Allen, Jay, New York. To G.S. Messersmith, Washington.
Date
1939-01-26
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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
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Enclosures: See Nos. 1110 & 1116. Sending three items for curiosity value; in Italiani in Spagna, they admit use of flame-throwers to kill prisoners at Guadalajara; in Aviazione Legionaria in Spagna, note Mickey Mouse on tail of Savia Marchetti 81; used to know Italian Air Attaché in Madrid, Ulysse Longo; Longo nice fellow, who expressed regret over what he had to do in Spain; asks Messersmith to return the Italian items but says he may keep photostat pages from Brooklyn Tablet and the Flammenzeichen; two articles carry almost identical attack on Roosevelt; article in Tablet could have been taken from that in Flammenzeichen; was in Washington ten days ago; knew Messersmith was very busy; will come again soon; thought Ham's [Hamilton Fish Armstrong] book remarkable; moved by [Henry L.] Stimson's letter [on the embargo]; striking parallel between Stimson's letter and one written by Jefferson to Monroe Oct. 24, 1823.
Keywords
Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960.