865.3311/57: Telegram
The Ambassador in Italy (Fletcher) to the Secretary of State
Rome, April 9,
1927—11 a.m.
[Received April 9—10:30 a.m.]
[Received April 9—10:30 a.m.]
51. Your 29, April 8, 4 p.m. Press despatches put the cart before the horse. The Fascist newspapers immediately attributed the accident to an anti-Fascist plot; hence my alternative reference to possible sabotage, promising thorough investigation. It was necessary and had a good effect. Now, however, in the light of Pinedo’s statement which has been published here it is generally understood that there was no anti-Fascist connection.
Fletcher