Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960.2011-06-152011-06-151933-12-010351-00http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/6324Memorandum, undated; observations on the commercial and agricultural attaches of the Dept. of Commerce and the Dept. of Agriculture; their activities expanding to include, and duplicate, many of those performed by diplomatic and consular officers; distinguishes between trade protection, which by constitutional provision is the work of diplomatic and consular officers, and trade promotion, which may be the work of either; Consular officers prepare 85 percent of the reports on world trade and trade opportunities, but since these are distributed by the Dept. of Commerce many people think they are the work of the commercial attaches; because of misapprehension, some of support for Foreign Service has been diverted to Dept. of Commerce.Typed Document Copy, 24 p.en-USMessersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960.OtherMSS 109