740.0011 European War 1939/10440: Telegram
The Chargé in Hungary (Travers) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 29—4 p.m.]
231. Personal for the President from Lane.
“Perhaps I am personally too upset by recent events in Belgrade to report objectively. May I however endeavor to impress on our Government the imperative necessity officials and private individuals forgetting their own personal interests and cooperating in the common cause. When I say that the danger for us is approaching I am not exaggerating. I fully realize that you know what our problem is but I wonder whether the American people do. We must wake up to the [Page 979] necessity that we must be willing to give everything we have to save the situation. This is for the sake of religion, democracy and civilization.”