JR This telegram must be Rome closely paraphrased be- fore being communicated Dated March 13, 1940 to anyone. (D) Rec'd 11 a.m. Secretary of State, Washington. 178, March 13, 2 p.m. FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM MYRON TAYLOR. 75. March 12, midnight. I had a long visit late tonight at the Vatican and under pledges of strictest confidence I was told the following details of Ribbentrop's interview with the Pope. At the beginning of the audience he talked steadily for twenty minutes displaying the greatest assurance and asserted as indicated in my previous telegram that Germany could win the war within a year; that the entire German public were behind Hitler and that Germany finds no seirous difficulty because of the blockade in respect to food and supplies; that it is getting adequate supplies from the east including Russia, Rumania and other countries; that Germany already on war rations could with added supplies from the outisde ensure the well-being of its population on a reduced ration basis now largely in force, that Italy must stand with Germany because of its |