I like that the code rooms repeatedly translated “rabbinical” into “Rabbi Nical” groups.  The Orthodox rescue representatives caused headaches for the WRB staff in Turkey, Sweden, and Switzerland.  There were many reasons for this, including the Orthodox focus on rescuing other Orthodox (as opposed to wholesale rescue) and their tendency to act first and ask permission later.  In this cable, Isaac Sternbuch, the Vaad’s rep in Switzerland, has complained to his home office in NY that McClelland is being uncooperative. What he does not say in the cable is that McClelland won’t let him give the Nazis a million dollars in exchange for 1,200 rabbis and scholars.  Within the next few weeks, it will become clear that Sternbuch conflated two separate ransom schemes, and McClelland’s judgment had been fair.