Telegrams from Mooney in Rome to Washington., 03/11/1940-03/15/1940

File — Box: 1, Folder: 13

Identifier: 35068

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

03/11/1940-03/15/1940

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

6 typed and handwritten manuscripts of paraphrases of the five telegrams sent by JDM in Rome to Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington in March, 1940 concerning JDM's interview with Hitler earlier that month. Telegrams include: 1) 11 Mar 1940, a general summary of European reaction; 2) 12 Mar 1940, an outline of discussion with Hitler on March 4th; 3) 13 Mar 1940, notation that message #3 on Goering discussions re Finland is included verbatim in message #4; 4) 14 Mar 1940, an outline of discussion with Herman Goering on March 7th; 5) 15 Mar 1940, a memorandum containing "some suggestions dealing with this entire problem (of war and peace)." Reference to Joachim von Ribbentrop and Helmuth Wohlthat.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. - TELEGRAMS TO: Autographed Letter

MOONEY, JAMES D. - TELEGRAMS FROM: Autographed Letter

TELEGRAMS FROM ROME: Autographed Letter

HITLER, ADOLF - TELEGRAMS ABOUT: Autographed Letter

GOERING, HERMANN - TELEGRAMS ABOUT: Autographed Letter

WOHLTHAT, HELMUTH - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

RIBBENTROP, JOACHIM VON - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter