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                                                   Dated September 2, 1940.
 
                                                   Rec'd 7 a.m.
 
Secretary of State,
 
     Washington.
 
     66, September 2, 10 a.m.
 
     CONFIDENTIAL FOR THE SECRETARY.
 
     Roy Howard, newspaper publisher, stopped in Bangkok
 
last night between planes en route to various points in
 
the Far East including Chungking, Manila and possibly
 
Tokyo. Accompanied by the leading American business-
 
man in Siam, Howard called to see me at the Legation and
 
launched into a bitter attack on the President, accusing
 
him of bad faith in inviting him Howard to go on a mission
 
to South America, alleging that he the President was down
 
and out physically and mentally, that he had made a mess
 
of our foreign affairs during the crisis and that he is
 
desirous of leading the country into war. Apparently
 
Howard is out on a political junket to discredit the
 
administration among the political and business leaders 
 
in the Far East and at the same time to collect data for
 
a subsequent attack on the administration's Far Eastern
 
policy.