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

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NLT-230
CR 10978
D/T 291721
29 APRIL 1945
8.
PRIORITY
DECLASSIFIED by authority of
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AND
is
PERSONAL AND TOPSECRET
contages F.B.1945
VII P-1126
NUMBER 17
Datef.737
TO:
THE PRIME MINISTER
FROM:
THE PRESIDENT
REPLYING TO YOUR NUMBER 19, THE COMBINED CHIEFS OF
STAFF IN FAN 536, ON 28 APRIL, WITH MY APPROVAL, AUTHORIZED
ALEXANDER TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT I UNDERSTAND TO BE YOUR IDEA
REGARDING TRIESTE AND OTHER AREAS FORMERLY UNDER ITALIAN
RULE AS A MATTER OF MILITARY NECESSITY.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE EFFECT OF THE FORTHCOMING
GERMAN SURRENDER IN ITALY MAY HAVE ON ALEXANDER'S PLANS
IN THIS MATTER.
(SIGNED) TRUMAN
Gallman
ada stark

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

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