Here is what I have, mostly courtesy of Stephan K (thank you)
set the_subject to “Huddle”
set the_file to ((path to documents folder as text) & “huddle.doc”)
tell application “Mail”
set new_message to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:the_subject, content:"Open file and delete excess white space to make it fit on one page before printing.
", visible:true}
tell new_message
make new to recipient at end with properties {address:"drmjdoyle@gmail.com"}
make new attachment at end of first paragraph of content with properties {file name:the_file}
end tell
-- send new_message
end tell
Even though the file exists in the documents directory, it does not get attached to the message. I am not sure why this fails.