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EMPLOYMENT HAS BEEN USED FOR ARMAMENTS BECAUSE INDUSTRY
 
AND TRADE HAVE BEEN SO HARD HIT BY THE MANY RESTRICTIONS ON
 
INTERNATIONAL FLOW OF TRADE. I EXPLAINED TO HITLER THAT
 
THE PRESIDENT HAD NO DETAILED PEACE PLAN READY OR STATEMENT
 
OF PEACE TERMS WHICH HE INTEDNED TO PRESENT AT THIS TIME
 
TO THE BELLIGERENT NATIONS, THE PRESIDENT HAD EXPRESSED NO
 
INTEREST ON THE SEVERAL TIMES WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE 
 
SITUATION WITH ME IN INTERPOSING HIMSELF BETWEEN THE WARRING
 
NATIONS TO URGE THEM TO PEACE. HE WAS NOT OFFERING HIMSELF
 
AS A PEACE MAKER IN THE PRESENT SITUATION. FURTHER HE WAS
 
NOT OFFERING HIMSELF AS AN ARBITRATOR EITHER NOW OR IN THE
 
FUTURE. HOWEVER IF THE BELLIGERENTS DESIRED TO CALL UPON
 
MR ROOSEVELT TO ACT IN THE CAPACITY OF A MODERATOR HE WOULD
 
BE VERY GLAD TO ACT AS SUCH HE HAD SAID TO ME I WOULD MUCH
 
PREFER TO RESPOND TO SUCH A REQUEST BY SERVING AS A POSSIBLE
 
MODERATOR IN THE SITUATION RATHER THAN BE ASKED TO SERVE AS