Messersmith, G.S., Vienna. Despatch No. 24 to Secretary of State [Cordell Hull], Washington.
Date
1934-06-14
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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
Abstract
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(2 copies pp. 3 and 4 missing.) Resume of conversation with well known American correspondent [unnamed]; Mr. X particularly well informed concerning situation in Germany where he has close contacts inside and outside of present government; X had talked with [Engelbert] Dollfuss before coming to Legation; Dollfuss informed X that he had personal note from Mussolini saying he need not fear the meeting Mussolini was to have with Hitler, and assuring Dollfuss that he would make no arrangement with Hitler which would endanger Austria's independence; X said meeting between Mussolini and Hitler had been arranged through request of German sources, chiefly Franz von Papen and Konstantin von Neurath, who thought Mussolini might make Hitler listen to reason; on question of Austria and Jews Hitler entirely unchanged; financial situation rapidly growing worse in Germany; according to X present German government completely unreliable.
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Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960.