740.0011 EW (Peace)/4–2647: Telegram
The Acting Political Adviser (Greene)1 at Leghorn to the Secretary of State
61. Please see Naf 133 [1313]2 of April 25 in which SACMED reviews military problems which will arise if Yugoslavs fail ratify treaty when Big Four do and expresses hope it will be possible avoid these problems by reaching agreement for simultaneous deposit ratifications by Big Four and Yugoslavia.
I understand from my British colleague3 Foreign Office has proposed simultaneous ratification by Big Four with or after ratification by ex-enemies and that Soviets have agreed in principle. It appears most desirable to eliminate the military and political problems discussed in Naf 133 [1313] and in my 574 and 545 of April 18 (reDeptel 24, April 246) and I therefore hope Department will agree to British [Page 544] proposal and urge its extension to include Yugoslavia in the case of Italian treaty.
Sent Department 61; repeated Rome 23.
- Mr. Greene was the Acting United States Political Adviser to the Acting Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean (Lee).↩
- Not printed.↩
- William John Sullivan.↩
- Not printed; in it Greene reported that the military authorities were considering the implications of Yugoslav failure to ratify the Italian treaty and that he and his British colleague had been asked to state their views. Greene outlined what he proposed to say. (740.00119 Control (Italy)/4–1847)↩
- Not printed; in it Greene reported that he had said orally that the problem of who would represent the Free Territory of Trieste in the demarcation of its boundaries was under discussion (865.014/4–1847).↩
- Not printed; in it the Department agreed that the Acting U.S. Pol Ad might advise the military authorities along the lines which he had suggested in his telegram 57 (footnote 4 above) (740.00119 Control (Italy)/4–1847).↩