701.6511/812: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Italy (Kirk)

67. Your 210, June 13, noon.6 Italian Ambassador yesterday asked agrément to appointment of Suvich as Ambassador here.

He then asked my opinion, entirely apart from request for agrément and for his personal information, whether appointment of a new Ambassador here would possibly raise any difficulty. I took this to mean the addition of the title “Emperor of Ethiopia” to that of the King of Italy. My informal expression of opinion to the Ambassador was that, with respect to the appointment of a new Ambassador here at the present time, we were not in a position to give consideration either favorably or unfavorably to any new phase involved in such [Page 243] a proposed appointment. You will probably understand that this has reference to the addition of any new title to that of the King in the letters of credence.

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