Wohlthat, Helmuth - Correspondence., 05/06/1939-02/12/1940

File — Box: 1, Folder: 2

Identifier: 35057

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

05/06/1939-02/12/1940

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 telegram from Helmuth Wohlthat to JDM (6 May 1939) concerning his arrival in London by plane from Berlin to meet with Joseph Kennedy, American Ambassador to England. Folder also includes a telegram, possibly from Wohlthat, mainly consisting of telephone numbers (2 pp., undated); 1 envelope labeled "to be kept in safe..." (12 Feb 1940); and 1 newsclipping the Daily Express (10 May 1939) with headline "Little Nations Answer Hitler: No!" The contents of this folder and the previous folder are from the envelope in this folder designated to be kept in a safe.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

MOONEY, JAMES D. - TELEGRAMS TO: Autographed Letter

WOHLTHAT, HELMUTH - TELEGRAM FROM: Autographed Letter

CLIPPINGS: Printed Item

KENNEDY, JOSEPH - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter