DEPARTMENT OF STATE                     
 
                     INCOMING TELEGRAM                      
 
           DIVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS           
 
                          AMT- 182                          
 
                                                            
 
 
This telegram must be paraphrased before being communicated to anyone   
        other than a Government Agency. (RESTRICTED)        
 
                        Vatican City                        
 
                  Dated Novemebr 16, 1944                   
 
                   Rec'd 8:02 p.m., 17th.                   
 
                    Secretary of State,                     
 
                         Washington.                        
 
                  382, November 16, 7 p.m.                  
 
 FOR THE PRESIDENT AND THE SECRETARY, THE HONORABLE JOSEPH DAVIES   
             BASIL O'CONNOR AND JUDGE MARCHISIO             
 
                                                            
 
 
(1) The first shipment of supplies from American relief for   
Italy arrived off the port of Naples yesterday. Regret to advise the ship   
will now be diverted to Leghorn for unloading. Transportation officials   
advise that American relief supplies are in lower strata of ship's cargo   
and cannot be reached for some time after unloading begins and further   
because of rules governing priority in loading of vessels depending on   
character of cargo war needs considered, it may not be reached for two or   
three weeks. The railroad from ledhorn to Rome will not be in operation   
until the middle of Decmeber dut to bridges being washed out by recent   
torrential rains. All arrangements for unloading at port of Naples, w  
arhousing and transportation to the interior and distribution will have to   
                     stand in abeyance                      
 
                           until