THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE   
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
                  TO HIS HOLINESS THE POPE                  
 
                   Rome, August 7, 1944.                    
 
                   My Dear Mr. President:                   
 
                                                            
 
 
I am sending you herewith a copy of a statement which I received this   
morning from Prof. Dr. Lobo d'Avila Lima, Portuguese Ambassador at Rome.    
The document speaks for itself.  Obviously it is sent to me because of the   
facts stated by signor Dino Grandi in the first few paragraphs of this   
                        memorandum.                         
 
                                                            
 
 
In due course, perhaps, in acknowledging receipt, you will make any   
         observations which you consider desirable.         
 
             With kindest regards, believe me,              
 
                     Sincerely yours,                       
 
                       {Myron Taylor}                       
 
                         Enclosure:                         
 
                      Statement dated                       
 
                       July 15, 1944.                       
 
                      His Excellency                        
 
                 Franklin Delano Roosevelt                  
 
               President of the United States               
 
                        Washington.