April 7 th , l 9:S3.

Uy dea r !lr . Slloretary : -

I hev~ 1a1uad stric t 1nstruo~ions t o Wr, Forater and s vary'>De elsa who i n any posa1bl.e way may be i n a poo1 t1on to ~eool vo ~essacea tram your d epar t •ent - t bot in no onaa ,..,.,, l d liD envelope addroaood to me and markod oonf i '~nttal or rorsonal , be t aken trom your rocsaengar, but t ha t t hey should be taken i n t o aq room end handed e 1 t hor t o ~·salt or t o l.l1oa Durand tor whoa e r espona1b111 ty I vouch ,

I wt ll , ot o .>urse, then be rospons 1blo , and I will 3•A thnt t ho monsage s go d irectl y t o t he Presi den t l'nd thO Pr s i~eot ni l l see that t hey ore r e turned ~reotly to 2 0 , Thraush t"ill arrunee!l'ont I hope we wi l l provont ony ur:­t ortunete lelllefl .

I would like to reques t t ha t 1t t h i s arrangement i e vati s f eotnr,'l' to j''>\1 the. t such unparaphraaod c a bles be sent ovor addreae od to me oarked poraonnl or c onti denti ol , for if' I '"" cotne to be hal~ r e spons i ble I h ave t o bo sure tha t tl"f! y d n no t fel l into o thor h11.11da elll'Olo to , and i t they ore nddrnuned t o the Presidon t , they nre v ery ap t to be handed to ono ot aovoral pooplll t o be deltvered t o tho President nt t lluir le1euro,

or cour se , 1r the Pre s i den t 1e ot t ho :fhi to flouae , eond the moaaa.sea t o h il:l the re o.nd not to t he Exe out1va or:tce s , addr essing t hem dl r eotly to h111l , and thio wi ll i r.sure against the i r go 11J8 into o t her hands.

Var y truly yours ,

Louin !doH, Uowe s ecr e t ar y t o the Proei don t ,

Honor a ble ll 1lli 811l Phillips , The Under Se or a t "ry ar Stote , S tO>t e Dept>r t !liQ. t , --·"'-•--·-- "' ,.

TH~ UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE

WASHINGTON

lla.rch 31, 1933.

Dear Colonel Howe:

In accordance wit h my instruct ions, t he

Department eent you over this morning, for the

President' e in! ormation, oopies of telegrams re­

garding the proposed boycott of Jews in Germany .

You will note that these telegrams were

coded 1n confidential code . At oue time the

Department followed the practice of transmitting

euch telegrams in paraphrase. However, con-

s idering t he delay occasioned by the time neces­

sary to make paraphrases and the desirability

that the President should be i n a position to

peruse the actual texts of important telegrams ,

the Department will, continue , if you approve,

The Honorable Lou.is lloH. Howe,

Secretary to t .he President, The White House.

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to send copies of telegr ams in the original text .

I should l i ke to emphasize , however, that

the protection of the code makes it essent ial that

the telegrams be carefully guarded and that no

po r tion of t hem be made publ i c at any time wi th­

out pr i or paraphr asing.

In addit i on, may I suggest that when the

copies of t hese telegrams have s er ved their pur­

pose t hey be returned to thi s Department?

ely yours ,

_,___.,._....._._...._ -' l f' I> Tint.~ SERVICE SRS

NAPC 355/PfA V HAl NR9 Z PI A v CRAM Q ROvE BOOY SLACK FIFTEEN GR r23

FROII; TO ; INFO;

STATE DEPARTMENT WASH INGTON O,C, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UN ITED STATES. THE TEMPORARY WHITE WHITE HOUSE AT GALVESTON, TEXAS ,

mn "'' DIGEST OF IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN FORE IGN AFFAI RS AS OF ONE WAY PERIOD

GERMANY THE EWBASSY AT BERLI N REPORTS THE VICIOUS ANTI CLERGICAL PRESS

CAMPAIGN AND THE HEAVY SENTENCE OF ELEVEN YEARS IWPRISONIIENT IMPOSED

UPON A CATHOLIC YOUTH LEADER FOR ALLEGED ASSOC IATION WITH COWWUNI STS

BEAR WITNESS TO A NEW NAZI DRIVE UPON CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS PERIOD THE

PRESS REPRESENT MONASTERIES AND CHURCHES AS BREEDING PLACES OF VICE AND

CONT INUE THE ATTACK WITH REPORTS OF CLERGICAL llo!IIORALITY TRIALS PERIOD

THE OF"ENSIVE SEEWS TO 8E INTENDED AS AN ANSM!! TO THE RECENT PAPAL

ENCYCLICAL ON GERMANY AS WELL AS A DRI VE AGAI~ST LOCAL CATIOLIC

ORGANIZATIONS PERIOD RADICAL NAZIS ARE APPARENTLY AGITAT ING FOR STATE-

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NAA 1694\'l-

FROII; TO ; INFO;

U.S. t-'WAL COMMUNICATION SERVICE SRS

BLACK SI XTEEN

- CONTROL OF MONASTERIES AT ANY COST AND BARRING THE CONTI NGENCY THAT

THEY WAY BE ABLE TO FORCE A RADICAL EVOLUTION IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THEIR

PRESSURE MAY CAUSE THE MORE RESPONS IBLE STATE AUTHOR ITIES WHO WI SH TO

ABIDE BY THE CONCORD AT WY OBEIOUS THE QUESTIONS WITH VATICAN PERIOD IN

EVIDENTLY WITH A viEW TO WINIWIZING CATHOLIC/OIGNATION THE PRESS

ENDEAVOURS TO DRAW A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE CLERGY AND THE LA ITY PERIOD

THE FLEXIB ILITY OF NAZI PROPANGOA AND THE ST IGMA OF DISCRED- IT UPON THE

CHURCH WAKES IT DIFFICULT TO VI SUALIZE HOW THE CATHOLIC FOLLOW ING CAN

EFFECT IVELY REPLY PERIOD GENERAL EUROPEAN SITUATION PERIOD IN A

CONVERSATION YESTERDAY FOREIGN SECRETARY EDEN TOLD AMBASSADOR BINGHAM

THAT HIS RECENT CONvERSATIONS IN BELG IUM HAD BEEN SATI SFACTORY-

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FROM; TO ; INFO;

THE THE THE

~~AC~ SEVENTEE!! STATE DEPARTMENT WASHINGTD to • • PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STA ES . tEMPORARY WHITE HOUSE AT GALVESTON, TEXAS.

-SEMICOLON THAT HE HAD BEEN ASSURED BY BOTH THE ~I!!G AND THAT THE

RECENT SETTLEMENT HAD ALLAYED THE LONG IRRI TATION IN BELGHAI TOWARD

FRANCE SEMICOLON AND THAT FOR THIS EOEI THOUGHT 0H THE WHOLE THE

FRENCH POS IliON HAD BEEN STREGTHEHEO PER 100 EDEN STATED THAT HE SAW NO

EV IDENCE OF ANY PRD-GERUAN ATTITUDE EITHER ON THE PART OF THE BELGIAN

KING PRESS OR GOVERHIIENT PERIOD HE SAID THAT WHEN SCHACT WAS RECENTLY IN

BELG IUM HE TOLD 'iANZEELAND THAT ECONOMI C CONDITIONS IN GERMANY WERE BAD

AND TENDING TO BECOME WORSE AND THAT AS A RESULT GERMANY WAS DRIFTING

TOWARD COLLAPSE WITHIN OR A MILITARY ADVENTURE WITH OUT SEMICOLON AND

THAT TO SCHACHTS MENTION OF THE RESTORAT ION OF GERMANY COLONI ES

~NZEELAND REPLIED TkAT HE COULD SEE NO ADVANTAGE TO SERUANY Bt -

U.S. ~'WAL COM MUNICATIOtJ SERViCE SRS

BLACK EIGHTEEN FROM; THE STATE DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON D. C. TO ; THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES INFO; THE TEMPORARY WHITE HOUSE AT GALVESTON TEXAS.

7 " "? -SUCH RESTORAT ION PE RIOD EDEN FELT THAT ITALIAN C~ING COST IN SPAIN

M I AND ETHIOPI A HAD SO IIIEA~ENED ITALY THAT ftij i SSEL. TI HAD DETERMI NED TO

ELIMINATE AUSTRIAN QUESTION AS BET~EEN GERMANY AND ITALY COMMA AND THUS

TO THAT EXTENT GIVE GERMANY A FREER HAND IN CENTRAL EUROPEAN AREA PERIOD

TAKihG THE BROADER VIEW EDEN PROFESSED COURAGENENT OVER THE GENERAL

SITUATION AND VOLUNTEERED THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE GERMANY WOULD

PRECIPITATE WAR WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR PERIOD ANGLO AMER ICAN RELATI ON

PER IOD EDEN MENTI ONED TO AMBASSADOR BINGHAM THAT VANZEELAND HAD SAID

THAT HE WAS LOO~ING FORWARD WITH GREAT INTEREST TO HIS VIS IT TO THE

UNITED STAT'ES AND WAS OETERIIIIiED TO ACHIEVE RESULTS ECONOMICALLY

THEREFROM PERIOD I~ THIS CONNECTION EDEN REFERRED TO -

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FROII; TO ; INFO;

U. S . . WAL COMMUNICATIO' SERVICE SRS

B~~ NINETEEN THE STATE DEPARTW£NT WASHINGlONL:·~ THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STAr•S• THE TE~PORARY WHITE HOUSE AT GALVESTON TEXAS.

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-THE O(SIRABILITY OF CONCLUDING AN AIIGLD-AW£RICAN TU D£ AGREEW£NT AND

STRESSED THE FACT THAT HIS COLlEAGUES WERE FAVORABLY DISPOSED THERE-TO

PERIOD THE TONE WHICH EDEN ADOPTED TOGETHER WITH OTHER I~DICATIONS WHI CI

HAVE REACHED THE E~BASSY LEAD ~R BI NGHAW TO THE CONClUSION THATTHE

BR ITISH ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ACHI EVE AGREE~ENT AND

HE CANNOT BUT FEEL COliMA THEREFOI!E COI.IIAA THAT ANY BRITISH ANSWERS THAT

MAY RECENTlY HAVE BEEN ~AD( TO WASHINGTON DONOT NECESSARILY CONSTITUTE

THEIR FINAL POSITION ON EVERY IT~ PERIOD MR. SINGHAW HAS AlSO

GATHERED FROU HIS AUSTRALIAN COLLEAGUE THAT AUSTRALIA IS ANXIOUS

UNOSTENTATIOUSLY TO DROP OVERBOARD ITS TRADE OISCRI~INATION POLICY

COliMA AND THAT AT THE I~PER IAL CONFERENCE AUSTRALIAS GOING TO TAKE THE

POS ITION THAT AS IDE FROM A FEW PREFERENCES VITAL TO HER ~ELFARE SHE

WOULD BE WILL ING TO WA IVE HER RIGHTS- -

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FROW; TO · INFO;

U. S. ~'WAL COMMUNICATIOt-1 SERVICE SRS

BLACK TWEI!TX

THE STATE OEPARTW£NT AT WASHINGTON O. C. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THE T~PORARY WHITE HOUSE •

PI I I I HEB.

-- OTHERS IN THE INTEREST OF THE PROMOTION OF A FREER GENERAL ~ARKET

PERIOD AUSTRIA PERIOD AMBASSADOR OOOD HAS THE IMPRESSION THAT GERMANY$

OFFICIAL OPINION REGARDS AS GENERALLY SATISFACTORY THE RECENT ~USSOLINI

SCHUSNIGG CONVERSATION COIAIA THE NEwf STATUS OF BELGUI II COUIIA AND EOCNS

VISIT TO BRUSSELS PERIDO HE FEELS THAT WH icE ~USSOLINI VAY NOT HAVE BETRA'

AUSTRIA TO THE EXTENT IIANY BELIEVE COUIIA THE VENICE CONVERSATION REVEALS

A MARKED DEPARTURE FROM THE QUOTE WATCH ON THE BRENNER UNQUOTE ATTITUDE

COUIIA AND ARE A STRONG BID FOR GERMAN SUPPORT FOR ITALY EITHER IN SPAIN

IN THE EVENT ANGLO-ITALIAN DIFF ICULT IES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN PERIOD

THE AUSTRIAN LEGATION IN BERLI N FEELS THAT WHILE IIUSSOL INI WI LL GO FAR

IN SE~IHG TO FAlL IN WITH OERIIAN DESIGNS AS TO AUSTRIA PARTICULAR AND

1.H0 C£NTRAL EUROPE IN GEH8RAL COUIIA IN THE LAST ANALYSIS HE DOES NOT

I NTENO TO ABANDON - -

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FROII; THE STATE OEPARTII£NT TO ; THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES INFO; THE TEMPORARY WHITE HOUSE GALVESTON TEXAS

' -- AUSTRIA TO HER FATE COWWA AND WILL AL-.YS WANT TO AVOID ACTUALLY

HAVING QERMAHY AT THE BRENNER PERIOD ON THE OTHER HAND AS CONCERNS

CZECHOSLOVAKI A ~USSOLINI 15 HOST ILE COWUA AND QUITE POSS IBLY ~ IGHT

ACQUIESCE IN ANY GER~N DESIGNS ON CZECHOSLOVAKIA WHI CH IS BECOIIING

~ORE AND MORE ISOLATED PERIOD NR. 0000 SAYI THAT DESPITE EVERY OUTWARD

INDICAT ION OF AN INTENSIFIC ACT ION OF ITALY DERMAN REPPROACHEHENT COliNA

HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH GERMAN OFFICALS CERTAINLY INDICATE NO CHANGE IN

THE FUNDAMENTAL DISTRUST IN GERMANY OF ITALY PERIOD HR. OOOD CONSIDERS

THAT THE FREQUENT INTERCHANGE OF ' !SITS COMMA DISCUSSIONS AND

NEGOTIATIONS NOW GOING ON AMONQ ~ANY OF THE EUROPEAN POWERS NAY COliMA

IN THE END COWUA SNOW THAT EACH COUNTRYS INTEREST ARE INVOLVED WITH SO

MANY OTHER STATES THAT THE FORMfR CLEAR ALLIANCES AND BALANCES OF

POWER ARE NO LONGER PRACTICABLE- -

FROU; TO • INFO:

U. S. • •AVAL COIIAMUNICATIO•' SERVICE SRS

THE STATE DEPARTMENT THE PRESIDENT TE~PORARY WHITE HOUSE GALVESTON

BLACK TWENTYTWO .

- -·--• -_.. ;;.;~.-- .1 Wi- •bilh. --THI S NIGHT INDICATE THAT BLOCS COliNA NEITHER I ~IA LDOICAL OR OTHER

WISE COUMA ARE NO LONGER FEASIB LE COMMA THUS LAYING THE BAS IS FOR A GENE

-AL CORPERATION IN EUROPEAN COIIPUkSORY AND SO UNREALISTIC ENDURING

GROUNDS PERIOD JEWISH QUESTION PERIOD AN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR DESIRE

COliMA I INSTRUCTED AMBASSADOR BINGHAM ON APRIL TWENTYSEVEN TO CALL UPON

HR, EDEN AND I NFO~ HI~ THAT IMPORTANT JEWI SH GROUPS IN THE UN ITED

STATES ARE PRETURBED OVER RI.IIORS THAT IN THE FORTH COlliNG REPORT TO BE

HADE BY THE ROYAL COWUISS ION OF INQUIRY INTO PALESTINE ENTIRELY CEASE

OR ELSE THAT SOME SYSTEM OF ARAB AND JEWI SH CANTONS BE ESTABLISHED

PER IOD ~R . BINGHAM WAS DIRECTED TO ~ENTION IN THIS CONNECfiON THE HARD­

SHIP ALREADY WORKED UPON THE JEWS BY THE REPRESSI VE MEASURES OF VARIOUS

COUNTRI<S IN EUROPE AND TO POINT OUT THAT BY REASON OF THEIR EXPERIENCE

AT THE HANDS OF CERTA IN EUROPEAN --

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U ~. NAVAL COMMUNICAT' I)N SERVICE SRS

BLACK TWENTYTHREE THE ITATE DEPAR TUENT WASHINGTONfO.C. THE PRESIDENT Of' THE UNITED STA ES TEMPORARY -~IT( HOUSE GALVESTON.

· ·GOVERNIIENTS THE JEWS Of' THE ~LO HAVE COllE TO REGARD THEioiSELVES AS

THE LOG ICAL SUPPORTERS Or DEMOCRATI C INST ITUT ION ANO NATURALLY LOOK TO

THE DEWOCRATIC GOVERIIWENTS Of' THE WORLD TO ACCORD THEW FA IR AND

EQUITABLE TR(ATWENT PERIOD IN VIEW OF THE UNCERTAINTY AS TO TURKISH

POL ICY WITH RESPECT TO THE PALESTIN IAN QUESTION I REQUESTED A FRANK

EXPRESSION OF OPINION BY AMBASSADOR WACWURRAY AS TO THE PROBABLE

RECEPTION WHICH THE PRESIDENT OF TURKEY WOULD ACCORD TO AN .EXPRESSION

OF WIEWS TO THOSE WH ICH AWBASSAOOR BINGHAM HAO BEEN INSTRUCTED TO LAY

BEFORE WA. EDEN.-·

U '>. NAVAL COMMUNICA ... 10N SERVICE SRS

BLACK TWENTYFOUR FROII· THE STATE DEPARTWENT TO : THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. INFO ; TEMPORARY WH ITE HOUSE 6ALVESTON. 5/1/37

. . ,. · -···-·· •• AIIBASSAOOR Bllr.lHAW WAS RECEIVED BY MR. EDEN APRIL THIRTY lolA. EDEN

SAI D THAT WHILE HE COULD NOT MAKE ANY DEF INITE STATEMENT WITHOUT

DISCUSSI NG THE COYY ISS ION RE PORT WITH WHICH OF COURSE HE WAS FAIIIL IAR

HE 010 SAY THAT HIS FRI END HAD HAD CONSTANTLY IN WINO THEIR OBLIGATION$

UNDER THE MANDATE C06NA BOTH THE NATIONAL AND INTERNAT IOilAL JEW ISH

SITUATION COMMA AND ALSO THE ARAB AND MOSlEM SITUATION PERIOD WR. EDEN

FELT THAT HE COULD GO NO FURTHER THAN THIS STATEW(NT AT THIS TIME PERIOD

AMBASSADOR MACMURRAYUHAS REPL IED THAT BECAUSE OF TURKEYS SPEC IAL

UNWILLINGNESS TO TAKE A POSIT ION AT ODDS WITH THE AR.AO PEOPLE COIIIIA • -

U. S. NA"\L COMMUNICATION s.:-qviCE S RS

FROM: THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO : THE PRES IDENT OF THE UNITED STATES INFO: TEMPORARY WHITE HOUSE GALVESTON

BLACK TWENTY FIVE

AND ITS PRESENT POLICY CLOSE COOPERATI ON WITH GREAT BR ITI AN COMMA

ITS I NTRANS I ·3ENT POSTWAR POLICY WITH REFERENCE TO MINORITIES AND ITS

SENS ITIVENESS TOWARD THE IDEA OF INTERVENTION IN ANY FORM ON BEHALF OF

MINORITY GROUPS COMMA HE CAN NOT ENCOURAGE THE HOPE THAT AN EXPRESSION

OF VIEWS IN THE SENSE OF THOSE LA ID BEFORE MR. EDEN WOULD BE FAVORABLY

RECE IVED BY THE TURK ISH AU THOR ITI ES PERIOD IN FACT COMMA AM BASSADOR

MACMURRAY IS OF THE OPINION THAT ON THE CONTRARY THE REPRESENTATION OF

SUCH VIEWS WOULD MORE LIKELY MEET WITH REBUFF AND WOULD IMPAIR THE

CONFIDE NCE AND GOODWILL WHICH THIS COUNTRY NOW ENJOYS IN TURKEY ••••• (END)