Messersmith, G.S., Mexico City. Despatch No. 24,106 to Secretary of State [Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.], Washington., 1945 April 21

Discusses reaction in Mexico to death of Roosevelt; three day period of mourning ordered by Mexican Government; flags flown at half mast; memorial services held; Embassy flooded with calls and messages of sympathy; press and radio generous with praise and lament passing of a great man; intends collecting originals of all messages binding them along with press clippings and other pertinent material, and forwarding them to Department for presentation to Roosevelt Memorial Library at Hyde Park; suggests Department instruct other U.S. missions throughout world to do same; despatch not the place to express sense of personal loss and grief, which has been overwhelming.