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Department of State Bulletin, vol. I, p. 183

 

The German Chargé (Thomsen) to the Secretary of State

 

WASHINGTON, August 31, 1939.

 

MR. SECRETARY OF STATE:

By order of my Government, I wish to use your kind intermediary for the purpose of stating to the President of the United States that his messages of August 25 and 26 addressed to the German Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor have been greatly appreciated by the latter.

The German Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor has also, on his side, left nothing untried for the purpose of settling the dispute between Germany and Poland in a friendly manner. Even at the last hour he accepted an offer from the Government of Great Britain to mediate in this dispute. Owing to the attitude of the Polish Government however, all these endeavors have remained without result.

Accept [etc.]

THOMSEN