Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Supplement 2, The World War

File No. 811.2222/12596

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

[Telegram]

Rome, July 2, 1918, 1 p.m.
[Received 6.39 p.m.]

1796. Your telegram 1089,³ received 18th [February 28?] and my despatch No. 917, June 4.⁴ Foreign Office today communicates following: Tax ruled in Italy for exemption military service cannot be levied on those Italian citizens found to have no longer the status of shirker or deserter, and [who] do military service in American Army. As a result said Italian citizens are able to obtain complete remittal of the tax provided they have certificate from American military authorities to the effect that they are serving in American Army. Full details by mail.

Nelson Page

3. Ante, p. 693.
4. Not printed.