Office of the Historian

862.4016/1662a: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Germany (Dodd)

Washington, April 26, 1937—7 p.m.

39. Refer to my telegram April 23, 6 p.m. to Consul General.2 Press correspondence from Berlin states reports are current that forcible dissolution of B’nai B’rith lodges in Germany were precipitated by a resurgence in the United States of anti-Nazi propaganda as manifested by La Guardia incident.3

I would like your views and any comment as to the reasons behind this step and whether the attack on cultural and charitable phases marks a new departure in German Government policy. Keep me advised as to developments.

Hull
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. See pp. 367 ff.↩