865.01/6–2344: Telegram
The Commanding General, Allied Force Headquarters (Eisenhower), to the War Department 74
F 63007. Translation of message sent by Badoglio follows:
“Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, Washington D.C.
I desire, Mr. President, to thank you for the support and assistance which you have been good enough to give to the Italian people in particularly hard and difficult moments. My separation from the government will not interfere for a single day with my activity as sponsor of the friendship between Italy and the United States. I shall retain as one of the best of my public life, the memory of your friendship. Signed Badoglio.”
- Copy transmitted to the Department of State by Adm. William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy.↩