Foreign Relations of the United States, 1951, National Security Affairs; Foreign Economic Policy, Volume I

394.31/9–2551: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the United States ( GATT ) Delegation¹

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Washington, September 25, 1951—7 p. m.

Gatt 39. For Thorp. Today Secy spoke Gasperi² re GATT vote on Czech issue. Gasperi promised consider carefully but stated he uninformed. Suggest you inform Ital deleg and request he inquire for affirmative decision.

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1. Repeated to Rome as 1394.
2. Italian Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi was engaged in talks with the United States Government at this time in Washington, following a session of the North Atlantic Council in Ottawa, Canada; for documentation on these meetings, see volume IV.