Office of the Historian

611.653/66: Telegram

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

Rome, June 17, 1938—1 p.m.
[Received June 17—8:35 a.m.]

150. From Henry Grady.15 I have seen various Italian officials here both in the Foreign Office and the Ministry for Foreign Trade and Exchange and feel that it is important that efforts be made to expedite decision on Italian imports with reference to which the Treasury has held up entry and is making investigation and with reference to which the Italian Government has already made protest, see Embassy’s telegram 116, May 23, 4 p.m. Uncertainty in this respect is complicating the problem of Italo-American trade relations already somewhat strained. Would it be possible to release goods if the authorities here would agree to send experts to Washington to adjust the matter as was done in the case of Germany?16 [Grady.]

Phillips
  1. Vice Chairman, United States Tariff Commission.↩
  2. See Foreign Relations, 1936, vol. ii, pp. 210 ff.↩