Messersmith, G.S., Vienna. To Secretary of State [Cordell] Hull.
Date
1936-09-18
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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
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Since occupation of Rhineland, most German objectives lie beyond her frontiers, where she is meeting greater difficulties; Berlin recognizes balance of power still against her and dangers of war still too great for Germany; has the result of slowing things up for her, but does not change basic situation; offensive against Russia and Communism has fallen flat; London Times editorial says England will not be drawn into ideological controversy; Pope, in speech to Spanish refugees, was as strongly critical of Fascism as of Communism; Vatican now realizes dangers of bargain with Berlin; speeches of [Yvon] Delbos and [Léon] Blum have made clear that France will take no part in war for ideas and doctrines and will hold to Franco-Soviet pact; Little Entente, meeting at Bratislava, shows greater spirit of cooperation and more resistance to pressures from Germany; Yugoslavia and Rumania affirm they will not join any bloc directed against France or Russia; disintegration of Little Entente seems arrested; cooperation between Rome and Berlin continues, but Italian participation in offensive against Russia and Communism only half-hearted; Foreign Ministers of Italy, Hungary, and Austria meeting in Vienna soon; Austria will resist all efforts to bring it into any bloc; Chancellor wishes to secure for Austria neutral position similar to Switzerland; no improvement in German economic situation; her four-year plan to become self-supporting the height of folly; its object to blackmail England, France, and U.S. into giving Germany credits, markets, and raw materials; Hitler now obsessed with disintegration of Czechoslovakia and necessity of getting Ukraine; social movement in Germany continues unabated with radical element still in control; compliments Hull on address before Good Neighbors League in New York.
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Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960.