MEMORANDUM                         
 
                                                            
 
Conversation of September 25, 1942 between His Eminence Cardinal Maglione   
            and His Excellency Myron C. Taylor.             
 
                                                            
 
        AMERICAN STUDIES OF POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION         
 
                                                            
 
 
His Excellency Ambassador Taylor told the Cardinal Secretary of State   
that for some time past the American Government has been giving seroius   
study to this question of post-war reconstruction. He explained that this   
study is being carried out under the direction of the State Department in   
Washington and that several committees of competent men are giving   
serious consideration to various aspects of this complex problem. It is   
the opinion of the American Government, Mr. Taylor declared, that because   
of the complexity of the problem it is urgent that long and serious study   
be given to it beforehand, so that, if possible, at least a general plan   
may be available at the end of the war. His Eminence agreed that the   
problem will indeed be complex and difficult and expressed his pleasure   
at learning that the United States Governemnt had begun so early to   
examine the many problems involved. When asked by Mr. Taylor if the Holy   
See were making any simialr studies in this direction, Cardinal Maglione   
replied that, of course, the Holy See's Church and in the well-being of   
all men. Hence the Vatican is not making any study of the poitical   
aspects of the problem, such as territorial settlemens, financial   
questions, and the like, but that study is constantly being given to the   
general situation inasmuch as it affects mankind in genral, the   
preservation of man's God-given rights, assurance of justice for all and   
         the vital interests of the Vatican of the