Messersmith, G.S., Havana. To Jay Pierrepont Moffat, Washington., 1940 May 29

Congratulates Moffat on appointment to post in Canada; busy with problems in Cuba, but realizes they are small compared with great problems faced by U.S.; Cuba important because of nearness to and dependence on U.S.; reviews predictions made over the years as to probable course of events since Hitler came to power; is sorry to be proved right; U.S. must not make same mistakes as England and France; visualizes a peace dictated by Germany as catastrophic; navies and mercantile fleets and production machinery of all Europe would be at Germany's disposal; no doubt Germany would claim British, French, and Dutch possessions in Western hemisphere, which to U.S. would be unthinkable; U.S. should give all aid to Allies, build up armaments, and fight moral sabotage and defeatism within country.