711.0012Anti-War/231: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Italy (Fletcher)
94. Embassy’s No. 82, August 16, 10 a.m. Attitude of Italian Government astonishes and disappoints me, and will make most unfortunate impression here. On an occasion when all other European countries are sending their Ministers of Foreign Affairs, when the Prime Minister of Canada is going, when Japan is sending a special ambassador and the President of the Irish Free State is going to Paris, the fact that the Italian Ambassador in Paris will be Italy’s only representative will certainly be regarded as intended to minimize importance of treaty. You will, I hope, make this clear to Foreign Office, and I also hope that Grandi’s presence may still be possible.