740.00119 Control (Italy)/11–1645
The Italian Ambassador (Tarchiani) to the Secretary of State
The Italian Ambassador presents his compliments to the Honorable the Secretary of State and, with reference to previous communications concerning the situation in Venezia Giulia, and particularly to the two memoranda dated September 28, 1945, has the honor to point out the following.
The Italian Government has received these days further and detailed information on the continued worsening of the tragic situation that has developed in Venezia Giulia, east of the Morgan Line, and characterized by arbitrary acts of violence against the Italian population. It is sufficient to quote the example of the town of Capodistria where bands have penetrated from the surrounding countryside, looting and venting their hatred against the Italians with the connivance of Yugoslav troops.
Such situation has seriously worsened following arbitrary withdrawals of Italian currency and its substitution with a new currency which has no value outside the said zone.
The Italian Government has drawn immediately the attention of the Allied Commission and of the United States and British Embassies in Rome so that measures be adopted to eliminate this unbearable state of affairs.
The Italian Government has expressed its grave concern and has emphasized the critical internal situation deriving from the widespread repercussions of these events in Italy.
The Italian Ambassador has been purposely instructed to draw the most serious attention of the Honorable the Secretary of State on the gravity of the above mentioned circumstances and on the necessity that appropriate action be taken in order to bring an end to the plight of the grief-stricken Italian population of Venezia Giulia east of the Morgan Line.
The Ambassador would deeply appreciate receiving from the Honorable the Secretary of State a word of assurance in this connection.
- This note was undated; it was received on November 16, 1945.↩