Messersmith, G.S., Berlin. Despatch No. 1230 to Secretary of State [Cordell Hull], Washington.

Reports further on Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda; Ministry composed of seven divisions - I. Administration, II. Propaganda, III. Radio, IV. Press, V. Moving Pictures, VI. Theater, and VII. Public Education; Ministry, under [Paul Joseph] Goebbels most active of Ministries since accession to power of National Socialist Party; has been clear, decisive, effective in everything it has done in the month since its establishment; censorship complete; impossible for even intelligent German to get any idea of foreign reaction to what goes on in Germany; when asked how long this control would continue, Goebbels replied, "until it has achieved its object - that of making every German a National Socialist.