President Roosevelt to the President of the Italian Council of Ministers (Bonomi)91
My Dear Mr. President: I thank you for your letter of July 2, 1944, written after the inauguration of the new government. I followed with keen interest the political developments in Italy immediately after the liberation of Rome. It was a source of satisfaction to the people of this country and to me personally to observe free men taking an active part again in the direction of Italian affairs and solving problems of government in the true democratic spirit. I congratulate you and your colleagues for the fine contribution you are making, under difficult circumstances, to the political life of Italy.
Your observations on the various problems confronting your country and the exhaustive document accompanying your letter have been referred to the Secretary of State for study. I believe that Mr. Hull has recently communicated with you through Mr. Kirk regarding various aspects of Italian political and economic life.92 Thus you will already have at hand, when this reaches you, an expression of this Government’s views on the several questions which you have raised and to which it is giving active and sympathetic consideration.
Thank you for your good wishes for the success of the Allied landings and battle in northern Europe. This operation is now being supported by a second successful invasion of France, from the south. We can have good hope that total victory over our common enemy in Europe will now not be long delayed.
Sincerely yours