Foreign Relations of the United States, Conferences at Washington and Quebec, 1943

865.00/2143: Telegram

The Ambassador in Turkey (Steinhardt) to the Secretary of State

most secret

Ankara, August 6, 1943.

1370. I have learned from a high official of the Turk[ish] Foreign Office that the Turk Ambassador in Rome¹ has reported that the Badoglio Government seeks to achieve four objectives.

(1) To take Italy out of the war.

(2) To save the dynasty.

(3) To maintain order throughout the country.

(4) To check the growth of a movement in certain provinces of north-western Italy to become part of France.

Steinhardt

1. Rusen Esref Unaydin.