Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1902

Count Cassini to Mr. Hay.

[Translation.]

Imperial Russian Embassy,
Bar Harbor, July 19, 1902.

Mr. Secretary of State: His Imperial Highness Monseigneur Grand Duke Boris Wladimirovitch sailed from Yokohama on July 15 on board the steamship Coptic, bound for San Francisco. The Grand Duke travels incognito, with a suite of five persons.

I have to ask that your excellency will cause the necessary steps to be taken for the granting of the customary courtesies in such cases to the baggage of the Grand Duke and his suite. I should also wish that a boat be placed at the disposal of the consul of Russia at San Francisco, so that he may meet the Coptic, take the orders of His Imperial Highness, and convey the Grand Duke and his suite to the shore.

I should be deeply thankful, Mr. Secretary of State, if you would provide such police arrangements in San Francisco, as well as during the whole trip of His Imperial Highness, as will insure the Grand Duke’s safety. According to information at hand, Monseigneur proposes to spend five days in San Francisco, after which he will visit several States of the Union.

I shall lose no time in communicating to your excellency further particulars of His Imperial Highness’ trip as soon as they reach me.

Warmly thanking you in advance, etc.,

Cassini.