Evening star., 1948-12-16

uncertainties, to allow trade be.
tween the two countries to con.
tinue in its present state and prob.
ably to decline still further. OF
whether it is willing to explore, ir
informal exchanges with the Ger.
man government, the possibility o1
reaching some agreement that woulc
bring improvement"
Mr.. Darlington's comment on pos.
sible political considerations in
volved in such a move was as fol.
lows:
"It is recognized that the first re.
action of many will be that (any
commercial agreement with Ger.
many would be bad domestic politics
in that certain groups would oppose
it bitterly while the general public
would show little enthusiasm for it
"Such an agreement might be ex.
pected for a period to cause the
administration embarrassment ano
to reflect adversely upon the trade
agreements program. This situation,
might, however, be short-lived.
Certainly the best politics Of all
at any time, is the politics of pros
perity."
Divergence Cited.
Mr.. Darlington noted in 1888 q
divergence between our method OF
carrying on trade with Germany and
our proclaimed commercial policy
He stated that, '.in German eyes
and possibly also in other foreign
quarters. this situation is damaging
to the prestige of American COM
mercial policy in that it gives that
policy a two-faced appearance.
The type Of agreement suggested
by Mr.. Darlington would have pro-
vided for full assurances that the
commercial relations between the
two countries are to be governed in
principle by the rules of equality OF
treatment" and should be carried
out under authority of the Trade
Agreements Act.
If an agreement were concluded
following next autumn's elections,
the memo stated, "a year and hall
would still remain before the ex-
piration of the Trade Agreements
Act, and two years before the presi-
Dental elections, in which its ben
eficial effects could be influencing
and softening public opinion.
1T Is true that the argument has
sometimes been advanced that such
an agreement would tend to in
crease Germany's aggressiveness and
aid her to carry out her armament
program and ultimately to wage war
If this is true, then the basic philos-
ophy of the trade agreements pro-
gram is wrong" G.%E
Further Discussion Advised.
Neither Mr.. Darlington nor Mr.
Hawkins offered these comments as
more than suggestions.
Since the subject is Of such out
standing importance" MIR. Hawkins
told Mr.. Sayre, Il believe 1t would
be desirable for it TO be further dis
cussed with the interested division.
High lights Of other documents
disclosed today were In the follow.
ing messages:
An unsigned report that German
and italian experts on ordinances
and airplanes were sent to Japar
after signing Of the tripartite anti.
Commintern pact.
A March %, 1898, message from
Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy ir
London relating conversation ir
which Foreign Minister Grandi o1
Italy predicted a British-Italiar
agreement that would definitely
weaken Italy's connection with
Germany" Mr.. Kennedy sale
Count Grandi was not particularly
fiattering" in his opinion of Herman
Goering but was very impressed
with Prime Minister Neville Cham
berlain.
A message in which Ambassador
William Phillips in Rome said there
is every evidence that the Italian
government is seriously preoccupied
with the possibility that France
may intervene actively in behalf OF
the Spanish government forces"
Gable From Bullitt.
A cable from Ambassador William
G. Bullitt In Paris, declaring that
the French foreign office was every