THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON
                     January 25, 1938.                      
 
 
 
                                                            
                MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT                
                                                            
 
 
 
 With reference to the enclosed letter from Dr. Dodd to you about
attending the last Nurnberg conference, I think you will recall the
governing circumstances.  In the first place, the British, the French,
and the representatives of all other nations well enough physically to
be present, with the exception of Russia alone, felt constrained in the
circumstances to accept an invitation of the Government, not of an
unofficial political organization, and attend.  I doubt if we would
have gotten far in combating Naziism merely by falling back in company
with the Soviet alone in this connection. It was stated on every hand
that such attendance involved no political significance either pro or
con.
 
 
 What I am saying is not intended in mitigation of anything Dr. Dodd
says about the merits of Naziism and the methods of combating it.    If
this visit by the representatives of all the nations some months ago
has
revealed abuses and disagreeable acts and utterances on
 
 
the part