Messersmith, G.S., Vienna. To Jay Pierrepont Moffat, Washington.
Date
1935-03-01
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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
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Enclosure: See No. 487. Rumored that [Franz] von Papen is to resign or be recalled; von Papen no doubt upset by [Fritz] von Tschirschky incident; his mission in Austria a complete failure; resignation or recall will not make Austro-German relations better or worse; information received from Berlin indicates increased strength of radical elements in Nazi Party; appending extracts from Hitler's speech in Munich on Feb. 24; has been informed speech was delivered in raw and most belligerent manner; on surface business looks good in Germany; many factories running night and day and businesses showing profit, but whole industrial activity based on the "Arbeitsbeschaffungswechsel" which now amounts to 12 billion marks, and [Hjalmar] Schacht informed Party limit had been reached without open inflationary measures; mark too high; cost of living high; cannot increase wages because production costs too high; raw material situation serious; cannot get cotton; [Julius] Lippert, in speech before American Chamber of Commerce in Berlin threatened that if U.S. ever expected to sell cotton to Germany again she had better let the Germans have some now; latest radical development in Germany the proposed decree limiting parental authority over children and transferring much of it to the state; Bishop Müller had interview with Hitler and indications are that he received further instructions to carry through the Party program for the Church; trial of [Anton] Rintelen not postponed as reported in letter of Feb. 27 to Phillips; scheduled to begin tomorrow; hoping to sail from Hamburg on March 28 for brief stay at home.
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Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960.