863.51 Relief Credits/238: Telegram
The Chargé in Italy (Kirk) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 3—1:55 p.m.]
41. Department’s 43, May 29, 5 p.m. Foreign Office official informs me that according to interpretation by Ministry of Finance of phrase referred to, Italian Government does not wish to agree to any proposals the conditions of which are contrary to the terms of the agreements reached at The Hague, some of which have already been ratified and some of which are still in the process of ratification. For the Department’s further information, Italian text of above-mentioned phrase reads:
“il rilascio di queste garenzie è subordinato agli Accordi dell’ Aja”.
It would appear that garenzie may properly be translated either as “guarantees” or as “securities” and consequently wording of phrase referred to in Department’s above-mentioned telegram seems to conform to last paragraph of letter of Sir Frederick Leith-Ross quoted in Department’s telegram to London No. 93, April 15, 6 p.m.