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EUROPE REALLY AND ACTUALLY HAD IN THEIR MINDS. IN THIS WAY
 
PRELIMINARIES COULD BE DEVELOPED FOR THE FORMALITIES THAT MUST
 
BE ARRANGED AS AN INTRODUCTION TO AN ORDERLY POLITICAL AND ECO-
 
NOMIC WORLD. I DISCUSSED THE PRESIDENTS ATTITUDE TOWARDS GERMANY
 
AS HE HAD DISCLOSED IT TO ME DURING THE PERSONAL DISCUSSION I
 
HAD XXX HAD WITH HIM ON MY RECENT VISIT WITH HIM IN WASHINGTON.
 
THE PRESIDENT HAD SAID TO ME I WISH THAT YOU WOULD REMIND THE
 
GERMANS THAT I WENT TO SCHOOL IN GERMANY AND THAT I BECAME VERY
 
FAMILIAR WITH THEIR COUNTRY IN MY YOUNGER DAYS. I HAVE MANY
 
GERMAN PERSONAL FRIENDS. IN MY BUSINESS DAYS I HAD BUMEROUS
 
CLIENTS WITH INTERESTS IN GERMANY OVER A PERIOD OF MANY
 
YEARS. THE PRESIDENT HAD DISCLOSED TO ME THAT HE WAS NOT INTER-
 
ESTED IN SAYING TO THE GERMAN PEOPLE WHAT THEY SHOULD DO ABOUT
 
THEIR LEADERS OR THEIR GOVERNMENT-THAT WAS THEIR OWN AFFAIR.
 
HE FELT THAT EVERY PEOPLE WAS ENTITLED TO HAVE THE FORM OF