Evening star., 1948-12-16
Second Batch Of Il
Stolen Documents
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made with a view to their impact on
the presidential election"
| A similar charge was made sew
eral days ago by Representative
Nixon, Republican, of California,
another committee member, in
a demand that the State Depart
ment release this document, along
with the others, regardless Of its
embarrassment to any individuals. :"
The remaining documents in to-
days list were in typewriting. They
were part of more than go handed
over by Mr.. Chambers last month
at deposition hearings in Baltimore
in connection with a $4,000 libel
suit brought against him by Mr..
! Hiss.
The committee plans to release
scores of other documents within
the next few days. At the request
of the State Department. however,
it decided not to disclose nine re-
garded by department officials as
being "prejudicial" to the national
interest, even after 10 years.
Practically all of the messages
released today reached the State
Department from far-f1ung diplo-
matte listening posts in Europe and
the Far East. They covered a wide
range of topics and rumors, such
as information that the japanese
sought huge loans in the United
States and Switzerland In 1898.
Aid to Japan Reported.
There also were tips from United
States embassies or consular Offices
that MusSolini ordered so Italian
pilots and planes to support Japan
against China in that year.
The document recommending "in-
formal and confidential explora-
tory" negotiations with Germany to
improve trade relations was in two
sections, both apparently written in
the State Department.
The first was a letter dated jan
uary 8, 1888, from Harry G. Hawk
ins, chief of the Division of Trade
Agreements, to the then Assistant
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With it were 16 pages of exposition
and recommendations prepared for
Mr.. Hawkins by Charles F. Dar-
lington, an assistant in the division.
THE position taken in this memo
randum (of Mr.. Darlington seems
to be entirely sound" Mr.. Hawkins
wrote. There is much to be said
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sympathetic attitude on our part
would tend to weaken further the
position of the more moderate ele-
ments in the German bureaucracy.
Moreover, when our (trade) con-
cessions to be made to the United
Kingdom and Canada are withheld
from Germany, economic pressure
on Germany will be increased and
the drive toward autarchy will be
given greater impetus, results di-
ametrically opposed to what we are
striving to achieve through the
trade agreements program.
Exploratory Talks Used.
ut is not the intention, Of course,
that any public steps be taken toI
conclude a trade agreement with
Germany prior to the elections in
the fall Of this year. However, the
period between now and then might
well be utilized In carrying on in
formal and confidential, exploratory
discussions with a view to working
out answers to the difficult oues-
tons 4volved"
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vealed that the German Ambassador,
ON October, 1887, saw the then Un-
derse~- c.ary of State Sumner Welles
on the possibility Of improving COM
mercial relations between the United
Estates and Germany.
I It described the Ambassadors
language as "conciliatory." The Am
bassador urged Mr.. Welles to study
the German statement with sym
pathetic consideration" and to make
an effort to read not only the lines,
but between the lines as WELL" the
Darlington report recalled.
Mr.. Darlington added that the
A Ambassadors statement "of course
contains a certain amount of the old
augmentation attempting to justify
Germany's present policies and does
not offer specifically and in detail
any new constructive basis for re-
arranging German n-American trade
relations"
Germany More Willing.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Darlington went
on, the German government, in
1888, showed more willingness than
in 1886 to reach an agreement with
the United Staets on trade. Mr..
Darlington suggested that the
United States had nothing to lose
and perhaps much to gain by lend
ing an ear to German overtures."
What is needed now," Mr.. Dar-
lington stated, lis a definite de-
cision on the part Of this Govern
ment whether it prefers, in view of
the many attendant difficulties and