Puhl, Emil - Correspondence., 05/02/1939-05/04/1939

File — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: 35056

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Includes material on the Kennedy/Wohlthat meeting in May 1939; Mooney's meetings with Franklin D. Roosevelt in December 1939 and January 1940; and interviews with Hitler and Goering in March 1940.

Dates

05/02/1939-05/04/1939

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 12 Linear Feet (11 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

1 ALS from JDM to Dr. Emil Puhl, director of the Reichsbank (2 May 1939) and 1 TLS from Puhl to JDM (4 May 1939). The letter from JDM to Puhl is a request for a confidential meeting between Puhl and Joseph Kennedy, Amercian Ambassador to England. The letter from Puhl to JDM concerns Helmuth Wohlthat, a member of Goering's staff responsible for Germany's "Four Year Plan." This letter contains a separate sheet of information on Wohlthat and his business card. Arrangements were finally made for Helmuth Wohlthat to meet with Kennedy. Since Kennedy could not get permission from the White House to attend the meeting in Paris, Wohlthat agreed to meet with him in London. (see folder for accounts of the meeting). The contents in this folder and the next are from a special envelope designated by Mooney to be kept in a safe (see next folder).

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

MOONEY, JAMES D. - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter

MOONEY, JAMES D. - CORRESP. FROM: Autographed Letter

PUHL, EMIL - CORRESP. TO & FROM: Autographed Letter

KENNEDY, JOSEPH - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

WOHLTHAT, HELMUTH - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

WOHLTHAT, HELMUTH - BUSINESS CARD: Printed Item

GOERING, HERMANN - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

REICHSBANK - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter