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It had also been understood that Hearst had no
sympathy with dictatorial governments. Strangely
enough, Bertilli was recalled and all his work
scrapped. Another strange thing, Gianini, President 
of the Italian Bank System of California, an ardent
supporter of Mussolini, agreed to lend Hearst some 
millions of dollars, Hearst being thought at that 
time to be in embarrassing financial circumstances. 
Our friend, and son-in-law of President Wilson, 
William G. McAdoo, negotiated the deal and the loan 
was duly made.
 
 
Hearst then sent me (von Wiegand) to Rome
for an interview with Mussolini, and asked me to 
engage him to write articles whenever he chose for 
the Hearst press at $l a word. Mussolini was
greatly pleased and he wrote articles over a number
of years, and I delivered to him large checks from
time to time. From that time on Hearst was considered
by his correspondents as an ally of Mussolini.
 
 
In 1932, Hearst came to Nauheim for a cure.
The desire of German high officials for an interview
was so great that they made several approaches. At
last von Hindenburg himself asked Hearst to come to
Berlin to talk to him. Hearst declined, for reasons
a little obscure, but he said to me that it would
be unwise, and I agreed with him. In 1934 he came
with a big party, including his mistress, and spent
the summer at Nauheim. Once more representatives of
the German Government visited him, and finally Rosen-
berg (editor of the VOELKISCHER BEOBACHTER and rep-
resentative of German foreign propaganda work) made
an engagement for him to see the Chancellor, and he
flew to Berlin one night in September. The next day 
he had an interview of nearly an hour with the Chan-
cellor, and he reported to me that he was greatly 
impressed with the genius and friendliness of Hitler. 
This surprised me, as it also was embarrassing. A
little later he asked me to negotiate a deal with 
Goeboels for supplying the German Propaganda Minis-
try with all the Hearst news service. I declined. 
Hearst then appointed Hillman, of London, to work 
out the deal, and I went to London to continue my 
work for the International News Service. Hillman
 
 
arranged