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Honorary Chairman . e . aos gee TS - DIRECT ‘ORS HAMILTON FisH ARMSTRONG ‘IsataH Bowman Paut D. CravatH Noaman H. Davis STEPHEN P. DuGGaAN ALLEN W. DuLies Towm F. Gay Cuanres P, HOWLAND Orro H. Kaun Russect C, LEFFINGWELE GForce O. May Waster C. MircHiert Frank L. Poik “Wuirney H, SHEPARDSON Paut M. Warpuas Georce W. WICKERSHAM OwEn D. Younc ALL INFORMATION CONTE INED HEREIN 1S UNCLASSIF tD DATEJ/- ~-42.-8d Et Dy 4 30/37 SPSET10 IA 43 BAST GSTH STREET NEW YORK Hy Via i, mo BUREAU OF 12 ¥FSTIGE™ WOE, _ October 1931 >, M. OCI ¢ 21 $93! AEN OF wuss es wee ee Be wee Be you ‘are one “ot the growing number of. - people who, regardless of political affiliation, realize that international understanding is a . necessary ingredient of peace and prosperity, then you must believe in the urgency of develop- ing a ‘reasoned American Toretgn poltoy.. mrt! But you cannot form an “intelligent opin= ion of what our own course should be without a: knowledge of the traditions and national aspira- tions which determine the foreign policy of the Great Powers, apart from -- almost in spite of --* special policies of the moment. , “THE PERMANENT BASES OF FOREIGN POLICY® Under this ‘title there has just been pub- = lished an enlightening book in which four reese and experienced authorities describe the forces that guide England, France, Germany and the United — States. ; - i The case for each country ts s presented by a statesman whose lot it has been to direct the ‘foreign relations of his country in momentous times -- _ Sir Austen Chamberlain, one ‘of the makors of "Locarno,* long British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. a Jules Cambon, one of the last of that little ... group of great pre-war French diplomats, long French Ambassador to Germany. , ™. Richard von Ethlmann, German Minister for’ i Avmg-Foreign Affaira in 1917-1918. Ighn W. Davi ga, formerly Amerioan Ambassador to Great Britain. With such authorship, THE PERMANENT BASES OF FOREIGN POLICY is a book which I am sure you would find most interesting and instructive. I shall be glad to present you with a copy if you