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FRANZ VON PAPEN - (1879 - 1969) Chancellor of Germany and Vice Chancellor in Hitler's early years of power, von Papen was accused and later acquitted of war crimes. Fine political content A.L.S. on his Baden letterhead, 2pp. 8vo., Oct. 19, 1954 in English to a friend. In part: '...I do not think a 75th birthday is a remarkable date...We are, of course, all very happy about the London result and the beginning of European unification...France will make new difficulties before all the treaties are to be ratified by her. I mention the Saar question and the most rigid control of our rearmament...A mutilated Germany...would for ever be a very disturbing factor for the European future, and we Germans are by far the best people to deal with the Bolsheviks...' Fine.