411.65 Palumbo, Rosolino/9
The Secretary of State to the Italian Chargé (Diana)
The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Royal Italian Chargé d’Affaires ad interim and refers to the Embassy’s note of October 31, 1932,27 and the previous correspondence concerning the death of Rosolino Palumbo. In response to the Embassy’s request for information which the Department may have secured in a preliminary way regarding this matter, the Embassy is advised that a letter has been received from the Governor of Louisiana,27 in which it was stated that this matter was immediately investigated in May, 1932, by the District Attorney for the Parish of Orleans. The Governor has transmitted a copy of the letter of June 27, 1932, addressed to his secretary by the District Attorney, [Page 594] Mr. Eugene Stanley. A copy of this letter, which reports the results of the investigation, is enclosed herewith28