NAVAL MESSAGE
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FEELINGS HAVE ALWAYS LAIN CLOSE TO YOUR HEART AND I BELl EVE THAT
 
IT WOULD SERVE A USEFUL PURPOSE IF I WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY
 
TO DISCUSS THIS  PROBLEM GENERALLY WITH  YOU.  I KNOW ALSO THAT YOU
 
MR. CHANCELLOR BELONG TO THE GROUP OF MEN IN EUROPE AND THE
 
UNITED STATES WHO BELIEVE THAT THE PRESENT WAR IS A POOR AND
 
DISASTROUS WAY TO DISPOSE OF THE MANY INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL AND
 
ECONOMIC MISTAKES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE 1914 AND IT IS ON
 
THIS COMMON GROUND THAT I SHOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THE ENTIRE
 
PROBLEM WITH YOU UNQUOTE. MY LETTER WAS ROUTED THROUGH THE
 
FOREIGN OFFICE AND FEW DAYS LATER I WAS RECEIVED BY THE FOREIGN
 
MINISTER MR. VON RIBBENTROP. DURING THIS DISCUSSION WITH THE
 
FOREIGN MINISTER THE UNOFFICIAL INFORMAL OHARACTER OF MY ENTIRE
 
VISIT WAS MADE CLEAR TO MIN. THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE VISIT WITH
 
THE CHANCELLOR WERE ESTABLISHED ON THIS GROUND. WHEN I WAS
 
RECEIVED BY THE CHANCELLOR THE GUARD OF HONOR WAS TURNED OUT AND
 
GENERALLY I WAS TREATED MOST COURTEOUSLY. I NEED HARDLY TELL YOU