[Moffat, Jay Pierrepont], Washington. To G.S. Messersmith, Vienna.
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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
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Messersmith's dispatches regarding trade agreement with Germany very helpful; after conference with [William] Phillips, [Francis B.] Sayre, and [Herbert] Feis, decided to show dispatches in confidence to [George N.] Peek in view of press reports (erroneous) that he would recommend extension of credits to Germany to finance a cotton-Rhine wine exchange; [Ambassador Hans] Luther comes regularly to urge immediate commercial negotiations, but Secretary puts him off; have been urging [Wilbur J.] Carr and [Thomas M.] Wilson to select Messersmith's successor in Berlin, but no obvious candidate among those under consideration; health, finances, language play important role.