Telegram from Alexander Kirk to Secrertary of State Edward Stettinius

DEPARTMENT INCOMING DIVISION OF OF CENTRAL SERVICES STATE TELEGRAM TELEGRAPH SECTION EOC-1248 Caserta This telegram must be closely paraphrased be- Dated June 11, 1945 fore being communicated to anyone. (SECRET) Rec'd 9:41 pome Secretary of State, DECLASSIFIED E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) ARCHIVES AND Washington. "NATIONAL GERVICE° RECORDS Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 By NUMA, NARS Date 7.25.25 US URGENT NIACT, 2582, June 11, midnight Throughout four hours of negotiation with French delegation at (ref our No. 2578 of June 11, 9 p.m.) AFHQ this afternoon there was most cordial atmosphere and Carpentier made excellent impression. Doyen's Chief of Staff made certain difficulties over "moral obligation" of French to see to it that no harm befell those persons in French occupied territory who had declared themselves in favor of annexation to France. He insisted for some- time on inserting a clause in the agreement providing for guarantee of no reprisals against these elements and also wanted included a sentence promising that AMG would see to it that there would be no anti-French acts in the zone to be evacuated by the French. He also objected to use of Carabinieri in area from which French were with- drawing. Formulas were devised to overcome these objec- tions insofar as possible and Carpentier overruled Doyen's Chief of Staff