from Europe. The Pope, I fear, is discouraged and, in
 
a sense, confused. The mind of the Vatican is concen-
 
trating upon political and territorial questions. Very
 
little importance is being attributed to the question
 
of security and disarmament, or to the economic aspects
 
of the problem.
 
     Mussolini is too closely associated with Hitler.
 
There remains only the United States, supported by
 
other neutral states, particularly those of the New World.
 
If the moment arrived when the Government of the
 
United States felt it possible to move, I am confident
 
that both the Vatican and Mussolini would support such
 
an initiative.