Typescript note regarding a private requiem to be held at the Pro Cathedral for the late Nuncio. His Grace will preside and Mgr. Benelli will celebrate the Mass. The date and time suits Mgr. Benelli.

Letter from Cyril P. Crean, Headquarters, 1 Corps District, B.O.A.R., to Michael. He has been delaying replying to his letter regarding Polish Priests until he has more accurate information. Fr. Obertynski, the Polish Senior Chaplain, asked if His Grace would be good enough to make preparations.

Typed letter to Fr. Glennon from John Leydon arranging an additional 20 gallons of petrol for His Grace.

Draft reply, in +McQuaid’s handwriting, saying His Grace, by reason of his office, ‘he may not intervene in a project of production or a competitive nature.’

Typed letter to +McQuaid from Sean MacBride informing him that the Council of Europe is to send a fact finding mission to Hungary to report on the situation there. He is a member. Asks if His Grace would like him to contact his friends there.

Handwritten letter to +McQuaid from John A. Belton, High Commissioner for Ireland, London. Thanks him for his letter of congratulations. Any service to His Grace is an honour.

Typed letter to Mgr. Michael O’Connell, Irish College, Rome, from Michael Flynn, Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of Ireland, thanking His Grace for agreeing to see him.

Typed letter to Fr. Glennon from J.P. Walshe asking him to inform His Grace that the text of the Hierarchy’s message to the Holy Father has been telegraphed to the Irish Legation to the Holy See for communication to the Cardinal Secretary of State.

Telephone message from Mr. O’Brien to Miss Forde, Ext. Affairs regarding the photograph of His Grace.

Road, Gaeltach Park, Dublin. The German Government wishes to make a gesture of appreciation to the Archbishop for his sympathetic attitude to organizations which assisted Germans during the critical period. He wishes to know if His Grace would accept such a presentation.