Mark Roy wrote: > ChrisGW wrote: >> Looking at the passenger list for my cousin 1955, it list him being >> born in Trieste, Ftt. Now I know Trieste is in Italy, but What does >> "Ftt" stand for. It just seems like an odd abbreviation for Italy. >> What am I missing? I do not know what the abbreviation should be, just >> pondering. >> >> Thanks >> Chris > > Apparently FTT refers to the Free Territory of Trieste. From wikipedia: > > "In 1947, Trieste became an independent state as the Free Territory of > Trieste and was governed for several years by the Allied Military > Government, comprising American and (mainly) British forces headed by > Sir Terence Airey. This state was de facto dissolved in 1954: the city > of Trieste, dubbed Zone A, went to Italy, while the southern part of the > territory (Zone B), comprising Istria and some parts of the Karst went > to Yugoslavia. The annexation to Italy was officially proclaimed on > October 26 of that year. > > The border questions with Yugoslavia and the status of the ethnic > minorities were settled definitively in 1975 with the Treaty of Osimo." > Thank you for the info. I did make a mistake. It was 1952 not 1955. My uncle was station there while he was in the army. Thanks again Chris