"I thought so. But you will find that you need it less
and less as you go on. Meantime, good-bye, and best wishes
for your mission."
Such was, such is, in fact, the mission with which I am
accredited. I regard it as by far the most important
mission with which I have been accredited by the
Wilhelmstrasse. Yet I am compelled to admit that up to
the present it has proved unsuccessful. My attempts to
carry it out have been baffled. There is something perhaps
in the atmosphere of this republic which obstructs the
working of high diplomacy. For over five months now I
have been waiting and willing to dine with the American
Cabinet. They have not invited me. For four weeks I sat
each night waiting in the J. hotel in Washington with my
suit on ready to be asked. They did not come near me.
Nor have I yet received an invitation from the British
Embassy inviting me to an informal lunch or to midnight
supper with the Ambassador. Everybody who knows anything
of the inside working of the international spy system
will realize that without these invitations one can do
nothing. Nor has the President of the United States given
any sign. I have sent ward to him, in cipher, that I am
ready to dine with him on any day that may be convenient
to both of us.
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