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             BRIEF SUMMARY OF INTERVIEW BETWEEN             
 
            THE CARDINAL PATRIARCH OF PORTUGAL,             
 
 THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
 
                 TO HIS HOLINESS, THE POPE,                 
 
SH, AMERICAN MINISTER TO PORTUGAL, AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL JO
 
                 AMERICAN MILITARY ATTACHE                  
 
                       October 3 1942                       
 
                                                            
 
 
lled on His Eminence, Dom Manuel Cerejeira, Cardinal Patriar
 
                                                            
 
 
mbassador Taylor referred to his great pleasure in hav-  
 ing an opportunity to call on the Cardinal Patriarch and present to
him a few details of his trip. He stated that he had had three
conferences with His Holiness, the Pope, and had an extended talk with
Cardinal Maglione as well as one or two other officials at the Vatican,
all of whom were intimately known to His Eminence. Mr. Taylor also
brought out the fact that on his return to Madrid General Franco had
sent for him and he had had an extended talk with him in regard to the
future peace. He pictured the Caudillo as a man of rather closed mind
who was weighed down by the bogey of Bolshevism and its terrifying
implications for Western Europe in case the Allies should win. Mr.
Taylor also recited the fact that he had called on Count Jordana and
found him to be a man of open mind and appreciative of the efforts
which were being made. He also stated that he had called on the Papal
Legate at Madrid and had discussed with him the various items of his
trip. The Cardinal then replied that  
e his mind to many of the changes which were coming on. He s
 
                                                            
 
 
nited States he had had many occasions to call on Archbishop