MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT  
FROM HON. MYRON C. TAYLOR
 
    
 
 
 Before your departure I wish to call your attention to two matters.
 
    
 
 
 1.  VATICAN. The Apostolic Delegate firmly believes that  
        on any day we may expect the safe conduct message for  
        my visit to the Vatican. No reply to his message proposing   
        safe conduct for my return of June 4th, has yet  
        been received. Events in Italy anu the growing breach  
        and final rupture between the King and Mussolinl probably   
        prevented earlier action. The Germans have steadily  
        opposed my return.
 
    
 
 
 2.  INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE. Following cur correspondence, I sought an   
American Vice Director for the London office, finally selecting   
Patrick Murphy Mallin, who has had previous experience in migration   
and settlement work. He is about forty years of age, in a position   
to give full time and able to travel where needed. He was elected   
by the Executive Committee last week and left for London, where   
he will function under Sir Herbert Emerson, Director. I am ccnsidering   
a trip to London in early September, to meet with the Executive Committee.   
I also have it in mind to visit Spain to explore the possibility of   
araanging for the continued temporary residence of about 7,000 refugees   
now there, rather than to hold them to a tent camp in Algiers or elsewhere.   
My preoccupation is that if the camp proved to be in any way unsatisfactory,   
the charge would be made that it was a concentration camp operated by the   
Allies, and in sone respects no better than the German. It would probably   
be a uuch cheaper operation to provide for maintenance in Spain, Portugal,   
or wherever they may be, if in neutral countries. The instability of the   
Franco Regime might prove to be a reason against this plan, but it needs   
careful consideration. In due course I would like your approval of these   
suggestions.
 
 
 
A.C.T.