Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960.2011-06-152011-06-151938-11-071068-00http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/7046Additions to Berlin staff unnecessary this year; visa department functioning with greater proficiency under [Hallick Lovejoy] Rose; at Stuttgart consulate almost whole staff working on visas; expects to relieve pressure there by taking quota numbers away and increasing issuing volume at Berlin; work on Blucher Palace will be completed by March 1 and establishment will be installed by end of month; the building not a "makeshift," but one to be proud of; cheap marks bought from German government cannot be used for anything unconnected with the building; will submit plan soon for merging of Consulate and Embassy; grateful to Messersmith for thinking of making him Counselor and Consul General in the combined establishment; will accept whatever decision is made for him; worried about [Prentiss Bailey] Gilbert, who has been in sanatorium for a month; may be his heart; obtained for United States Lines transfer permit for one million marks.Typed Letter Signed, 3 p.en-USMessersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960.OtherMSS 109