Transcription: No. 13.    Geneva 29 May 1941 Dear Alec, A bunch of letters has come from you this morning which will be acknowledged separately. 2 - On the question of covering Demik, I am very glad you have gone to the trouble of seeing B. I have not yet heard from him. Roger who at first inclined to agree to cover, has, as you know, some weeks ago, reached a different conclusion. Since writing have received a B. telegram expressing  conviction as to transfer. The S.D. question is not touched upon. 3 - I did have some hope that Keys having got out would both find a personal balance and be more helpful on general questions. I could not on this particular thing look to him for much and indeed I am afraid I am beginning to take a negative view of most of his activities. It has been rather disturbing to find how easily he forgets important questions and how easily and unnecessarily and annoyingly upset he becomes. For example, that question of your first grant: your telegram came here (speaking without the papers) some time in December, the question went to him and he himself drafted the reply as to the conditions of acceptance; yet, two months later when he saw the R. people near you, he wrote that he had learned of this for the first time and had never been consulted by anybody. Then on the wireless business he started Northerner on an entirely wrong footing by denying the information we had sent to him, information which had been in his own hands a year ago (concerning denouncement) There has been another small imbroglio since his arrival at London again due simply to muddle-headedness on matters which are hundred per cent within his own province. There have been other things and they I have, I am afraid, been speaking in terms of crass stupidity. On the tope of all this I get a copy of a note he sent to Cecil and Carl which made me so furiously angry that I began to think the nerve strain was telling too much on myself. He has a sensitiveness also and an "orgueil" which I have always done my best to meet, but it is somewhat hard that I should have to tolerate a great deal, especially in view of his constantly unfortunate share in the difficult times of last Summer. When it had reached the stage of the 1st of September, on the top of other things, I found he had committed himself, quite illegally, to a gratuity of 90,000, plus, quite indefinitely, sixty francs a day, plus two private secretaries, free residence and offices from which the campaign against the Institution could be more effectively and confidently directed. I got a little bit of cooperation some time in August, but not as a result of his perspicacity but because

Transcription: Left page   -2- I have reason to believe, he got an order. This is old history and was completely overlooked and infinite patience exercised; yet, now again I am unwillingly uncomfortable and uncertain about his general influence in his present place. It does me good to get this off my chest; so please put up with it and be sure I shall do everything I can and be most gratified if it can succeed in keeping things going smoothly. 4 - I am going to take the precaution of sending you in the next day or two in a separate envelope, a copy of the conditions drawn up by himself as to his departure. Please just hold them for reference. P.S.   Did J. get on as well as usual with H. while he was there? One or two signs which reached me from him made me a little bit uneasy, although there was absolutely no direct reference.  Right page   P1/10 (13) ETE DES NATIONS LEAGUE OF NATIONS Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J. No. 41. June 19th, 1941. PERSONAL My dear Jack, Yours No. 13.    I am full of sympathy for you and have seen enough at first hand to realise how unfortunately true what you say is. It was this first-hand experience at close quarters which I had never really had before that made me understand that the trouble was very largely physical and, I fear, quite incurable.  But there is also a certain pathological history resulting from the last war which he himself has explained to me. These phenomena are, of course, likely to become more dangerous when he is not working in a big administrative machine with a whole hierarchy of officials to present or substantiate the facts I wonder if you have thought about this. He lost some time ago the secretary who had acquired a long historical knowledge of these facts and you can scarcely expect any junior person coming in to act as an adequate brake either on fact or emotion, though I must say I was much impressed on occasion by the common-sense brake which was applied by the girl he now has. My inclination would be to consider whether you could not reinforce his equipment by putting some old stager at his disposal. I do not, of course, know if anyone is available nor how far Mlle. Rohde could fill this bill. What about Miss MacDonald of Personnel? She has a good Scottish mind and personality. In reply to your postscript, I thought things went off surprisingly well. Of course both went throught the ceiling on occasions, but they were separate occasions and the other seemed most sympathetic in rubbing the victim's head.

Transcription: P1/10 (14) "La Pelouse" Geneva, August 5th, 1941. Dear Mr. Dillon, I do not remember of having had the pleasure of meeting you as I have been more or less absent from Ireland for about twelve years, but I always read your major speeches with interest. I had by the way an opportunity once to meet your father. I was an ardent Sinn Feiner and a Member of the I.R.B. which did not predispose me to his political views, but I still retain very strongly the impression of a great gentleman of forceful personality and of a distinction which would have made him a worthy Statesman in any European country. I am following a sudden impulse to send you a personal note. For twelve years I have been an observer and a minor participant in European affairs and my anxieties for the future of Ireland have in recent years been very great. The war and the course it has followed have not reduced or minimised that fear. So far we have been amazingly fortunate due without the slightest doubt to nothing but our geographical position. I hesitate to have any strong opinion on the policy which has been pursued, although when called upon I have defended that policy in my personal relations with foreigners. I think that we may still have a fifty-per-cent chance of avoiding some of the horrors of invasion, but I have been uneasy and anxious as to whether even with the events of the past twelve months that possibility was sufficiently realized. If our people do not face all the consequences, take all the responsibilities of nationhood, then the dreams and work for independence of generation after generation will have proved to be a waste and a deception. I do know however how difficult it is for many of our people to see the World or Europe otherwise than as a vague and distant thing of which the only reality is our neighbour. That however is not realistic. The point in my mind, which no doubt has occurred to you, is not the question of the sufficiently imminent and great danger during the period of the war, but the possible consequences to us even on the assumption that we have not been directly involved. If I were German and if my country had won this war and if I wanted to assure myself that Great Britain would remain a third class Power held with a stranglehold, I would advocate the occupation or control of the thinly populated island laying on the Atlantic side of Britain, as Britain lies across the sea route of Europe. This is the lesson I learned from Sir Roger Casement, who no doubt had learned it Mr. James DILLON, T.D., Leinster House, DUBLIN

Transcription: Left page   5th August 1941 Dear Mr. Dillon, I do not remember of having had the pleasure of meeting you as I have been more or less absent from Ireland for about twelve years, but I always read your major speeches with interest. I had by the way an opportunity once to meet your father. I was an ardent Sinn Feiner and a Member of the I.R.B. which did not predispose me to his political views, but I still retain very strongly the impression of a great gentleman of forceful personality and of a distinction which would have made him a worthy Statesman in any European country. I am following a sudden impulse to send you a personal note. For twelve years I have been an observer and a minor participant in European affairs and my anxieties for the future of Ireland have in recent years been very great. The war and the course it has followed have not reduced or minimised that fear. So far we have been amazingly fortunate due without the slightest doubt to nothing but our geographical position. I hesitate to have any strong opinion on the policy which has been pursued, although when called upon I have defended that policy in my personal relations with foreigners. I think that we may still have a fifty-per-cent chance of avoiding some of the horrors of invasion, but I have been uneasy and anxious as to whether even with the events of the past twelve months that possibility was sufficiently realized. If our people do not face all the consequences, take all the responsibilities of nationhood, then the dreams and work for independence of generation after generation will have proved to be a waste and a deception. I do know however how difficult it is for many of our people to see the World or Europe otherwise than as a vague and distant thing of which the only reality is our neighbour. That however is not realistic. The point in my mind, which no doubt has occurred to you, is not the question of the sufficiently imminent and great danger during the period of the war, but the possible consequences to us even on the assumption that we have not been directly involved. If I were German and if my country had won this war and if I wanted to assure myself that Great Britain would remain a third class Power held with a stranglehold, I would advocate the occupation or control of the thinly populated island laying on the Atlantic side of Britain, as Britain lies across the sea route of Europe. This is the lesson I learned from Sir Roger Casement, who no doubt had learned it  Right page   P1/40 (14) To James Dillon T.D. from Admiral Mahan. If Britain and America win the war,  a similar necessity or temptation does not exist. I am convinced that this danger would be a real one. It would be all the more probable if one had to envisage the possibility of an intercontinental war following more or less quickly the conclusion of the present war. I am not, as you will notice, in anyway discussing our present national policy of neutrality. I feel it would not be right for me to do so. The question which keeps coming to my mind and which I have presented to you is not a question dependent upon whether we have been as neutral as our colourless press and the peaceful pronouncements of the Government indicate or whether popular sentiment has even tended to be influenced by our bitter experiences with the British in the past. It is not an idea of which I would speak freely with any but one of ourselves and you will understand that I have to write to you entirely personally and confidentially. I felt it my duty and my right at two critical moments in the last two years to offer my services to the Government for any purpose which would be useful. Circumstances have now placed upon me other unexpected responsibilities and duties, but in carrying them out I am, believe me, not only moved by a personal desire not to desert an unpleasant post, but also because to follow one's inclinations on the easier road would not be worthy of my country. Will you please excuse a stranger writing to you and accept my very best wishes, Yours sincerely, J.D. had just made a speech in favor of Ireland joining anglo-american side in the war. Asked enemies to send this in  ... but he "refuse" diplomatically. Therefore not sent.

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