-6-                             
 
                        Postscript:                         
 
                                                            
 
 
Since the foregoing memorandum was dictated, I  
have had a call from representatives of AFHQ, Caserta, Col. J. E.  
 Butterworth and Lt. Col. F. K. Levis, and from Col. R. A. Martino of the   
Allied Control Commission, who revievzed the situation from the supply   
point of view in respect to relief by Army authorities in Italy for  
                     the coming winter.                     
 
                                                            
 
 
 Among other things, they indicated that there were available 6,500   
trucks requiring modest repairs, principally lacking tires and batteries.   
This bei.~ true, it would seem that the easiest solution of the   
transportation problem as outlined by Prime Minister Bonomi would be to   
equip a limited number of these machines with tires and batteries. I   
believe the maximum number of trucks that have been requisitioned through   
the ACC for Italian use was 3,000. Here then appears to be a number far in   
excess of that which are on the ground and can be put into use if a   
reasonable amount of supplies and repairs are made upon them
 
                           M.C.T.