Teleprinter message from G.P. Sarsfield Hogan to Frederick H. Boland (London)
(No. 2347) (Urgent) (Secret)

German trade delegation in Dublin wish to raise some questions connection with German debts collected by us since 1944. You will recollect agreement signed by Cremin in Berlin provided for 10% of collection to be paid to H[empel].¹ Our papers show some intention to pay H £5,000 in February 1945 but payment if made would have been from ‘another source’. Can you remember now whether by you or through you in cash supplied in concealed manner any such payment whether £5,000 or another amount was made to H at that time. Or whether in view of imminent German collapse it was decided to defer any question of such payment under the agreement. Please note that any such payment to H should not be confused with payments which were certainly made to him as counterpart of funds lodged in Swiss francs to our account in Berne. Nor other sums which H collected here under powers of attorney given by German creditors.