December 22, 1942                      
 
                                                            
 
                  AMERICAN LEGATION, BERN                   
 
                                                            
 
                        FOR TITTMANN                        
 
                                                            
 
                   Your 205, December, 8.                   
 
                                                            
 
 
When you are received in audience, present in what-  
ever manner you deem most appropriate the following mss-  
sage from the President to the Pope;  
                    QUOTE Your Holiness:                    
 
                                                            
 
 
As the Christmas season once more sheds its  
beatific influence upon the world, I send my greetings  
and the expression of my earnest hope for the continued  
health and well-being of Your Holiness. In past years  
ourvoices have Jointly and Severally been raised in  
behalf of the maintenance of peace. Our appeals have  
            unfortunately fallen upon deaf ears.            
 
                                                            
 
 
We face the New Year now upon us with the task to  
uphold by our deeds, and to fulfill in our day, the  
obligations civilization has laid upon us to crush those  
who refuse to honor the basic principles of Christian  
   conduct. In this spirit we gird ourselves to the task,