ADDRESS OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO
   THE SECRETARY OF STATE
        WASHINGTON, D.C.
 
 
                               DEPARTMENT OF STATE
                                   WASHINGTON
 
                                         0ctober 2,1935
 
 
In reply refer to PC
 
              My dear Miss LeHand:
 
                     I am returning for the files of the White House
 
               the original of a letter from Mr. Henry T. Hackett to
 
               the President, concerning certain difficulties which
 
               have arisen in connection with the taking of testimony
 
               in Geneva, Switzerland, of the witnesses to the will of
 
              the late Augusta K. vanBenschoten, who died at Menton,
 
              France, on April 3, 1935.
 
                      I am also enclosing a copy of the Department's
 
              reply to Mr. Hackett's letter, and feel sure that the
 
              information contained therein will enable him to decide
 
             upon the course of action which he will wish to adopt
 
              in the matter.
 
                                          Sincerely yours,
 
                                  For the Secretary of State:
 Enclosures-                                           [R. Southgate]
 
                From  Mr. Hackett,               Richard Southgate,
                 with Department' s     Chief, Division of Protocol
                  reply thereto.                 and Conferences.
 
                                           
                
 
                                                                          
Miss Marguerite A. LeHand,
Private Secretary to the President,
 
   The White House.