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she receives. Pro-Irish elements in America tend  
to obscure the issue with us also. Mr. de Valera  
very astutely plays on this confusion and steals his  
free ride. My own recommendation is that for the  
present we should at least encourage the reiterated  
publication of the basic facts of this situation.  
They will not be allowed to reach the Irish people, but they probably will   
      exert influence through Irish-American circles.       
 
                                                            
 
 
It must be remembered that,in spite of the unfriendly and sometimes,   
unneutral attitude of the Irish Government, there is great personal   
good-will both toward the English and ourselves. There is also  
friendly cooperation on such matters as air communi-  
cations and trade interchanges. But these happy  
contacts appear to be utterly without political  
influence. It is apparent that Mr. de Valera rests  
his political power on the anti-British feeling of his Left and intends at   
    all costs not to let its emotional support die down.    
 
                                                            
 
                            D.G.                            
 
                                                            
 
                 DUBLIN, October 10, 1942.