Folder 8: Warsaw, Poland, 1929

File — Container: Box 1, Folder: 8

Scope and Contents

From the File:

Official correspondence, documents and sundry accounts, pertaining to McCeney Werlich's employment with American Locomotive Company; military service during World War I; and foreign service career, including assignments in riga, Latvia and Warsaw, Poland. Files are arranged chronologically.

Dates

1929

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Series: 2.5 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

The file includes, among other material: - TLS, Benton Webb, concerning John B. Steson, Jr.'s resignation as ambassador , and general legation news. 4/26/29 - Carbon of letter to Robert Kelley, concerning the Harriman electrification project; report on indirect trade; and the arrival of a delegation of American businessmen on route to Moscow. 7/16/29. - TLS, Robert Kelley, concerning an instrument of adherence of the Free City of Danzig to the Kellogg Pact 7/30/29. - TLS, Robert Kelley, concerning an article on Colonel Malevsky-Malevitch, and a conversation between Secretary of State and Polish minister on question of raising Legation at Warsaw to an embassy. 10/30/29. - Carbon of letter to Herbert C. Hengstler [Chief, Division of Foreign Service Administration] on staffing problems within the legation after departure of Steson. 11/22/29. - Copy of notice of promotion to Foreign Service Officer, Class VIII. 12/2/29. - Draft of letter to Alexander P. Moore, concerning his appointment as ambassador to Poland. 12/15/29. - TLS, Fred A. Britten (House Committee on Naval Affairs) to Gladys Werlich, concerning Werlich's interest in serving as an assistant at the London Naval Conference. 12/18/29. - TLS, Robert Kelley, personnel for Conference already set. 12/20/29. - Carbon, translation of article from Express Poranny: "Thorns and Roses in the Life of Mr. A. P. Moore." 12/22/29. - Carbon of letter to Kelley, concerning Werlich's wish for a transfer, "in view of the necessity of every Foreign Service officer doing a 'trick' in South America." 12/27/29.