Office of the Historian

865.4061 Motion Pictures/94: Telegram

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

Rome, December 17, 1936—7 p.m.
[Received December 17—2:58 p.m.]

535. I presented a further note to Count Ciano this afternoon based on your instruction No. 186, December 16, 7 p.m., and after going over with him again the entire situation as viewed by the Department and the American film companies, I hope to receive a favorable reply which has been promised me shortly.

Copy sent to Paris for the information of Harold Smith.42

Phillips
  1. European representative of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America.↩