[Messersmith, G.S.], Vienna. Memorandum of conversation with British Minister [Sir Walford Selby].
Date
1935-09-24
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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
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Told Selby highlights of recent conversation with Foreign Minister [Egon] Berger-Waldenegg and said Foreign Minister was returning to Geneva in better spirits than on his last trip; Selby said information helpful as he thought it advisable not to approach Foreign Minister too much himself since it tended to aggravate the Italian Minister; Selby spoke of Italian influence in Austria and how it worked to England's detriment; French Minister [Gabriel] Puaux had told him Italian Minister exerting pressure on Berger-Waldenegg to have Austria leave League if Italy did; Puaux then exerted counter pressure to convince Berger-Waldenegg that would be unwise.
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Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960.