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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OC TOBER 20, 1951
STATEMENT BY JOSEPH SHORT
SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT
The President has decided that it is in the National
interest for the United States to maintain diplomatic representation
at the Vatican.
He has therefore nominated General Mark W. Clark to be
Ambassador to the State of Vatican City.
During the war, the late President Roosevelt appointed
Mr. Myron Taylor as The Personal Representative of the President
to His Holiness the Popc.
During and after the war the Taylor Mission performed an
extremely useful service not only in the field of diplomacy but in
the amelioration of human suffering. That service is set forth in
official correspondence published from time to time.
The President feels that the purposes of diplomacy and
humanitarianism will be served by this appointment.
It is well known that the Vatican is vigorously engaged
in the struggle against Communism. Direct diplomatic relations
will assist in coordinating the effort to combat the Communist
menace.
Thirty-seven other nations have for a great many years
maintained at the Vatican diplomatic representatives.
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