Transcription: Left page   I suggested to Mac White that he should produce a book of memoirs and that it need be nothing but the good stories he remembered. He is extremely shrewd and in his various posts had had more sources of information than many an Ambassador of a Great Power. His good humour is always there. and he is extremely It is doubtful if his fluent Foreign Legion French and certain English  pronunciations from his West Cork are necessarily the worst defects that he could have. I remarked that he still says "a litter of wine" which is one of the earliest things I had heard about him. He fought in the French Foreign Legion during the last war and that was the source of a great deal of his French; his school education was a country national school West Cork, but it did not prevent half a dozen American Universities from giving him honorary degrees. The inside story of Kiernan's appointment is that at first it was intended that Kiernan should go to Berlin as Minister, Warnock of Secretary rank being Chargé there since Bewley left. Some difficulty naturally arose when the question of preparing letters of credence came up. Under our new Constitution - as under the old - these letters of credence are issued by King George on the advice of the Irish Government. Perhaps in pure theory the King could have addressed "his beloved cousin" Adolf begging him to extend all his favours to his Irish Minister; there must have been some natural difficulties. When however Kiernan was proposed for the Vatican, it seems that Joe proposed to appoint him without the proper letter of credence from the King. The Vatian refused; they said that if Ireland was neutral, so was the Vatican and there was no reason why the proper correct constitutional procedure should not be carried out. The fact is at any rate that although it is publicly announced that Kiernan is there as Minister, his diplomatic position in the Vatican is that of Chargé d'Affaires; it is in that character and position he will be treated taking his place at the end of the list of Chargés d'Affaires. I must say this story made a bad impression on me.  Right page   Incidentally Mac told me also something of the background of the appointments of American Ministers to Dublin. I forget the names, but it seems that in one year Dublin had turned down three proposals of American nominations, more than all the rest of the States in the world put together in their relations with the American Government. This was on the basis that one or other of these proposed Ministers had been divorced; it appears we made a good many enemies in the State Department and that some one pointed out the President could not in these circumstances appoint even his son-in-law to represent him at Dublin. But Dublin had its way. The last two people there have incidentally been regarded as of little or no account in the Service. The post is rather an envied, one because of the sporting facilities, the absence of work, an extremely pleasant Legation in Phoenix Park, its proximity to Dublin and "next door to the USA". II/II/41 I have been brooding tonight. Dull, bored, miserable. And wishing I had Elsie beside me, I am worried, too, and not so sure as I was that she and the girls are reasonably happy. I am worried about the raising of the question of her coming. It is easier simply to carry on, straight ahead, and not to have contemplated first the possibility of seeing her dear face beside me and then with tortured mind have to decide No, and then to wonder if it is the best. If I am to have any doubts as to her comparative happiness in this waiting period I shall not be able to stand it. Perhaps I should just nnot worry or be concerned with the risks and responsibilities and uncertainties and say Yes. And let the future take care of itself. And let them all take risks they might escape. My mind keeps turning round and round and I would give a lot to know if she is well and happy and not too discontented with my telegram and letters. I am lonely and tired and I do need her. Why not just be selfish and thik of myself? But I am being selfish. I want to keep her safe and fairly comfortable and the girls too and that is being selfish- wanting it for myself more than I want her beside me in my weak and lonely times. I am not being unselfish; I only want to keep my precious one safe and well for my own selfish sake

Transcription: Left page   November 17, 1941. Michael Mac White, Minister to the Quirinal, has been in Geneva for a few days with his wife. The food situation is getting really bad in  Rome and Michael says you can see hunger in the faces in the streets. They had not minded much for a few months the scarcity (they live in the best hotel), but it was beginning to affect them and I think they really came, not only for a breath of free air, but in order to absorb some calories and vitamins. Michael was full of gossip and good stories, as usual. His political outlook coincides with mine. The same applies to O'Donovan who has been appointed as Chargé at Lisbon. T.J. Kiernan has just arrived as Minister to the Holy See, with his wife and four children aged up to 17; they had 20 lbs of luggage each, having come by air from the Shannon where the British aeroplane apparently refuels and can pick up a few official passengers. Kiernan expected to buy all that was needed for the family in the way of clothes, etc. on arrival. It seems almost as though he had been  grossly misled by Headquarters, or that they themselves  are grossly ignorant of the situation. Mac also says that they sold their furniture before leaving Dublin; another foolish thing. He added that Joe Walshe had suggested that Kiernan should not have any interviews with O'Donovan just returned to Dublin from being Chargé at the Vatican! It seems incredible, but it could quite well be so. Mac of course, like a great many people abroad, has rather an edge against Joe; he says he does not really want reports and anything he receives which is contrary to his pet theories is promtly turned down. Mac White telegraphed about a year ago a report concerning alleged danger to the Vatican. He had learned that similar messages were going from half a dozen at least neutral Ministers in Rome. He got back a short reply just saying that that was quite ridiculous and since then has sent no more reports. I asked him if he had talked very openly with Frank Cremins when he met him in Berne and he said he had not as Cremins did not seem to invite it. I remarked on Frank's excess of prudence; he seemed to carry his instructions in certain matters into the inner recesses of his mind and Mac remarked that that was exactly the kind of representative Joe liked abroad.  Right page   Mac says that Bewley, formerly Irish Minister in Rome and Berlin visits Rome occasionally but he believes his spiritual home is North; he says bluntly that Italian circles suspect he is there to spy on them in German interest. Ostensibly he represents a Swedish news agency and when an inquiry was made of a Swedish woman, she said that there was an agency of this name but that the pay-master had a club-foot, all of which may be very libellous. Mac says that the Italian authorities had been counting on receiving wheat from the Ukraine this autumn; their share of the supplies taken from Denmark and Holland and France had long ago been exhausted; an occasional pound of tea or coffee might still be found on the black market costing anything from £5 tot £8 Pounds per lb. The two most unpopular men in Italy were Mussolini and Ciano. The former had now created a special body guard apparently distrusting the regular fascisti. Corruption was rife in high circles and in the Party. The Germans were disliked by the vast majority of the people but the latter were powerless; the Foreign Ministry alone did not have its strong infiltration of German officials. Germany had ceased to send raw materials partly because she could no longer obtain return cargoes and the goods train service with Germany was vastly reduced. People were universally sick of the war and might easily collapse if not sustained by the German strength. There was no element that could create a revolution, except perhaps in the industrial north, and even there no leadership dared show its head. As to the Vatican, Mac says the Vatican circles are almost without exception anti-nazi; he thinks the Pope is infinitely more timid than his predecessor would have been in the circumstances. They are now acting with the greatest prudence and caution, but there is no question as to their general sentiment. I asked about the Irish priests in Rome and was told that there were six Irish all Heads of different orders; of these five were definitely anti-German. The sixth, from Derry was more influenced by anti- English feeling and it was added that this same gentleman was hardly an ornament for the high post he held, in the cultural way at any rate.

Transcription: 264 (verso)   St Lazare - Je vais donner à la copie une assez longue introduction du 4me acte d'Ulysse que je refais sur le mouvement 2/4, avec  Partition musicale   tout l'orchestre --- Comme c'est le principal rhythme et le plus chaud du mouvement  mot raturé  de ce morceau, je pense qu'on peut l'annoncer pour ouvrir  l'acte avant le Solo du Coryphée - Trouvez vous ? -- J'ai mis en train l'orchestration de mon  Ô Salutaris pour mlle Dolby ; je lui donne des minutes quand je peux en attraper ; elles ne sont pas longues --- --- à demain donc, à midi ½, et mille amitiés de votre Charles Gounod  265 (page 3)   Just a word to say that Charles is content avec Lockey --- 2h. Oui, très content, chère Pauline de recevoir à l'instant votre chère bien aimée lettre. Merci, merci, merci ; je vous rends toute l'affection que vous me donnez. Nous allons sortir ---- Je suis ravi de Lockey : c'est d'une pureté et d'une bonté délicieuse : il y a la voix d'un bleu aussi doux que ses yeux - Soyez donc contente -- Chorley m'a fait dire à Nullah, sa femme, et Lockey des fragmens de Sapho dont ils ont été tous très emus ---- Chorley me tire par la tête le cœur et les pieds Adieu, adieu - - - - ---- aïe, aïe... pourquoi pas « Bonjour... ? » Pauline. Votre Charles vu et      | .H. J. C. corrigé  | 267  Partie en anglais   Seulement trois mots, chère Pauline : je viens d'écrire une assez longue lettre à M'man, et nous allons sortir --- Merci à vous pour tout le bien qui m'est venu hier - J'espère qu'on a été content de mes morceaux, et je vous prie de prendre comme vôtre ce succès que je vous dois ----- je vous donnerai des détails à mon retour : ce

Transcription: 264 (verso)   St Lazare - Je vais donner à la copie une assez longue introduction du 4me acte d'Ulysse que je refais sur le mouvement 2/4, avec  Partition musicale   tout l'orchestre --- Comme c'est le principal rhythme et le plus chaud du mouvement  mot raturé  de ce morceau, je pense qu'on peut l'annoncer pour ouvrir  l'acte avant le Solo du Coryphée - Trouvez vous ? -- J'ai mis en train l'orchestration de mon  Ô Salutaris pour mlle Dolby ; je lui donne des minutes quand je peux en attraper ; elles ne sont pas longues --- --- à demain donc, à midi ½, et mille amitiés de votre Charles Gounod  265 (page 3)   Just a word to say that Charles is content avec Lockey --- 2h. Oui, très content, chère Pauline de recevoir à l'instant votre chère bien aimée lettre. Merci, merci, merci ; je vous rends toute l'affection que vous me donnez. Nous allons sortir ---- Je suis ravi de Lockey : c'est d'une pureté et d'une bonté délicieuse : il y a la voix d'un bleu aussi doux que ses yeux - Soyez donc contente -- Chorley m'a fait dire à Nullah, sa femme, et Lockey des fragmens de Sapho dont ils ont été tous très emus ---- Chorley me tire par la tête le cœur et les pieds Adieu, adieu - - - - ---- aïe, aïe... pourquoi pas « Bonjour... ? » Pauline. Votre Charles vu et      | .H. J. C. corrigé  |

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