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    "ocrText": "method be setup whereby the military government people could\nhave authority to veto the use of the great monuments for bil-\nleting unless overruled by the Commanding General? Now they\nhave to yield in practically every instance. There would not\nbe many cases.\nfront.\nFrom Naples I went up to see Clark at Caserta. Marshall\nasked me to see him and I was glad to have the opportunity. He\ntook me up the line and we saw a bit of the pent. I left him\nand went on with one of his staff officers and visited the Divi-\nsion Commandergand one or two regimental Commanding Officers,\nI saw with the Italians and the French. The Italians had just\nbeen pushed about and the General and his staff did not look\ntoo good. They were dispirited. The French looked keen.and\nwell equipped. I would guess they would give a good account\nof themselves, and I gather they will soon be heard from.\n4th\nI went on to Bari, paid my respects to General Alexander,\nwho did not look too well to me, although he was alert and vig-\norous. The sunken ships at Bari were a sorry sight. I saw\nFrancis Rennell and had a long talk with him and Brigadier Lush\non Civil Affairs matters. - Again Food - Then went on to Brindisi\nwhere I saw Joyce and the Control Commission people. They looked\na bit disorganized but they were just getting ready to move and\nthey did not have much of a place to operate in.\nI called on Badoglio, who impressed me as a simple, straight-\nforward, reliable man. I came here from Brindisi by way of Palermo\nand am staying with Murphy. I may go on to London, although I\nvery much want to avoid doing so if possible. Winant has cabled\nand the British want me to go on there to get work started on the\nEuropean Advisory Commission and go over the first plans for\ncivil administration in France.\nThe main impression I received from Italy, so far as AMG\nand Civil Affairs are concerned was of the food situation. It\nis not good and there was concern all along the line. The typhus\nsituation is not too bad. There is some and the conditions are\nsuch as to generate it but there are good men on the job. I judge\nfrom what they tell me that they think they can keep it under\ncontrol.\n:\nJOHN J MetLoy,\nAsst. SecYetary of War.\n-2- - -"
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