Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Gordon W. Diesing, and W. Park Armstrong, Jr.

4823 DEPARTMENT OF:STAITE 954 Memorandum of Conversation 128 DATE: April 9, 1952 SUBJECT: Predictions of Hostilities between the USSR and the West in 1952 ARCHIVES AND BERVICE'* NATIONAL RECORDS PARTICIPANTS: The Secretary Mr. Gordon W. Diesing W. Park Armstrong, Jr. - R COPIES TO: 0 - Mr. Matthews C - Mr. Bohlen EE - Mr. Barbour u. s. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-61120-1 Mr. Diesing called on no at 12:15 PM, April 9, 1952, at the request of Congressman John MeCormack of Nassachubetts. He stated that he was an attorney and a member of the firm of Mechan, Stoehr, Moore, Mecham & Hills, in Onaha, Nebraska; that he is a Catholic, hnd has just returned from a trip to the Vatican where he had presented certain information to high officials of the Church. He said that the etory which Mr. VeCornack wished him to give me had already been prosented to ex-Secretary of the Navy Matthews, a prominent Catholic, to General Cruenther in Paris, and Oeneral Collins in Washington. He said that he had also told it to Under Secretary of Labor Galvin, who in turn had passed it to Secretary Tobin. In completing hia introduction of the subject, he stated that he had a 10-minute film containing evidence to substantiate his renarica which he would be very glad to show and which he has promised to put on for General Collins upon the latter's return to Washington in a fow weeks. In brief, Mr. Mesing's story is that a young drl (now about 14 years old) in Denver, Colorado, has boen for the last two years receiving visions similar to those experienced by Our Lady of Lourdes. In her perioda of "sufforing" the girl is visited by the Blessed Mother who apparently tells hex and shows her things dealing with the future. He affirmed that the local Church authorities have employed every moans of determining whether the girl's visions are the product of her inagination, including the employment of psychologists and doctors, and are satisfied that auch is not the case. The documentation of the girl's visions has been forwarded through the hierarchy of the Church to the Vatican for approval as a miracle. One of the phenomona DECLASSIFIED Bir O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (R) possible whi ch Depr.: of Stawe letter, 5-12-26 Ba N.T. HS NARS Date 2-15-76