740.00119 European War 1939/1742
The Department of State to the British Embassy
Aide-Mémoire
The Department of State acknowledges the receipt of the British Embassy’s aide-mémoire, dated September 16, 1943, setting forth the views of the British Government to the effect that, unless General Eisenhower perceives insuperable objection, effort should be made to obtain the immediate signature of Marshal Badoglio, as head of the Italian Government, to the comprehensive instrument of surrender. The British Embassy is informed that the views of the British Government, as set forth in the aforesaid aide-mémoire, have been conveyed to the appropriate American military authorities.
The Department assumes that since the question is one falling primarily within the jurisdiction of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, the British Government is laying its views before that Board through the medium of the British Joint Chiefs of Staff.