PLAIN  
 
 
 
Vatican City  
 
 
Dated March 10, 1945  Rec'd 12:16 p.m.  
 
 
Secretary of State,  
 
 
Washington.  
 
 
59, Tenth.  
 
 
I am transmitting following message to the Pope  
on March 12th: "On behalf of President Roosevelt may  
I offer sincere felicitations on this the sixth anniversary   
of the coronation of Your Holiness.  
 
 
May Your Holiness long be spsred in full health and  
vigor to continue your constant endeavors to rescue and  
alleviate the sufferings of all those who are distressed  
in this tragic period of universal war."  
 
 
 
 
TAYLOR