Mr. Bayard to Mr.
Gresham.
Embassy of
the United States,
London, August 22, 1893.
(Received September 2.)
No. 49.]
Sir: Referring to your instruction, numbered 93, of
1st instant, I have the honor to inclose herewith copies of notes exchanged
between
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the foreign office and
myself, relative to the protection of citizens of the United States in
Bulgaria.
You will observe that instructions will at once be sent to Mr. Dering, Her
Majesty’s agent and consul-general at Sofia, to continue to our citizens in
Bulgaria the same protection that was afforded by his predecessor, Mr.
O’Conor.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 1 in No. 49.]
Mr. Bayard to Lord
Rosebery.
Embassy
of the United States,
London, August 16,
1893.
My Lord: I have the honor, in accordance with
instructions from my Government, to ask your lordship to he so good as
to permit Mr. Dering, Her Majesty’s agent and consul-general at Sofia,
to continue, during the absence of a representative of the United
States, the good offices so courteously and efficiently extended to
citizens of the United States by his predecessor, Mr. O’Conor.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 2 in No. 49.]
Mr. Sanderson to
Mr. Bayard.
Foreign
Office, August 21,
1893.
Your Excellency: In answer to your letter of
the 16th instant, I have pleasure in informing you that instructions
will be at once sent to Mr. Dering, Her Majesty’s agent and
consul-general at Sofia, to continue the same protection to United
States citizens in Bulgaria as was afforded by Mr. O’Conor, his
predecessor.
I have, etc.,
[In the absence of the Earl of Rosebery.]
T. H. Sanderson.
