Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from J.P. Walshe, Ambasciata D’Irlanda, Presso La Santa Sede. Refers to Mgr. Montini’s response to the Archbishop’s great charity towards Hungary; relief for those in distress due to the war; Montini is recalling Mgr. Tom Ryan from Cairo and is seeking a replacement is required; requests for details on any social or charitable work in the Archdiocese.

Letter from +Joseph Ryan to +McQuaid stating he will be visiting All Hallows College in January in the hope of attracting seminarians to Alaska. He is trying to organise a new Archdiocese in the aftermath of the 1964 Good Friday earthquake and he is very short of priests. He hopes to call on the Archbishop when he is in Dublin.