ANNEX C.O.S.(44) 316 (0) 4TH APRIL, 1944 WAR CABINET CHIEFS OF STAFF COMMITTEE BOMBING OF ROME AND VATICAN PROPERTY Copy of letter dated 3rd April, 1944 from the Foreign Office to the Secretary, Chiefs of Staff Committee You will have seen Osborne's telegram No. 199 of 26th March from the Vatican giving the text of a statement by the German High Command, published in the "Messagero", claiming that German troops have been withdrawn from Rome and that no military traffic of any kind passes through or within the City.