740.0011 EW/8–643
The Assistant to the President’s Military Aide (Hammond) to the Secretary of State
secret
Washington, August 6,
1943.
Memorandum for the Secretary of State
The following message from the President was received in the White House Map Room this date:
“Please inform the Secretary of State and General Marshall that I approve in principle the report of the Joint Chiefs of Staff regarding the recognition of Rome as an open city.”1
General Marshall has been informed of the above message.
Chester Hammond
Lt. Colonel General Staff
Assistant to the Military Aide