-2- 3366, August 1, midnight (S‚CTION TWO) from London. matters was authorized to represent the State Department. The failure to realize the ultimate importance of the secret treaties was matched by the failure to understand the economic necssities of the aftermath of war. I know that your knowledge of these experiences will prevent the recurrence of the preventable tragedies which occurred in the critical years following November 1918 and which in the present crisis would extend beyond enemy frontiers to those wider areas of allied and submerged peoples now under German domination. I hope these suggestions may be helpful, I know your deep and abiding interest in the common welfare of all people everywhere. (END OF MESSAGE) WINANT ALC |