Washington, Sept. 4 That there was official interest in Chancellor Adolf Hitler's proposal for an Anglo-American-German agreement to maintain peace was indicated here to-day by the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull.
The Hitler proposal appeared in excerpts of letters from the Chancellor to Vicount Rothermere, which were printed in the London "Daily Mail" on Saturday.
Mr. Hull stated that the United States Charge d'Affaires in Berlin, Prentiss Gilbert, would attend the next National Socialist convention at the invitation of the German government.
Apparently replying to criticism of Mr. Gilbert's acceptance of the invitation, Mr. Hull declared that the United States, in complete diplomatic relations with Germany had received an official invitation and that virtually all other countries were participating.
Commenting on the reports that German officials had contended Germans abroad should be allowed to participate in Nazi activities, Mr. Hull stated the Department of State had heard nothing of these reports, How: ever, he called attention to the naturalization oath in which foreigners who become American citizens declare that they renounce foreign fidelity and swear to support the United States—United Press.
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