FROM: ALUSNA, BEYOGLU, TURKEY
TO:       MR. HARRY HOPKINS
DATE: 1 OCTOBER 1943
 
 
     ITALIAN AIR ATTACHE CALLED TODAY TO ANNOUNCE READINESS
COOPERATE.  HE SAYS RELATIVE INACTIVITY OF LUFTWAFFE DUE FEUL
SHORTAGE AND GIVES NO CREDENCE TO GERMAN THREAT DESCRIBED IN MY
231313.