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     The conversation lasted about fifty minutes but
 
contained no points of significance other than those
 
related and was in part a repetition by the Pope of
 
statements previously made to Mr. Taylor and already
 
reported by him to the Department of State.
 
     The Pope was exceedingly cordial, both in his
 
reception of me, as well as in all his references to
 
the United States and to the President. He impressed
 
me as having a very well-informed and analytic intelligence,
 
but as lacking the force of character which I had previously
 
attributed to him. I found Cardinal Magllone far more
 
direct and unevasive in his discussion of present condi-
 
tions.