865.01/2218: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé at Algiers (Chapin)
907. For Reinhardt. Department’s telegram No. 803 of March 18. The President sent the following reply to the Prime Minister on March 17:
“Thank you for your no. 621, March 15,15 reporting the decisions of the War Cabinet with respect to the Italian political situation. I am in full agreement with you and them that we should not permit our divergent views to become known publicly particularly at this time.
However, I still feel that if the pressure of the six opposition parties comes to a point where it will have an adverse effect on the situation, we should support their program. I think that we should watch political developments carefully in Italy for the present with that in mind and keep the matter continually beiore the Advisory Council.”