naturally I s110uld be grateful for any amendments or improvements tbat you think necessary.

15th September , 1944.

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DRAFI' MINUTE 'fO THE PRFSIDEN'f AND PRIME MINISTER

The Combined Chief s of Staff desire to

place on record that the main difficulty with

vmich the l uebec Conference has been confronted

has been to find room and opJ;Ortllnity for the

deployment against Japan of the massive forces which each and all of the nations concerned are

ardent to engage against the enemy. In co lloq_uial language, i t was a case of 11 standing

r oom only11, even befor e t he curtain rang up on

the Conference.

2. The Combined Chiefs of Staff have not

included any recommendation on this subject in

their Final Report, but they submi t that it would

have an excellent effect on world opinion i n

general , and a correspondingly depressing effect

on Japan, if the above ideas , clothed in your

own language, I'Fere included in a conmrunique about

the Conference (if one is issued), and, also , at ., the Press Conference \'.hicll I'Fill be held on its

conclusion.

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The Presi dent and the Prime Minister, and the Combined Chief's of Stat':f, held a seri es of meetings during which they· discussed all llSJ:)ects of the· war against Germany lllld J a:;>on. In a very short

s:~ac<:.: of: time they reache d decisions on a l l points b oth ·.-,ith rcsard ro the com:;>letion of the ·;;ar in Europe;

now tl:!~.) ro::~ching i ts f'in~l st·,~e!i • ·md ti1e destruction of t;1c O:lrbari:.ms of'. the ?aci1'1c,

The .nost serious dti'f'iculty ·:;1 th which the Queb ec Conf'erancc hus be011 con.frontod has been to find

room ru:ui o;oportunity !'or .. nrsh'llli~ ug a inst J'l:>:.m the massive :forces ·:'hich each and nll of the nnt ions concerned "'re :rdont to cngac;<. agnin s't the enemy.

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DRAF'r co:: :uNI u~ TO TJIC PRESR

~e ? resident and t oo Pr 1me Mi nis ter , ond the Combined Chiefs of Stat'!', held a seri es of

meetings duri ng Ylh ich they discussed all US!1ects of the· war ao--ainst Oennany and Ja:;Jon. In a very short s :,:.ac e of tim~ they l'c a ched doci sions on a l l point s both ·.11th r(:go.rd to the c OlT1Ple ti on of t l\e -;; ar in Eur'Ope , no·:1 a:.1))ro::tching its fin:1l s,;nbes , ·md the destruc tion of t;w ba. rbari :lils of t he ?aci1'ic .

Th e most serious difi'ic·Jlt y 'iii th wh ich the

Queb e c Coni'erencc hc.s been coni':-onted h a!l been to !'1nd room and o:1port uni ty t'or ,:ar shall ing ag . ins t J'\::>dll the tn.1asive f orces ·:•hich cuch and :lll oi' t he n3.oiol".s concer ned nrc ..rdcnt t o On£ac;e agair.st the encll\Y.

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MR. PRESIDENT.

THE C tT.ADEL

Qt.Jf!B:EC

I return the Memorandum you gave me about

Italian Colonies.

The Foreign Office would like to treat this

as an official cowmunication if you would allow us to

keep a copy of it.

It seems that the usual broad and substantial

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measure of agreement exists between us, but we should like

to look into the details more closely.

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_ ...... IW !JliCLASSIFIED by iJ' itieb ~ •• State Dept . tel., 3-29-72 JIT 1 . H. Parks Date MAY ~ 0 1972