Carbons from Mooney - German Correspondence., 04/24/1939-03/09/1940

File — Box: 1, Folder: 8

Identifier: 35063

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

04/24/1939-03/09/1940

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

4 carbon TLs from JDM to high ranking Germans concerning meetings with them. Includes 1 carbon TL from JDM to Joachim Von Ribbentrop (24 Apr 1939) in German thanking him for a meeting Ribbentrop had with JDM in Berlin on very short notice; 1 carbon TL from JDM to Adolf Hitler (16 Feb 1940) in English requesting a meeting with him to discuss the war in Europe; 1 carbon TL (2 copies) from JDM to Hermann Goering (8 Mar 1940) in German concerning a meeting between the two in the near future; 1 carbon TL from JDM to Helmuth Wohlthat (9 Mar 1940) thanking Wohlthat for arrangements for his stay in Berlin, with reference to William B. Wachtler.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

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

RIBBENTROP, JOACHIM VON - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter

HITLER, ADOLF - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter

GOERING, HARMANN - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter

WOHLTHAT, HELMUTH - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter

WACHTLER, WILLIAM B. - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter