XT, The Un^.®!* Secretary I do mot wi»h to be an al armlet ...

I February XT, 1938.

The Secretary
The Un^.®!* Secretary

I do mot wi»h to be an al armlet and I «a not one of
thoea who seen <!j»ng®r around every w m w * X here he.* A
good deal of Intimate contact with thcee who aire a t present
running the a u t h o r i t a r i a n regis*© In Germany. String isy lntsst
two year® in B e r l i n , 1 hart f a i r l y dee® contact with
p r a c t i c a l l y a l l *fioae who ay* in power t h e r e now with the
exception of H i t l e r hlsinelf. An in the very nature of
thing0. and on account of the way our I n t e r * e t a were being
4«*aaget! and fii seriatlnatet! a g a i n e t , 1 had to have r»any c o n t a c t s
in a l l the lainlet-riea. A® 1 tpoke Clemen aa I d© Sngllah
a good many of these mm sspoke to mt with a b r u t a l frnnknea*
concerning t h e i r plane which i t i e d i f f i c u l t for un here to
vndoretand. X have, t h e r e f o r e , without ill any way loeing
my objectivity X b e l i e v e , been constantly aware of how a l n l e t e r
ana c y n i c a l , a t well A* d i r e c t and deflnltOf a r t the designs
and plan* of the present Ofnmn Oorornamnt in the pel i t l e a l ,
social ana economic f i e l d s , during the yeare that have
psaeadi •lno# t h e regime o«ae i n t o powor, I haw» eeen t h e i r
plane develop ateadily along the original line§ they had in .
mind and I have not seen them Jtwerve fro® a single objective*

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from tine to tine they hawe been obllgeA by olrouafttenoee to
t l i g h t l y put one objective forward o r another Into the baeJfc»
ground hnt the progran i t s e l f ha« in no »#n«e dtaftged* I n
f a e t i t hae. e o n e t a n t l r neeimed g r e a t e r deflnlteneet* THi«
i t eonethlng one mist unAeretaitA i f &m wifthe* to h»we an
sppraeintion of the objeetlveia .and atethode of t h e present
German Oovernaant.

tins present c*eman 8owamiaent in m>% frlenrtly toward e
ue* fhey oon«lAer t h a t <*e are ©a® of the p r i n c i p a l obetaele*!
In t h e i r way towns**! t h e i r objective** Thuy have no d e a i r e to
hav*» a olaeh with uw "but t h e i r o b j e c t i v e s i n South America
and in Contra! Aiaerios and Mexico are so d e f i n i t e t h a t they
r e a l i s e to reach them they must be faoed wltti A weaker
lnetead of m *tronger United S t a t e s . Their prograft, which
involve® the wakening of France and England una t h e d i a -
i n t e g r a t i o n of the B r i t i s h inspire, i e intended, t h e r e f o r e t o
»#ak«n utt no t h a t with t h a t o b j e c t i v e a t t a i n e d *© w i l l bo
lets* powerful in opposing then.

t h e whole o b j e c t of t h e antl-oowiunlet moweaent in
Goniafltf and in Europe eponsored by a*maiJT i n t o destroy
a franee-Soviet errangsnent a&d t o destroy t h e L i t t l e Entente.
4 secondary object i t to inraobllista England and Franco i n
the ffflli through the sowing of discord between then and
through the b u i l d i n g o f , t h e German f o r t i f i c a t i o n s en the
Western $®vmm f r o n t i e r . England i t t o bo courted AIKI Misled

with

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with the idea t h a t If Germany ha<! a free hand In Southeastern
Kw«P« th« peaoe ©f England and the S&plre w i l l not h*
fll s t u r b e d . Oernany knows very well t h a t If aha g e t * Seuth-
aastiryn Europe ah© 1* the .naster of t4\« Continent and Franc©
and England w i l l be in R secondary p o s i t i o n * I t in only
in t h i s phase t h a t Q&rmmy intenda t o a c t i v e l y , i n t e r f a r e
on t h i * Continent In Contra! nn*! 3outh America.

1*h® whole plait I t , of oeur«e, to do t h i * through the
show of force una I t i s hoped, l o <lo I I without the us© of
fore*, t h i * i s to bo made ponsflble by t h e mowing of Aleoord
through a t i r r l n g up r a c i a l and minority f e e l i n g s wherever
ther© 1« f e r t i l e ground and through the s t i r r i n g up of t r o u b l e
wherever a p o t e n t i a l field exlfitt* I t In only i f then©
methods f a i l t h a t a c t u a l force i® ts§ ©e ueed. !

I have given-these b r i e f preliminary statement© and
t h i * u t t e r l y inadequate rowune merely to forts the. background
for i few observation*?? which I feel I should jaake. X hav*
«s©©n the German agent *t a t work when 2 was i n Germany during
the f i r s t two year* of the regime antS. *t t h a t t i n * t a l k e d .
*Ath isany of thera who were operating i n Southeastern Europe.
We are beginning to see the e f f e c t * of t h e i r operation* i n
v a r i o u s part® of the world and are now beginning t o feel the
effect»' m&r® d e f i n i t e l y i n thtft country. When the (toman*
saw t h a t t h e i r Commercial Agreement with B r a s i l was i n danger

they

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they «ent B i t t e r a* &raba»8adort who 1« owe of the eieverept
man I n Germany nM. perhapfi t h e i r beet eeonorale n e g o t i a t o r
They aid not he nit at • to help to e t l r nnti*»ft««eti« feeling*
there* fhey now have Paul floheffer In t h l e oountrf who,
In spit© of h i e opinion** ft* a a a r v i l e instrument -f t h e
Government. %ey had Klreehar of the frankfurter f i t t i n g
h e r e , who i s supposed, to be a conservative but who o a r r i e d
on strange a o t i v l t l e e in. t h l e country* Both Soheffef and
l i r e o h e r oa^e to aee me here In the 3>epart!aent where 1 rm»
eeived thaw with eourteey hut .when they mad* i n a u l t l n g
remarks"* done arcing t h l e oountry and our i n a b i l i t y to take
©are of oureelvee againet t h e i r e f f o r t s and propaganda and
I reminded then t h a t they were .gueete in t h l e oountry and in
say of floe i n t h l e T?ap&rtraent and were not oenAieting the»»
eelve* wr? p r o p e r l y , |»©y went out and complained t h a t I had
t r e a t e d them d i s c o u r t e o u s l y , Karl Wi#deraan owse over here a t
the d i r e c t request of H i t l e r ne H i t l e r was not s a t i s f i e d
with the r e p o r t e whioh Dieokhoff was mafellsg- about Romany* g
propaganda i n t h l e oountry. Uleokhoff wme faying t o h i e
Government t h a t i t was? not wise for th*» to f o e t e r the Bund
and similar a o t i v l t l e e in t h l e oountry.

. Mow we have word t h a t Aeohaann and Kemmem a r t ecmlng
over. | h e voya^i of both of t h e * eeemjt t o have been eomewhat
delayed* Xt 1* d i f f i c u l t to wider#t&md why t h e German

Government

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Ooverraaent should he sending AeohEtann m& RantHten ovnr here
a t t h i n time. My own gu«»«t m& J think I t i n a good one„
in t h a t Attohjaenn, isho lis «n expert on propaganda, | # to eeme
here to ®ea j u s t how f&v they oen with mntety go in the way
of the us® of agents and propaganda end •^hut font I t ehould
t a k e . My goeoe I s t h a t Hansum wa« to eorte over here to ob-
serve the progrosse '€ i*ie t r a d e agreement negotiation?? with
Great B r i t a i n but a t the I n s t minute thsgr geemed to have
deeided thnt t h i s . R i g h t not b© wine and for the pr«eent hi#
voyage isi delayed.

t'e had «ord froit our Coneul in Berlin that a group of
student« from the ?kweivraent-supported I*arty SehooXe has
been «wnt at Ctavern»«eit expense to t h i « country and t h e s e
to ye between 16 and 1© are now placed In gone of the leading
preparatory eohoolss in t h l e aountry. Although the Q-aman
Government in not ahl© to find exchange to eervioe i t e debts
1 B t h l o country, I t hsti money for theee agents and propaganda
m& f a r . t h e sending of young etudonto to our preparatory
school $• I think we have only a v®ry inadequate id ess. of the
e x t e n t ©-£ the Oernan agftfito already operating In t i l l s
country.

#e now l e a r n t h a t on. the morning of 9&bru$wy 14 a »«n
r e p r e s e n t i n g h i a s e l f a® the Seoretary of i t a t o in Mew York
endeavored to get through the pAeaport Agent of the department

in

l a Mew forts. 35 blank paasiportj*. H# wan s i no enfloairorlng:
to g o t ,fti%<!apparently hao i n s t r u c t i o n s t o g o t , oortaln
p i an it a t our Army post OR Governor1 • XalmtA* ,Ph# M i l i t a r y
l a t o l l l g e n o o sarvloo ha<8 ha$ wor& fram Sootlanfl Yard t h a t
an onAoigvor woul<rt b® >aa*?o t o got o o r t a l n plana a t &o¥emor,»
I a i a n 4 . 1*h® staler l a too long to r o o l t e h«ro but through
th» dlllgoneo of l&v Koyt and &»•*• Shipley and our Spoolat
Agont In K«w Xork, Mr. ©»nno«8«n» anrt with tha eoepomtioii
of tho holloa aiM! M i l i t a r y Xntaillganoo t h i a mm haa boon
takon into eu«to»4y ann* haa artnittoa In a w r i t t e n oonfoaaion
t h a t h« 1« an a*?#nt of the 0«wt«^i O^nrarrawmt anfl haa boon
noting un#»r i t a ^ r ^ o r a . 1 untforatano: h» I t an Anjorloan
oltlson.

X think wo iwiflt bo proparod for a e r o «y%d wsora of t h i a
thing «*.no, although I think w# aro abio t o tnk* oaro of I t ,
I t h i n k wo §hoitl<$ he on our gunr<U fha OorB»n Qovorniaont
•pitta** groat atoi*e on &ttorioan puhli© o p i n i o n . , I t 1* olsturbatl.
a t tha a t a t o of puhiio opinion i n t h l a teuntry* I t oan bo
doponda^t upon t o u*o I t s anrt.oairora not only i n tho i*?ay of
propaganda but i n tho way of fomenting t r o u b l e i n t h i s oountry.
X sua ©onfirtant t h a t wa w i l l aaa inoroaaod n a t i v i t y unleoa
wo tako n p f i n l t a atop a to put a atop to l t #

X thirik an intwrtopartFtantal oowwitte® ahoulo' bo
©raatad without aalay to glv« ©aroful study to thin situation

BM& t o mrim reaoHtaen&atlong as to how i t I t to he wet.

I see no re&eoit why any *teoi*et ehould he made t h a t «udh a

aesK&ttee ha« been apiwsinted fos* the *ei*y f a s t t h a t I t i t

known w i l l have a very whole #©sia effaet oft thoee who a2*e

f o e t e r l n g th«sso *w3tivtti#«* Th« aoooiittee dunil4 go i n t o

the whole Blatter very thos^eughly und tt&ke i t e reooKnend&tione

to t h e tr&rloue *>enai*t?aent a oonoerned aitd then theee should

be t r a n s m i t t a l I f I t ssee&t* nngeeaaxyt tte the ?x*eeldeitt

and' t o the Oongr*m«#

An 2 Raid a t t h e o u t e e t , I $** not one of those who *>e®@

dangftr around every oomar hut,knowing theee people and what

they are a f t e r and the way they w»rkt I f e e l the tint* ha* .

cso EM* f o r un t© be on our guard and to take d e f i n i t e n o t i o n .

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