December 7, 1943
 
     
 
 
After discussing this matter with the British military authorities I   
consider it inadvisable to reopen the matter at this time.
 
 
 
F.D.R.
 
 
 
Letter from the Secretary of State, ll/21/43, to the President, a copy of   
which has been retained for our files, together with letter preoared for   
the President's signature addressed to His Holiness Pius XII, which has   
not been signed by the President, concerning the recognition of Rome as   
an open city.