Rome, Italy, February 13, 1945
 
 
 
S.M. Keeney, esquire,   
Chief of U.N.R.R.A., Italian Mission, Rome.
 
 
 
Dear Mr. Keeny:
 
     
 
 
In acknowledging your letter of February 10, 1945, I am sending you a copy   
of a summary just completed which indicates distribution of supplies donated   
through American Relief for Italy, so that you may continue to be fully informed   
of the field in which we are operating and of our progress.
 
     
 
 
I feel that I must in frankness say, as an example of our cooperative spirit,   
that last summer when we were seeking a basis for cooperation with the Italian   
government, the Vatican, the Italian Red Cross, Confederation of Labor, Allied   
Commission, Allied Force Headquarters, American Red Cross and others, for a   
means of distribution of supplies donated by the American people through   
American Relief for Itlay, I invited you to attend our meetings and supplied   
you with copies of all our data as it developed until your departure for   
America.
 
     
 
 
We succeded in implementing the formation of the "Italian national Committee  
for the Distribution of Relief in Italy," our aim--as announced then--being   
to "help the Italians to help themselves."
 
     
 
 
From your letter and accompanying list of present and scheduled supplies   
which you propose to secure you will enter all the fields in which we are   
active as well as other fields in which we are not and will not be active.    
This in itself necessitates frank and complete understanding.  In our minds   
this can only be achieved through the distributive judgment and mechanism of   
the national committee.
 
     
 
 
In your talk last week you referred to negotiating a secret contract   
with the Italian government, the precise terms of which you were not in a   
position to divulge. We believe before such a contract is completed a more   
specific and detailed understanding should be reached with the National   
Committee, Allied Commission, Allied Force Headquarters, also with the   
contributing agencies, viz: American Relief for Italy and American Red Cross.
 
     
 
 
Our cooperative attitude with regard to relief for Itlay has been often   
expressed in all our relations and is basic in the field of donated relief.
 
 
 
sincerely Yours,   
Myron C. Taylor
 
 
 
Chairman American Relief for Italy
 
 
 
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