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Scope and Contents Enclosure: See No. 262. Dr. Daniel Mulvihill, American citizen in Berlin for study, was attacked on Aug. 15 by S.A. man while standing on sidewalk watching parade of S.A. men; Mulvihill's failure to give Hitler salute the only apparent reason for attack; [Raymond H.] Geist called on Dr. Volk of the State Secret Political Police and insisted that S.A. man be arrested and appropriately punished; on Aug. 18 Volk informed Consulate that guilty S.A. man had been arrested and turned over to...

Scope and Contents Enclosed with No. 275. Cordially received by acting Police President; Secret Service man escorted him to prison where Johnson was held; impressed by Johnson's appearance; listened to his story and believed him innocent of the charge that he had said Hitler was a Czechoslovakian Jew; Johnson's knowledge of German was not good and it was likely that what he said about Hitler was misunderstood; he was also drinking at the time; visited the attorney who had been appointed to defend Johnson;...

Scope and Contents Reports discrimination action against American and foreign steamship lines in Germany; Ministry of Commerce issued decree which provided that any person buying passage from foreign steamship line cost of which exceeds 200 marks, must secure special permit from exchange control authorities; protests made by both British and American lines, and much newspaper publicity given to protests; at meeting of representative of lines affected at the Ministry of Commerce, it was announced that new...

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Met Thomas St. John Gaffney at Rotary Club luncheon several weeks ago, but unable to learn object of visit or present whereabouts in Germany; will inform Department if there are further developments.

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Military training being given to German youth; even their playground sports are directed toward military exercise.

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Discriminatory business practices sanctioned by National Socialist Party; Party members instructed to buy only from designated firms, excluding foreign and Jewish firms; the approved firms then pay a percentage of the purchase price into Party coffers.

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Public declaration has been made that the Hitler salute is not expected from foreigners.

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Anti-Semitic movement continues; new regulations and bans appear almost daily; Jews not admitted to public recreation areas; new law under consideration which would deprive Jews of citizenship; already deprived of means of livelihood, the new law will deny them any civil rights.

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Explains why "Berliner Tageblatt" is quoted so frequently in his dispatches; since German press is completely censored, the same news items appear in practically all newspapers in identical form.

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Gruppenfuehrer [ ]Von Detten called on Aug. 22 to express on behalf of the higher leadership of the S.A. the regrets that one of their members should have attacked the American citizen, Dr. Daniel Mulvihill; Messersmith accepted the apology graciously, but reminded von Detten of other attacks upon Americans and the fact that not one of the offenders had been punished.

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German authorities making effort to establish order in business; Betriebszellenleiter in Thuringia arrested for failing to obey orders to cease interference in business.

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Reports of foreign planes flying over Berlin dropping Communist leaflets a rumor deliberately started to rouse public sentiment for building air force in spite of treaty obligations.

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Enclosure: See No. 264. Torsten Johnson, American seaman, arrested in Stettin, convicted, and sentenced to six months imprisonment for allegedly saying that Hitler was a Czechoslovakian Jew; Raymond H. Geist sent to Stettin to investigate; Geist's memorandum on subject enclosed.

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Discriminatory action against American and foreign steamship lines eliminated by new decree requires steamship lines to make monthly report to authorities on number of passages sold and total income from passage money as well as amounts expended in Germany for operation and upkeep; officials of American lines say they will have no difficulty under new decree.

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Harold P. Dahlquist, American temporarily in Germany, struck by S.A. man on street because he did not stop to watch S.A. parade or give Hitler salute; Consulate notifying authorities.

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Enclosed with No. 286. When asked whether anti-Semitic policy of present government would not create difficulties for Germany in her foreign relations as well as in her financial policy, Schacht replied that Germany would seek no foreign capital, but would build up her economy through her own efforts; insists that Germany will remain on gold standard.

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Swiss citizen attacked by S.A. man on street in front of hotel; attack witnessed by American friend of Messersmith; Swiss was overheard saying to the hotel manager that his firm had bought half a million Swiss francs worth of goods a year in Germany, but that he was leaving immediately and never expected to return.

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Unfair competition of National Socialist newspapers continues in spite of public declarations to the contrary; well-known German newspapers not owned by the Party or its members having difficulty, and only a matter of time before they will be forced to discontinue through lack of advertising and subscriptions.