OFFICE OF STRATEGIC
               WASHINGTON, D.C
                              3 April 1944
MEMORADUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
 
     I have just recieved the following cable relationg to conditions in Berlin.
     "Today (2 April 1944), through the asistance of a close mutual friend, we had one hour
alone with the Persian Minister to Sweden who was going back to Teherab by way of Baghdad.
In order that he be allowed to visit his wife's grave in a suburb of Berlin, a diplomatic permit was
obtained for him by Stockholm which allowed him to spend a single day in German capitol. He
spent Tuesday (28 March 1944) in Berlin. The following quiet and convincing eye-witness
account of his visit was given today after our repeated oaths to maintain secrecy : With the
exception of Schlesischer Banhof which is unscanthed up to this time, all the major railroad
stations in Berlin have been completely demolished. All the rail traffic