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THE FOREIGN SERVICE
the
I
OF THE
all
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
American Embassy, Rome
December 15, 1949
ADDRESS OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO
My dear Mr. President:
I am attaching a copy of a cable which I sent to John
Ohly today, copy of which was to go to Under Secretary Webb,
which I think in a comparatively few words will give you the
correct MDAP picture as it stands at the moment. We have an
excellent MDAP organization and I presume that this cable will
make them aware that we are going to do an equally excellent
operation.
I followed your instructions and up to date have met a
large percentage of the leading statesmen of Europe. Ambassa-
dor Dunn, who has done a magnificent job here, had a dinner for
Ellen and myself to which he asked the Italian Cabinet. Count
Sforza made a comment which I think will amuse you, particularly
in view of the number of people who have been asking you, myself
not included, to invite Senora Peron to Washington. Count Sforza
said that when she was in Italy he spent five days touring around
with her and he said, "You know, when I was finished, I figured
that Evita after all was not exportable." He said that she spent
most of the day on the telephone with President Peron telling him
how to run the government and was too tired in the evening to at-
tend social engagements.
You are extremely popular personally with the different
Western European statesmen I have seen. They had a number of
reservations about President Roosevelt, the chief of which was
that whenever they saw him he did all the talking and they were
never able to put a word in edgewise. They say that they find in
you a good listener and they are able to make a few comments of
their own. I told them that that was my own experience only in
a lesser degree!
There is a steady improvement going on among the nations of
the Continent and Averill Harriman is handling things extremely
well.
8.
The President,
The White House,
= RECORDAND
SERVICE
Washington.
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