Frederick Voigt to W. P. Crozier.
Location: Berlin.
He is going to sending some campaign emblem to be used in Berlin, which the Nazis have promised him. He has suggested that some people write to the editor, but people there are getting frightened; the Vorwärts attack was ominous. The Socialist leader, Wels, was assaulted the other day. He describes Breitscheid and Hilferding, who are both easily recognisable. Mrs. Hilferding is concerned for her husband's safety; a letter in an English newspaper would carry a slight risk. He likes the idea of the M.G. being a kind of international 'platform for the Left'. Hilferding also approves; he will discuss it with Breitscheid when he returns. Munich is now the safest city in Germany, and it might be possible for a well-known literary person, maybe Thomas Mann, to write from there.
The police phoned him (privately) yesterday, asking for a copy of a Berlin article in the M.G. last July; the Nazis are planning to try the Socialist leaders, and perhaps members of the Prussian government, for treason. Part of the evidence against them is this article as quoted by the Telunion and appearing in Vorwärts on 12 July. The Nazis claim that the Socialists were 'intriguing with foreign Powers'. He explains that the Socialists had drawn up an objective document, and sent it to Henderson and MacDonald. He has been trying to trace the article in the M.G. of 10th and 11th without success, and wonders if it can be located in Manchester. He wants to give a copy to the police.