Ralph Skrine Stevenson, Dr. Ivan Subasich, and Richard C. Patterson in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, June 1945
Photograph. Ralph Skrine Stevenson, Dr. Ivan Subasich, and Richard C. Patterson at the signing of the military agreement concerning the occupation and administration of Trieste and all of the disputed Venezia Giulia Provence. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/12/45--Trieste agreement signed--A peaceful solution of the first major postwar problem comes with the military agreement concerning the occupation and administration of Trieste and all of the disputed Venezia Giulia Provence. The agreement was signed by (left to right) Ralph Skrine Stevenson, British Ambassador; Dr. Ivan Subasich, Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia, and Richard C. Patterson, U.S. Ambassador. Trieste and all of Venezia Giulia, west of a line following the railways and roads north from Trieste to Austria through Gorizia and Caporetto, will come under the command and control of the Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean, Field Marshall Sir Harold Alexander, under terms of the agreement which was signed in Belgrade and disclosed June 10, 1945.--OWI photo--serviced by Rome OWI Full. Approved by appropriate military authority. 6671."Belgrade, Yugoslavia. June 1945