Messersmith, G.S., Vienna. To James Clement Dunn, Washington.
Date
1935-06-21
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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
Abstract
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No clippings with copy. Reports on character and activities of [Franz] von Papen, German Minister to Austria; von Papen makes no progress with government nor with Austrian society; he attends all public functions to which all diplomats are invited but is seldom invited to private homes; at public functions he pushes himself into lime light and assumes precedence to which he is not entitled; complained that Cardinal would not see him, and tried to enlist help of highly placed Catholic friend, but friend refused; does some entertaining at German Legation, but few attend if they can avoid it; certain that German Legation is a center for disseminating Nazi propaganda; P.S. (dated June 22) tells of von Papen trip to Budapest about which two newspapers give conflicting information; clippings appended; reported that money for Nazi organization coming in to Austria through Hungary from Germany.
Keywords
Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960.