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Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Secretary of the Navy Francis Matthews
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November 21, 1949
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MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
Participants: Secretary of the Navy Matthews
Secretary of State Acheson
Secretary Matthews telephoned the Secretary this morning
and referred to a telegram which he says was sent to the Secretary
on Saturday from Mother Fitzgerald. The telegram requested
the Secretary's help in obtaining passports for 47 members of the
Order of the Sacred Heart who are now in Budapest and who would
like to come to the United States or, if that is not possible, leave
Hungary for any safe haven. Secretary Matthews said that these
nuns will be "secularized" on December 1, which means probably
that they will be put into labor camps.
Secretary Matthews said that he had indications that
if pressure were put on the Hungarian Government, these passports
might be granted. Mother Fitzgerald, I understand, has talked with
General Marshall, Mr. Foley at the Treasury, and with Matt
Connelly at the White House. Secretary Matthews pointed out that
quite recently a thousand Jews have gotten passports to go to
Israel, and he hoped that it would be possible for, someone to look
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into this matter as urgently as possible and that he could talk today,
if possible, with Mr. Webb or some other high official of the Department.
He has a further bit of information as to why he thinks pressure
in this case might be of avail, but I gathered he did not want this put
into a written memorandum but would be glad to pass it on to anyone
in the Department with whom he could talk.
Please let this office know with whom Secretary Matthews have someone
could talk, and we witl get in touch with him. Sen marthewo
S:BEvans:mlm