On this day 78 years ago and the previous day several letters via telegram were going back and fort between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler.
President Roosevelt appealed to Hitler for peace. Below are the texts of the letters and the response.
Telegram
BERLIN, September 27, 1938
To His Excellency the President of the United States of America, Mr. Franklin Roosevelt, Washington.
In your telegram received by me on September 26 Your Excellency addressed an appeal to me in the name of the American people, in the interest of the maintenance of peace, not to break off negotiations in the dispute which has arisen in Europe, and to strive for a peaceful, honorable, and constructive settlement of this question. Be assured that I can fully appreciate the lofty intention on which your remarks are based and that I share in every respect your opinion regarding the unforeseeable consequences of…
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