Mr. Myron Taylor  
                                                            
 
 
                       [translation!                        
                   7 rue Alphonse Fochier                   
                            Lyon                            
                       April 25, 1941                       
 
                                                            
 
 
                    My dear Ambassador:                     
 
                                                            
 
 
I was very happy to receive your letter of February 15th and to learn from  
you yourself that your health was better.  I express the very sincere hope that  
it will get better and better and that you will no longer have to suffer those  
spells that are so painful.  Do you intend to return to Rome?  I am glad to  
receive news from our VAtican City friends, Id. Osborne in particular.  I know  
that they are well, but that they are experiencing trying times, with these   
                        happenings.                         
 
                                                            
 
 
Since my last letter, these happenings have, in fact, become worse.  Since   
I have gotten into the habit of confiding in you something of my feelings and  
my worries, I am taking the liberty this time again of writing to you in an  
entirely confidential way, in order to give you some indications which may   
         interest you, regarding our state of mind.         
 
                                                            
 
 
ate of mind, in France, is at the same time very good and ve
 
                                                            
 
 
Very good, because the people are more resistant than ever against the  
              occupier, stronger than ever in