Telegram from President Harry S. Truman to Prime Minister Winston Churchill
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OPERATIONAL PRIORITY
PERSONAL AND +00 SECRET
DICLASSIFIED by authgrity of
NUMBER 60
state Dept its to
NARS 8-10-72
NL memo to NLT
4-12-73
Initials BKZDre 5/21/74
TO:
THE PRIME MINISTER
s.
FROM: THE PRESIDENT
U.S.
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SERVICES
I REQUEST YOUR CONCURRENCE IN MY ISSUING THE FOL-
LOWING QUOTED RELEASE TO THE AMERICAN PRESS:
"IN THE CLOSING DAYS OF THE FIGHTING IN EUROPE,
TROOPS OF THE FIRST FRENCH ARMY IN THE ALPINE REGION CROSSED
THE FRONTIER AND MOVED FORWARD INTO NORTHWESTERN ITALY, IN
THE PROVINCE OF CUNEO. LATER ORDERS WERE I SSUED BY GENERAL
EISENHOWER, ALLIED SUPREME COMMANDER ON THE WESTERN FRONT,
FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF THIS FRENCH FORCE TO THE FRONTIER IN
KEEPING WITH THE ARRANG EMENTS FOR THE OCCUPATION AND ORGANI-
ZATION OF ALLIED MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN ITALY UNDER THE DIREC-
TION OF FIELD MARSHAL AEEXANDER. THIS ORDER WAS IGNORED BY
THE FRENCH UNITS CONCERNED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR
GOVERNMENT.
MORE RECENTLY THE FOLLOWING EVENTS HAVE TAKEN
PLACE. ON MAY 30 GENERAL DOYEN COMMANDING THE FRENCH ARMY
IN THE ALPS SENT A LETTER TO GENERAL CRITTENBERGER COMMANDING
THE U.S. 4TH CORPS IN NORTHWESTERN ITALY REFERRING TO AN AT-
TEMPT TO ESTABLISH ALLIED MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN THE PROVINCE
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