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' '; ·~ ... . December ? , 1938,
Cit
¥y dear Mr. Preei dent:
'Vhlle your Glt iiiOr&ndWI or November :>8, ~nclos ing f or
my information a letter dat ed Rovember 17 whi ch you had
r •ceived f roa A.Oaaeador Bowere, merely asked t ha t I r ead
the l e t ter nnd Apeak to you about it upon your r e turn to
&aehin~on, I have drafted a o~oeted reply for you to
•end t o Ambassador Bowere, whlch r am submitting he r ewith
ror your oone i deration.
Roraan Davie baa been consulted on t~ ~eneral 81tua
t1on including the connec t ion or the Red Cro• e ~ith noe
e1bl. e ruture enlargement or our r~u~r e•ror ta, ,.n,. the
draft I am aending to you repree~nta his views ae well
ae my own, I f the e~p.eeted l etter i e not eatieraotory to
you, pl eaee l ot •• know.
Belhve me
Paithfully youre,
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The Prealdent,
The White HouPe.
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1 haYe <"lven C:l'l.,ll\~ r e.bl~ t hought to thl' -::ue• t1o"'" Y0\1 !"alu•d 1n your letter ot r:ove••"'''~" !?th. l "'~'~ r,en\11ru~ly ooncel"n~<! a t t !'\11 Pl1!"h t or t~u· t' tY1lten re tu~t>cr ~n !:''l)rl l\ ""'l "~~' l1 rtlt louc t hat t h t' 1ln1 tf!d !'tater IM'<e J\r~t r.e lo:·~t~ e ::ontrlh~t t~on ~ ~~ 1e 0'0 1111 \ ble.
f, p e. nr t.ttor or :'"Ot , u ?'OC~ ·le~l I:.(, I' ''>fJt"n Oone by ~h ... ' !eel ~~~· ,.,., OnYI'rnr.l~nt f')et>n•t m!lr:'- " ""r,rk11\P' to<"et!:-.c.r, " n d 1 r t~·e ~•cee 11 ar)' fun ti e can b e ·roun d t h ey ,.. , ll :i? !!lor e fin d mor .. tl' \ h e o.:>ntl1r- 'N : NI . Norm11n '>&Y1 P t e- ll~ me thr. t t ile l' e<i ''t-.H~ !.111 ll'l> ro r·roh t~<! !roe Its <>.- n run :IF t" ~~~ t~e ed in CO'!neotl'll ,.1 t h Yl•r t O•Il' t'lh$ ~86 ?t thO! '""enhh Hr..u;,., l e • -:.nsol ,)f l '75 , ()L'O, ..,h leh 11 evt>n :r.;l t'e pf'r ott-., 1tR t hnn 1 t tn.c ,.lven t o :'!1 \nu . The 1ov e r r • ..,.,n t ha ll ' h 'e" to t h e :: ~,., !:rollA , U:rourrh t ile ~ P. iG rtl : u:--rlu• ::o'\rj:-,(l l tl ~r "ol't' ::'! t l ""'• At~ '>'INtl :r '\ )iYl)llP l rl 'ttlr ., , "'heto t t O l•e C?I1Verte<5 lnl :> n:>•: r l! lld , ,.~ lverttd. Gi>ov:·o ,.}•1-:- . file - rltl.Jre Ccm:n l e •l ~>n hAF heAn ?'1vlna- r1'11'-' o f eh&rfl'l! to t he ..,.,d Crou itt unused ..:tore}tJ • c>d ~f" i o r trtcnrport~n;"' t he -he~t . " 1 t n r l 1 th Pea ftocto r• t~ken into a ocl)unt \t ~ till oo stp tt~ , ed Cro~• ~J.)U t '):1~ ·.,.,114"' r: •c :""'·('1 ''.tif.:; ... e ,Jh~· ,,f,f 1. 1J.., l o t h e
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aurr1c1ent money oan be ro1re~ t he Oovern"~nt 1a et1ll ·ut\:r to ~he t'l~ 'led i;'!'o~ - 000,0<10 b•~Jhd• o r ,.hu.c a eonth to r t~e ne•t e lx •onth~. frantoorta t1on will be :::Jr~> 11tfleul t In t h" f•ltur• a s t~e"e will ~ leu unu~ed •~ace on Aaertcan ahl~• . but thl• can ~ ?•~raone 0,7 ''e !n Pl'n-11-u- Clart .. -ed •hlp• 'ln4er (?r•l.'ll flt ... ~ l:l o ur t-ort e t J .~et \he w!'l&, t.
There 11 ro •uoh huN&n o l oer:r ~nd dleeeter In the ·~rl d t hoL 1t 1• 61f'Soul\ to f •rrtcll ~•tntly wh~ t lt' •<~J 1.nlnw Con,..:·e,. ~ ~ ~~ t " " • 1ll •n .. t n ~o for- rr>o l n . vlJY lour llf t~ore ts tully ;,o .. uoh Aurr .. rtn? .:n 'l •·t~ rr:r 1-t :ht :'la, = ~'!C!:?fl OYPlc l a •n~ :~,..,..,., • h leh also Cl>ll~ t?:- O'lr ac-:tve Pl.;~ . ' :1 l "'! ., .. ,,, ! ,. : ' "; • t .... -: e:.~ be .:"'•• •\1 1 -,,_ lnn~ .
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'-IIBAS ST OP' T ft£
UlflT-:D STATES OF AMERICA
Hot el MirlllD4!' s t. J ean de Luz, France,
Wo•ember 17, 1938,
Denr Hr. Preeid~ntt
Am n bit amused by your •defeat• whlch l eavee ue
with a meagre ma j ority or more then ~i~hty-tive in the
floW' e and a gr.,oter pnrt or th~> senn t e l wo things , -
thr~ e- impreese~ me . The Democratic victory ln Cali
forni a whic h ende t he i ntamy or tho ori minal p ersecu
t i on or Tom Mooney; the elimina tion or t he Sonny Lad
with t he Bar Room Uanner, O'Connor; and t he detent or
my fri end Frank »urphy, partly because or t he pro
raacist congr es s ional commi ttee busy with thP red herri ng
or communism to dletract attention from the Fas cist
~orld Revolution which has b oen on einoe 1935,
But my purpose in writ l ng h to convey n meeene:e
to you from the Span1eh Government. On the telegraohlo
r eques t or Del Vayo, the M1n1ster or Stn~e, I met
The Prealdent,
The llh1 t;e Boune,
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Sr. uoa.rate, the Spanish AJDbaeeador to EnglMd , in Pnrl11
on Sunday. He 1a a high grade man or loAA exper1 enos,
having aerTed for some years w1th the Leaguo at Geneva.
The message 1n substance was this :
1. The Gover nment i s ent i rely eatiofied ~ith the
military s ituati on. I t now concededly has the beet in
fantry. I t 1e producing pursui t pl anes but not bo~bing
planes. The beet r r nnoo can hope for is to get back to
where he was in July laot by forcing tho loyal i s t army
back on the Ebro with hle new cUv1A1ons of the Italian
&rmy, and his new flock of I talian a nd oerman bombers re
cently sent in in accordance wi th • the spi r i t of Munich•
which, i n the ol aeei o language of the i mpoPAible Chamberlain,
•hae brought peace in our t i me• - particularly to tho Jews
in Germany,
2. But the Government 1a gravely concerned about
the 3, 000, 000 men, women and children ref~ees from Franco
ter ritory and from the small towns of the Mediterranean
coast that have b een wiped out by I tali an bombers . The
proDlem of their preservation from s tarvation i e s erious
enough. The Government had anticipated a ll this for the
winter and had, i t thought , made adequate provis i on, but
i ts calcula t i ons di d not cont emplate the dai l y bombi ng
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or Br1t1ah rood ah1pa with the ooaplete aoqu1eaoenoa or t he Chamberlain GoYem ment,
3 . These r aota are not propaganda taote. They are reoogni~ed . The League of Rati one sent a oomm1eeion to 1nv eet1gate and 1te r~port l eaves no poBaible doubt that the n~' ed 1s i · .pa r et1ve and th" cAll to hUII&llity
11trong. I t u probabl e t h&t the Leaftue DIB1 send another oo~is e1on to aot with me~ and food .
4. Th1R br1n£s us t o the oo1nt where you are involved, I t 18 the hope or the Spanish OoYemm~nt that the Uni t ed St ates may do i ta pnrt, ju~t ae lt d1d f or the
9elg1ana, the Gel'llane , the Russi an& a nd t he F'renob. Should tho Leapue na111 a ~elie t Coam1Pa1on, the
Span1eh Government would l i ke to propoee t hat the chairman should be a n Al11Cr1oan appointed by you.
Should we not whh to aeaoc1&te ourselYee with any League ooam1eeion, and shoul d we aot independently, the 8pan1eh OoYem m& nt wi ll ask t hat an al.l- AIIIe r i oan OOIIIm1a e1on be named to take charge or r eli ef in wh1eh we are
1nvolY&dl and with the at 1pulat1on that t here ehall be absolutely no 1nterterenoe or any aort tram the Government 1n Spain,
'fhla h the meaaage I wae asked to conve)' to )'OU,
I clo not know what Congr eee Jaa7 be lnollned to do
regarding a r ea1onable appropriation, I earneatl)' hope,
hO"t ever, that • a shall want to do our pa.rt, Sinc e the
Spanish Governmen t take• the poaitlon that it ie the
legitimate government ot all Spain, and since it ia in
t erested in the rood n~ede on both eidee, and would expect
to have whatever 1e ginn us ed a n;r.here in proportion to
the need, I cannot aee that our neutrall t)' would be in
volved,
I know, polll t i vel)' know, where the e)'IIJ)ath.)' or M)'one
who beli8vaa in l1bert.r and democraor !DIIet be. "••er auch
a clear-cut l aoue between raecia• and cl emoorac)', between
l egali ty and anarch)' ae in Spain, or course, I do not ex
pect the taeoiat Power• that are specializing every da1 in
the murderi ng and mangling or women and children in peaoe
rul villages b7 bombing rrom t he a ir, t o under stand an)'
humnne ins tinct, But I am not eo r esrful a• Mr. Chaaber
lain about • i r ritating Mr. Hltl er •. Good Ood t he t a
Britiah Prealer ahould have sai d t ha t \
I 8)'1Dp&tb1ze with the Austrians , t~CUFh t.hP)' AUrrenderod
t hei r a rms without a ~eeture of reaiatance; end with the
Czeohe, t hough the)' sur r endered wi thout tlrln~ a shot; but
e)'mpathi&l~ with them I mU!t to an intlnltelr yr eat er de
gr~e e)'IDpat hize with t hP Demoorao7 ot Spain whloh t or almoAt
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two rean and a halt, Ungle handed an~ alone, hae t ougbt
the battle agalnet taaolaa, with Bitler and lfuaeol in1
pourins in t roopa, planea, tanka, art1llarr, with the
lfoora •taking no pr1aoner1•, and, alai, with the o .. oora
o1al ot Europe concentrating on preYent1ng the oonat1tu
t1onal, l elal Oo•amaant troa bu71DS arma and aJUIIID1t1on
t or the detenoe ot the daa oorat1o oaule while rather
llhaaelenlr tur nins a bl ind •r• t o the constant i aporta
t1ona to Franoo ot I tal ian and Oel'llan war material and aan
l eet ther 'irritate Mr . 81tler1 , and d11turb the •peace
in our t iae• 10 intelligentl r aaeured at Munich.
We ha•• r1g1dl7 entoroed t he neutral1tr aot ara1net
the Spani1h OovamMnt. '!bat dou not a ean, he-eYer, that
•• owe nothing t o huaanitr.
War When we aoted 1n Selg1ua.
in Spain.
We ware neut ral 1n the World
I hope we ahall do our part
Sinoe thil •a• not a oaeual oon•ereation with Aloarata,
I would appr eolate oontident1all7 rour reaction to the Whole
thing. WhateYer that reaction aa7 be need not be paeaed on
to anr ona, bu t 1t •ill g.1va • gu1de poata 1n ar future oon
taota W1 th the Oonmaant.
I t alked 1n Parle w1th aoae ot the kaanaet obeer.are
proteaa1onall7 ot t he European ecane and •a• altonilhed to
tind that aoa t ot t.hn thinll: that there wu no p r obab111t7
ot
ot war, and that the Chaaberlain GoYernaent whipped the
people into a etate ot h~eter1a with oonetant radio talk•
on gat MUke, boab proof lhelter, a.nd the need ot aending
ohildren troa their parent• tor the purpoae ot reoono1ling
thea t o the abJeot eurrender ot Wuniah, It ae ... too tan
taat1o; and :ret I euba1t that neYer in hiatorr before hal
an.J GoYernaent taoing war thought 1t w1ae t o dr1Ye the
people into a frenzy ot terror, The utter demoralization
ot the Engliah at a or1tioal moment oall1ng tor oalm oourage
and d1gn1t)' wae unqueet1onabl:r the wor!t ot the Chaaberla1n
group ,
I hope Ohaaberlain doee not aooorapanr the ltlng and Queen
to Alller1oa. It would be a p1tr t o thue aaear their Y111t.
ror Ohalllberla1n 1e deep1eed b:r •ill1ona in the United Btatee,
Oh&ap Olar!t onoe t old me that when Balfour went to Waehington
and addreued the Houee, he, Olarlt, wae alaoet thrown ott hil
bllla.noe Juet at tha aoment he ••• about to preeent the f ol'llllr
Seoretal'J' tor Ireland, beoauee J ohn J, Fitzgerald wh1epered
loud enough to be heard! 1 011.-p, don't torget and 1ntroduoa
h1a ae Bloody Balfour•,
I ahall get a oop:r ot the League of Nat1onl 1 Report on
the retugell and s end 1t on,
81noerel:r :roure,
CL.AUD& G, BOW£118
Allert oan Aabueador
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Wi l l yo~ speak t o me
abcut thi s?
F •. D. R,
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Deceober 13 , 1938 ,
LiEUORAliDUll FOR
THE UNDD\SECRETARY OF STATE
TO READ .AND RETURN. THIS
I S ONLY FOR YOUR EYES,
F . D. R.
,.,. ... ·r=·· ··- November 29th, 1938
I aa very oorry to he«r that , after lllaon'o talk to ~It Preoldent , t~ere w~r•
oome rwooro that be w:.a ret urnlnr; to Berlin. tlo doubt llr. I ll son la nry snxl oas for hie c...-eer tor etarn to B.rlln wh•re he
la popular wl t h 0<\0 or the >lOot dM~rouo '"'''' In blatory. There are fAr .. ore Important thlnga st otake t han Ur. l l l aon't cnreer. Democra~J It ot otake and I am afraid llr. lllton ia not able ennagh to see thlt or le too ~nxiouo about hie rutare.
It we &re golne; to fif:ht thh Nnzi dhe•ee , which 1a apreqdln« qu lcl<ly t hroagh t heir mnd nrobltlon, we must fight It wi th All the meMo we h•ve. It 1e not only n question of apendlng bllllont for defeqoe t hat lo Important , but It Ia Just "" import~t and much , much cheaper to fl~t wi th the Nncl with right idtae. If we ~re t o fight the~ with r !ght l doaa we ~~•t have men in our Sta t e Department who r epresent our ldeae. Bitler, mAd At he ie In ambition. Ia clever i n uoln& "'"" and their weAkneooea ~nd i dees for hit devilish ~trnoaet end llr. l ll•on hne been a good tool.
l lloon told ae h!meelf thl\t once the llftsh ~•d Anotr l& Nul Cuchoolomkl8 they would set tle down And everyt~lng would be nll rleht · 1 think he w~• foolish enour.h to think eo And from~ dlacuesion with hl"' bPfore ll•mlch he talked the olll1 ~nd dangerous none~noe of LftdY Astor which wna to give In to the Nnz l a .
While the wor ld woo appro~chlng one of t he grea test crises In hlstor~. Ru~ 'flhon spent almoet three "ontht u~lng t he tiCit of our beat Ccneul looklnt; for e bouse for Urt. l llaon tn~t eNd of puttin~ ~er uo ~t a hotel and &ett lng down to work. He Md the no do:>b~ • nt t o return to t he house. Often you found hi• e t the golf links lnate&d o! working on his probl~• Rt such A t ime. Hla chief advisor, I ~m told , was U&jor Turman Solth who lo ouch ~n open Na1.l tb&t i t ia 11
crime thnt he Ia still In Berlin. The Stott Depnrtment ADd the l ar Depsrtment know thie no well ee mnny other people, but nothing la done.
Whnt Is the une of spending millions when we don't first Arrnnge t hese simple matters7
I f H,l&h l lleon r eturn• to Gerlllt'l.!\)" we would be plA;vlng r ight Into the ~ ... nda of the pPople who are mt to defeAt us st every t urn. The ll"•l' 1 "re fostering revolution In UPxlco, CentrAl Amerlc• pn d South Aaerlca to defeAt us And "en like 'fllaon sleep or are too damn selfish to •~ewhnt Ia going on.
I had t~.e vhl t or "" l mportMt German h•re who h now beck ftO'In In Germnny. He Is close to t he preeent Governoent t here end " ver,y decent f el low. But the ·~ me!Dbere of our Ber l.ln St aff of t he Embl\081 plnyed up to him eo he woul d go bnck to Goring and tell Go r ing whrt fine f.llowo they were , I• horrible.
Ttte;r In the BlllbnS8'J even ~~tid to this """ thnt they felt the whole expansion pol lc1 of GerM"ny wae nll rl~t and Aner lcn hl\4 no obJectlona. I feel theee Ideas came from llloon and ~n entlro chAnge In l~ •ee etcce Dodd left Ia notiCAble to all . Dodd wna ~ hundred tlmea bettPr then Wllaon.
Inctdentnlly, high men in the Engllah rorol~ O!flce lAugh •t Wl leon. He Is d•ngeroua In hlo foollah lAck of lcnowled~e And hla pl~vtne uo to the Na~le .
llo thlng coul d hAve given the Nnzls " shock more than lfllaon ' a return t" the States • nd nothing can help thkt altuntlon mo re t han to keep Wl loon At home.
There Ia • l ot to be done In the State ~pnrtment In cl~anlnK up these cnrrlera of dangerous ide•• Pnd weaknesses t~'t can •ave mllllone I n defense . le know whAt ldeea meen In Aaerlcan, It I a ~ till more lmport~t In f oreign Affaire. J.,.., Dunn Is another one. 1 underatend hlft wife h "'ch M open Narl f t lend thAt she doaan't even try to hide her feellnge, And , formerly, ~e dld not try to etthar.
CM 1 t oone thlng be done to clean out .j11ot "few State Depnrtmen t men or must this go onf 1 don' t eee why the Preoident permlta It,
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THE WH I TE HOUSE
COl/F!DEilTIAL
EY HAND
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The Honorable
The Under Secretary or Stat e ,
Waah1ngtdn , 0. 0.
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Oeo~ter ~o, 1P38.
7 Y <l onr Ur. l'rcd6ont 1
I bd S ~vo you w111 b 8 1nt r re•tod l.n ~h• IIOIIOr&n<IUm
or :xy ~onver~ot!on or th1a e10rntn~ l"'itl'l t !Y> ('oPr:onn Chat·~&
c• • ,;.~ ~o1 r,s , ot ,., l ch I nnclor e" copy ,
~'U$ 18 th~ rt r nt nvl <l ~nol! t h l·t · h· (J)'I'tlnT\ C:o v .. rn
:;,on t. !:..-. ~~Ot'Wl\ or H 11 wt! 1 1nrn "~" t o tr.);o nny ~~~ •!' ln tho
1:~'<tro~t or 0\11' nnU ona lR by nok l nr ~.xoe?t! on• to ~.he
8 Xl c t!nt "Xohr• ,~o ~""ITU1,. ~1 one ~o t N-t •mrrl e on ol tS zcna
oan .. su.dr~" rroa c;.-rw> ny sn r u11 "1' 0"'' r t l o n wh!oh they
hP•te 1 nh~rl~•d.
r IIlii ot ceurGe oonri <'on t th.• t tl• 1p ~ ~"!' •o\tl ll not
1"0'0' have !'leon t "l::en by t hf' <i<' l"'l!tM 00VCrr\l:l"0~ UCI'!~t r<n"
• :,,. r aot th~:t t 1nd1ont~cl. to th• aeroar. tvotl'n"~ cl1or tl'la t
:·ubl!e op1nl on t n rhb count lT 1"L\r o.!Pn anc\111(· r ~t. al llit<ry
~olthrully your~ ,
.,, ...
'!'~ !'red dent,
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SUBJECT:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Memorandum of Conversation
:1 •! 111.• or fU:II)r 1can o tt hP-nn t o tho "r t r t ... or "flr~OI'lll di!O III'(' Nl 1n O~mllll)' .
DATE:
POOftMbor rQ, 1930,
PARTICIPANTS: " orr 11an11 ~~~~~n. Chllr·~ •"Af!:o lr .. ,. f\6 lnt. r ts
or 0<' am a IV ;
COPIES TO:
~~"' Onrte r !ieor ·t a ry ,
.,. --·-oornl n · b7 tnntruotl~n or ht~ GoYftrn~rnt ,
•·· c\ ·•l t h 1\lllbMnculor raool!hot't' ~har tly beror<> ~J·v• 111 • tf'r 1 "
dof\llrtul'e ln wh i ch I hl<d taken up -.1 t h thA Anta,.aar' or 1n
coll!I 1Gcr'>ble d0to1l thP •<U'!r t.1on ot' th" :;~snnnr tn .,.h 1ch
'.ur r 1oM o 1 ':l:::"II P ''"P 1d11'f" ln ~ .. r:anny were not reo~ 1v111ft
tr.,atoont oqunl t o t h< t rroo1vne1 bt G• rr.all!l c1 t1 1.en~ reo1c1-
1n 1n tht' Untt .. cl 1t nt,.tl . 11:sonr t !Y> an t t ,. ,. t.Rkon up b y
c,. t n tho, t o ~m I'N' t1 on waa ':hr "'IIY 1n '1'h1ch J\Dft r l oi.IJ'l
un . 11' to recot vo 1n "ull leP.n011'n rrne t.h" ot~tntoa or
_.._
or . TboaAon honded ar nn ~ ~ ~e aemo1re. ~hle~ ~e&ds
a e (OlloYOI
• In repl)' t o you r ooa.'2U111Ct>t1on to Aabas•ndor nteckhor~ concnrnlng the tr~otm~t
or l nh•• rltnnoo ol.ai e&e o r AC~Cr1onn "1t1 Mn B to •hlf ell tatoe of fl~reonft dooeu"d ln C"_,.r:ar.ny, I D• In • po• ltlon t o state t hot oll 1~nr l tance
o,...d lt a ot th1a ki nd, rco l p!"'oltJ l)'%'ov1ded, Y'lll t e tranerorred to • he b~n~r1olar1na l n fUll ax ~nt.•
I r. tatcd to the ~rmAn Chnrge d 1Arto'1 rrt t~nt I ~~~-
ou;p d. a n• ~nth,.red fro• t,. t e'tt or • ht o~loat1on
ho bill\ l{l ven 1111t tbnt t.bc n~ftllrnnMI eo nr od de(l rel otod
to oll ,.._r1ectn o1t1aonn • 1thout llht1 nct1on . !he ChJtr~tti
~ ' Atfalree rerlLed tbot.,. un~~ro t"nfl~ ,.8 oorr•ot,
'I'M 'Th(ortr~ <I ' Arrat•·~e oonolutlo/1 thtl lntnrvl ~ .. b7
ototl ll(; thl\t l:o bell"ed Ub011111C:0r O l ~'C:Ir'Y.lr!' t ~ 00ft'I'8MIO•
t 1onu ln G-- mony wnul<' be u~ f'ful . llr ~ t ••cl t '·' t he bo-
l hYod hlfl COY"m::IQnt 'f'A~ b,.n1nn1nv to und'lNJtand thnt
· ~o Oovcrno•nt or •h,. United ~tat!'s •oult not ~·~ to
11n:r cl lflorhti M tion bet ween Amar1o3n o l t 1znnc 1n ~r:lll nJ,
l'e e t oted tl'l' t h" thou~t 1 t ~ruo Wlot'ul ror t" '" Oov!"m-
aont t o continue •to ~rrtrm th t ~·lt ton • .
I thont~o the eN rge d ' At t'Ai r""o ror th~ ooooun1oo
~1on he had a "~ to '!O aM ror th~ 1ntor..,rt w• 1c1\ Mtb&a-
I "lo!)"d tho a•ouro.noen Jti von "'''ACI r rov II t o be tb• rore
runn•rt ot' oth•r aor• ~onero.l •·~r&noe~ to th• er~~ot
t ' . t tho r l t'hta or llll .uonrt onn o1t1ton~ 1n 1).-MJAf\T
•1 t l\out ol1at1not1on I'Ou l < be ~oru!)UlOUalJ obeorYod ,
,, ..... -
o.o .. ber 23, lll58
M7 dear Mr. Prealdan's
~le I real lce 1' 1e ra,bar long, I teal t hat
the deapatab fr0111 Bar.l1n whlah 1 lUll enoloa1ng bera
"nh 1e of AUob 1ntr1ne1o lnter eat tha t 1ou w1ll Yl lh
t o read lt.
When 1ou e re done Wi t h 1t m.7 I a ek the t 1t ba
Ntu;-ned t o me t or the Oepor'-ent • • fllaa.
Believe me
Enol oalll'at Deapa tob llo. 480, 8ar'l1n, Daoa!lber li , 1938.
'l'be Prealdant,
The Whlte Houaa.
U:SW: DUX
0480 12- :i-38 Berl in, Comment on German Polit ical Situat ion 862 . 00/3B06
