Published in 
Foreign Relations of the U.S.
1937, Vol. I, General
pp. 638-640
 
 
Berlin, February 27, 1937.
 
 
 
Dear Mr. President:
Before you receive this, you will have seen a telegram or two which we
shall have sent. This letter is designed to explain things a little
further in case you have time to read anything.
 
 
Hitler is in a difficult position. His people are afraid of war, but
not so much as the English and French. He is trying curious means to
unite everybody. Universities and schools are all reorganized with no
opponents allowed anywhere, hundreds of professors dismissed or
pensioned when too eminent. The Protestants and Catholics must all
allow their children from their sixth year to be taken in hand by Party
propagandists. Some preachers resist and are imprisoned; others, who
are very eminent, continue opposition, but their supporters are
declining in numbers. Several eminent Party leaders go about the
country proclaiming the Fuehrer as a modern
Jesus, reorganizing all churches on "true German" principles. Mussolini
is of course the modern Julius Caesar, annexing Spain.
 
 
Just how real is the alliance between "Jesus" and "Caesar" one cannot
say, the purposes of both conflicting.  Certainly there are some
doubts. Although many eminent Germans hope and pray for a royalist
restoration, about all Germans think annexation or absolute control of
the Balkan states is their right. Hitler curiously promises Holland,
Belgium and
 
 
The President,
The White House,
Washington, D.C.
(15) Schacht