Michael Collins to W.T. Cosgrave (Dublin)

Vatican

Application by Count O'Byrne
With reference to your note of the 5th instant and to the various communications attached to MICHEAL O hAODHA'S¹ letter of the 10th instant: I am of opinion that this matter should be taken up as a serious one with COUNT O'BYRNE. It looks to me as if a rather bad mistake had been made in regard to the application, although indeed the full circumstances do not really transpire from the correspondence.

It is a matter of grave concern that such an application should be made through, apparently, a misunderstanding.