Messersmith, G.S. Memorandum to Secretary [Cordell Hull], Undersecretary [Sumner Welles], [James Clement] Dunn, and [Jay Pierrepont] Moffat.

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1939-03-03
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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
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W. referred to in appended despatch from Embassy in Brussels undoubtedly Captain [Fritz] Wiedemann; information from private but well informed sources is that he has been entrusted with mission of consolidating German elements in U.S., the purchase of some U.S. newspapers, and establishing contact with important persons in American industry supposed to have totalitarian views; little doubt that certain men in finance and industry are out of sympathy with U.S. trade agreements program and general commercial policy and favor trading agreements with Germany.
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Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960.
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