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HOLD FOR RELEASE
HOLD FOR RELEASE
HOLD FOR RELEASE
April 14, 1948
CONFIDENTIAL
To be held in STRICT CONFIDENCE and no portion,
synopsis or intimation to be given out or published until the
READING of the President's Message has begun in the Senate.
Extreme care must therefore be exercised to avoid premature
publication.
TRUMAN
NARA
CHARLES G. ROSS
Secretary to the President
TO THE S NATE OF THE UNITED STATES:
With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate
to ratification, I transmit herewith a treaty of friendship, commerce, and
navigation between the United States of America and the Italian Republic,
together with a protocol and an additional protocol relating thereto,
signed at Rome on February 2, 1948.
The enclosed treaty, together with the two related protocols,
was negotiated on a basis of complete equality between the two Governments.
It is comprehensive and is designed to provide an effective basis for the
future development of cultural, business, and trade relationships between
the two countries. I consider that this treaty is an important manifestion
of the friendly relations which exist between this country and post-Fascist
Italy and that it confirms the determination of the two Governments to
apply in their economic and cultural intercourse the liberal principles
that are fundamental to the democratic way of life. I commend it to the
early consideration of the Senate.
I transmit also, for the information of the Senate, a copy of
each of two notes, signed and exchanged on the same date, and a report on
the treaty made to me by the Acting Secretary of State.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
April 14, 1948.