We pointed out [that is Lobkowicz and his Jesuit secretary Wurster] that the present Croatian State is in the position of being the advanced guard of Catholicism and Western civilization towards the East and that the frontier on the Drina guarantees the maintenance of the Catholic position in that sector; and that any kind of re-establishment of Yugoslavia would mean not only the annihilation of the Croat people but also of Catholicism and Western culture in those regions. Instead of a western frontier on the Drina, we would have a Byzantine frontier on the Alps. Spellman agreed with these observations and added that President Roosevelt wants freedom for all peoples and that Croats certainly won't be excluded.
He added that he is personally doing as much as he can for us, but that we have many enemies and that one against many can't do much. He is very satisfied with Croats in his bishopric, both priests and believers. He pointed out again that he is very well informed about us, partly through the secretary of the archbishop of Zagreb, Dr. Lackovic, who also visited him. He was given the Gray Book and the remaining copy of the Ustase Principles in Latin. - He leafed through the books with interest and asked: "Does President Roosevelt have this?" We replied that he probably doesn't have it. He then said that we could have delivered this to Roosevelt's ambassador in Vatican, Tittman. He had forgotten that our country, the NDH, is at war with the USA, and that we cannot have any contact with Roosevelt. I explained this to him, and he understood, but from his attitude I have the impression that he will deliver the book and the Ustase Principles to President Roosevelt himself.