Memorandum from Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew to President Harry S. Truman, Current Foreign Developments
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OCR Page 1 of 4TOP SECRET
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and' 5(D) or (E)
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972
By NLT H4 NARS Date 6.26.75
May 21, 1945
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
ARCHIVES AN
SERVICE"
Subject: Current Foreim Developments
French Troops on Italian Soil. The French Govern-
ment has informed Eisenhower that it considers that the
end of military operations means that the novements of
French troops of the Alps are no longer strategic quea-
tions but should be examined on a governmental level.
Therefore, the question of withdrawal of French troops
from northwestern Italy can no longer be handled directly
between Eisenhower and the French Command. Pending study
of this question by the interested governments, French
troops will remain in their present positions. Eisenhower
is understood to consider the situation impossible and
is considering informing the Combined Chiefs of Staff that
he intends to reply to the French relinquishing the com-
mand of French forces and turning over responsibility for
them to the French Government. General Mark Clark after
discussing the situation with French General Doyen has
recommended to Alexander that the Allied Governments
should make strong representations to the French Govern-
ment to have their troops withdrawn at the earliest pos-
sible date.
Recommended Dissolution of *Doenitz" Government
and Arrest of Its Members. Ambassador Murphy has visited
General Rooks who is in charge of the SHAEF control party
at Flensburg.
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