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                   PARAPHRASE 0F TELEGRAM                   
 
                                                            
 
 
To: Secretary of State, Washington.  
                                                            
 
From: American Legation, Bern.  
                                                            
 
Dated: September 4, 1942.  
                                                            
 
             No. 148, August 31, from Tittmann.             
 
                                                            
 
 
                   STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL                    
 
                                                            
 
 
at the Nuncio had asked Laval to ease the severity of his an
 
                                                            
 
 
,000 Jewish women and children concentrated in Paris and in 
 
                                                            
 
 
ssful, according to Cardinal Maglione, because the feeling o
 
                                                            
 
 
retary of State. The Vatican fears that their channels for t
 
                                                            
 
 
                                                            
 
DECLASSIFIED  
                                                            
 
State Dept. Letter, 1-11-72  
                                                            
 
              By J. Schauble Date FEB 22 1972