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GERMAN EMBASSY
 
 
Washington, D.C., August 31, 1939.
 
 
Mr. Secretary of State:
 
 
By order of my Government, I wish to use your kind
intermediary for the purpose of stating to the President
of the United States that his messages of August 25 and 26 
addressed to the German Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor have
been greatly appreciated by the latter.
 
 
The German Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor has also, on
his side, left nothing untried for the purpose of settllng
the dispute between Germany and Poland in a friendly
manner. Even at the last hour he accepted an offer from
the Government of Great Britain to mediate in this dispute.
Owing to the attitude of the Polish Government, however,
all these endeavors have remained without result.
 
 
Accept, Mr. Secretary of State, the expression of
highest consideration.
 
 
THOMSEN
 
 
His Excellency
 
The Secretary of State of the United States,
 
Cordell Hull,
 
Washington, D.C.
 
 
 
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