865.01/2469: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Naples (Brandt)
133. For Kirk and Murphy. The Department approves of your suggestion that the Italian Government stay at Salerno for a time after the liberation of Rome and that the party leaders from the [Page 1122] capital be brought to Salerno for their first contact with the Government. (Your 101, May 29, midnight.) It also concurs in the position which you have taken with respect to the King’s desire to delegate his powers to the Crown Prince only after he has returned to Rome (your 95, May 27, 10 p.m., and your 101). We feel that under no circumstances should the King be permitted to return to Rome at this time.