THE WH ITE HOUSE

WASHI NGTON

December lo , 1940

1.\y dear l.lr . .lelles:

~rs . Roosevelt a sks me to thank

you very much for your letter regarding the

handling of visa cases in the State Uepartment .

Jhe appreciates :;our writing her in detail a s

you did and is glad to have t.he information .

Honorable Sumner .7elles The uepartment of :>tate .:ashington , iJ .C.

Very sincerel7 }'Ours,

~t.~~ J..r s . Roosevelt.

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

October 12, 1940

lly dear l.lr . Welles:

Thank you so much for writing to

J.rs . Andr er:s . J..rs . Roosevelt deeply appre-

ciat.es ~ our willingness to s ee her and her

daughter.

Very sincerely yours,

Honor able ""umner '/lelles

~ . . _ @.~~ Secretary to J.lrs. Roosevelt

The Under Secr etar,y of ~tate Washington , D.C.

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M1 dear IU. u 'l'ho:ap-1

lA a ooor4aDOe vl\h Ule reque:et: ooat&1Ded

1a tour l et:ter ot Ooaober 0 , I e.tl \T1t1na to

1\rs . An4l'tVI to let Jar k:no\1 \h4 t. \ he Oepart­

aent: will be "er'J ~4 to noein twr a.ad her

<\au t:)lter vUh regard to the po .. port: queeUoa

1ft vh1oh Jl.1oe Andrew• 1e ta••rea\4t4o

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Seore~ltr;:t to Jlre. ilooanelt,

Ttwl 'lllhtte HoWle.

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I April 19, 1940

Dear Wie a Tho•p eon;

Furth" r in reply to you.r note of January 19

to Mr. Wella a, I enoloee herewith the fil e unt to

h 1111 in the Ofl" !l of l're . Ly~1a l.tun ter. The reply

to t he instructi on wh1oh the Department sent out

h11e now bem reoelved and I attac h a oopy hereto.

Sincerely yours,

.ANNA L. CLARKSON

AAals tent to t he Un~er SftOrPtnry.

Mis e Malvlna C. Thompaon, Seoretary to Mra . Roo8evalt ,

The Whl t e Roue e.

360D. 600 15/11

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~ul:Jeot: .. bereab;)u ~a ft1lll • • uue or ile lcthoa o r ... ~. till= -uoter.

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Sir:

Tho ... ecretor r or -t~:=.te,

hll8h1Dclt.oD .

l IIIIVO tho M oor t o uokn""' lodce tho rooeipt or

t he uopartoont.' o 1natruct1on Uo . 228 or J unuary ~~ .

1940, enolo!1111U tor th.e cons lder~tl n or t he ~egati.on

e 3..>' J ~r • let.ter frog the .h1 te ~~ 'u"• t ;)o.•ether •lth

t.. C.;)'"" y ') ( ~OM.!Un1 0Ut.1.Jlo ~ddroSSOd t, rf'l . :.,:)O~evelt.

;,onoerni~L t.ho doelre o: - lse :llm!. unter t.o :>bt ain

1nfol"D1' \t.l m roc r\llnr her rel.t. ttvoe !.a 1n111nd .

r . 91rcor ... SndrJro ,r .:vt.:.rncr"n 'l l , Lor sa.

ucoyr~tns t.o tnro~tlon rece i ved r rom h1s ulster,

1s

- ~ -11 at \.be trout. f'lD4 h•• not boon hoaN rra. olnoe

t ooruary :n . 10<0 . ""'1•• l.1nd rora • • • W1f"ble u-.. rerare

tO t l\t6 O.DJ furthlr 1ntorlal1t11D ros"rt11.ng hliG. •

... re . .... una tuun, :o;.rcerly or - ork'Jarvl ..,htch

ta no\lr o rert or tho .. ov1o t l.:nion. l nt'ormcu1 t~o l.e­

c~tt~n tn • wr: t t on J~unJo•t!?n date~ karcb 11 ,

lo• c , tha t eha ,. ne her roily a.re n~ ltvlntt ft t Wlu

CUleator~l tn nort~rn 1 lan~ ~n~ t~A t her a44res•

la Vu.lt.lon nt'uta tien r:or.t~p6Ja , J ulY, 7tnlbn ... .

'l'bo JAer&ot.l.Jn hAl not. auoooed~ in obta tnlJ\!

41 reot. lnr.or satlon rraa l..rft . l..y41a IWntor t u.t -ra •

. ~llna U=.n et.a t ·ed 1n :-..er o.)a:w.nlo• tl.)n thto: t

ooo~~ln~ t~ ~or ~owleJ~o ~ra . ~~tor 1 atlll

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fllo : .J . 310 .. ·\U'ltor AM/ark

In t r lpllc to to uorart~nt.

.. ar .. ld a.hADt1, -~rioun Conaul General

January 23, lQ40

Dear M181 f bo8peon1

Regarcllfl« your note ot January 10 t o lrr. lrellee,

enoloelng a l ett8r troa Mr, wtlll~ r . Sohle .. er, an

ln11truoUon hu bun eent to the Allerloan lllnhter at

Helelnkl anoloel"ff a oopJ ot thle letter an4 exprelle-

1ng Mre. RooeeYelt1 e intereet ln obtaining anr aYall­

able lntoraatlon regarding the pre1ent whereabout• ot

the pereona .. nuoned, AI ftoon • • a r~11 t o t hle l n­

atruotl on hat been reoe1Ye4, the entire tlle -tll be

r etumed to r ou,

Slnoer tl7 yourft , Anna L. Clarkson

alae Mlll.rtna 0 , 'l'hollpeon, Sec retary t o lrrt. RooeeYelt,

fbi 'fhl t e HOUII,

3 600 . 60015/5

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Aeel etant to lofr. Wellee

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Washing t on

JanuAry 19, 1940

Dear Mr. Welle s :

Mrs . Roosevelt asks ma to send you the

e ncloRed letter f r om Mr . ''1ill1am F . SchlemmP.r, of

Hammacher Schlemmer , New Yor k , an<l to say tha t if

1t 1!l poPsible to obtain any informnt1on nbout the

9eople 1n Finlam~ whom he lists , she wi ll be mos t

anprec1at 1 ve ,

Very sincerely yours ,

MALVI NA C. THOMPSON

Secretary to Mrs . Roosevelt

The Honorable Sumner Well es Under Secretary of Stat e 'Vash1ngot on, D. c.

HAMMACHER SC!ILS!,!J!E.l'\

145 Eas t fifty- Aeventh StrPPt, NEW YORK

JanuAry 16 , 1940

Mrs . Franklin D. Roosevelt , 'Vhl r. e Hous e, Waahin!tt on, D. C.

Dear Mrs . Roos evelt :

l!r . McKibbin advised me h .et ni("ht of your kind offer to endeavor to as11 i st our Maid Hilma Hunter in rece1vin~ some information f rom her parents and relet! vee in Finland.

Under oresent conditions abr oad I ~hould imagine it waul r1 be almos t 1mpo~si ble to ~et any communication ann anything you can do wi ll of course be greatly appreciated.

The names of the relatives a r e a s f ol low11 :

lArs . Lydi a Munter Tievesi

Finl and

Mr s . Alina Okaman Perkjarv1

Finland

Hr . Blrger Lindfors Borg a

Kv arn~<:rand 7 Fi nland

Respectfully yours ,

HA!.'IIA CHBR SCHLEMJIER

Wm. ~ . Schlemmer Pr l"s1dent

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J anuar7 20, 1P40

SD vr. Loaga

~111 you pl~a•• hD•• r our or rtoe take aprroprla te aot1 on 1n th1e oat• ana eup­ply t bll oft1oe w1 th a IM­rancba telllllff •!'&' hl\1 b een ~on• eo t hat a repl7 U7 be eent t o 1flqe T~eon.

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January 23 1940

No. ?.28

To the

American Minister,

Heleink1.

The Secrete.r)' of State enoloeee for coneideration

e. oopy of a lett6r from the White Rouse, together with a

copy or a comunioation addre•eed to lire. Roosevelt con­

cerning the desire or lli8a Hilma IIUnter. to obtain informa­

tion regarding her rela ti vee in finland.

It i8 requested that such information ..., may be avail­

abl e eoneernlng t. he present whereabouts and welfare or

llrs. Lydia Munter or Tioveoi; Mra. Alina Okeman of

PerkJarvi and lolr . Birger l.indtora ot Borp;a, J(varngrand 7,

be submitted to the Department aa aoon as practi cable for

tranaa1s s1on to Mrs. Roosevelt.

Enclosure a: Letter from WhiteHouse. Letter to llrs. Rooeevelt

trom Mrs. Schlemmer. '

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, eterrtnc to your note to ur. ~ell~• or Oeoea­ber .,, tiDfl to the oth~ lnqulrl"e wl\S oh ut ~• Lotte

!traWl , or 130 &4et M t h Street, New Yor!t Ctty, t.e a<ldre•~t!d t o ltlra . llooeevelt G t varl ou_s t111(! 1!1 0 t.ht r a h

tn llr. • ell'la' adl to<I~AJ a !'Oraonal. l ett"r r r o» the

Con stUl oen eral a t VlenM , an "J:Oerpt t'ro11 .. h1eh I

quo t e b<tlow1

• ttba 1Crau1 wil l be ~rlad t o l earn that ~ officer o! ~ atort bed a oonve~at1on •1 t h h~r tJOth('r to~a;r . The 110ther e nd t a thttr are

l lvtng a t Alleasas•e 3, Kloet erneubury, Vtenna

~VI . Mrs . rr~uc ~-~ ~ ·~-• ~~c cno ~~r hu~bnnd .. ero in <:Ood heel t~ 11n ol t M t thinc-11 .t\re all

r 1 ·!\t d t h t !.am: ' ee (!eh t uno I!"Jt. '

"llhe rJ'liU& d 1! 11'111h t o tno.-, 1t • he doe!! n :>t a lruoy, ~hAt hr r ratll~ r, rt l!~rrhd, o!VI her aoth~r, Anna, were reK1st ered on the Cneoh­orlovftk 1omlCTat t on quo~a 11- t (Hee . 1318~ ~d 13le~) at tht & C~gulA~e OenPra l on J onunJOT 1~,

1~39 . Thi s poP1t1on 2ntl1catee t ~• t t helr t u r n

ror 1a ;..l r.rat 1on "'111 not be r•'"Ch~tt! ror .at\11)'

~or.tl~ . An •'tl dnvtt or a~r~r t hn• •l~o boon

rl'oe1 v~ rroc " Ur. Lr o::r l . t ux, c' ·:05 'Cas t 'th ll tr "Ci t , 'If' • York, • ho 19 e nld ' n bfl ll. rr tlln<1

o r t h l' •r~lt o•n~a . AA "xne1netlon tn to the Aut­

rtc1enoy or th1e eT1 dene~' ot •ur~rt • 111 be "' 4\1' ,.. t t hl" n·'••ror r1 ,. te tlm bnl\ au ~ ·t nt entl;r

In 1\dTanee ot ~lle Mt'!' w"en thl' *"'11 rents IU'e

OliLled ";,) l'ftA 18 lltiJ 't- "•o~• tn "h• ,. • • 1,.1\\• t

to be oor"o~e4 .

W1ae MalT1na o. ~hoapaon, ~eeretary to Mre. Rooe...,&lt,

The Whlte ltcnl~ e.

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