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This telegram must be                        LONDON
closely paraphrased be-
fore being communicated                      Dated April 3, 1941
to anyone. (C)
                                             Rec'd 7:15 a.m., 4th
 
Secretary of State,
 
     Washington.
 
     RUSH
 
            1309, April 3, 9 p.m. (SECTION TEN)
     
     The above comments on social life I have picked up 
 
largely in the course of conversations with informed 
 
people in and outside the government. There is no 
 
machinery in the Embassy to date to report systematically
 
on such matters. An unusually able man is sadly
 
needed for this purpose. He should be sufficiently
 
footloose to move about.
 
     Before leaving Washington both Green and Murray
 
spoke to me about possibility of having a man attached 
 
to the Embassy who could report on labor and social 
 
conditions. If you and Secretary Hull felt that such a
 
person could be assigned, I think it would help at home
 
as well as here. Whoever is appointed should be 
 
acceptable to both Green and Murray if they are to feel
 
that the labor field is covered.   (END MESSAGE)
 
                                            WINANT
 
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