Western Union telegram from I.B Citz to Theodore G. Bilbo supporting the British Loan

Western Union telegram from I.B Citz to Theodore G. Bilbo supporting the British Loan

Western Union telegrams

Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore, 1877-1947

British Loan

Marshall Plan precursor

Europe

Post-World War II reconstruction

Communism

A Western Union telegram sent from New York, New York, to U.S. Senator Theodore G. Bilbo in Washington, D.C., dated May 6, 1946. The sender, I.B. Citz, President of Citz American Co., Inc., describes impressions from a recent business trip to Europe and argues that economic assistance is necessary to prevent the spread of communism. The telegram urges approval of the British loan, stating that economic isolationism after World War I contributed to World War II and that rebuilding Europe would restore free enterprise.

Burch, Dianna

Original Western Union telegram

Theodore G. Bilbo Papers

May 6, 1946

Western Union Telegraph Company

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Correspondence to U.S. Senator Theodore G. Bilbo regarding the proposed British Loan Agreement and postwar European reconstruction.

Image; scanned document; Western Union telegram

English

Text, scanned document

Theodore G. Bilbo Papers, M2, Box #, Folder #, Historical Manuscripts, Special Collections, The University of Southern Mississippi Libraries.

New York, New York, United States; Washington D.C., United States; Europe; Post-World War II