Franklin D. Roosevelt and Foreign Affairs: Volume II Franklin D. Roosevelt and Foreign Affairs, Volume 2: March 1934–August 1935

These three volumes cover Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first administration, 1933–1937. The documents relating to foreign affairs during his first administration form a diverse body of information on such issues as war debts, currency stabilization, tariff matters, naval parity, neutrality legislation, diplomatic recognition of Russia, the rise to power of Hitler and Mussolini, the St. Lawrence Waterway Treaty, the Italian–Ethiopian War, the Spanish Civil War, and the “good neighbor” policy. Foreign affairs has been defined in broad terms by the editor of these volumes, and materials selected relate not only to the President’s handling of foreign relations, but also to the domestic background, particularly Roosevelt’s efforts to gain support for his policies. Included are press conference transcripts, messages to Congress, speeches, press releases, memoranda to and from executive officers, and correspondence with legislators, ambassadors, heads of state, organizations, and individual citizens. Of the 1,400 documents selected from the papers in the Roosevelt Library at Hyde Park, all but a few are published here for the first time. Editorial Method Abbreviations Contents Roosevelt to the Congress, March 2, 1934 William С. Bullitt, Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, to Roosevelt Moscow, Easter Day April 1 1934 Robert W. Bingham, Ambassador to Great Britain, to Roosevelt London May 1, 1934 Roosevelt to the Congress, June 1, 1934 John F. Montgomery, Minister to Hungary, to Roosevelt Budapest, July 13, 1934 William С. Bullitt, Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, to Roosevelt Moscow, August 5, 1934 William C. Bullitt, Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, to Marguerite LeHand, Private Secretary to the President Moscow, September 1, 1934 Roosevelt to Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, and Daniel C. Roper, Secretary of Commerce Washington, October 1, 1934 Roosevelt to James A. Farrell, Chairman, National Foreign Trade Council, New York Washington, November 1, 1934 Roosevelt to Claude G. Bowers, Ambassador to Spain, Madrid Warm Springs, Ga., December 3, 1934 Roosevelt to Cordeil Hull, Secretary of State Washington, January 2, 1935 Press Conference, Executive Offices of the White House, February!, 1935,4:15 P.M. Roosevelt to Arthur Sweetser, Director, The Secretariat, League of Nations, Geneva Washington March 5, 1935 Breckinridge Long, Ambassador to Italy, to Roosevelt Rome, April 5, 1935 William С. Bullitt, Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, to Roosevelt Moscow, May 1, 1935 Robert W. Bingham, Ambassador to Great Britain, to Roosevelt London June 1,1935 Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, to Roosevelt Washington, July 1, 1935 Press Conference, Executive Offices of the White House, August 2, 1935,4:15 P.M.