File No. 865.51/41
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page)
5775. For Crosby from Secretary McAdoo:
Referring to credit of $230,000,000 established for Italy at your suggestion to cover period to January 1 Italian Ambassador says that in addition to this amount he must have $90,000,000 which he had asked for his needs for September and which he says is in addition and not included in $230,000,000 which he had asked for October, November, and December. He also asks that large additional credits be established in order to enable Italy to repair the losses of stores and ammunitions recently suffered and to reassure the Italian people with respect to future conduct of the war. Please take this matter up and report your own views and those of the Inter-Allied Council.