Office of the Historian

865.6131/8: Telegram

The Ambassador in Italy (Page) to the Secretary of State

Rome, November 12, 1917—6 p. m.
[Received November 13—3:15 a. m.]

1214. Premier told me Saturday that greatest need now is grain and I was informed today by man who knows, that 3 million quintals, about 11 million bushels, grain were lost or destroyed by army in evacuated territory, that Italy now has food only to last through January. Guns and aeroplanes also greatly needed.

Nelson Page