Messersmith, G.S., Berlin. Despatch No. 1733 to Secretary of State [Cordell Hull], Washington.
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Outcome of election on Nov. 12 as expected; 95 percent voted "Yes" in support of Hitler government and elected National Socialist candidates to the Reichstag; question so phrased people had to vote "Yes" even though opposed to Hitler's government and National Socialism; Hitler will use vote as one of confidence in him giving him blanket authority for any policy he adopts; Reichstag election of no significance; government and Party leaders have already proclaimed their disapproval of parliamentary government; election was really a spectacle to show the rest of the world that the German people were solidly united behind the Hitler regime.