740.0011 EW/4–1343
President Roosevelt to the British Prime Minister (Churchill)
Text of Message dated April 14th from the President to the Prime Minister
[271.]17 Replying to your telegram of April 13th, I have given my approval to appointment of General Alexander18 as the Allied Military Governor of Huskyland during occupation and under the Supreme Commander General Eisenhower. In view of friendly feeling toward America entertained by a great number of the citizens of Italy and in consideration of the large number of citizens of the United States who are of Italian descent it is my opinion that our military problem will be made less difficult by giving to the Allied Military Government as much of an American character as is practicable.
This can be accomplished at least to some extent by appointing to the offices of the Allied Military Government a large proportion of Americans.
I believe that this Military Government should be presented to the world as a definitely joint Allied control and that there should be no “senior partner”.