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Telegram from President Harry S. Truman to Prime Minister Winston Churchill

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NLT-231
CR10473
D/T 291709
B.
AND
RECORDS
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SERVICE"
29 APRIL 1945
PRIORITY
DECLASSIFIED ty authority of
PERSONAL AND 708 BEORGE
VP.II P.773
NUMBER 16
Initials Hc Date: 7-73
TO:
THE PRIME MINISTER
FROM: THE PRESIDENT
REFERRING TO FIELD MARSHAL ALEXANDER'S
NAF 934 I SUGGEST THAT ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE LOCAL
SURRENDER OF GERMAN ARMIES IN ITALY TO COMBINED
ANGLO-AMERICAN FORCES BE ANNOUNCED BY ALEXANDER
AT A TIME THAT IS IN HIS OPINION SUITABLE AND
CORRECT AND THAT THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT BE NOT
MADE ELSE WHERE.
IF YOU AGREE PLEASE GIVE THE NECESSARY
INSTRUCTIONS TO ALEXANDER.
(SIGNED) TRUMAN
Gallman
Adm stark

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Alexander of Tunis, Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Earl, 1891-1969 Capitulations, Military World War, 1939-1945

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