740.00119 Control (Italy)/9–2045
President Truman to the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (Tito)
My Dear Mr. Prime Minister: I have received the letter of July 25, 1945,96 from Your Excellency and the Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding the civil administration of the area of Venezia Giulia under Allied Military Government, which was likewise the subject of a Note Verbale of July 17, from the Yugoslav Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the American Embassy in Belgrade, and proposing that elections be carried out in that part of Venezia Giulia under Allied administration.
You will now have seen the American Embassy’s reply on behalf of the American Government to the Note Verbale of the Yugoslav Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which sets forth clearly the American view of the administration of Venezia Giulia and which states that the Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean, as head of Allied Military Government, intends to hold local elections in Venezia Giulia at the earliest opportunity.
[Page 1201]I need not assure Your Excellencies of the American Government’s desire to cooperate with the Yugoslav Government for the restoration of democracy in all of Venezia Giulia during the interim administration by Allied and Yugoslav military authorities of that territory and of my sincere hope that there can be an effective cooperation which will lead to ever closer relations between the Yugoslav and American peoples.
With the assurances [etc.]