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British Consulate-GenCTsOT7^
25, BROADWAY, £~
ew York. j
st March, 1940.
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Dear Chancery,
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In today's "Staatszeitung* there is a short
article "by *Diplomaticus" on Erich WINDELS, the former
German Minister in Ottawa, who is now apparently in
charge of the non-career consulate in Philadelphia.
"Diplomaticus* says that on the outbreak of war
Windels was assigned to a subordinate position in the
Embassy at Washington, but that there were certain
elements in the Wilhelmstrasse who objected to his
being employed at Washington in any capacity, with the
result that the problem of where to send him has been
temporarily solved in this most unorthodox manner.
The obvious inference is that his loyalty to the
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German Government is under suspicion.
2.      I understand that Windels was formerly
Consul-General in Milan and that he was highly
esteemed.......
The Chancery,
British Embassy,
Washington, D.C,
PS/KJ.
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esteemed there as a correct and conscientious
Foreign Office official of the old school.    He was
reticent on the subject of Nazism.
3*      I air. sending a copy of this letter to
Philadelphia.
Yours every