740.00114 European War 1939/3614:
Telegram
The Secretary of State to
the Consul General at Algiers (Wiley)
Washington, June 12,
1943—8 p.m.
1122. Your 968, May 26, 9 a.m. The Joint Chiefs of Staff have decided
that the Vatican Information Service may extend its activities to and
function in North Africa subject to the following conditions:
- “1. That the activities of the Vatican Information Service
shall apply only to persons not in the hands of American
authorities and shall be confined exclusively to persons who
do not come within the scope of activities of the
Information Bureau, established in accordance with the
provisions of the Geneva Prisoner of War Convention, in the
Office of the Provost Marshal General of the United States
Army at Washington.
- 2. That the Vatican Information Service in North Africa
shall operate under such regulations as may be established
by the American authorities in that area.
- 3. That all communications handled by the Vatican
Information Service to and from the North African Area shall
be subject to censorship by the American
authorities.”
The Department understands that appropriate instructions have been sent
to General Eisenhower by the War Department.
