THE WHITE HOUSE                       
 
                         WASHINGTON                         
 
                      August 24, 1944                       
 
           MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE            
 
           Please let me see your proposed reply.           
 
                            FDR                             
 
                         Enclosure                          
 
                                                            
 
 
State Dept. dispatch, 216, August 21, from Rome "Taylor's 286 for the   
                    President" from Kirk