Messersmith, G.S. , Washington, D.C. to Hugh R. Wilson, Berlin
Date
1938-04-22
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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
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From the Hugh Wilson Papers at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, Iowa. You probably had word from the Department that the electrical expert from Moscow has been ordered to Berlin to make the examination you requested. Confidential code will be sent when you are ready for it. Pouch to Vienna has been abandoned , temporary measures devised. Let me know if they are not satisfactory. [John Cooper] Wiley and staff have been handling the situation very well there. Advantageous to keep him there for the present but will eventually have to make readjustments in staff at Vienna. At board meeting decided to send LeLand Morris at Cairo to post of Consul General at Berlin. [Raymond] Geist has done wonderful job, but Moriris has the right for advancement and the move would be best for the Service. Geist should be rewarded and will certainly be given his own post in due time. Hopes he will be content to remain in Berlin as he is valuable man. Praises Wilson's speech before the Chamber of Commerce. Got good publicity in the U.S. Sympathizes with his housing problem, but the Department cannot authorize spending more than $3,000. Suggests continuing at the hotel until something suitable comes along. Secretary Hull resting at Pinehurst until May. Mexican problem difficult to handle.
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Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960.