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lul.y 18, 1941 .

lmiORAHDUll J'OR

'l1lZ ACTIID S~RITARY 07 STATI ASSISTA!ft SICR!TABY ACHESO.

In resar4 t o t he enoloeed, I tbiDk that the aide mezoira "A" 1a ail r1&b\ but tbat •a• 11 not eetlataotorr -- priooipall:r t or t he r aaaon that it ie eo ••sua tbn t I do n~t underatand it m:rult.

In rasar4 t o "B-I", I would le&Ye out •tho oommon purpoee• beoauae it ooul.d be put aix different waye and no two people would •are•. In resar4 to I 2) under •B-I•, why i a it neoeaaary to aioal• out t or aent1oa •the eignal adYentase eeaured by the United Statoa• ? There aro certain ednatasu aeoured by Britain. In resard to "B-I" I)), neither Br1 \eln nor t he United Statu o\llht t o elial.nate the poaeibil itr or • oeeb aoaoUDt later beoeusa .uah e aaeh aaooUDt mi&bt be bisl>lr adY!eehle, t or ex•ple , i n eott1ns up eome r orm or world ourrenoy atandard or in putti ng to uae .ADer1oen-owue4 sol4. On the ~ole 1t ..... to me that •B• oould be limited t o two or three parasreph.a ...awhat u t o1lowa1 1. The Br1tiab OOYerament •sr••• t o r et urn , a t the end or tile war, ell soode reoe1Yod uDder the Leaee­Ln4 .t.ot wb1oh ban not be., dutroyed or OO II.IUJl&d -­euoh aooda &ba l l be returned it the Proaident &hall deteNi ll8 thnt t hey are uutul t or the detenee or tba United Statu or the Weatern H•hpbore, or oen be ot.herwhe ot ue to tile Uaihd Statu. 2. INa ooneideration will be ginn by the United Statu to t.he oapaol\y ot the Br1thb c-•••ltb to purobaae .&Mr1o•n aoode and ••mou and to reeto'f'& aoraal eooaomia ralllt1one DOt only between the \wo •Uou but in oonJWIOUOn with the bettor• 1DC or world-wide eooaoaio 'f'elet1ou, ), In ooneidera\ion tor auob aood8 reoe1TJ4 by Br1\&1a UDler \be Laue-Lend Aot wbloh bn~ been deetro:red or oou-d , the Uaited Statu will siT• due we1pt to tbe ftluo or war 1ntor lllllt1on, 1D­Yen\1o .. , end otber kaowlodsa reoe1Yed t roa tbe Br1\leh One..-n, end w1U aieo she du we1pt

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to the Y&l ue ot m1uli tione and eu.ilar production oreate4 in the United 8tetea t brouah Len4- Lea ee Aot operatione,

4. Tbo 8ritiah OOYernmeut agr oee t o continue diaou .. i one wttb t.he On1tt4 States OoYernment in r esarcl t o turther clataila ooYeriao ex11t1ns tr&D.~tera and ooYerins turtber ~:~~aaurea o t aiel eucl ot oooperatiou oYer a wider apbere.

l . D. R.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Mtmoronclum ol Convtrsotion

OAT£: July 15, 1941

SUBJECT: Lease Lend Agreement with the British

PARTICIPANTS: l4r , llaynard Keynes, llr, Ache eon

COPIES TO:

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llr. Maynard Keynes called upon me t oday at his request. He tol d me that be had received cable instructions from the Prime Minister and the Chancell or. He stated that they were very pleased wi th his and the Ambassador ' s report or their conversation with the President.

Be then handed me two papers which I attach, marked "A" and "B". Paper "II" was the cable outline of what the Prime Minister and t he Chancellor believed should be in the prelimi­nary Lease-Lend Acreement. Paper "A" is llr . Keyne•s sucgestion ot the opening part ot an aide mt!moire which should be the vehicle for the agreeoent.

After reading the papers , I told Mr. Keynes that I had very considerable doubts whether this paper "B" would be in accord with the President's views, but that I would report our conversation to you and you would undoubtedly discuss the matter with the President. I pointed out that the agr eement as suggested, while negativing the creation of a money debt, did not provide for any obligation on the part or the British, except to return • so far as practicable• goods Which might be

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~ .................. ".:.·~ ....... ' ........ . would •••• to so very d1tt1eult tor the Pr taident to l eave the matt er 1n ao •ague and un.atla tactory a titu.tion .

Wr. Ke:rn•• tbe.n. 1ntormed •• that he had been 1nltructed not to put forth proposals except •• aut.horit.CS by cable anc1 that probebl7 tho best pr ocedure woUld be, alter •• re­ceived 1natruet1ons tram the Prea1dent, to propoJe a 4ratt to hia. Be said that h e wished to return ~ Cltpper to Encl&nd 1! poulble on July 2) and <h&< it would be holpl'ul lr ho could t&ko l>eck a drart with hia oo t.h&t ho :olcht dls ­cu.ea it. pe:-tonall.7 With the ~1M M1n1tter and the Cb&ncellor in London. I told h1lll that I would report to you and that I wo\114 ce t 1n touch With h.1a within the next day or two.

Cean Acheaon ,._6..

A- A1DA 1BJ!

A

/1ide - t;emolre

As reported by the ~rcald•n~ to ~on,reso on June 10, 1941,

dlaeusslons were entered \1pon between the Governmunt or the United

8tt1te1 And the Bri tish Govermr.~;nt eorly in J une •1th a view to an

il.~r.-uuumt. t.o tix the turms and c:or:.d1t1ons under Sectton J(b) or the

Lease-Lend Act, upon 'iohieb the forult.n goverru:oents receive the

aid aut horised by the Act .

Af ter an 1ntu·chanae of views between tho Presldt,;nt. and the

~r1t1Sh ? rl~e ~intster throu&h the inter~edkry of the aritish

Ambassador 1n ~1&sh1ngtotl, it was n&r eed between thee~; that it would

be pr emature at the present time to give final. deflnltlon t.o tho

ter os und conditions which tbe President would dcu satisfactory under

Section J(b) of the above Act, and tt~t the President. should reserve with

his pos l tlon until 1n due course/the pro&ress of events it wns clearer

to him Wh&.t propOSalS it \.Ould be in the mutual ir~terest Of the tWO

countries nntl of ::.he l<Orld f or hi:n to twke ; but thDt it \.ould be

risht ~nd proper to declar e and agree forthwith certain main purposes

and intent.iot<S ot the f'lru..l agrt:t:ment to be reached • t ' loter d.cte .

Aula tan t S3orotaty e f Slat•

JUL 15 1941

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A decl•ra t1on or co:.mon purpose .

A••t•l&Al Secrete rr ut Stat•

JUL I $ 1941

A d clf..r.atlon by the Prestdtnt that the etrr,-1ng out o!' th1J

common pur~oae is tho main object or the Aid accordtd under

the Leas"l'- Lend: Act ond that the bf!i.ntfits thereby obt 1ned are ,

in b1a Ju4& ~nt , tht s1g!".al ac1v6nt•c• secur d by th• United

Statos undur Section }(b) of the Act .

()) In rta;:ect ot the bc..l.ance or aid ac:corded Ul)(ler t: Lease-1.4'nd

Act not thus co=pensatod no cash account shal~ be set up and

no delivery or s;ooda or at eta shall bo atked •hieh ould

i ntorfere with tho nor~l eoono~1c relations bet~otn the

United StattJ of Aaer1ca and the ~r1t1$h Comwoawealth after

the war or •1tr the capacity or the Er1t1sh Comoo~ealth to

purchase American aoodG and aerv1cee .

II.

The £r1t1sh Oover~nt agre to r•turn at the end ~r the

war to tar aa pract1eabl~ all goods rQe~lvod ~er the

L•a•t-Lend Act which have not been 4eatroyod or eonauaed 1n

any ease in •hleh the President calls tor t~eir return .

III.

The Dr1 tish Ooverncont il~~t to clh~u.u witl . • the -........\c•.4""J ~

On!t-.4 Stat•• Govern~;. nt in d.1J• c;) 1r. f:'~ !'urther mea surd's 1 ~ '.....( or cooper ation ~er • 'rtder aphero .

lf dear Kr. Proo14oa\l

I aa onoloo1nc for 7o.r roforenoo • \elograa

dated lul7 ? reooi~ed froa Aabaaoador Winant wb1oh

tranaai\1 tbe te~ of a lo\\or bo bad reool~ed under

date of Jul7 • troa Kr. 14on.

I ~ aloo tran1altt1nc a oopr of tbo t elegraa I

propooo to 10114 1a roplJ. la ~lev of Gho 11WJ1ortanao

of t h1o lubJoo~ , I wlob to be 1aro that the I U&gaated

roplr moeto wlth J our appro~al.

Sellen ao

EaoloiiU'eol tolosraa troa Aabao­

oa4or V1~~a~~t; Propo1od tol•&Paa to Aabaloa4or V1Daftt.

tho WhUo loaoo.

JulJ 115, 1~41.

t olD" 2811'1, JulJ ?.

Careful Cb011p\ baa ben &hOD l o (a ) lhe leUer troa

Kr. i4oa; (b) \he propooe4 drat\ aol e lo the 0all 1ed 0 GoYorn­

aaata; and (o) \he drat\ reoolul1oa.

Tha quao\lon or doal1n& wl\h \ be probl em or oommod1\J

ourpluooo, aa\ual and po\on\1al, bao been a oubJoot of d1o­

ouao1on ln la\\oro axohenae4 ba\waoa Lel\h~Ro•• ond ottlolalo

of \he Dopar\aan\ and aoro r ooantlJ of ooao d1oouee1on w1\h

laJD••· AI o\atad 1a \hie oorroepondanoo, \h1o Go•ornaan\

eharao \he Y1ow \hat \ha oubJao\ dlo\lna\17 aarl \o a\\on\1on

ao one of creat la\oroo\ ~ tho aooaoa1eo of all ooua\r1oo,

Ia ooaforaitJ with thh beUof, U bao boon aa1nb1n1na

1n1\1at1Yo 1a ro1ard to oa1d proopoo\1Yo oarpl .. probl aaa

u lllu\ra\ad bJ \ba d1oouu1ona on wbaa\ now la pro1re11 111

Waobl .. \oll.

7h11 quol\lon lO, Of OOUr l &, Y&rJ broad 1D ObaraO\Ir and

o\apl \akoa to 4aal wl\h 1\, •• \ ba offor\ 11 oar rlad alona,

aaa\ 111aY1tablJ ln•olYo oona1dara\1oll of produo\1on, of axpor\

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oontrola, tariff an4 trade polioiaa or 4ittaren\ oountriel

aa Will aa tlaanoial pelielee. All e\epe \aken in tbla tiel4

are, tharetore, or in\ered an4 11Cilit1aanoe to \ba Uni\14

Stat ...

h 11 NIOin1&14 ,._, \ba uUer ot proY1t1on1na the

oooupie4 oountr1o1, whea ... a1 thaT .., be traa ot oooupation,

ani!. ulUutalJ all e01ln\r1 .. of hropl w1\b too4at attl ani!.

raw aateriale 4oea \o a ear\ain 1z\ent, 1n tha 1mae41ate pralan\

an4 future, oonn1ot wl\h the aarp1aa a1taatlon, whi l e b7 no

••ana belng 14antioal w1t~tt. Yar1oaa eo .. o41tlea, tor ona

t hine, UtalJ \o 'ba 4aa1r o4 than are now in abor' aappl1 rather

n1.n tha aon•rarr. AnT plana vorko4 1111' an4 anr agrea1e11t a

reaohe4 • .., be or laporta1101 ta ua tor anr or all or the

tollow1ns raaao1111 (a) •'• ••tan toward& the aoouulaUo11

or auppllea now or i ll lha l .. o41ata future .., attaot tha

aYailablll\1 et lappllll 111 'he Alar1oaa an4 lrl,llb 4eflllll

effort; 1'11) aeooNl .. \o their fora or obarao\er, , ... , ..,

potentlallT atteo\ ta\ura ..... rolal rala\loao; (o) ocala,

aooor41nc •• 'heir f ora an4 oharaotor, , ... , allht •••a atteot

plan• t or poat_.,ar IIUl ... IIUI (4) llo\b nrront1J an4 in tbl

tutura, the oblpplftl arranc .. •••• .., llkowlae atteet a11 or

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tho r oroao1ng aattore .

Tbooo oro \he cu141na ~ouchto an4 oono1dorat1ona 1n

a1n4 1n ooaaootlon wl\h tho rollowlna raplJ vh1oh lt 1a

oucg .. to4 tho Allar1oaa kba .. , aalto to llr. 14on.

QUO!I. I laae41a t o1J \ranoa1\to4 to Voohlnaton J OUr

latter or JulJ • 1n ro1ard to tho propooe4 1n\or-all1od ooetlng

to 41oouto tho •-.Pl7 or rood an4 row .. torl ala to European

oountr1oo Wl:lon \bOJ oro rraa troa Goraan oooupauon. 117

Gowaraaoa\ Jolna l n tho w1ow ~t \hie un4or\alt1n& l a or

groat proopoot1wo uooruln•••· It uadort\ondt that t ho

41touot1ont at \b1t •taao w111 lN or an uploratoey na t ura

and t\andt r oadJ a t \ho approprlato \1 .. to oono14or i n what

roopoo\o U oaa oooparato 1a aooo•ll•hlna tbo a1ao i n w1ov.

It baa aolto4 •• \o po1n\ ou\ ~t 111:1110 \hJ.o aa tur 1o,

1n ooao or 1\o aopoo\o, ooanoo\o4 w1\h that or prooont and

proopoo\1Yo oo80011t1 o•rpl••• •• 1\ , or oourto, bat aanr

4irroroa\1at1na oloaoa\t, 880ftl WI:IJ.ob ot\on\1on aar be oollo4

partloularlJ to tho rollOWlftll rlrot, that AAJ otopo \ olton

to ooqlllra o•pplloo in \bo 1..a41at o future a1&bt a r root both

t he Aaor1oan and lr1\1oh 4oronoo ottort and oboal4, \borororo,

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be eoord1nated w1tb thea; eeoon4, \bat \be tore ot a r rana•••n•

wbloh ••1 be euouud aa7 a tteo\ ~\h oo-arelal pol1o1 .. an4

relat1oneh1pe; third, 1\ 1• •••n poeelble tha\ the mtaeuree

vh1oh al.gh\ be lllldar taken, and \he tora a nd -.ane r 1n wbloh

tbe7 are underb.lten, would atteo\ llo\tl the eoonoa1o and poUUoal

arranc•••llh or the poet -war period.. 1\ le q\11 u poeUble, tor

1netanoe, \ha t at •o•e ataa• ot \be dal1berat1ona \be queetlon

will preaen\ Ueelt ae \e vtle\her \be plane "rlted out abould

be ree\rlo\ed to the euppl7111C ot \ba neede ot \be ••••n

ooaa\r1ee, or wbe\her u.are abnl.t alao be .... plaa tor \be

pro•1a1on1ftC ot •b• whole at &~ope. ror all \baee reaeone,

rq Oo·nr•en\ reqauu that u be tull7 an4 ourrenU7 114-rleed,

eUbar \breup \tlla lllba117 Ia Loft4on or \hroueh the llrUUb

Eabaa17 111 Vaab1ftl\on, •• •o (1) \be aourte or d leouaalona at

tb1e ... u"', tt> or \be work ot \ba hran wbUb \be DnUed

llftl4o• ... ,..,:aa t .. ••••bl1ab1na, an4 that u be oon .. ued

r&lardl"' &Ill plana \bat -rae troa •beae arploratorr 41aouu1ona

before ~•J are 4ae14ed vpea.

la •b• oplaloa ot \hla Genraaaa• 'ha 4eal araUon la

paraarapll 8 ot \ba 4raf\ raMluUon le \oo eataaor10a1. !he

reproYleloalDC ef &.rope will require 'be aoa• aftlalan• eapl07MD'

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ot the ab1pp1n• rnourcea cont rolled b)' e aoh goYai'Ment t.ftd

ot allied raaourcaa ao-.~h~la And it 11 daaira bla tbat plana

to t h11 and ba wor ked out. But auoh plana would o'b'r1oual7

ban to ba coordinated with other daaanda upon ah1pp1ng st

t he tiaa wh1ob oar.~~ n~~ be t oraeaan nor tba d eer•• of \he1r

uraenor appraiaad.

In r a&erd to 1our 1nqu1r1 •• to vha\har tba Unttad

St a t ea Oo•er-t vol&lA lie prepared to allow anrthi rl( to be

aald on thalr behalf at the aaat1nc, ar GoYernaant auggeata

that the lr1t1ab repraaentat1Y& alibt aaltl the tol l ov1ng brief

atatemant 1t 1t l a agreeabl e to tba lr1t1eh GoYarnaantt

IJIIER ~£. The Oo•v••t of \ha Olli tad Bt a taa haa

been adY11&4 of t he purpoaa of th11 H&Ung and a 0<111&1nta4 ttl \h

the tana ot the dran nota wh10h haa been 411\rl'buh d and o f

the 4raf' raaolutlon whloh 11 to be praaantad tor oona1d ara t1on.

It llaa raquaatad ., Gon!'Men\ to ata t a to thla Httll\l Ua

op1111on 'hat tala llftdartulnc 11 of araat proapootln uaatlllneu.

H QJM!.ara,an41 'ha' 'hi pruen' dlaouealou rill be of aa

a1plora torr .. , .... and •'atae \hat 1' •'and• raadr at tho

app ropr1e\e U • • t o oonaldar 111 wbat raapao'• U .. n eoopar ah

ln aoooapllahllll 'h• alM ln new,

-a-le bae po1nU4 ou~ ~hat •117 plane ~bat aa:r be wor ked ou'

are ot &reat po~en\1al lntereat t o ~he United Statee tor

Yartoul r eaeoa.. fba:r aiiht atteo~ ~he ourrent AMr1oa n

de ten .. effort. Aooord1nc to t heir eubs tance, f ora and 11dbod

tbaJ a1Jbt alao at:eot oo ... r oial pol1oiea and rel at1or.eh1pa

and eYen ~roeder poet-war ar ranaeatnta. For t heat reaeone it

auea tht rtqvan that U 'M lr.ep\ tv.l l:r &4Y1aed rega r<Ung

t he oourat of t ht .. txploratoi'J 4houaa1ona and t hat 1 t be

oonevlted rt&&r'ing anJ plana t hat aiab\ l aerge t herefrom.

1£11D ALL QOOH8.

!ba Departat n\ would appreo1att your v1ewa aa to the

a4Y11&bllitJ and adeqoao7 of all ot tht fo regoing bat ora JOil

oo•llll1aah a replJ •o 14en.

uung.

U:BI:LWW

TELJ:QIW( REOtiVED

Secretary or State

Washington

URGENT

288?, JuJ.r ? , midnight,

STRICTLY Q;J &SZJilill.

FROM London

Dated July ?, 1941

Reo 1d 2 :35 a.m., 8t h

I haTe reoeiTed following letter dated July 4 rrom

Mr. Eden:

With reterenoe to our conversation t his afternoon

about the proposed inter-Allied meeting to d1souee the

eupplr or rood and raw materials to European countries

when they are tree trom German occupation, I enolo1e

a oopy or a dratt note vhloh I am proposing to eend to

t he Allied goTernmente, and ot a dratt resolution whioh

will be sent t o them tor their oonourrenoe,

Betore I take aot1on it would be a help to me to

know whether you t hink that the general idea would oon­

oord with the viewe ot the On1ted States Government and

aleo whether the United States GoTernment would be

prepared

prepared to allow anyt hing to be ea1d on the1r behalf

at the meeting which would aesiet the deliberati ons . •

Following 1s the text of draft note:

•one. As the overnment are aware , Hie

Majesty 1s Government in the United Kingdom have announced

the1r i ntention t o promote meaeuree tor the supply of

food and raw materials to the countries of Europe a a eoon

as these countries have tully regained their freedom from

German Domination. I n the view of hie Xa jeety 1 a Govern­

ment, th1e policy oan only be achi eved wi t h the cooper­

ation ot all countrie s concerned, and accordingly I

have t he honor t o propose t hat a meetlng ct the Allied

government• concerned ebould take place ae soon ae

convenient t o consider what etepe oan beat be taken t o

rurtber tbis common aim.

WINANT

TEL!: GRAM RECEI VJ:D

GRAY

FROM London

(SECTION TWO)

Da ted July 7, 1941

Reo 1d 6:45a.m., 8th

Two. His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom

have already taken some preliminary steps to give ettect

to thie policy. Last autumn Sir rrederiok Leith-Roee,

Ohiet Economic Adviser t o His Majesty's Government, with

the auietance ot a committee ot otticial.s and reporting

to a committee ot mi nisters under the chairmanship ot the

Minister Without Portfolio was entrusted with organizing

the work in conneotion with surplus commodities. This

covered in the tirst place immediate acti on where necessary

to auist the eoonom1ea ot producing countries whose

markets had been olosed by t he blockade and in t he s econd

place plane t or the eupply ot Europe'• poet-war needs

which i s obviously closely related to the d1epoaal ot

current surpluses . I understand that Sir Frederick

Leith-Roes hae in tact been in consultation informally

with r epresentatives ot oertain ot the governments con­

oerned on the subjeot ot their eetimated future requirements

and

and the action which they themselves have in contempla­

tion; but it appears desirable to put these consulta­

tions on a more formal basis and to arrange tor the

work to be more closely coordinated.

Three. It is proposed that the meeting should be

opened by an explanation of the policy of His Majesty ' s

Government in the Uni ted Iingdom and of the action which

they have already set on foot to give effect to that

policy; the representatives or the allied governments

would then be invited to state their views; and finally

a general resolution woul d be submitted for a pproval,

I realize t hat, at the present stage, it is difficul t

t o formulate concrete proposition!', and the resolution

mus t theref ore be directed in the main to organizing the

preparatory work. It appears t o be t he common interest

ot all the allied governments to secure that the poet-

war needs of their respective countries will be effectively

provided for,

WINANT

NPL

TELEGRAI4 RECEIVED

GRAY

FROM London

(SECTION THREE)

Da ted July 7, 1941

Rec'd 7:50a.m., 8th

These needs will necessarily vary in accordance with

the economic position of each country and each government

would naturally be primarily responeible for the require­

ments of its own people. At the same time, these different

requi rements will require to be coordinated and an order

of priority established as between the various needs.

His Majesty's Government in the United Iingdom would be

ready to otter any assistance which they can give in this

task of coordination. As a first step, they would suggest

that, insofar as this has not already been done, each of

the allied governments should draw up estimates of the

commodit i es required tor its people, on comparable lines,

and indicating t he order of importance attached to each

i tem. In the next place, shipping will be a common diffi­

culty , and the efficient employment of the tonnage avail­

able will plainly require collaboration in the allocation

ot the resources available. To this question of

collaboration

collaboration in shipping His Majesty's Government attach

the utmost i mportance, regarding it as fundamental to the

e stablishment of any concrete programme . Thirdly, it would

appear desirable to establish a control bureau, in order

t o carry forward the present informal exchanges of views

between His Majesty ' s Government and the allied govern­

ment's and to coordinate their results. In due course,

other questions, such as the dletribution of stocks,

their allocation to particular needs and financial arrange­

ments , will have to be tackled.

Four. In order that the business of tbe meeting

may be conducted smoothly and rapidly, it is proposed that

the resolution to be adopted should be agreed beforehand.

Accordingly, I enclose herewith a tentative draft whi ch we

hope will meet with the approval of the (•••) government.

Should you have any ques tions to raise or amendments to

suggest on the draft resolution, I should be grateful it

you would arrange tor the competent authorities to get in

touch with Sir Cyril Hurcomb at the Ministry o! War

Transport insofar as it relates to shipping (paragraph 5)

and with Sir Frederick Leith-Roes at the Ministry of

Economic Warf are, insofar as it relates to other matters.

Five. Accordingly I have the honor to inquire whether

the (• .. ) government is in agreement with the proposal t o

hold

hold a mee~1na v1t h tbe agenda •usse1ted. I r eo, a

dat e wil l be t1xe4 an4 the neceaaary arrangecenta made .

It 1o hoped that the meet1 ns oan be held 1n the early

part or Jul,. ••

lfllWI'I'

!ll'L

TELEGRAM RECEIVED

GRAY

FRO.! London

Dated July 7, 1941

Rec 1d. 8 a.m., Bth

(SECTION FOUR)

Following is text of draft resolution:

"Tne Government of the United Ki ngdom of Great

Britain and Northern Ireland, the Governments of Greece,

Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Yugo­

slavia, agree:

(l) That it is the common aim of the Allied Govern­

mente to see that supplies of food and raw materials

should be made available for the postwar needs of their

countries as soon ae they are fully liberated from German

domination:

(2) That while each of the Allied Governments will

be primarily reeponeible for making provision for the

economic needs for its own people, their respective plane

should be coordinated, in a spirit of collaboration , for

t he successful achievement of the common aim:

(3) Tha t they welcome the preparatory measures

which have already been undertaken by Hie Majesty ' s

Government in the United Kingdom for t his purpose and

express their readiness to collaborate to the fullest

extent

extent or the t reaty power in pursui ng the action re­quired:

{4) That accordingly, eaoh governcent should pr e­pare estimates ot the kinds and amounts or foodstuffs

and raw materials required tor the reprovieioning or

their countries, and the order or priority in which tbey woul d desire suppliee to be delivered as soon as the blockade can be l ifted:

{5) That t he reprovis1oning or Europe as a ~ole should have prior clai m on the shi pping resources or

eaoh government a nd thus on Allied shipping resources ae a whole and that the method of giv i ng effect to this

principle should be worked out between t he Allied Govern­mente and the Ministry or War Transport.

(6) That a bureau shall be established by the Gov­

ernment or the United Kingdom under the direction of Sir Frederick Leith-Roes--whi oh the Allied Governments

oould consult in treming estimates or their requirements and which would collate and coordinate t hese estimates. •

Before epeaking to Mr. Eden again about thie matter I would appreciate your oommente with particular reteren~ to s econd paragraph or his letter. (END or MESSAGE) .

WINANT .

RR

' . THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

July 21 ' 191.1.

IJIJioiORJ.NDOM J'OR

'm! AO'l'IOO SECRETARY OF STAT:!

Butch lobbina lot me aoe th i a copy ot hie report to Molaon looll:etoller, whiob ia the result ot hi e trip with Douglu Pairbanlta. llutcb would alay me it he knew I had lot you aoe thia, but I do eo on oo ndi tion you do not te.ll a aoul and lot mo have tbh baokl

Tho poi nt ot it h that Butob 1e ha.lt J.rgontillian, u you know, and baa worked ill Venezuela, and I think that though he i a young, ho baa lota ot common eenae and that you will be interested i n Wha t he aaya ,

r . o. R.

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Dy Dot' .~ v'"" .. of U•• tr. l#.

By I. ~ . " " ·-• Dc'o MAR 2 1972.

Y(;) '"'"'"" """'"" o• '"" \ '\ WASHINGTON

\ Jul.7 28, 19U,

X)" dear llr . Preaidentt

TbanJc ,-ou nr7 IIUCh indeed tor letting me aee I!Utch Robb1na 1 report which ,-ou aent over with ,-our memorandum ot Jul7 21 . I am ~turning i t to ,-ou herewith and I will of courae regard it aa confidential .

I found the report extremel7 1ntereeting, construe-tivo and r oall7 helpful .

Tho apoci t ic eteps which be recommends wi th regard to our own m1asiona in this Hellliephere have alroadJ been taken care of b7 a material increase in tho statta ar all ot our mieaions in tho other Ameri can republica.

There ia, of courae, IIUCh that atill can be done b7 t he utilisati on of the Ameri can ooloniea 1n the other Amer i can republice along the linea of hie r eco-ndat1on.l.

A program to aoo011pliah thia 1a alread7 under wa7, but I

know JOU will real1ze that it ia not an eaay matter to

eolve pr oaptlJ .

Believe •

Enc.

Tho Preai dent ,

Tho White Bou ...

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l!r. :leloon A. Rockef•Uor, c Juncll ot ::a t1orull De tense, orrioo or Coordinator, Co~rce Building, Washineton, D.C.

Dear ::olson,

June 5 , 1941

I lllll C0111G to t ry to outline tor you t he oituntion ne I see it e.tter our t rip throUGh Lrazil, Ar s entina, Uruguay and Chile, reduc i ne e vory cornr lex situation to eiQPle tund~entnls, except ino all doteile and proofs 'Iiilich I can furnish on my return. I would appreciate your GivinG tho plana I present eo~e consi de­ration , and realize that moat or it will be merely a repetition or what you already know. THE GITOATIOII CO!IFRI)llTlliG 'I'Hl': l1J'IITJ-;O STATES hi !16@( XURRlCA:

Although at the ~oginning or the was dire cted ooinly agai llllt Axis authorities reel that their wor k in this line has been euooeaatul to n degree . Tho tom or their propaeenda i1 now beiAB directed towards a hatred on the part or the Tarious Lfttin Americlln peo;>los flgjlinet the United States.

Besides the creat ion or hatred a zainat the United f. t ate a and Great Br 1 tain, the aeconl1 and e qually i npor­tant aoal or Axio propaQLnda i s tho creation or liATIOlJALISN 1n each ot the aeparato rdpubl1cs . This tom ot propaganda falls on fertile around, and ia direc­ted t owards the nentual dierupU on ot all toreia:n capit 111 the reapeotiTe countries, wllioh1 ae you lmow, ia zr.oatl, Alurioan and Br1 U llh · leaT1J16 the verman elements - who are tor t he moat pa;! oiti zena - a tree scope 1n the economic cont rol , wllioh aide t.mrarda political control. bl omaanization. This propaganda 1a made doubl y ertoc-t Te euooeaatul by r .. son ot t he extraordinarily nblt orsani zationa in the Tarioua r.,ublics, whoae central authority and control liea with the raapeot iTe Gorman embaaaiea. The Geri!Wl cba11ai ee, with their conaule.r orticea, thro~cut the i nteriors , work w1 th the f ull cooperation or the German colonies, a nd depend on thalli t or the neceaaary ground-work end financial support. These, in turn, are aware ot the small politi cal situa­tions i n all parte, and are 1n 001111tant auociation with all t he newapapera, radi o st~tion11 and MOvi e theaters,

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to say nothina or ~;e universities and cultural societies.

Their rela ~ionships are k ept u~ by personAl contact and errectiv o uae or f unds . Finally, the Axis elenen to lulve the beat intomed , boat organized and cost efficient 1118.ohine exiati ne i n South M erica , who ern,loy every avail­able rneoho.nien in order to t'urther their o'm ends.

WHAT I S THi! UNITED UTI\TES DO! Jo.'G TO COUlm':HACT Tftts oMN@TtoN'l

a ) OUr embassies and consular offi ceo are still pat het icall y under- stftrted , especially with rocnrd t o secretarial help, This seriously arrects t ho work ot t he executin s, imooein.:; on them detail work which takeo tirno away trom their more i m,ortant activities. I under­stand that this situation is being renodied, but I nentio~ it as this probl em exists now,

b) Except i n isol ated cases, the Missionn are not oado u, of technically trained men , in either t ho field of publicity or eoono~os, or in lower class peyoholoGY .

o) Just becinnina, and t o a ninor degree effe ctive , i s t here an imr>ortant r el.a t ion be tween t he llissiono , t he American colony and exist ine cultural societieo.

d) The W.ss iollll have not received t hu authorit y from t he State Department to operat e i n the ~Y thoy often would like t o , towards count eraotinc what they obviously know exis t s.

To suo up, what a dvantaces remain , economically, culturally and ooa~unioationa-wise, t owards enhancil\6 t he Allllrioan position i n these countries, are being put to inetfectiTI use.

e. l The ~e ¥' exi,Itin~ ~pa. 'Hith t he full knowledna and auppo o a we 1-a a and equipped l.l.iseion, t ho American colony shoul d be broua:ht toget her, and be i n­structed in the policy of the Unit ed St~tes sovernaent and t he part t hat they , as citi zens or the Uni ted St at en should pl ay i n the d evelopnent or that policy. '

b) A loon! oxg:nt7Ation should be toraed, preferably as a part of the r can Chamber ot' Cooner ce, under t he

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leadership or a ~irat-olass coordinator with special oxperience in the field or publicity, ond sone business nnd economic background.

c) This or,.anization should be financed to whatever extent possi t1e by the local American business oreanizn­tions, and government subsi dy.

d~ This orcanization sboulA than organizo tho members o tho American colony i nt o various aroups for t ho pur­pose or carry1ne out the work or tho following mn1n rlelds:-

1) Press and publicity. 2) Rndio. 3) tovlns picture distribution . 4) Cul turnl. . :; ) Colilll18rcial.

(Axi s aeencies, export licenses and priorities, ex,orts for the United S tl\ t es ) .

USE OF VARIOUS GROUPS I N DIYP:t."RENT FIKLDS OF OPERATfoff: 1~ Press and Publ icit!. With the lntalli&ant advice o the press associat on repr esentatives, and by neans or t he utilizat ion or advertising affected by uni ted States !irma, turther advertising i n the form or paid arti cles, dissemination or news and photographic ser­vice, a detailed surTey of the editorial policies , tho use of American press association news , financial struc­ture and political aspects or &Tery newspaper and publi­cation i n the country, in addition to many other obvious and attectiTo means and methods, the Axis propacnnde. could be counteracted almost i .cnediately. As is be inc dona in Brazil, and contempl ated i n Argentina tho oost effect i ve method to accomplish t hese ends , asl do from the advertising power, is the use or a developed national ?ublici ty and news anency. This is no probl83. 2) Radio . The complete study of the facilities , power and aUdience of every broadcasting station , its financial. structure Md ita <T4'ners, and tha study of aTailabla lo­cal talent should be on hand . PaH local broadcasts should be arrMged , the advertising should be used as 8 weapon, and thi s field sho1u d be operated i n cooperation with the press and publicity diTision.

3~ ldovinc; Picture Theaters. A oaretul local study 8 OUld be made Ot eTery movie theater, the OOnti"ftCts it

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maintai ns with the United ntntes covie industr; , the t ype or movie Md short subject it releaseG , ita ownero, rinanoil\1 structure und erade. As the main oountrh s or Sout h a erioe have agents ropreaentine t he major r::ovi nB pictura co11paniee i n tho United &tates , J?reasura could be placed on the theatoro, by the aeont , i n order to accom~liah What tho local committee desires . 4k Cultural. In certain caaea 1n :>outh AI::ericn t here e at Amort can cul turol 1nst1 tutas . The so at pro sent have son:.o loocl. backil!i.• These inJJtitutea can bo do­'ielo;>ed i nto taki ng a vttnl cultural part i n the l1VGB ot tho communities 1n countries of the respective re­publics. Vlhere an .Merioen cultural institute io laolt­i ng, one should be developed. 'rhrough t hen should be tunneled the various art, mucic, literature , publica­tions projects as well as the tellowahi ' inter changes . The subsidization, enlarae~ent or activities, and sub­sequent build-up of t hese lnati tutiona \";ould leave a pemanent organization or vital importance i n the cul­tural interchange between the United ~totes nnd the various republica.

:S~ Cor.:r:!eroial. Or e i}Ual if not greater i mportnnce t an an adequate press and publicity operation is t hAt or t he ertootive use of t he barealni nc and boycott pooi­tion t hat can be imposed throuzb oornneroinl and ocon~c means. There is no possibility or controllill8 Axis agencies without local supervision and l ocftl authorit7 based on government ~olioy. Bl anket export licences MY tac1li tato the work in "ashi ngton, but t hey take away the trump oerd or t he United States when deoiring to make locel ~urohoses, or wiahin5 to control mnterinl o imported by Axis agencies. If we, in t ho United Stater-, are to m~ke a sacrifice by aivlng priorities to South America, we ohould be certain that our s trntegio mate­rlalo are not tftll1ng i nt o hande which aid the Axis ore;ani zationa eet up t o undemine WI.

I have not touched on travel, eporte , trans,orta­tion, development, public welfare and other tieldo , i n order not to overburden a ,oaaible organi~at1on duri nc its early lite , an~ beoat~e some ot those fields , like trans, ortation, are better taken care or di rectly from ·:aehinet on. The tlvo fields already discussed are obvi ously t he mos t vital onee t o get under way irnnediato­ly.

In oonolusion, i t is ~ tlrn conviction that , nl­thoueh tho above facta are tor t he moat part raelized , end that information i s r eadily available, not only to

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the State Department but also to the Coordinator ' a offi c e , the sit ution changes dally , and very 11 ttle i s bei ns done on location to put the information on hand to good use. We must hnvo an active diplomatic and effect ive orBanizotion in onoh aeparate country , L• ordor t o counteract a machine which i s undermining the w()rk that the Good Neighbor Policy has been tryi ne t o develop t hroughout the past eight years .

Sincerely yours,

!'.:DVIARD H. ROBBINS.

ehr/ emv.

/ Psf': )

THE UNDER SECRETARY Or STATE

WASHINGTON

J uly 22, 1941.

My denr Mr. Pr esident:

With r egard to the di souesion which took pl a oe in Cabinet on July 18 concerning the application of certain embargo meaeures relat i ng to Japan in the event of some overt action by J apan, I consulted General }~rahall r egardi ng the attitude of the War Department towards any r estri ot ions which might be imposed by this Government upon t he i mportat i on of silk into the Uni ted States.

I have today received from the War Department a brief ceoorandum which I at tach herew1 th f or your i n­format i on and which indicates tha t the War Department baa no objection to the imposition of r estrictions upon t he importat:on of s ilk i nto t his country.

Believe me

Eno.

The President,

The White Rouse.

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THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE

WASH INGTON

J uly 22, 1941.

My dear Mr. Presid&nt :

I am encl osi ng t'or your informat i on a copy ot' a

telegram received today t'rom Murphy reporti ng upon

a conversation he had with Genera l ';leygaod 1n purauanc&

ot' the instructions I sent him et'ter my recent con-

versat1oo with you upon this oatter.

Beli eve me

fully your ,

Enc.

The Presi dent,

The White House.

J RS This tel egram ~ust b t olostly pnrophrnatd be­forE being oarununioatEd to anyone , (SC)

Storttory of StatE,

Wash i ngton .

TRIPLE PRIORITY •

ALOIERS

Dated July 21, 1941

Reo'd 8 p . m.

336 , July 21 , 5 p . m., (SECTION ONE)

PERSONAL FOR THE ACTING SECRETARY FRO!.! IJURPRY.

Our 164, July 17 , 10 p . m.

I saw Wtygand a lone n fur 1:1inutcs ago and in• form ed hi m of your mEssag e readi ng to him a transl a ­

tion of the messagE and stating thnt I wa s authorized to dtlivtr it only orally . This was tht first

opportunity to tolk with him sincE my return from

Morocco Saturday cvt .

COLE

CSB

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BS This tolegrnm must be . closely ?nrn~hrnaod be­fore ~o1ng oomouniontod to anyone . (SC)

Secretary of State,

Washington .

TRIPLE PRIORITY. ' '

Alcriera

Dntcd July 21, 1941

Roc ' d . 3 :50am; 22nd

338 , July 21, 5 p .m. (SECTION TWO)

Weyband li stened with the arentest interes t . His first c~~ent wns an OX?rcas1on of hi s evident

'lensurc nn~ snti sfnct1on over tho President ' s oooplimo~tary references to hlo personAlly . He enid with n s~ilc that he would be our o to nnko no nlluai ons to them 1n nny ro~ort he Mi~t mnke to Vichy na etran~ely enough jealousy wos known t o

exi st in thnt neiGhborhood. Tho General oado ca r e­ful oontnl nc~e nnd when I_ hnd f1n~shcd repent ed what he hnd t old uo before , namely , thnt he would not enter into n cor~itoent rcg~rdinG t ho ucne~nl poli cy of hi s Government without authorization, neither had ho any intention of taking independent mi l itary notion .

COLE

KD Thi s t elEgram MUSt b£ closEly paraphrasEd bE­for£ bLing connuni catEd to anyonE . (SC)

SECrEtar y of StatE,

Vlashi ng ton .

TRIPLE PRIORITY

Alg iers

Dated July 21, 1941

Rtc 1d . 6 : 30 a . m. , 22d

338 , July 21 , 5 P• m. (SECTION THREE)

VIEygand said that hE was qui te willing to state

thE fact that the bEst of his knowlEdgE thErE had

bEEn no recEnt ac tion changing thE status of FrEnch

African ports nor conceding their usc to the Germans

nor to any power affil iated with thE Germans . HE

said that hE could assurE the President that thErE

is no (repeat no) French African port at present

occupied by or under the control of the Germans or

any powEr affiliatEd with then asidE from thE

verification of military equipment and control of

shipoi ng EXErcised by the Armistice Comntssions of

wh i ch activity thE Prcaidcnt is informed.

COLE .

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RS This tEl Egram must bE c l osEly par aphrasEd bE ­for E bEi ng COMMUnicatEd to anyonE. (SC )

SECrEtary of StatE,

1'1 as h i ng t on ,

TRIPLE PRIORITY

J,LGIERS

D~tEd July 21 , 1941

REc 1 d 10 :10 p . n .

3381 July 21 1 5 p . n . , (SECTION FOUR)

HE s a id that h is att i tudE rEQains unch~ngEd and that

h E will opposE to thE bEst of his r.bili ty any oct of

aggrEssion againnt Frrnch Africa or affiliatEd po"rEr .

I n r Epl y to my quEstion h E s a i d that neith Er GErrJan

ror Itali an nor affilia tEd navc.l craft of any d Es ­

cription erE or hovE bEEn us i ng FrEnch J,fr1can porte

for rEf uEling or as bas Es 1im Er ally; nEi;thEr orE thEy

or hav E thE:t bEEn using FrEnch h f rican bas Es for th E

purpos E of mllita r 7 opErations .

ThE GEnE!'Ol thEn !'lOdE a n oral rEsuruE of thE l'1EssogE

to insurE that hE rEta i n Ed i ts EssEntial fEatur E c lEar -

ly in mind ,

COLE

CSB

TEl! This tologr~ must be . closely paraphrased be­fore being communicated to anyone . (SO)

Socrctnry of State,

Washington .

TRIPLE PRIORITY. . .

Algi ore

Dated July 2~, 1941

Roc 1d 9 : 25 n, m. 22nd.

338 , July 21 , 5 p . m. (SECTION FIVE )

He inquired ~rhcther in my opinion tho United

States ~rould enter tho 1-rnr ns n belligerent . I

replied thnt tho President hnd by his recent public

utter0nooe stntod American policy with a clarity

t hnt left no doubt about the American positi on and

that n~turnlly I could not amplify my Govornment 1 s

declarati ons . I mentioned t hnt there 1s of course

~~ clement of public opinion in tho United States which

:rppl'.r ently believes thl'.t tho entrance of the Unl ted

States ns a bol~igorent may·be inovitnble , Weygnnd

remarked t hnt he hnd nlwnys hoped t hnt the United

States ml ght romn1n nloof exorci s ing its enormous power

cs an nr oitcr in ~nose l cpnrtlnlity the world could

have oonfldcnoo. He felt however thnt t hings nrc de­

veloping 1n n different dircotl on . Thnt fnct did not

nppenr t o dlstroso him ,

COLE

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I MD This tclE3rnm must bE closely paraphroscd bE­f orE being communicatEd to anyonE. (SC )

SEcre tary of State ,

Washing ton .

TRIPLE PRIORITY

Algiers

DatEd July 21 , 1941

REc 1 d 5 :50 a .m. , 22nd

338, July 21, 5 p .m. (SECTIOtl SIX)

ThE General ExprEssed his satisfsct~on over thE

opEration of the economic plan and his r Epeated thanks

to thE Department nnd thE Prt!lidEnt !'or thEir support

thE value of which hE r Eco;nlsEc .

His pr incipal i ntErest :lowcvt r r elatEd to that

portion of thE mEssagE rEga rd ... ng ::~1 11tary supplies . I

i'Eel that possibly he may bE slighcly disappoint ed that

the messaee did not go furthe r to thE ExtEnt of a

preliminary outline or what volume or supplies might bE

forthcoming and wha t thE possible t imE l agg might bE

in thE Event of an EmErgEncy. I thErEi'orc took thE

libErty to inquire whc thEr if my GovernmEnt saw fit to

provide data in that rc3pEct hE would bE intE r ested in

rEcEiving it . He quickly rEpliEd that or course he

would adding as an aftE r thought that t his should not

bE interpreted as a c ommitmEnt on his part . I o.m con­

f idEnt that hE is only mildly interEstEd i n the volume

ot

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of our notional dEfEnse EXpEnditurEs but reasonably

1ntErtsttd in aotual product ;o~ figurEs .

CO I£

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TK This tElcgr~o oust be closely paraphr•scd be­fore being c onmunic'ltEd to anyone . (SC) .

Secreta ry of State

•:;::>shington

TRIPLE PRIORITY

Al.oicrs

Dntcd July 21, 1041

Rcc ' d 10 :10 n . n .

338 , July 21, 5 p . r , , (SECTIO!I 5£VEN) .

He has , I an sure, an octl ·, e interest in learn-

ing thE volume of what T.1(\ter1al we could d eliver with­

in 11 t,1. vm periu~ -:or tll.1E nnd whether we h'! v£ such a

prograo und er study.

The Gener c l '"'"3 visibly pleoocd over t h E Prcoident ' s

refErEnce to the ncoessit:; for the c ocpletE defeat of

H1tlcr1tE Gcr:::my and the pr o vision of the cvcntWll

Trc~ty of Peace which would restore France to the pos ­

ition she previously occupied.

The Gen er al referred to the Russo-Gcr nan canpei sn

with Sllti sfac tion , No t withstand ing his a r d ent dislikE

of the Sovie t regir.t e he sni d the Russ ians were put tina

up 11 &a l lant f icht , He snid th~t naturally every one

d eplor ed b loodshed but that the oontcuplati on of the

t!UtWll liquidation of ll· z1s and Comrnmism is f nr froc

displeasing to hi~ .

COLE

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BS This tologrn~ must bo closely pnrnphrnoed bo­rero being ec=unic•tcd to nnyono . (SO)

Socrotnry of Stnte,

WnRhington .

TRIPLE PRIORITY .

Algiers

D•tcd July 21, 1941

Roo 1d. 10: 03 p. m.

•.1-J 338, July 21, 5 p.c . (SEC'l'ION ..Ill@)

The General roforrod to hls hope to nohievo French unity 1n Africa r.s the only anti sf no tory moMs of opposing oggrcss1on . He o~1d thnt the notiv1ty of communists nnd De Gnulli ot a in French mitigntes

~galnot nnttonnl unity which is neooesnry if Pr~co is to cncl•go f rom her :;lrcscmt prostrAtion .

Ho n«n!n r~f~rrcd to Syri n pointing t o Gener al Dcntz hum111ntion which he sAid would bnvc been leas bl ttor 1f the oooup•.1aon hnd been roatr1otod to Brit­ish troops to t•1o exclusion cf Do Gou111ste.

Woygnnd concluded tho intcrv1ow , throughout 11h1ch he ov1ncod the gr or.teut cord1nl1ty r.nd under­atnnd1ng, with on cxprcs·ton or ent1efoot1on over tho recent eonsol1dnt1on or his authori ty (ho 19 now Governor or Algor1n by the ol1m1nnt1on of Admirnl

Abrl.nl which nuthorlty ie 1n ndd1 tlon to hie powers M Dolognte Gonornl for French llfrion ),11 END OF MESEAGE)

COLE

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Tlf£ WHITE HOUSE

W ASMI HCJTOfrt

PRIVATI

July 2), 1941 .

WIIIORAND'CIW lOR

'lHE ACT1NC Sl!:OIU!TJJU OJ' STATE

l1Dm11 oarriad DO meaeage trom me to t b a Ki ug ot Yugoslavia, wbiob waa DOt tban at war with OermanT when limmy lett hare.

Peraonally I tbilllt Wb8t heJipened 1e thet th e U ug e:q~raa .. d a daelre to ooma to Amerioa aDd Jtllmy, ot oourae , could not aay DO.

My own thought 18 that it 1 a 1 miltBlte tor the yoUIIg Ki ng to come here t h ie Summer. He would be 1 t a rget t or Oroat1 and woul d be hArd to guard.

How oan you get tha t thought aoroeef

7. D. R.

July 21 , 1 941.

ICY dear llr. Proaidon t 1

The llinieter of l!usoBlavia called to aee me this

morning and by instruction of his vovernment aakod mo

to lot you know that , purau&nt to a conversation which

tho King of Yugoalavia bad bad wltb Jimmy ln Joruaalom,

t ba King would~ glad to viait the United Statea ,

accoapanied by hie Primo lliniator and by hia Foreign

111n1ator.

I told t ho llinia tor that I was not informed of

the moaaago you had aant to the King through Jimmy

and tbat I would conaoquent l y refer tbo subject to

you immediately. The lliniator added that, should tho

arrangement bo agroaabla to you, the King and hie party

would liko to come to tho United States 1n Augua t .

Will you lot me know wbat r eply you wiab me to makof

Believe me

Faithfully yours ,

The Pro a ldent,

The llb1 t a Bou .. .

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T H& WHIT& HOUSI

WA.SM I NGTOH

luly 21, 1941 .

1 spoke ~o ~he ACting Seorot•~ or ~~ate aoout the 10~~ Kl~· anJ be ••td that he did no~ gi•e you in fUl l detail the seasaga which &&de lt oloar the~ tho Xing wanted to coee bere «1th btl PrlDo 3Unleter and his rorelgta JUn1at•Jr aM ~ake a tour or the count ry .

He says he will hondla ~ho reply eaytns tha~ be underat~o4e tho King la thinking of going to canada wi th hlo pllota . Then , or courae , lt bo wiahoa to vlalt the United Statoa you would bo glad ~o see bim bore some time •• porhapa ln ->optember .

o .C. '!' .

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\)c 1:, TH E UN OER SECRETARY Of' STATE

P:t · h

~ WAS HINGTON

July 31, 1941.

PERSONAL AND ...ee!IPl!llilllfiAe.

Hy dear Hr. Presi dent:

The British Ambassador informed me yesterday,

by i netruct i on of his Government , t hat the Port ugue se

Pr ime Minis t er , Dr. Sal azar , had informed t he Briti sh

Amba ssador in Lisbon of h is great sat i sf act i on and

pleasure because of the personal l et t er which you had

wri t ten h i m. Lor d Halif ax was requested t o say that

the Bri t i sh Government felt that t he l et ter in ques­

tion had comp letely removed the misunderstandings

which had exist ed and had gr eatl y facilitat ed t he

cours e of Br iti sh oli cy in Port ugal.

Believ e me

The Pr esident,

The White House.

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Tht Cntter E:etort .. l'r7 or St t~ (\lell"") to Pre,.,l ent r.o"••·•e lt , ·•~~ trr t~n . July ,1 , 1S41.

rt~QU~~~· 11otr•in~ O( t~·Or te tO J&~~n nA ta~ort• frO~ J .ftln , :!u· • ' •• tO rt!!t .. •\'J- ~" t•il t tto~n· O-' rol ~ ,.y on e tt~rl~~ cr •• ort• •r~ •--o~t• .

(Fr••· fo~• •elt •r-rov .. ~ :. ,. r•f",._ ,..,.'!At:.c~t "'~ U • not e t~ .~ • • or.. rt1t . ~]

srr.: fore1r n l••l.,ttone r tll~ t'nt utl Bt tes , 1941, Vol . I V, 1'f ,. !!r. l.:.ll, r·ees rl.F-mr.- - --

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THE WHITE HOUSE

W ASHINGTON

MZMORAJIDUM FOR

RON. 8UMJII!:R WELLES

Please take thla up w1th

"' ;1 .

tbe Secretary ae eoon ae he returna.

r. D. R.

sc~• ~ t . 0'1 bl e ? ,'7,...,1 41 J~?rJ from ";pn.., ~ 1 !~,. n,_ ~~Q }':

vtr. .: . .., .. - , l''l'lrrl ~ ,. •l:'ic entir l '!'-:;r .. !':Pt . !3 .:. llf!rlc rP " t',,, unj•l"+ :ction tnC:Hc·tr 'n t'c ::>e .. lrtvnt 1"' e· 1ccr>nttn m.1 1 rcri nrt ' m 1 \·:.ic:1 lncir>entr1 l'J I ' ,nve not c"fcreCl " etc .

,

Pl:R$0k.,U. NdJ tO~U'IOl.tll'IAL

U:y dear Seoat.or Clerk:

COPY AUP,Wit. l, 1941

It 11 11 I expected . I tolt very oortuln that your re~erka the otbor day in rogard to a vi rtunt eot or asgreeaioo agalnat tbo Other twonty Ame r ican Republica and tho oetabllsb­ment or puppet governments therein by the Vnt te4 ~tut.oa would reaull.. tn t h ose rem.orks being played up a nd ueed in t urope by the Nazi a onc:l Paaohta .

I eaid notblna about thla , however .

Now , tbou&h , I think it ia only t'igbt. that you ehould know tbet my rears have been reali~ed . A dlapatoh from Rome quotee the Italian Pr•3a aa alleging that your •t•t .. ent enda tbo Oood Neighbor policy and repreaenta the reel optnlon ot the Prealden~ end ot tbl Stktl ~apartment . It go•a OD tO IIY that your r-eaar«a uou.nt to a rra.nr. stat.eceot Mdo out or turn aDd that the l~ateaonta or ~he Preslden~ end ~he Aotlng ~ocretary or ~~a~e are cere c .. outlage oecause they are no~ ye~ rea4y to aaaume ~he role or the aggreaaor in Sou~b A:erlca . Finally , the Itallen papera plead w1.~h c.be La~ia.-Am.el"lcan eOWlt.rha ~o ~aka warnJili and abendoo all cooperation With thla country .

:)lJaultt~neoualy the Ge rman newspaper• are "oongrbtu..lat1og Sena~or Clark" on hla ~eouohlng rrenkoeea ln letting the o&t out or the beg and that the ro•l aim or the Un1t8d S~etea 11 not that or tho Cood Ntl&b~or buc of the Big St i ck".

AI X aaid before , I thi nk 1~ la only felr that you should know Juet whut the reeult hes been .

Honora ole Li. north Cl.a.rk , ~he United ~t•te1 ~•nate . •••h1nscon, u. c. Carbon oopy to Hon . ~umnor Wellea

Very ainoorely youra,

FronklSo u. kooaevolt

--THE WHITE HOUSE

WMH IHOTOH

OONnDB:N!IAL

MDIOIWIDml FOR

!BB BECRITART or B'fA!J:

r. D. a.

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THE UNDER S[Cflll!f.TARY 0,. STAT(

WASMINGTON

A~at 2 , lG4l

~7 dear ~. President:

I am personally encl oalng herewith two further

telegr~a trot:~. l!r . Grant .

To tho best or my knowled&o none or tho ma ttore

t·etorred to in r.:r . Gro.nt • 1 t eloerua bAvo had tho

ol1£)lteot etreo t upon tho opinions whioh Sooretary Hull

and I , or any other reaponaibl• ott1c1al o! ~e Depart•

mont , ~ve torned ~tb regard to Kr . Grant's inability

to handle the situation ln Bangkok.

Belleve me

~noloauroa : No . 382, July 31, noon , No , 39b , Jul y :.n, S p .m., trCOD Bone;kok.

The Prealdent,

Tho 'llhlte !!ouae .

ly youro

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/ DES This trlrgram must bE clos ely paraphrased be­£ore being communicated to anyone. ( Br)

Secretory of State ,

Wo. shington.

3 f"

BANGKOK VIA N.R.

Dnted July 31 , 1941

Rec 1d 6:17a .m. August l~t.

a83., July 31 , noon. (SECTION OliE)

srRICTLY iii & 2 a AND PERSONAL FOR THE

PRESIDENT ONLY.

Wy telegram No. 372, July 26, 9 a .m., addressed

to you personall y Mr. Prrsidcnt appealing that I be

given the opportunity to be heard by you and by

Secretory Hull bEfore I o.m executed, to urge that you examinE personAlly somE documents which will provE that this plot has bEen mginctrcd by your cn£lllics nith the assistance of j eolouu career officers in the DEpartment who have been "gunning" for me from the timE I entered the Deportment in 1933. I refEr you to the following telcgrnms which arc on file in the Deportment: My strictly confidEntial telegram to Secretary Hull (dated December 23, 1940) ; telegram No . 19 , January 12 1 8 p .m., section threE and section four; my strictly confidential telegram to Secretary Hull No . 66, SEptember 2 , 10 a .m. ; my strictly confidEntial telegram to Sccrcto.ry HUll

No . 254, ~o.y 3 , 10 p .m. ; strictly confidcntial telegrams Assistant Sccrctnry Shaw No , 333, July 51 9 p .m. and 340, July 12, 1 p .m.

OW GRt.NT

TRB This tologr~ must be closely pornphrnsod be­foro boing communicntod to anyone. (br)

Secrotnry of St~to,

Wnshington,

382, {SECTIOl/ T\'10) .

Bc.ngkok vic. I/ . R.

Dntod July 31 , ~941

Roc'd 11 : 50 p .n ,

As you will observe fron th~o telegrams your arch

onomy Roy Honnrd pl.:.blishcr of Scripps- Howard o.nd his

close friona Ho=nn Sc!:l.ol t::; o.n l.merico.n c1 t i zen of

Gol'!lllll1 11noo.go who dirocto~ tho sabotaGing ctU:Ipaign

n~ninst me in ~~gkok nnd i n certnin circlos in th~

United States are i~ tho background of this c.ffc.ir .

It was Scholtz l:ho brought Howc.rd to tho Legation to

ooo oo ln3t Soptcnbor r.ilen Ho\'lard node c. bitter

pornono.1 nttack on you rlhich I repor t ed to Soorct:lr;

Iho.ll over tho vigorous proto3t of John. H, Chapnan, tho

rnnking career Foreign Service Officer. And yot not-

111thstand1ng tho fnct thct I loyo.lly supported tho ad­

ninistr~tion ' s policies towardn Tho.Unnd in tho fnco

of a vig orous opposition from rosonttul Tho.1 nnd by . . llo= Scholtz, friend of HoY~nrd, I :u:o now to bo per­

emptorily executed vithout oven n honrill8 o I cnnnot

boliovo thnt you will nllo\'1 :;ourself t o bo c. po.rt;; to

such

- 2- 382, (SEC?IOJI Tl"/0) froo Bnngltok via II , R.

such an 1njuot1co to o.n of!'icor ,·mo hns ropro sontod

h i s government both ct homo, in tho Dopnrtmont md

o.broo.d for eight yeo.rs o.nd v1hom :;ou o.nd t ho Socroto.ry

complimontod h18hly ~t tho ttoo of tho difficult crisis

situntion in Albt:nin. Thoro is o oo.jor cri:~is on in

this ( (>) no\7 . I tool I run full; ccpo.blo of hnndling

tho situation end I think I nm entitled t o havo tho

opportWli t:; .

I nppoo.l to :;ou r.gnin Mr . Preo;idont that rou

hold this order in o.bo:r~co until I con bo hoc rd .

MPL

Cord1o.l ro6erds :

(112!8 Ql" UES.SJ,GB ) •

( ,-.) np;>o.ront o::~iss1o:-~

GRt.N·r

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RS This telEgratn must bE closely paraphrased bE­fore be i ng communicated to anyone. (br)

SecrEtary of State,

Washington .

BANGKOK

Dated July 31, 1941

Rtc ' d 10 :08 a . m. , August l .

385, July 31, 8 p.m., (SECTION ONE )

PERSONAL ATTENTION ACTING SECRETARY WELI.£S .

Your tElegram no. 831 July 30, 7 p .m.

I repeat that I am convinced that the President

did not (repeat not ) take th£ initi ativE in this matter

and is not i n possession of all th£ facts of the cas e.

I o.m convinced I have been railroadEd and that I am

the victim of a plot whi oh was tnginttrtd by po.rties

who art enemies of tht President assis ted by mEn in

the Department who havE shown the ir jmlouey sinot thE

date of my appoi ntment in the De~artmcnt in 1933 and (term ? J

subsequently during my terminat ion of officE in A1banio. .

I stand on my r ecord of achievement which is on tilt

in thE DepartmEnt i ncluding th£ Expression of apprecia­

tion of both th£ PrEsident nnd Secretary Hull of roy

work during thE difficult days of crisis in Albani a .

I have handlEd a most diffi cult situati on here now for

one year i n fact of great obstacles such as the unpopulo.r

policiEs of thr Government towards Thai land i ncludi ng

thE stopping

-~, No. 385 from Bangkok, July 31, 1941; rco 1d 10 :08 a . m. , (SEC . 1} August 1 .

the stopping of thE boni:l i ng airplanes !lnd in addition

the active opposition of thE ranking Foreign Service

Officer of this Legation who has g iven every indi cation

that hE was not (rcpmt not) i n sympathy with the policy

of administration which I upheld wholchco.rtcd1y. I

have not (repeat not} offered my resignation and I con­

sider that I am being dismissed from the service and

in o. manner that surely must be without precedent

GRANT

HPD

LET This telegram must be closely paraphrased be­fore being communicated to anyone . (br}

Secretary of State,

Washington.

Bangkok via N. R.

Dated July 31 , 1941

Rec 1d . 9:33 a . m. , August 1.

385 , July 31, 8 p.m. (SECTION TWO)

I am even denied the opportunity to return to the De­

partment tor consultation which I have understood is

the courtesy always extended to chiefs of missions

under such circumstances . On the contrary I am, with­

out any advance warning, i nformed that my "r esignation"

hae been accepted, and further I am i nstructed to leave

Bangkok wi thin eighteen days while a major pol1tioal

crisis is on and transportation facilities are most

uncertain end hazardous for my family . I am of the

opini on t hat such action is grossly un just , I am being

humil i ated end I repeat that I am convi nced that the

President has not (repeat not) t~ken the initiative in

the matter and does not have all the facta . The state-

ment 1e made in your telegram that the acceptance of

my •resignation consti tutes no reflection whatever upon•

my • nbil1 ty , oapac1 ty, l oyalty or pntri ot1sm" and

r eference 1s made to "many considerati ons• . I think

I am entitled to know whet those "considerati ons• are

e1noe

-2- 385, July 31, 8 p . m. (SECTION TWO) From Bangkok,

since they appl y directly to me , or (?) be di smi ssed

from my post if I have tho "ability, capacity, l oyalty

or patriotism" for Job. I respectfully request that

you inform me of these considerations .

GRANT

HSM

LET This telegram must be closely paraphrased be­fore being communicated to anyone , ( br)

Secretary of State,

Washington .

Bangkok via N, R,

Dated August 1 , 1941

Rec 1d . 9 : 28 am .

385 , August 1, 1 a , m, (SECTION THREE)

I submit that no matter what statements may be

made to me to the effect that there is no reflection

on my 11 ab111ty capacity loyalty or patriotism• the

Judgment of the public including many of my good

f riends will be that I have tailed . After eight years

of loyal , diligent and hard service for my government

during most dift1cul t times I am to be hel d up as

incompetent to carry on the job here and my whole

career is thereby ruined at the time when I am at

my best physically and mentally. It is grossly unfair,

There is something wrong with a Foreign Servi ce that

pi cks out A Chief of Mi ssions who has been through

one crisis at the very moment of another crisis when

it is accepted in the highest authority that this

chief of mission with a record of eight years of scr-ty

vice has "ability capacity loyal/or patriotism" . I

cannot bring myself to believe that the Pres i dent

whom I have supported loyAlly and Activel y sinco be­

fore his first in 1933 can be a party to this thing.

It does

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-2- 385 , August 1, . 1 a . m. (SECTION THREE), From Bangkok .

It does not (repeat not) f i t the picture of the Presi­

dent as I have 11h1ays regarded him.

May I repeat that I should like to be informed

by telegraph of the other •cons1dernt1ons 11 ? Will you

please show this tel egr am to the President and inform

me to that effect by telegraph1

(END OF MESSAGE).

GRANT

PEG

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THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE

WASHINGTON

August 19, 1941.

My dear Mr . President:

The Minister ot Luxembourg celled to see me

yesterday afternoon by inst ruction or the Grand Duchess .

The Orand Ducheu wanted to let you know that she and

the Pri.nce ot Luxembourg were leaving tomorrow far

London where they intend to remain between a month and

six weeks. They then intend to return to Canada and

the United States .

Believe me

ly yours ,

The President ,

The White House.

-- ~r Q~ tt, .,jl THE UNOL R SECRETARY 0 1' STATE

\\'Y WASHINGTON

August 20, 1941

~y dear Mr. President:

In response to the inquiry contai ned in your memo­randum of August 20 c oncerni ng Ylhitnoy Strai fl1\t , I am sending you n copy of a telegram dated August 16 re­

ceived rrom our Embassy in Vichy. The contents or this telegram should already have roacll:Od Mrs . Elmhirst , but

it may be, since abo is traveling, that she has not yet boon informed of tho news contained t herein.

I would suggest when you telephone her that you re­fer to this telegram and s uggest that the 1110ney her aon deairoa be aont by her through the Department or State to the Embassy in Vichy.

I will ask the Embassy to do everytbi.ng possible 1n Whitney Straight's behalf, but since, as you know,

he is a British subject, tho French Government would

not agree to our Embassy taking tho matter up oftioial­ly. I assume frat11 tl:w tact that he &aka that hal.f ot the amount desired be deposited with tho Consul General

The President,

Tho Wbi te Houa e ,

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1n Barcelona tb& t h& 1a ple.nn1ng to escape into Spain.

Believe m

Eno.

KD This tol ogram must be closely pcrnphrnsed be­foro being communicated to nnyono . (C)

Seerotary of State,

Wo.shington .

{Po.ris l Vichy

Dated AUGUSt 16, 1941

Roc 1 d , 4:35 p . m,

1035, August 16 , 1 p . m. ( SECTIOll OIIE)

FRO!.! FULLERTON :

Whitney Strc.icht , rlll turolized British subject of • I

Anloricnn birth and son of 'rlillnrd Str aight , s quadron

lcadCJ;' R.A. F. who r ecently mo.do forced l anding northern

Franco but escaped int o unoccupied zone , was o.rrostod by

French pol ice ncar Po.u o. f ew days ago whi l e ondo().voring

to ranch tho Spanish f r ontier boundaries . He is n ow

confined with other British priooners of l"lar nt Crunp

Saint Hippolyt e du Fort noo.r !"limes bu t was parmi tted to

visit Consulate eleventh . Ho is wol l end in no immedi ate

danger .

LEAl'i"Y,

HSU

KD This tolcgrrum must be closely pnraphroscd b c­roro bei ng communicntcd to anyone . (C)

Socrotar y of State ,

Washington .

(Paris) Vichy

Dated Au&~~t 16, 1941

Rcc ' d . 4 : 35 p . n .

1035 , August 16 , 1 p . m. (SECTlCH T\'10 )

Strait:;ht requests that his mothe r Urs . Dorot!1y

Elmhurst , 162 East 92d Stroot, l!o•.1 York bo n~~ifiod

and e.slcod to trr.nsfor ($1000 to his crc.il.t , onc-hnlf to

bo deposited with Consul , ilarsoil1es and tho remai ning

half wi t h tho Consul :::t oul'-:olona . Authorization for

mo to pay Strdl>;ht C500 doo;ir od by him here !Jhould bo

cabled in codo through Emboec.f , \"ichy and no publicity

(liven h i s wher eabouts as Str ai61t fear s if Gorman

a ttention is nttro.ctoC: his trc.nsfor to Go r mo.ny will bo

domnndod . (EllD OF l.iESSAGE)

LEAHY .

PEG

/ WILLARD STRAIGHT HALL

CORNELL UNIVERSITY rntACA. NEW YOitK

FOSTEil W. OOf'fiN. a.r.-Au g. I7 th . I941

IIXlAA. A "umNO.~O.... ac£UA wuma.-,._ W,, JLSHAW. n.....,&:..~

~~- I~ ,;, t:t~.& r;:·~ e~- :" ?-r~u.- .

D eur Kiss L• hand,

In these days of decisive events when our minds are fil led

with the new hope given by the President and Kr Churchill it seems

entirely out of place to be writing you about a purely personal a6tter .

But perhaps after beu~ing t he story you will tell me whether you feel

we would be justified in asking you to put it before the President.

lly aon,Whitney Straight,has been flying for two years in the

R.A.F. In the early spring of 1940 he n s badly wounded in llorwsy but

after a f ew months' rest he recovered completely and returned to the

Air Force. During the last seven months he has been leading his s<;uhdron

in daily raids over Occupied Territory and twice he has been decor£ ted .

On Ju.ly Jist he was shot down by anti aircruft fire while a ~t.cking a

Gei'llllt.D convoy in the Cbnnnel and lllide , according to the official repor t ,

a forced landing in Franca. We he~rd nothing of him for eight days and

then, suddenlr, out of the blue, caae a cable direct. f'rom him to his wife

" in New York which reed as follows-Darling- wall and safe- interned-

Detachment W. St.Hipolyte du Fort.- m h.txx Gard- Sand food,cigaret.tes-

Tell llother,no one else. Whitney•. Of course this w&s joyous news for

us but we were uncertain whether it. would be wise to make any public in-

quiriea since obviously be had escaped troa the Germans and reached e

point in unoccupied France clos8 to Narsailt es before being di• oovared ,

/ WI LLARD STRAIGHT HALL CORN ELL UNIVERSITY

fOSTD M OOffDl. .,._ EDOAa A WHmNO.,...._""-­CfCUJA WOI.Jli!L .__ Dnc:. W. It, SHA 'f/, OfMiw ..... ~

lie faarod tbat any atteapt to get into touch with him might only reveal

hi s whereabouts . However ,hi s wife cabled him asking whether she should

return to England and wait for ha there . Today abe bas recel ved this

answer-- •Stey. Ask Yother do ell she cen llaehington for my ralease" .

I'm afraid I bave no clear idea as to how to procead in t he mat ter. IIJJ'

one thoul!ht is tru.t the President, through the Stl<t·e Department, misht be

able to get into *"'cb with A dairu Let.hy lind aak for the rele4Se . But

perhaps this is impossibl e. Obviously 'lihi tney belie ves ther e are ways of

getti ng him out , Have you 6JIY i den whu t can be done? I ia agine the

strictest eecrec:y is necessary and no doubt eny cable sent about hie ebould

be in code. It is Just possible tbat be • as giV111l hie lllU<e as 'llbitney a nd

not 'lihitney St rdght , eince the t wo ctoblos t o his wife were signed only by

his Christian name and the cables to ber\ were addrhsed to Daphne only and

Leonard and I t.re in t his country for three oonths on the invitation

of II.L. llilson of tbe Department o f Agriculture . We ore speaking t wice a dmF to

reno groups all over Nh England telling th&ll of the w•ys in which the

British faraer is adapting his prac'l.iee to the fbra defence progr..., . I tim also

t rying to give an i dea of living conditions in England today a nd or tho kind her a

of spirit that ~nimataa the whole country. We shall be bhe .. eat Crrnell until

the •ornln& of the 2lel.- then we can be rN.dbed at the following pl ocea

t\llf'T'Ia M CX»fiN.a.-~- A WtllllM). A>"- OtooJ-. c:leii.IA WUJ.IU.. Jtcwl r:»o.-W l. .. IAW,O..,._...._.

WILLARD STRAIGHT HALL CORNELL UNIVERSITY

rm.\CA. "" ..... TOI.IC

A~ 2)rd ... .tcrlC\LlW.Z..l College •t. St.orra,Conn. Wteoul<l re ~chtd

\.brou.cb E.H. I'oodn.rdJ Dun & Dlrtct..or•

J.u.g- ~5t.b & 26th· Bu.rHna-1.0n VtrsDOn t..- t.h ColltQ:t tga1n. Care

Mr J ,! , C~rrtnaton -Director or txtens1on .

J.g 27th a: 28th· Cu:rbaa,Hn Hupsl.lN:- Cart H.&.StA ... u ,Di!"tetor

Of JxtADt!Ofl.o

Per hOpa, inot.ead or ttk1ni you to &•~ 1n~o toucb wi th et at one or

~••• placet H a1¥ht be bet ter if 1 r•aa you 011 the lone d.ht.nce

cnt d.t.y cen wHk. l r 1 dont hM.r troa TOU beto:rt tht end or next.

.-.. k t abllll 4o c.bh , -1 r 1 t h oo '- • aklcc \00 -.teb or yoo.

d Ab 1 ooW.O t ell J'OU or t.be tiht 1Arre .. 1on llr •l.M.Gt. bu

a&dt .1 'bellevt be 11 redly on.e or t.ht arM\. t11\lre• or t.he present.

You' ll torch• a,y typi na,wont you? l c&nt. u k &nyone here t.o do

it tor •• ·

PreUdeot. baa .... u. to ua i.e tccJ,....ad all t.hrou,ch ,;n ... w:rTlllle )'tart.

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THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE v lr 0 WASH INGTON ~ ~

August 25 , l9U '\

My dear Mr, Preaident:

I am br1~1ng to your a t tention thie telegram from

our Embassy in Vic~ , which relates to Whitney Strai(!1lt .

I question tbe desirabili ty at th1a stage of br1ns-

1ng the information contained i n this telegram to the

attention of eitber Ura . Elmbirst or Kra . Straigbt .

Admiral Leahy ia away on a brief vacation in Switzer­

land, but ia , I think, due to return to Vic~ tomorrow or

the day after. You will undoubtedly hear from him as soon

as be returns concerning this question.

Believe me

Enc o Telegram 107&,

Vichy

The President ,

The White Houee ,

TEll Thla telegr~ oust be clcaely paraphraeed be­tore being co~unicgted tO MJCne . (SC)

SecretAry or State ,

llftahlngton .

lQ76; August 23, ll a . m.

(Parle) Viol\)!

Dated Au(;uat 2.}, 1941

Roc 1d 11::58 • · " ·

STRICTLY OtUPUS!ilRL FOR THE UNDER S:tCRETARJ! :

Your telegrece 644, Auguot 20th , 6 p . o . will

be brought to the AcbAaeador• e ottentlon 1mzed1a tely

upon h1$ r eturn . Mean.,.hlle , I nm looking l nto the

pcui b1l i ti es as carefully Md d1Gcretoly fta poooible .

rUllortcn believes that the indlvidual ~y be able

to v1a1t hlm ageln and that poao1bly aoaeth1ng can be

urMged . !!e dined quietly wHh Puller ton on the

llth Md wfte in excellent heAlth and apir1te . He 1o

~pparently known to t he author1tieo only under hie

tlret nl\mc .

MATTHEWS

IISB

--· THE UNDER SECRETARY Of' STATE

WASHINGTON

Augu.et 26, l 9U

MY dear xr . President!

\'11th reference to our talk on the telephone last evening concerning Wi llard Straight, I am sending you for your information a telegram received this morning from Admiral Lo~y . This telegram refers to your message which I tranami tted to him suggesting that if he thought it wise, he might let Marshal P6tain know of your lifelong friendship for tho boy 's mother .

Believe me

Enclosure a No . 1083, August 25, 3 p .m. from Vichy.

The President,

The Wh1 te House •

DES Tbia tel <u= mu ot bt oloa <17 paraphrea<d be­fore bc1J"6 co=-unlcatE:d to &nJOnt . (~)

Srorcta.ry ot state ,

Washington .

1083 .. Augwst 25, ~ p .m.

(PARIS) VICHY

Da trd "li8U•t 2 s, 1941

Rcc'd 2 p .a .

STRICTLY CP'TT 5 II l FOR 'liiE UNDER SECRETARY ,

Your l;rlcgrw:> 644 Ali8Uat 20, 8 p ,m,

I btl i tv£ that 1.t would b t unwlac to d1acu aa th1a

<11 retl.on with llarS:Ial Pctain until I !>ave C<b&uatrd

otbtr poaa1b111t1 ca.

LEAHY

CaB

I IU:MORA!ltul!

Have anavered th1a by t ele­gram - same even1ng. Get copy ot anever troot Code lloOID

8tate Department.

FOR

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WASHINGTON

Telephone message .

For The rresi dent :

Sept , 4 , 1941.

The roll~ving received by

~elephone from Mr .Myron Taylor's secretary:

"For The Pres ident:

"You spoke of my calling upon Salazar

in Lisbon, Subsequently l.:Z. . Welles said

he thought you haa covered tha t point .

If you conclude to have me ao so , I can

best do it on my return to Lisbon rrom

Rome . Pl ease telegraph Lisbon your definite

wishes .

" t .. yron Taylor • "

Telephone Room,

me-

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THE UNDER SECRETARY QF' STATE WASHINGTON

1 .:> r ;

September 28, 1941

l'Y dear 1lr . President :

" I'~ .

Miss Tully gave me yesterday on t he telephone your message wi t h r egard to Myron Taylor . The report which he had telegraphed he was send ing

you by special courier had no t been received and I con-sequently sent h1m a brief cable tel ling him that you had not as yet received his r epor t and that , consequent ly, he would have to use his own discr etion 1n determining what he shoul d s ay to Y~ . Churchill regarding his con-versations 1n Rome and in Lisbon .

I have just now, Sunday morning, rece ived the report which he had addressed to you and I am enclosing it here-with . I have read the text of tbe report excep t for the confidential and personal letter he enclosed with it, and I do not see anything i n it which you vo ul.d consider it unwise for him to mention to Mr . Churchill. I have , consequentl y ,not thought it necessary to send any further

The President,

The Whi te House .

telegram to Myron Taylox· with regard there to .

Believe me

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Enclosure .

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!Jy dear JJr .

T HE UNDER SECRETARY Of' STATE

WASHINGTO N

October 16 , 1941

President :

I - f7 /ri. ""' .I 1

In accordance with the approval you sent me cover-

ing the recommendll tions contained in General •rerGhall 1 s

letter to me of OCtober 6 concerning Brazilian part1c1-

patton in the defense measures to oe undertaken in

Surinam, I inatructod Ambassador ~affery to inform

President Var gas tnat we believed the Netborlands Gov-

srnment would convey an invitation to tLe Brazilian

Jovernment alon~ Lhe lines indicated in the last message

to you from the Netherlands Government in London .

At the sm~e time , a cable was sent to Ambassador

Biddle in London instructing him to s uggest to t he

t>oreign Minister of the J:etherlands that an invita­

tion be sent to the crazi lian UovornMent along these

lines .

I have today received a telegram from Ambassador

Caffery telling me that he has seen President Vargas

and that the latter states that he a grees in principle

The Presi dent ,

The I illi te nou se •

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to the uut<:h su~~est1on and that he will await the lnv1-tat1on from the Jetherlands Jovernment •

.t!elieve me

ully yours ,

Oo~ober 21, l Q'l

1(7 dea r IC' . Pres 1~n t 1

I IIlli encloalna ror yoiU' oonlliderat1on a a usseated

t.olet:rnn to bo aont to .\cl)aaea~ Biddle ror oo..an1•

oat1on to t he Netherland& Government 1n LOndOn.

I have conaulted the T•a r Ool)artment w1th regard

t hereto and t he l &l' Depa.rtlant a ppz•ovea t.ba oontenta

or t h1a ·~seated •••&a•• I ehall be &ratotul if ;rou w1ll .l.o t me know

wt.e tber t l..ia c1rart 1aatruo\.1cm Mata wltb your approYal.

l\ol1eve .ae

SUXNER WELLES

EnoleMU'e.

Tho !'r ou.l.dent ,

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THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

October 22, 191.1.

MEMORANtml JOR

THE UND!R SECRETARY 011' STATJI

Under date ot October 7th I

aignad a letter to Kaokenzi e Xing

which was forwarded to t he State

Departaent to be aent i n the pouoh.

It wae a pparen t ly not s ent to

Canada unti l the fourteenth or

tit6eanth -- a week l ater -- and

I 11m not oertai n the t Mackenzie

King bee received it yet .

It tbia aort ot t hing happen•

to my l attere to the Prime Kiniater

ot Cenada, I shall beve t o have

the State DepartQent aeod t h ea

direct to J.laokenzie lting by epa oiaJ.

courier. 1. D. R,

I

... THE U NO t R $ ECRETAftt' O r $lAfl

WASMI ,..OTON

Ill' clot.r 11r. Pi'oalclon t 1

I bave 1'10-el'f'ed JOur ae.ora.ndu. or October 22 Gon­CUJrn1ns tho Clolay wb1ob ocourrod. 1n tho deli very or J'OW' letter Of Ootobtr 7 to Jlr . i«a~kiD&11 Xing.

I ttnd that your letter roached tbe Dep~rtment on october Q. Normally 1t would b.&'t'e been a ent out under cover or an 1n.atruct1on to tbt A.o&r i oa.n lUn1eter at

Ottawa 1n tho pouch of October 11. D.J.e to tho lllnea1

ot the ottletr b&ndltna theae aattera, bowever, t he 1n­atruot1cn wae not drafted until Oct Ober l~. AI pouchee leave tor Ottawa on WtdneedaJI &n4 Saturdara, it • ••

placed 1n the poucb on Wedneed&J, October 15. It waa

received by the L*ga tion at Ottawa on October 17 . In

rtplJ to a tele phone 1Dqu1ry, 10"· Kottat au.tee that

be, 1n peraoo, took: tla letter t.awodiatolr to tb.t Prime )(1JU.ater 1 a ottioe a.nd. banded it to .w:r. TUrnb-ull, the

Peraonal Aee1etant to the Prime Miniator ~ who proalaed t o bring it promptly to ~. M&oktnzte King ' a attention on bit r ·eturn to Ottawa~ the tollow1n.g day, Saturday~

OOtobor 18.

T'be Pr111~nt,

'I'M Wh1 to Bouao • )

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I greatlJ regr•t tbe ~l•J' wnloh hal ooourre4 1n tb1a ln.ete_noe. I CUd not m)'tdlt know of the tact that J'OU had eent thla lot tor to !Jr . wa.ckon~ie King until I roc.e1ved JOur umora.ndua . I WQ\der 1t you will tlOt Jn tM ru.ture ba•o you.r ott1co send letter• ot this k:1n4 c1J.reetly to oo &ne1 I ca.n tMn aaaure eyeel-f ttat J\O d.elaya or thia character •111 ta.ke plaoo. 'l'bere 1a, ot eouree, no oxcueo whatever !'or wb.at ooourJ.•e4 in tb.1a 1net&no.e and I ha•• alreadf taken t he necessary corr eo ... tive a:oaau.ree .

Sollove me

111 de&r IIJ', Prea1den\a

s- tiM ago .Js.-io Ro•• r oo-ndad on behalf ot

the De.oorat 1o Jatlonal O~ttoe the na.e ot wr. St e phen A.

LJOOh ot IUUL1 tor a d1pl0111&t1o appolntJMnt. I auba1t ted

thla rocoJIItllondatlon to JOU l n oonno ot1on w1th the t1ll1Jl8

ot the n.canc7 1n Now Zealand and you aakod me to go t 1n

touch with Clauda Popper 1n ordar to got hlo opinion

w1 th regard to t he oand1d& te.

I telephoned to Olauda Popper who waa then 1n

Plor1d& and he paaiood t o .. nd .. an ta.41d1ate report

and I have onl7 t oda7 rooe1ved the p r 0111 .. 4 ... uage

I - onoloain8 her .. 1th tor JOur 1nto..-t1on a

oop7 of Claude Popper'• letter wb1oh oontalna the repor t

Pa1th1'1lll7 Joura,

SUMNER I'IELLES

t'bo Pr .. ldent,

ftle Wh1 to Boll•• •

--october 24 , 1941

My dear Wr . President:

You will rdmember that I saw Prince Carl Bernadott§

at your request just before he left the Uni ted States.

In accordance with your desire I had the necessary

arrangements made covering the export of toluol in

which he was interested.

Some difficulty subsequently developed on the part

of the British with regard t o the granting of navicerts

for 100 tons of the 680 ton total and Prince Carl called

me up personally from Stockholm a few days ago to ask

if I would intervene with the British in order to get a

favorable deciaion nped.ited , I saw the Swedish Ll.in1ster

subsequently and suggested that he personally see the

British Ambassador with regard to t his question since

the American export license had already been issued.

I have not spoken myself with the British Ambassador

concerning this case .

Aft.er the conversation I had with Prince Carl, I

telegraphed the American Legation 1n Stockholm the

The Presi dent,

Tbe White House.

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etatua of the cue 1n order that they might inform

Prince Carl accordingly . I have today reoe lved a con­

fident ial te l egram trom our Legation in reply to my

oable , ot wh ich I am enclosing a copy tor your 1ntorma-

tion . Under theae oi.roumatancee I imagine you will

agree that we bad better do nothing further at this end,

at leas t tor t he time baing .

Believe me

Enclosure: No . 679, October 23, from Stockholm.

DES This telegram must be cl osEly paraphras ed be­fore bring communicated to anyonE. (SC)

SecrEtary of State,

Washing ton ,

679, Octob er 23 , ? p .m.

Stockholm

Dated October 23, 1941

Rec'd 4 : 43a .m. , 24th.

STRICTLY 00&. £3!11Wa'lii FOR 'IHE UllDER SECR';:TARY .

In connEction with your telegram 382 , OctobEr

20, 8 p .m. and your telephone call from Princ e Carl

Bernadottc, I fEEl you should bE infonned of the

following :

The BElgo- Baltic Corporation, of which Prince

Carl is managing director, is being considcrcd by

the Briti sh GovernmEnt for inclusion 1n its statutory

list or its blacklist and thE SwEdi sh GovErnment

has strictly confidmUally indicatEd to thc British

that i t can offcr no reason for i t s non- inclusion

in thc formEr , Er ic Sigfrid Ericsson, mtnagEr of

thE f i rm Bms1n Penn Company, collabor&tEs with

Selgo-S~:l tic Lnd uses Pr i nc E Carl fo r thE trans­

action of businEss deals requiring contact w1 th

high officials , Ericoaon, long under the suspicion

of thE British, has stated to c mEmber of thc staff

of this Legation th£t he considers o Oermc.n victory

in thc

- 2 - 679 , October 23, 7 p , m. from Stockholm

i n the wc: r to bt c trtain, s n:! British Stcrct

Servi cE reports show thct whilE in Berlin re­

CEntly h r sho;IEd h i s sympat hiEs for t h E Gtrme.ns e.nd

ExpressEd a dtsirr to cooprrntt in establishing thE

ttntw order" in Eur ope, Hr hcs bEEn involved in the

quts t1 onobl t trnn soc t ion of the NOI:'I'IEg1c.n tankEr

JANKO in Curacao end in thE salE of a ship in Con­

s tanza to wt.ich th£ British object . He is in fre­

quen t contact wi t h Ohwlrn z , a German who has bt rn

attempting to Establish a nEws agrncy Radio Mundial

with th t backi ng of thE GErman Govtrnmmt . Ht has

businEss c onne ctions also with Hrnrik Mannerfr ! a,

a Gottbor g busine s s man now beliEvEd to bt in New

York, whoa t repute. tion fo r s tra l ght d t nling i s

quest! onablE ,

Tht r r i s a possi bilit y that Eri e sson used Princt

car l to ob t ain t h e t ol uol which tht Swed i sh Oovtrn­

mtnt nttds for thE navy with tht i dta t hat this

tranucti c:'l mi ght b t a wtdgt to obtain nt a later

da tt othEr mater i a l s for his company or tht BElgo­

Boltic , not for thE SwEdish Gov tnuntnt ,

It is under stocd that tht SwEdi sh Foreign

Of fie r is cone t r n t d ovEr Pri nc t Carl ' s conntc ti. on e

with Er ics son ; thrt PrincE Car l has btrn wnm td but

dots not

- 3- 679, OctobEr 23, 7 p ,m, from Stockholm

dots. not wish to so.crifi cE thE finGncicl rEl!lunEr­

ation hE r EcEi VES, HE for thE prEs Ent rEfusEs to

SEVEr his connEction with Ericsson but prEssurE

par ticularly from mEmb~rs af the Royal Fcmily mav

Evmtua1ly fO rcE hil~ to do so ,

GREEKE

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASH I NGTON

October 25, 1941.

ae"' llf!lll' 11

MEMORANDUM FOR SUMNER WELLES:

Do not let &n70ne know that

you haTe eeen this but bring 1t oTer

and talk to me about 1t.

P'.D.R.

Lf·tt(·l s to Icl{eR f1·on Re': Tur-well re Caribbean s ituation , for Pres . co fi J.enti£.11 tnfornn tion . 0 ct . 15 n.nd ~0 .

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l TH! UNDER II:CRI!:TAIItY or $TAT!

WASHINGTON

November? , 1941

My dear Mr . Pree1dent :

In accordAnce w1tb ~ req~eat contained tn you.r =-•moranclu.m or Noveaber 6, I am •noloalng e.

c1& te ot Uovember 1 .

Bolleve .e

Encloa ure : Dra.!'t t•legrua .

'Pbe Pr••1clent,

Tbo Whl te Uou.ae .

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A~RICAU E~SSY

aDnm.

November 7, 1041

COHPIDSIT!AL YOR TCE AMD#SSAPOR PROM !HE ~RBSIDBNT .

I baw &1Joe&47 eolooie .. Georp Meeaeraalth u

the auoooaeor to AabaaaadoP Daniela. Por tba proaont

I reel that 70ur aorv1oee would bo aore YM1uable t o

tbe Govor~nt 1n tlw poet where JOU now are beoauee

or tt.o pereonal oontaote JOU ba .... oatablhbad and

beoo111o or tbe oxper1enoo yCN ba.,. ao(lol1red durlna;

tbeao or1t1oal d&JI• 1CJ lcindoet rogarda,

REC EIVKD AT 1112 CONNECTICUT AVE .. WASHINGTON. D . c .. AT_~~.-II•TANDARD TIME PM 30 ~IBl 07 Jl ETA T r.~ADR I D 1 c, Lo f R 1 1 ul 0 1941 NOV I

TPt. rRt.SIDEtiT

.VP I TEHuUSE ,;ASH I Nu TOr

1 .'/OULD BE DEEPLY LoRA TEFl L IF I f11l"f-IT BE CHOSEN TO SUCCEED DANIE LsALc.X .IEDDE LL

Te'-hone• National 2~ltlt Te ..cure p_ro_m_pt aouon on lnqutrtea. tbta orlttD&J R.A.DJOORAK thoulcl M PreMilted. a t the omcte or ._ • - R . 0 , A, 00JOWNIOAT10N8, Ill"- lll tolopbollo lllqUlrloo quote lbo llumbor pr-Jq l.bAI plac>o o l Orll'a . ,._ IUWN- TD llf

TH E W HIT E HOUSE

WASH INGTON

loYember 14, 1941,

I .. ant to abow the enolo••4 to

J'OU :re•terta7, 'but U 1l1pped 111 a1ncl,

fb1• for 7our oont!dentlsl 1ntor.at1on

and pleaeo retura tor 111 11111.

r.D.R.

Transmitting letter which the Pr esident received from Hon . Sumner Welles , 10/::>3/41, in re Mr. Stephen A. [,yncb of Miami. , who was r ecoiM!ended by Ji.mmie Rowe , on behalf of t he Democratic Nat ional Commi t tee , for a diplomatic appointment , att~ched to which is copy of l e t ter which Mr . Welles r eceived from Sen . Claude Pepper , l0/::>3/41, giving his repor t on Mr . [,ynch.

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THE WH ITE HO U SE

WASHINGTON

Octo1 l' "fi , ·~ l.

G ~' c , . :T. ; .. 1"\. ~ •

I tmnt ;;o s· otv this '.;o .:d Fl:·nn .. .. n At t 1r:e hE' comn s < ol':n •

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THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTOH

IG:IIORAJQC:f .n:. Ttr.

Ot.CJ1:;'l .urf Ol' S'l'.~~ AHI> UllDJ:ft II.!O:tt:':Alrt OF S~~~-

I ea~lo• oon..~"ttal. M!IOI' '

,1tte'l -l....e r... 0t fu r r. rrt pe

o.ftW7 IIIIN14-. ~L"ta.llt1a:z1,. ...neect.

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November 17 , 1941 ,

Ky dear Kr. Pr eaident1

'IIi t h r eference to your memorandum t o t ho

Secretary of Sta te and to myaelt of November 15

with which you enclose a confidential menorandum

from t he Treasury Dopartcent , I have comnunicatod

the cont ents of t hi s memorandum to Ambassador Caffery

tor his confidentia l intor~ati on .

Believe me

Faithfully yours ,

' \ \,N. J

!.V\'. l,i

Enol oauro

The President ,

The >1ll1 t e Houa e ,

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

Deos:Jber 5, 194l .

walOR.umtnl lOR

'l'I:IX UIIDER SECRE'l'ARY 01" STATE

Tllis may be or real

1111portanoe. I do not know.

1". D. R.

Letter to t he President rrom Secret ary Morgenthau, da ted Deo . 4, 1941, giving cont ents or message from a German agent in Brazil reporti ng to Germany Nov. 1?, 1941.

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE

WASHINGTON

December 5, 1941

My dear Mr. President :

With reference to your memorandum to me or Decem­ber s , enclosing a letter s ent to you under date o£ December 4 by the Secretary of the Treasury, which in­dicates that some member of tho staff of our Embas sy in Rio de Janeiro i s turning over information to German agents , I have today arranged for a representative of the F. B.I . to be sent secretly imnediately to the Embas­sy in Rio do Janeiro to conduct the necessary invest1ga-tions .

I shall, of course , inform you of any results which may be obtained,

Believe me

I <I

The President ,

The White House.

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Dr . T . '' · Oo~nr, t o th .. Un<'l,r 'l or'"t'rJ of 'lt t e ( 'l~tllP~},

•aoh 1 !\I" ton, :>eo .. mb~r l ?. , 19'11 . Rerort• r ,.oe1 r t or ' c-bl~ rra~ G~n,.r~l ~h~•rrJ~ 1-e~·~ '"7~rp~aln~

t he or 1n1on th• -: 1 Run .. i •n ~er1 - t! ~n or war ar-· nPt .'ar 'l 1A

'lnly • N t~ ~l' Of t 1MI' .

sn: : r or e1rn hel• t ' one~ or th Ln1 t,.., St .. ten , 19'11, Vol . I V, Th,. f'ar t Pil t , 't'"(le"{4~ - --

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