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

740.0011 European War 1939/30776: Telegram

The Chargé at Vatican City (Tittmann) to the Secretary of State ¹

u.s. urgent

[Vatican City, August 17, 1943.]

156. At one p.m., August 16, Italian Government made the following official declaration to the Holy See:

“High Command has given orders to be carried out immediately to anti-aircraft batteries Rome not to react in case of air bombardments.”

This is Tittmann’s 156, August 17 with reference to his 155, August 17.²

1. Sent to the American Legation at Bern and transmitted in telegram No. 5095 of August 20, 1943, from the Minister in Switzerland (Harrison) to the Acting Secretary of State; received in Washington at 3:40 p.m., August 20, and forwarded by the White House Map Room to Quebec for the attention of Roosevelt and Hull in telegram No. White 111, August 20 (Roosevelt Papers).
2. Supra.