Memorandum from Joseph Grew to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments
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DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972
BINITING NARS Date 7.29.75
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
May 4, 1945
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT: Occupation of Venezia Giulia.
The background of the dispute over the occupation
and administration of Venezia Giulia will be of interest
to you in connection with recent developments in that
area:
It has been evident for some time that certain areas
on Italy's northern frontiers would be in dispute in the
post hostilities period. In order that this government
might be well prepared with a definite policy on these
important problems the Department of State submitted to
President Roosevelt in September 1944 during the second
Quebec Conference a plan to prevent insofar a.s possible
the final disposition of the disputed areas on Italy's
borders from becoming prejudiced by unilateral action
by force. The Department suggested that Allied Mili-
tary Government be extended to all Italian metropolitan
territory within its 1939 frontiers" including Venezia
Tridentina (Bolzano and Trento) and Venezia Giulia
(Fiume, Trieste, Pola, and Gorizia) Allied Military
Government should be maintained 'until the disputed
areas are finally disposed of by peace treaty or peace
settlement". The State Department Memorandum to Presi-
dent Roosevelt ended by saying "On our part, it would
mean keeping a certain number of American Military Gov-
ernment officers and soldiers in northern Italy."
President Roosevelt, through Admiral Leahy, on
September 19, 1944, informed the State Department that
its suggestion "had been discussed with Mr. Churchill
and is approved by the President. (A copy of the State
Department Memorandum and of Admiral Leahy's reply are
attached.
The "Declaration on Liberated Europe" contained in
the Yalta Agreement requires the three governments (U.S.,
U.K. ,
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