740.00119 Control Italy/8–944: Telegram
The Secretary of State to Mr. Robert D. Murphy, Political Adviser, Allied Force Headquarters at Caserta
49. Department does not wish to pass on individual appointments to Italian cabinet positions or diplomatic and consular posts. This Government is, of course, interested in the elimination of Fascists from such positions and in the appointment abroad of men who will cooperate wholeheartedly with their United Nations colleagues. Names of appointees should, therefore, be reported to the Department for its information but not for its advance approval in the absence of exceptional circumstances.
With the foregoing premise, the Department has no comment to make on the appointments referred to in your 93, August 9,90 of Rossi Longhi and Gallarati Scotti.
Repeat to Kirk.
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