Personal and Confidential
 
 
Berlin, September l, 1940
 
 
 
My dear Mr. President:
 
 
I am writing to ask that I may be authorized
to return to the United States in the near future
unless an intensification of military or political
developments in the immediate future should appreciably 
add to the work of this Embassy.
 
 
I would be lacking in frankness if I did not
indicate the reason why I wish to come home. During
my recent brief visit there I was deeply 
impressed in my talks with some of those with whom
I came in contact by their misconception and, 
indeed, ignorance of the relation of our national
life to the struggles which are now going on in
Europe and elsewhere and in which I am profoundly
convinced our own vital interests are immediately
involved. I feel I must continue those talks and
 
 
bring
 
 
The President,
 
 
The White House.